The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The FUND Conference brings together over 100 startups to present their early-stage products and pitches in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. We curate and aggregate a collection of talented made-to-measure designer brands who showcase their garments in our integrated marketplace platform.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review Software Review Illinois Due Diligence 156

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

She is a go to person for me when I have questions around technology or early stage marketing and branding. We do a lot of B2B and also have an "Early Stage Branding" practice for technology startups. I've known Farida for quite a while. Maybe ten years. It has been fun to get to know her again. Foreign Service.

Early Stage 150

Early Stage Southern California Los Angeles Marketing 150

David Teten

JUNE 14, 2011

Before making the decision to join the firm, I did some research on early-stage tech investing as an asset class. Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. I’m honored to be the second partner since the firm’s founding.

Venture Capital 122

Venture Capital Technical Review Early Stage Portfolio 122

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page. We also have a better known brand than some of our early stage companies, so we can leverage that to help source talent. Ethics Policy, Expenses policy).

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself. . Accompany focuses on this use case.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

aggregates resources from all the VCs. Real Ventures , an early-stage, Canadian-based fund, runs a two-day Founder Camp every six months. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

are products that aggregate data. One example is our portfolio company Defined that is aggregating data on tokens across different exchanges and blockchains. . In the early stage of any technology, it’s always hard to predict how things will evolve. such as BitClout. And another approach to discovery in Web 3.0

Web 97

Web Aggregator Early Stage Portfolio 97

abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand. Great marketplaces do not simply aggregate a market; they enhance it. But in the early stages, this friction slows your roll-out and increases the costs associated with supplier aggregation.

Aggregator 101

Aggregator Marketing Software Review North America 101

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

While it’s still early-stage, I’m excited to continue following this space. Look out for more products that aggregate and organize existing accounts and automatically scrub your inboxes, feeds and social media connections. There are fascinating data and e-commerce implications to personalization.

API 157

API Social Media Mobile Valuation 157

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Another 3–5 could return in aggregate $300–500 million. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners. That’s return, not exit price of the company. Since our funds are around $300 million each this returns 2–4x the fund if we do it right. The remaining 31 deals will likely return less than 20% of all returns.

Bankruptcy 294

Bankruptcy Bridge Financing Portfolio Angel Investor 294

David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

They do that by aggregating America’s startups, providing them with pro bono services, and promoting regional ecosystem development. Aggregate America’s startups. in aggregate commitments. Early stage startups are <5 yrs old. 5-10 years is typically the rampup stage. There are 1.4m-1.6m

America 144

America DC Startup Aggregator 144

mashable.com

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Were seeing 3D printing start to take off, and were in the very early stages of this revolution. Amazons product suggestions are great because they have so much aggregate data. If they did, I could get an amazing aggregate view of whats relevant to me based on a more complete profile. 3D Printing for Clothing.

eCommerce 108

eCommerce Technical Review San Francisco New York City 108

Austin Startup

JULY 6, 2018

Ask the Users Startup Accelerators: Bundled and Unbundled Over the past several years, accelerators have emerged as a powerful filtering and signaling mechanism in early-stage startup ecosystems, allowing high-potential young startups to connect with investors, advisors, and other strategic partners far faster and more efficiently than before.

Dilution 48

Dilution Startup Technical Review Equity 48

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Although the data is public, the startup may not have been able to manually aggregate that data on its own, or the owner of the website may expressly prohibit use of the data outside of the services the owner offers. The owner will want representations that a company one degree removed from the data will not do certain things with it.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on? If you change your company objectives or measurements later that’s fine. In 6 months? In 3 months?

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? Methodology.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

OSEO validation in turn makes early-stage startups eligible for a variety of support services and funding options. OSEO can be involved during very early stage activities, such as business plan creation and feasibility studies. A rite of passage for many is to go through OSEO , which will analyze and validate a project.

France 163

France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Please note that we expect our members to invest at least $25,000/year in early-stage investments, although there is no contractual commitment to do so. The company aggregates a tremendous amount of medical news and research and personalizes it into a user friendly experience. Docphin ( [link] ) is the Bloomberg for doctors.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. What is the risk-benefit calculus for developing and protecting proprietary technologies vs. buying or licensing them (“ build vs. buy ”)? By 2013, the U.S.

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Steve Blank

MARCH 8, 2011

By aggregating user-generated speed and location data, Blink will provide instantaneously generated traffic-enabled maps, optimal routing, estimated time-to-arrival and predictive itinerary services to personal and corporate users. BlinkTraffic will empower mobile users in developing markets (Jakarta, Sao Paolo, Delhi, etc.)

Lean 298

Lean Business Model Customer Development Guinea 298

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2018

And why funding from families and friends is a dominant source of financing for early-stage ventures (because friends and family know an entrepreneur’s ability better than any resume can convey). tend to gravitate toward entrepreneurship. Is entrepreneurship for everyone? Or is it calling ? Lessons Learned.

Entrepreneur 336

Entrepreneur Business Model Capital Gains Aggregator 336

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. We formed a partnership with some of our favorite early stage investors and friends including Jim Andelman at Rincon Ventures and Peter Lee at Baroda. We had a specific goal in mind. So we went for it.

Early Stage 290

Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

And ChubbyBrain released the demographics from early enrollees in the program, revealing some interesting statistics about who is seeking startup funding. ReadWriteWeb readers also trended younger than ChubbyBrain's aggregate data. Early Stage Startups. So how do ReadWriteWeb entrepreneurs stack up? Data is Beautiful.

Silicon Valley 115

Silicon Valley Aggregator Early Stage New York 115

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2012

But Chicago-based startup MentorMob ( www.mentormob.com ) wants to change that – the free, community-based collaborative service aims to aggregate and organize the best online educational content on any topic, so it’s easier to find. With MentorMob , you spend more time learning and less time searching.”.

Illinois 165

Illinois Aggregator Chicago Widget 165

Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2013

Early stage Venture Capital for medical device startups has dried up. We believe we can reduce the technological, regulatory and market risks for early-stage life science and healthcare ventures, and we can do it by teaching founding teams how to build new ventures with Evidence-Based Entrepreneurship.

Startup 294

Startup Venture Capital Lean IPO 294

Venture Chronicles

MAY 26, 2010

This is why early stage companies that raise a lot of capital are valued richly, it’s a compromise between the company and investors summed up as “I know you will only sell 40% of the equity but you need a pretty big chunk of capital so we’ll give you $10m and value you at $15m pre money instead of $5m&#.

Lean 40

Lean Early Stage Valuation Startup 40

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

Maybe this is my inherent bias as a comms pro, but in aggregate , I believe the uncaptured upside when women founders stay under the radar is far more detrimental than the risks that come with visibility. For some early stage startups, investing in comms won’t meaningfully move the needle; for others, it can be transformative.

IPO 91

IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

At Upfront when we know we have a winning hand we prefer to put more capital to work, which both helps the entrepreneurs succeed and drives more aggregate financial returns for our LPs. Some prefer to get in, buy cheap and show a big multiple.

IP 223

IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In the case of an early-stage startup that hasn’t issued preferred stock yet, the debt converts into stock of the acquiring company (if it’s a stock deal) at a valuation subject to a cap. Some sort of conversion does occur.

Conversion 96

Conversion Sales Later Stage Preferred Stock 96

Version One Ventures

MAY 27, 2015

It’s an easy way to get inventory in the early stage, but it’s not scalable as it gets expensive to both buy and manage inventory yourself. Aggregate readily accessible inventory. A last strategy is to aggregate inventory that’s already listed out there, for example through affiliate programs.

Aggregator 60

Aggregator Seattle Affiliate Demand 60

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 14, 2009

In an early-stage startup especially, revenue is not an important goal in and of itself. Let’s start with a simple question: why do early-stage startups want revenue? First of all, it means that most aggregate measures of success, like total revenue, are not very useful. But all things are never equal.

Customer 167

Customer San Francisco Lean Hockey Stick 167

ithacaVC

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

For example, “VC will serve as the lead investor up to $400,000; Company would source balance of the round up to $600,000 (so round size would be up to $1,000,000 in the aggregate).”. At the early stage, the founding team often has lots of “interest” lined up waiting for a lead. I hear this often.

Term Sheet 71

Term Sheet Aggregator Lead Investor Early Stage 71

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

When you first start a company, the corporate brand hasn't yet developed a reputation or any customer momentum, so most early-stage companies leverage the brands of the individuals involved for credibility. Aggregate and curate to reinforce. Refine your personal elevator pitch.

Elevator Pitch 144

Elevator Pitch Management Aggregator Curation 144

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. I hear from several sources that Sequoia is very active in the market aggressively chasing several deals and even driving up prices on some early-stage deals.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. *. The Entrepreneurs Access to Capital Act helps to redress this.

Securities and Exchange Commission 148

Securities and Exchange Commission IRR Entrepreneur Angel Investor 148

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 12, 2016

These findings are informative, but often consist of aggregated data and use sophisticated statistical techniques to infer or explain what is going on with customers. To augment performance data, almost all companies use various forms of customer research, surveys, focus groups, mystery shoppers, and other techniques.

Customer 100

Customer Private Equity Miami Warrant 100

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Early stage sales and product-market fit are topics that I love talking about,” said Schwartzfarb. I’ve spent my entire career helping to build early stage companies and I feel very fortunate to share my experience with founders everywhere.”

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48