Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program. He has veered away from angel financing, and has decided to bootstrap with customer money, and preserve equity ownership, foregoing any immediate dilution related to financing.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2012

When seeking equity investments, the source of capital is, for the most part, tied to the stage of capital being raised. You see, equity capital is raised in stages or rounds. The five main stages include the following: 1. Early Stage Investment (Series A & B) 4. Pre-Seed Funding 2. Seed Funding 3.

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Equity Mezzanine Later Stage Venture Capital 88

Professor VC

APRIL 11, 2008

I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. We ended up raising $15.5M, led by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins. This got me thinking about my role in helping companies grow up.

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San Jose Angel Investor Venture Capital Balance Sheet 28

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. I took a look back at our original financial model we presented to VCs in 2004. I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28