Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh?

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Much of the VC blogosphere commentary about startups covers venture and angel financing with advice focused on company founders. But most people in the startup game aren’t VCs nor are they founders (yet)… but rather they’re employees of startups.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Earlier, of course, we covered AngelList at length , also a crowd sourcing venture in the angel financing space, and this week, we have covered SecondMarket , which is powering Facebook's private market capital raising. When two out of four pitches in a session are from the same category, it most certainly makes me take notice.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

This thinking is largely driven by the venture capital industry (and subsequently Wall Street) who are in search of high margin, highly scalable businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. You’re a small fish.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Great story on two Babson MBA’s and their search for the perfect fitting bra. The company is about to close a $500,000 – $700,000 round of angel financing. Xconomy’s Erin Kurtz highlights Derek Ohly’s experiences from MBA student to holder of a “Phd in Bras&# (his words).

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

A new tool that will help the entrepreneur in the trademark issue is Markify – a trademark search that finds all similar trademarks. This kind of search normally costs more than $500… Test your name [link] so you don’t end up with a name that is confusingly similar to an existing trademark.

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