Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). Like the business plan, a financial model is required as much for your own use as to impress angel investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2010

If you are new to the startup space and angel investing, you probably don’t realize that some groups of angel investors charge entrepreneurs a fee to pitch to their groups. He calls these a scam, and “angel group” payola. Others , including noted angel David S. Find and fix that first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Individual angel investors and crowdfunding have been adding to the momentum, some say exceeding VCs in total amount invested. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Five entrepreneurs get free plane tickets to pitch for $100,000 in seed funding from Austin’s top angel investors Every week we meet incredible entrepreneurs from all over the country and all over the world who would move to Austin if they only had some funding. This April, one startup is going to get their chance!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). Like the business plan, a financial model is required as much for your own use as to impress angel investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

If you are new to the startup space and Angel investing, you probably don’t realize that some groups of Angel investors charge entrepreneurs a fee to pitch to their groups. He calls these a scam, and “Angel group” payola. Others , including noted Angel David S. Find and fix that first.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2016

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. These groups are now largely run by volunteers at no cost to entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2016

There’s a lot of focus these days on teaching entrepreneurs how to do startups right : Validate the market before you build a prototype. The truth is, there are “wrong” mistakes that entrepreneurs can make early in the game, mistakes that will impact a startup’s ability to attract capital investment later on. Conserve cash.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 30, 2017

But as with education, that bundle of resources can be unbundled, and that’s what’s happening among entrepreneurs who don’t need or want the “full package.” The value and purpose of accelerators tracks almost exactly the above points about universities; just replace “students” with “entrepreneurs” and perhaps “employers” with “investors.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Twenty years ago, it cost several million dollars to launch an e-commerce startup, which can be done today for a few thousand dollars.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. Build a prototype product.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Now, if you’re a savvy investor or entrepreneur, I’m sure your jaw just dropped as you read that. Now, if you’re a savvy investor or entrepreneur, I’m sure your jaw just dropped as you read that. We had a beta product launched, 20 beta testers, and lots of interest from different investor groups. ownership and never dilute.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

If you’re an entrepreneur looking for funding, you know how important—and involved—the pitching process can be. Drawing on advice from our own Tim Berry, founder of Palo Alto Software and Josh Cochrane, our VP of Product Development, I’ve broken down a few of the different options for entrepreneurs looking for feedback on their pitch.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. three entrepreneurs who are part of this vanguard of Latam founders. or maybe just #GrumpyCat.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. Build a prototype product.

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

At the moment, Gust for individual angels is only available to Accredited Investors who either (a) belong to an official angel group, venture fund or other organization that provides verification of their investor status, or (b) have already invested in (or been invited by) a startup using Gust for its investor relations communications.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we discussed an important topic that many entrepreneurs are facing. Google PPC is a key channel for customer acquisition for many e-commerce and online businesses, yet keywords have become quite competitive, and the costs of campaigns for certain keywords tend to be extremely high.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

For perspective, I also joined a $1,000/month CEO-roundtable group, with professional speakers and full day, once-per-month meetings. At 1/12th the cost, 1M/1M provides far more value.". What a great product - truly an excellent value for entrepreneurs. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Sources like Crunchbase , Angel List , and Seed Invest even give this data away for free or very low cost. A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. 3) Originate investments.

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 24, 2014

I’ll be speaking at an Impact Angel Group event on February 12th. With a few other angel investors, I’ll be talking to other angel investors, along with prospective angel investors, about the role of impact investing the community, as well as in our own portfolios. The details are below. Where : The St.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

As a member of the local angel group Selection Committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time. Marty Zwilling.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 5, 2012

I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs the following question: What specifically should entrepreneurs look for when seeking out a new city to launch their company? When I was deciding on a city, I looked at who I knew there that could help connect me to clients, how active the tech community was, and the cost of living.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 4, 2019

On the other side, entrepreneurs and CEO’s usually have a natural fear of giving too much information to us investors after the initial investment is received. That burden is an ongoing cost of taking the investment, much as a public company takes on the additional burden of governmental reporting, both adding to costs over time.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

NYU just widened the door for more people to benefit from and contribute to their network, at nominal cost. Organizations like Accelerate Yale and Columbia Entrepreneurship have made important strides in bringing different university tech groups under one umbrella and hosting high-quality events in. Data-informed instant mentoring.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time.

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David Teten

MARCH 24, 2011

We are discussing drafting an ‘entrepreneur bill of rights’, similar to Accolo’s jobseeker bill of rights , which we all then commit to executing. We welcome feedback on how we can run the most entrepreneur-friendly angel network. will help to keep our virtual operation running smoothly.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

He is the known guru in business planning, particularly for small businesses, startups and entrepreneurs, although he’s worked with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies as well. ” and our first instinct as entrepreneurs and business owners is yes, let’s do drive-through. Tell your angel investors a story about need.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short – maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Explain in analogies your mother could understand, and quantify the “cost-of-pain” in dollars or time.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

entrepreneur” and by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”, David is a former Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels. founder and CEO of Gust, the angel financing platform used by over 50,000. accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

An angel investor is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. An angel investor is a high net worth individual who invests their own money into startup companies in the hopes of gaining a return on their money. Angel from Eugene, OR.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. 2) Market .

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2018

by either angel groups or VCs alone. Yet crowdfunding is no panacea for hungry entrepreneurs and startups. Crowdfunding may look easy, via popular sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, but their cost in time, effort, and money by entrepreneurs is daunting. That exceeds the amounts contributed in the U.S.

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Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Venture capital funds, seed funds, super angels, angel groups, incubators, and “friends and family” are all playing the seed financing game and investing early in startups in an attempt to land the next Facebook. Speed, simplicity and cost. Introduction We are in the golden age of seed financing.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed. With partners Barry Givens and Jewel Burks Solomon, the team plans to “fill a gap in access to capital and access to networks for Black entrepreneurs.”. “We Details here.

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