Angel Investor, Cofounder, Distribution and Video

The Introvert Economy, the Case for Longer Founder Vesting Cycles, What Happens When Your Product Goes Viral on TikTok, and More [link blog]

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here the focus is on Pink Stuff, a British cleaning paste, which was #CleanTok mainstreamed to a quadrupling of revenue ($125m annually) and distribution to 55 countries. As Jared notes, To hedge against this predictable outcome, more founders should adopt longer vesting cycles for themselves and the earliest (big equity) employees.

Founder Vesting

Founder Vesting Vesting Cap Table Founder

Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Such was my recent meeting with Seth Sternberg, founder & CEO of Meebo. If you have an hour to watch the TWiVC video of Seth I promise you won’t regret it. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. So some show notes if you’re a bit busy to watch the video. Not a chance.

Connecticut

Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web

How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

dominated by a few very large incumbents who control much of the distribution or are you going into a market that is “fragmented” where nobody controls the industry. It is Blockbuster video in the dawn of Netflix. That marketing can be PR or SEO or influencer distribution or other forms of “unpaid” marketing.

Startup

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event that has featured Boston’s BEST founders. OnStartups: One of the largest online startup communities founded by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah. Boston Hardware Startup Meetup – Meetup organized by the founders of BOLT.

Boston

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder

Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

For example, one angel investor reportedly invested in several hundred social networking ventures employing this philosophy. Mark Montgomery Founder Kyield Initium VC September 12, 2009 4:21 AM Mark Montgomery said. Eric -- I was very impressed by your two part video series, which rarely occurs these days. Expo SF (May.

Lean

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment

What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. s and Angels such as Jason Calacanis and Dave McClure responded to Roberts and took the opposite stance - McClure and his fund 500startups have done 20-plus deals directly from AngelList and they greatly prefer the ?spray-and-pray?

Technical Review

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor

Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

There were prominent founders of business like PriceGrabber, LowerMyBills and MyLife. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups. We had executives from the studios like Fox, Warner Bros and Disney.

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Stealth Securities and Exchange Commission Southern California

Women 2.0 » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. WHATS HOT: EVENTS NEWS LEARN CAREER VIDEOS ESPAÑOL. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Scoring Founder “Dates” On My Own.

Cofounder

Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder

Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab. Hewlett Packard. Who’s next?

Texas

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas

The most valuable lessons I learned from managing a virtual team

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Denis Duvauchelle is the CEO and co-founder of Twoodo , the ultimate online collaboration tool. “I The difference between “remote” and “distributed” is that in a remote team, there is a company office(s) where some team members are based full-time. A distributed team has no location base – everyone is in a different place.

Management

Management SCRUM CTO Hire Distribution

The Ultimate Guide to Starting a Software Company

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

“If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin. We created UpKeep to fill this void—a cloud-based solution that was affordable for any size business.” – Ryan Chan, founder of UpKeep. Wireframes.

Software Review

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast

VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. .

Technical Review

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity

Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

Marketing

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor

Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

Marketing

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor

The Texas Startup Manifesto

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Some businesses can service all four cities with a single distribution hub in one of the cities, making it a unique market for launching new businesses. You can find a lot of great videos, blogs and books on the Internet, but there is still no replacement for direct one-on-one mentoring. The Internet is full of great videos and blogs.

Texas

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas

Why Startups Fail - 20 Top Reasons Gleaned from 32 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. 17 – Be unable to Attract Investors. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high.

Cofounder

Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire

Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Search for: Videos. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Also how affective are clean, well executed promo videos? As for videos, don’t know – I’ve never created one. Maple Butter.

Technical Review

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review

From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In later posts I’m going to get into more detail on specific topics like hiring, raising money, what types of ideas have the potential to get big, finding your founders, and the like.

Technical Review

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review

The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Semiconductors. Telecommunications. Transportation. See a sample reprint in PDF format.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota

Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. We talk about all of this in the video. Through this process he raised $2 million.

Valuation

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder

The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

So these companies that are kind of for — in the sort of mechanical term, distributed workforces and outsource work being run online. Let’s set them up with their tablet at home with high-definition video. Mr. Marc Andreessen is a co-founder and general partner of the venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz.

Software Review

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock

Startup Tools

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Poplytics – online surveys and analytics AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys SurveyMonkey - granddaddy of on-line surveys Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions Collaboration Dropbox – store, sync, and, share files online.

Software Review

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics

Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Videos/presentations. Use us to power any video chat applications (talkshow, education apps, collaboration, etc). Market Research. LaunchRock.

Software Review

Software Review Technical Review Startup

The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

I’ve been hearing about the so-called Series A Crunch for at least six months, and in recent weeks, I’ve spoken with more than 20 venture capitalists, angel investors, incubator heads, lawyers, and other necessary cogs in the ecosystem trying to get some details about it. Pando Daily. PandoMonthly. PandoDigest.

Technical Review

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria

StartUpRoar

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