Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage.

Intellectual Property 253

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

If you are going to do the tour up and down Sandhill Road to try and raise your 1st round of financing you need a pitch deck because the vast majority of those meetings you are going to be sitting around a table and you will be presenting to one or more partners and that is going to be your first engagement.”. Distribution.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

He is on the board of the Angel Resource Institute, and is a partner with Montlake Capital (a late stage growth capital fund) and with Revenue Capital Management (a royalty based lender). Are angel investors just unwitting philanthropists or legitimate entrepreneurial investors? So which is it? Only they’re not.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 8, 2009

Traction can simply mean showing that you’re making progress with customers, product development, channel partners, initial revenue as a proof point, attracting well-known angel investors, winning industry awards / recognition. Unfortunately there is no real objective measure. They hire key staff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Investors are looking for the sum of all assets that are truly essential for creating, communicating, selling, and delivering your value proposition. Key partners. Key resources.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Make sure your plan answers every relevant question that you could possibly imagine from your business partners, spouse, and potential investors. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage.

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David Teten

JANUARY 3, 2013

The Shirt was named Oprah’s “Must Have Fashion Item” of 2011, and is distributed through Bloomingdale’s, boutiques, and www.the-shirt.com. - Smallknot is a TechStars NYC 2012 community crowdfunding platform for small businesses.

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Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Micro VCs will continue to come in many flavors with slightly different strategies, but there are a few distinctive defining characteristics: On a per partner basis, each investor is investing less than $25M in any given fund. The capital deployment velocity is notably higher than a traditional 1-2 investment per partner per year.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

Talent may be evenly distributed but opportunity most definitely is not. We partner with Code 2040, Bunker Labs, DivInc , Huston-Tillotson, Women@Austin, Women Who Code and other great organizations who bring diverse people into our community. “systemic” and “institutional”?—?acknowledge We try to make sure everyone else knows it, too.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve is the CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries. One of the world's leading startup accelerators with over 50 partners in 22 countries, founder space was ranked number one, the number one incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and entrepreneur magazines.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 31, 2014

But other critical hypotheses such as activities, resources, partners, channels needed testing offshore. channel partners and Chinese manufacturers and customer acquisition and activation programs outside their home country. Identify activities/resources/partners locally and then globally. This meant they would need U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

As an active angel investor, I look for this level of alignment and understanding in every funding presentation I hear. Investors are looking for the sum of all assets that are truly essential for creating, communicating, selling, and delivering your value proposition. Key partners. Key resources.

Business Model 143

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2018

To get the visibility and distribution for scaling, plan on one or two levels of partner relationships, as well as real events and promotions early. If you don’t have real customers yet, focus on the size of the pipeline, letters of intent, and penetration into recognized retail and distribution outlets.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2014

by Matthew Sawyer, Managing Partner of Rocket Market Development LLC. You can double that number if you add the amount of money put up by Angel Investors. Angel Investors, VCs and entrepreneurs agree that the success rate for startup companies is dismal. Business Insider recently reported that only.4%

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 1, 2011

Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. Bryce Roberts , a partner at O?Reilly These new super angels are really signals in that marketplace that are causing others to invest or not invest. To my surprise, VC?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2018

Entrepreneurs who can keep their cool under fire are the long-term winners I look for as an experienced angel investor. Negotiate alternatives with external partners and investors. New and existing partnerships can provide new sources of revenue, distribution, and support.

Leadership 144

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Angel investors are definitely interested at this stage, but VCs usually wait until stage five or six. This includes entering into partnerships, arranging for manufacturing facilities, and developing channels for distribution. Now we are ready for demonstration tests conducted on first-time or early-stage products. Verification.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute.

Startup 263

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In my activities as an angel investor, and my work with new ventures seeking investment, I find the “due diligence” stage to be fraught with the most risk. Usually this stage only really starts after an investor has expressed serious interest, or already informally agreed to invest.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

While you might use your business plan as part of your pitch to investors and banks , and to attract potential partners and board members, you will primarily use it to define your strategy , tactics, and specific activities for execution, including key milestones, deadlines and budgets, and cash flow. No two businesses are the same!

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Angel investors, like me, have long figured out that asking to see the prototype is a quick way to separate the ‘wannabes’ from serious players. Support early negotiation with vendors and distribution channels. Talk is cheap, but entrepreneurs who show you a working model of their idea know how to execute.

Angel Investor 134

Angel Investor Database Cofounder Distribution 134

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

There are few bigger stages than SXSW to reach the financiers, partners and other supporters that we will need to be successful, and few with an audience as likely to be sensitized to the importance of what we are trying to achieve. and we can’t do it by ourselves. What kinds of people is your team looking to meet at SXSW 2018? In the U.S.,

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Follow Amber on Twitter @amberallen_aa #Gaming #Esports #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #MixedReality #AmbersReality Andy Tryba recently launched a new company with Donald Park from Vista Equity, called Ionic Partners, after almost a decade running companies for Joe Liemandt. Edwards University.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2016

As an angel investor, I look diligently for signs that an aspiring startup founder has what it takes to thrive and prosper for the long haul ahead. They work hard on finding complementary channels and partners. Passion and vision are necessary, but not sufficient, to really change the world.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Neil Rimer is a Partner and co-founder of Index Ventures. As the European startup ecosystem matures, you would expect young entrepreneurs to enjoy ever-increasing access to useful advice from mentors, business leaders, experienced entrepreneurs, legal advisors and investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Angel investors are definitely interested at this stage, but VCs usually wait until stage five or six. This includes entering into partnerships, arranging for manufacturing facilities, and developing channels for distribution. Now we are ready for demonstration tests conducted on first-time or early-stage products. Verification.

Warrant 224

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Gridco Systems – Power Distribution Systems (backed by General Catalyst and Northbridge). 40 to Follow on Social Media (This isn’t a list of the “best” investors and entrepreneurs, but the folks who are consistently creating good social media content and are active in the community.). David Skok – Matrix Partners ( blog , @bostonvc).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Meebo angel investors also include Marc Andreessen and Auren Hoffman. Brands like Samsung, LG, and Dunkin Donuts pay Meebo to advertise to users on our partner sites. Mobile is another very important distribution place for the internet and Meebo is on the iPhone, Android, and BB. For Meebo 1.3%

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Instead, look tangentially across industries to see whether there are companies you can partner with or products you can repurpose and white-label. Aside from the fact that personal history can impact your professional relationship, are you really sure that your best buddy or sibling is your perfect business partner?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2011

Angel investors are definitely interested at this stage, but VCs usually wait until stage five or six. This includes entering into partnerships, arranging for manufacturing facilities, and developing channels for distribution. Now we are ready for demonstration tests conducted on first-time or early-stage products. Verification.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

– I spoke about GRP’s recent exit of Ulta in which we returned $320 million to our limited partners. Can you please expand on your post about distributed teams? It was a verbal discussion on my post on distributed teams. - Can you please explain convertible debt and specifically how it pertains to angel deals?

Southern California 210

Southern California Venture Capital Seed Stage Angel Investor 210

Version One Ventures

MARCH 20, 2014

Version One is co-leading this investment with Golden Venture Partners, and joined by several angel investors. The next big thing in hardware: Commoditizing production and distribution platforms (gigaom.com). To learn more about Upverter, visit https://upverter.com/ or follow @upverter on Twitter. Related articles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

A normal part of a funding agreement is a set of accomplishments, with dates, that you are expected to achieve in order to remain in good standing and qualify for remaining distributions. Personal visits from key investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2015

To get the visibility and distribution you need will likely require one or two levels of partner relationships and a real model for marketing, events and promotions. Even though the Internet is pervasive and free, you should not assume that a website is all you need for sales and marketing.

Business Model 120

Business Model Angel Investor Startup Bootstrapping 120