Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2021

Angel investors, venture capital firms, accelerators, and (maybe) the newer equity crowdfunding will look to see if you have previous experience in startups. More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Thus the top priority of every entrepreneur who wants funding should be to build and highlight their “dream team” of co-founders, executives and advisers, to attract the biggest and best investors. Solo entrepreneurs rarely find an investor. Focus on prior results, not titles. Business credentials and functional coverage.

Sweat Equity 152

Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Software Review 152

The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

Due to his great ability for engaging communication, Mendlen was chosen as a speechwriter for Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, composing landmark speeches featured in the media, including Bill Gates’ last speech and Ballmer’s first speech as CEO of Microsoft. The Wiki of People is a free people search engine with 500K profiles and 1.2M

Silicon Valley 95

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 283

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Apply for contests and business grants.

Product Development 177

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Dino Vendetti a VC at Bay Partners, moved up to Bend, Oregon on a mission to engineer Bend into a regional technology cluster. Part 3: Engineering a Regional Tech Cluster. Sites like AngelList have only amplified the collective reach of individual and grouped angel investors. Part 2: Early-stage Regional Venture Funds.

Early Stage 287

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 309

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2017

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

Silicon Valley 149

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Apply for contests and business grants.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Technical Review Startup Incubator 134

Austin Startup

MAY 7, 2017

Some of the most interesting events in Austin for the week of May 8 through May 14 are as follows: Mon, May 8 thru Thurs, May 11: OSCON OSCON brings the software engineering and developer community together to explore what’s new and useful in open source languages, tools, and techniques. At the Austin Convention Center. $99-$3895

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Austin North America Software Review 75

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2013

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

Silicon Valley 256

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. If you are outside internet software we are not going to invest. So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. we are not going to invest.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Exchanging your services for services is possible with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Apply for contests and business grants.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Technical Review Incubator 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2015

I still have to tell some entrepreneurs that even with the best idea, they have to move to Silicon Valley to find the investors they need, or they need to move to the U.S. Also, investors from the super-hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, or Boston), won’t assume anyone outside their domain has the savvy and resources to make it happen.

Las Vegas 120

Las Vegas Silicon Valley Phoenix Montana 120

Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

Capital Factory - 2017 Year In Review I can already see some room for improvement on how we measure this and appreciate your feedback about how else we can improve the 2018 annual report. We highlight progressive startups and scaleups who are “doing it right” like Aceable and WP Engine. Houston is the most diverse city in the country!

Technical Review 56

Technical Review San Antonio Houston Software Review 56

Up and Running

AUGUST 15, 2017

We’ve got a few suggestions to help you not only crack the entrepreneurship code, but ace it. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to develop relationships with seed investors, venture capitalists, angel investors, private investing firms, and even banks, depending on your business goals and growth capacity. Get a mentor. “A

Software Review 96

Software Review Social Media Search Cloud 96

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

His most recent company, Filtrbox, participated in the inaugural Techstars class (Techstars Boulder 2007) and was a win for all parties involved; Filtrbox was acquired in 2010 by Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). For the first the months, the team meets often and strategizes on what they want to build while some code gets written.

Burn Rate 152

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Kenya has many advantages, including experienced software engineers, healthy early-stage startup community, with good incubator and accelerator support, and enthusiastic and motivated young entrepreneurs. Despite all these advantages, it seems that the foreign investors are still reluctant to invest in seed and early stage projects.

Kenya 45

Kenya Africa Incubator Cofounder 45

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Engineering Serendipity Making real connections starts with having the right people in the room. We start by doing our homework and researching all of the most interesting people and companies coming from all over the world and add in all of the local entrepreneurs and investors that we know. Vanessa Dawson, Integris Software C.E.O,

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2010

Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. Angel-Backed Companies More Likely to Succeed, Says Harvard Study – [link]. Angel investors becoming more active in the Valley – [link]. Government releases open source code – [link].

Social Media 91

Social Media Small Business Design Media 91

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 24, 2013

Key Factors to Effective Competitive Analysis as a Small Business | Search Engine Watch – [link]. The Why and How Of Updating Your Angel Investors – [link]. How to Assess an Ad’s Creativity | Werner Reinartz and Peter Saffert-Harvard Business Review – [link]. – [link]. – [link].

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 3, 2013

DuckDuckGo – A search engine with lots of extra goodies. Mocavo – A genealogy search engine. Codiqa – Build a real mobile website or app with no coding required. Class Dojo – Behavior management software for teachers. Accept and review digital files. Clarity – Online consulting.

Software Review 60

Software Review San Francisco Startup Technical Review 60

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Applications due Nov 20 th ! Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Andy Payne – OpenMarket, Fansnap, angel investor ( blog , @payne92 ). Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor ( blog , @billwarner ). Coworking Spaces and Accelerators. Ruby specialists.

Boston 56

Boston Technical Review Community CTO Hire 56

Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

We recently had Tim Berry, Palo Alto Software founder and business planning expert, present our Bplans audience with his latest advice on lean business planning. We’re business owners, we aren’t all getting angel investment, so one of the principles of the lean business plan is you do what you’re going to use.

Lean 60

Lean Business Plan Video Software Review 60

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some interesting companies and a lot of fundraising discussions, and I will review them shortly. So at any point, if you are trying to raise money, and you are hearing from investors that you are too early and have too little validation, it may be a good thing. We will work on that with her. Trendy Loot.

Valuation 119

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. They read reviews of the products of target investments.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.

Software Review 74

Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Go Beyond the Code There are many super hackers out there (especially in the Bay Area).

CTO Hire 73

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. After four years of living in New York and attending courses at New York University, she returned to Los Angeles in. → Learn More. Also on AOL Tech.

Early Stage 70

Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Walter Frick - Harvard Business Review. Bill Warner – Avid, Techstars, Angel investor (@billwarner). Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Filament Group – User Interface and Design. Raizlabs – Mobile Development. Places to Hang.

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Has anyone in the engineering team actually shipped a product? I worry about everything: money, sales, engineering, support, and recruiting. 2 likes ohno 460 days ago If any of these 10 questions are new to you, you will probably be losing every penny of your “angel investment&#. You may think I’m kidding.

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

this post is all about the resilience required to keep going as an entrepreneur, not as an angel investor. Michael and Mark are business savants, just like Michelangelo was an art and engineering savant (by the way, I’m pretty sure Michelangelo would have made a damn good entrepreneur in this day and age). But I digress?—?this

B2C 51

B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Investor groups are cutting out the management, bus dev, sales, and marketing professionals, trying to get raw, young engineering teams that have never negotiated a term sheet to give away their IP rights and equity for next to nothing. The signal to noise ratio continues to degrade, but it’s actually moving into the next phase.

Software Review 26

Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Due Diligence 26

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

His latest venture, Bharosa, was sold to Oracle for a 6X multiple in 3 years to his angel investors, a sweet close to triple digit IRR. His goal in building the company was to spend 3 years building value and find a good home for the engineers and product. How Much Diligence is Due. ► February. (1).

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Every day I hear from entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists about an exciting new movement called “the consumerization of the enterprise.” If the organization purchases, for example, social networking software it must attempt to take these needs into account. —The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again.

Customer 78

Customer Technical Review Silicon Valley Internet 78

www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

Our application tool will be free and will immediately compete with Peterson’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review, and other smaller players. Front End Expertise: XHTML/CSS/JavaScript – Hand code, standards compliant, semantic, cross platform & cross device interfaces, jQuery, MooTools, Ext. We are implementing the innovative web 2.0

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Hiring Technical Review 40

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “It’s not been a difficult sell.&#

Equity 74

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