Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2022

This can be as simple as giving back as much time and emotional effort as you absorb from others, or it can be offering real business payback or equity for contributions. We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone. Incent others to contribute to your success.

Silicon Valley 284

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 284

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 368

Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 368

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2020

This can be as simple as giving back as much time and emotional effort as you absorb from others, or it can be offering real business payback or equity for contributions. We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone. Incent others to contribute to your success.

Silicon Valley 312

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 312

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 25, 2022

Typically, investors don’t take a board seat until you raise your first equity round—which means that it could be *years* before you have a real board meeting: A year of nights/weekends work researching, prototyping, and fundraising. You raise your pre-seed round and if you're lucky and good, you can get to an equity round in 12-18 months.

Equity 118

Equity Metrics Widget Bandwidth 118

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. I don’t have bandwidth to engage in substantial conversations on Twitter. . Hootsuite. Yes and here’s how.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 244

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 244

Board Effect

MARCH 4, 2024

Mission-driven organizations and associations continue to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives as an expression of their mission and values. Many have crafted and implemented DE&I policies for their board and for their organizations.

Metrics 52

Metrics Equity Software Security 52

Austin Startup

JULY 8, 2017

Last time I checked a solid software developer will cost you six figures in salary; ignoring equity. In law, it enables recruitment, technology, training, staff, and other infrastructure that turns a set of lawyers into an integrated legal services provider, with bandwidth that can be optimized to keep work moving.

Startup 48

Startup Salary Early Stage Software 48

Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

By the time we sold to Level 3, our total proceeds to equity owners and management were $225M. Bandwidth was busting — and this would continue beyond our children’s lifetimes. The balance between supply and demand of bandwidth was rapidly improving. of debt and $870M in equity in three rounds. We raised $2.7B

Bandwidth 147

Bandwidth Colorado Startup IRR 147

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 21, 2013

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Merger 243

Merger Acquisition Startup Bandwidth 243

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

What’s more, there is a whole class of professional high frequency traders – responsible for 10-40% of global equity trading volume – who care deeply about 2 things: 1) the absolute fastest settlement time possible and 2) keeping custody of their funds until settlement. account-based identity model to the Web 3.0

Networking 168

Networking Global Security OTC 168

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 6, 2012

Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Consultants don’t need any inventory Barter your skills or equity for services you need. Exchanging equity for services is worth negotiating with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people.

Bootstrapping 236

Bootstrapping Bandwidth Equity Startup 236

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

After all, sweat equity can make up for a trim marketing budget, but it would be hard to make up for cuts in product development and customer service without sacrificing customer experience. Instead, I had to scrape and claw my way through the pre-launch, startup process, and scale of my business.

Sweat Equity 60

Sweat Equity Equity Sales PR 60

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Entrepreneur 249

Entrepreneur Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 249

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2011

Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Consultants don’t need any inventory Barter your skills or equity for services you need. Exchanging equity for services is worth negotiating with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people.

Entrepreneur 233

Entrepreneur Bandwidth Equity Bootstrapping 233

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 141

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 141

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Startup 232

Startup Merger Bandwidth Acquisition 232

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. I like the ten steps he defines, which I can summarize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 240

Mezzanine Private Equity Bandwidth Metrics 240

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2016

This can be as simple as giving back as much time and emotional effort as you absorb from others, or it can be offering real business payback or equity for contributions. We all have limited bandwidth, and it’s not possible to maintain relationships with everyone. Incent others to contribute to your success.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Bandwidth Angel Investor Equity 120

Gust

JULY 29, 2012

Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Barter your skills or equity for services you need. Exchanging equity for services is worth negotiating with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people. Build a low-budget plan.

Bandwidth 155

Bandwidth Bootstrapping Equity Startup 155

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2010

This initial focus is usually driven by limited financial and people resources, as well as the bandwidth of the executive team. These relationships need not require cash investments; often they are done with exchanges of equity or assets. An example of a startup which used non-organic growth early and effectively was Microsoft.

Acquisition 214

Acquisition Merger Startup Bandwidth 214

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. You don’t have the bandwidth to keep filling positions with more helpers. I like the ten steps he outlines, which I characterize here as follows: Seek major capital infusion. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 120

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 120

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Instead of hearing from your long lost third-cousin, you will be inundated with an avalanche of ‘congratulatory’ emails, calls and letters from people who want to relieve you of the burden of your hard-earned equity round. Equity should be saved for people who will deliver ongoing value to your venture. link] Luis Rivera.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder PR 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2010

Make sure any employees needed are a function of your “bandwidth,” not your confidence or interests. Consultants don’t need any inventory Barter your skills or equity for services you need. Exchanging equity for services is worth negotiating with legal counsel, accountants, engineers, and even sales people.

Bandwidth 128

Bandwidth Equity Bootstrapping Matching 128

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 10, 2014

However, because the number of startups is increasing the bandwidth available to look at each one is declining making it harder for companies to get anyone to take a second look if their execution and/or momentum falters. Hence it is increasingly important to execute right first time.

Bandwidth 98

Bandwidth Open Source Cloud Software 98

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Initially, a trade sale to a private equity firm or a trade buyer seemed a good choice for shareholders, and the one with the least unknown factors. Engaging the right external resources to help with this is critical – you may not have the bandwidth across your existing team, so you need to judge this early.

Prospectus 121

Prospectus IPO Exit Strategy Private Equity 121

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Reasons it might make sense to hire a COO: when CEO bandwidth becomes a bottleneck (i.e. In companies with under 100 people COOs typically do some or all of the following: finance. sales operations. process improvements across the business. people management. strategic planning. partnerships. there are lots of people to hire.

Hiring 116

Hiring Bandwidth Finance Operations 116

Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

About 6-12 months ago you could hardly throw a rock in the startup ecosystem without hitting a VC expressing their enthusiasm for “mobile” Now the frenzy about mobile has extended into the mass media and public equity markets, though with trepidation as often as excitement.

Mobile 160

Mobile Advertising Bandwidth Web 160

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

A slow-growth, but cash rich business like this could be a better fit for a retailer, private equity fund, or other type of owner in the longer run. If you’re a Netflix subsriber with a mediocre bandwidth connection (DSL, esp in rural areas), DVD format will remain a must have for awhile.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Private Equity Seed Stage Bandwidth 100

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 5, 2016

Declining costs of storage and bandwidth have also played a part, but declining costs of compute power helped both and is at the core. Silicon chip companies, then software companies, then the internet and now smartphone and social media businesses are all only possible because compute power has gotten so cheap.

Bandwidth 60

Bandwidth Social Media Cost Internet 60

The Equity Kicker

MAY 31, 2017

For me, at least, this is highly counter-intuitive. I think that’s because the mind sees change in absolute rather than relative terms.

Bandwidth 75

Bandwidth Cloud Engineer Technology 75

Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

Because they will keep 20% equity each at the time of the acquisition, that means $6M each before taxes and vesting. They are making enough money to pay for the coffee, bandwidth and toilet paper consumed at their South-of-South-of-Market (SoSoMa) office in San Francisco. In other words, money problem solved. They blog a lot.

Silicon Valley 78

Silicon Valley Las Vegas San Francisco Vesting 78

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

But when done well it can really help get a company going fast, professionally and without the founders having to give up much (if any) equity - or bankrupting themselves. The founders may believe they are onto such a good idea that they don’t want to give up any equity. To keep the equity we out-sourced.

Bootstrapping 41

Bootstrapping Offshore Startup EC2 41

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Jennifer Brown: I have a lot of problem solving energy and sort of bandwidth to dedicate and not just that I want to dedicate it because I feel comfortable and valued and seen. Jennifer Brown: And I can say I have daughters, of course I get gender equity, but that’s not enough actually.

Hiring 39

Hiring Community Audience Bandwidth 39

BeyondVC

JANUARY 15, 2006

It is about cheaper bandwidth, cheaper hardware, free software, and better tools. It goes back to selling the vision of your company, the ability to make a huge impact in a small and thriving organization, and outlining the equity opportunity. Sure, the next-generation web is cheap.

Oakland 60

Oakland Bandwidth Web Salary 60

David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

Tal Liani, Managing Director, Equities Research-Communications Equipment, Bank of America. Price/bandwidth is plummeting. BROWN: There are going to be a lot of post-credit-crisis regulatory changes particularly around risk. Most of these changes will be announced in the next few months, so you have to move fast. Apple 11-12x P/E.

Fractional CTO 122

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Azure 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

Excuses for not thinking outside the box usually include limited personal bandwidth, not enough cash, and fear of the unknown. Of course, they all prefer cash, but some may work for future revenue or startup equity. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives. It was a win-win deal, with new customers and better service for both.

Merger 120

Merger Intellectual Property Startup Acquisition 120