Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Most experts agree that the pace of business change is increasing , and all the business owners I know are struggling to keep up, much less surpass the wealth of global competitors now entering the market. These advisors need a stake in your success, like a monthly stipend, or an equity share of the business.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. ” .

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. SBA: Small Business Administration Office of Advocacys Home Page. Selling to Small Businesses.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a majority of our investments in those sectors and prioritize proven business models. 645 Ventures: A New Era of Venture Capital Investing Arena Growth Partners We help great leaders build great businesses. For most of us, we have been the only woman partner or senior executive in our firm.

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View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

Glen Mello: Venture debt is a good complement to equity. It’s generally got a lower cost compared to equity capital and can help support growth. Use good judgment, talk to your co-founders/investors/lawyers, and partner with a bank that values transparency and relationships such as SVB.]. Business model?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

business model and team. I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. Here are the ingredients: Business model : This is actually the most important ingredient of the five. There is usually a way. What is a good team?

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 18, 2022

My new business idea came from my current business. In 2020 I started a presentation design agency & scaled it globally. There will always be a need for new features, products, and services for your firm because businesses and procedures change every day. #7- Instructional design agency. Photo Credit: Mrunalini Dhas.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. Global Sources, once listed in Bermuda and now owned by the private equity giant Blackstone, has been active in Hong Kong since the 1970s and focuses on trade in and out of the former British colony.

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David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Technology innovation, globalization of markets, and recent market volatility such as the 2008 market collapse are driving painful changes (for some) in the asset management industry. Katina Stefanova : There are a number of business models that have already taken place or are at the tipping point.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2015

The business model is innovative and unique, and the business itself serves as a fantastic “how to” example for entrepreneurs looking to start a social, mission-driven business. As can be imagined, tackling a global, public health problem through social enterprise is not just a worthy goal, but a lofty one.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

To give a high-level snapshot of the activity in just the investment community alone this past June, ATX Venture Partners closed a $150M fund, 8VC filed with the SEC regarding plans to raise an $880M fund and Mainsail Partners, a growth equity fund based in San Francisco, is planning to open an office in Austin this September ( Source: AustinInno ).

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

9:19] Is there an equity emphasis? [11:06] 12:50] So how does the process work for businesses who want to join Hello Alice? I then met Elizabeth along that journey and she was coming from this background with the working for the United Nations, leading their global entrepreneur council. Business model.

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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. Steve is also the author of Surviving a Startup: Practical Strategies for Starting a Business, Overcoming Obstacles, and Coming Out on Top. You know, could you look at my business plan? It's a lot of work.

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OnlyOnce

MARCH 22, 2016

We expanded the program later that year with partner companies ReadyTalk, SendGrid, MWH Global, SpotX, and Moz, as I wrote about here. The participants who have been hired by us and our partner organizations have made impressive contributions to their companies’ businesses and cultures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). Those with strong business models suddenly stand out when the tide goes out. And well they should be.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

The class teaches the three basic skills all entrepreneurs need to know: business model design. Called “ How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad ,” it walks you through the Business Model Canvas and an overview of the customer development process. customer development. agile engineering. Find it here. Sign up here.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. They communicate and pass on the DNA of how Silicon Valley operates and what level of performance is needed to compete on a global scale.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. This is harder than it sounds.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

So you’ve decided to enlist a technology incubator to help your new business get off the ground. You have a great idea and a strong business plan, and an incubator is just the partner you need at this stage. Luckily, there are a good number of incubators now available to burgeoning entrepreneurs. How should you work together?

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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.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Richard Witten , is a former General Partner at Goldman Sachs with with 35+ years of experience in the global capital marketplace. We didn’t really formalize the relationship in terms of equity and decision-making and ownership… Because we couldn’t come to an agreement, we put off the decision. Two were half time.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

And, oh by the way, we also really like the idea of the 1M/1M entrepreneurs building valuation and negotiating leverage through these business development efforts, instead of signing off large chunks of their company in form of equity early on.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. Mark Zuckerberg lost a staggering $87 billion, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos by $58 billion and the list goes on.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

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Babbling VC

APRIL 3, 2011

I know it goes against your business model :-) but it must tickle you that to some, the sign of success is funding and not a successful business. It injects a layer of beauracry into your business that only government intervention could match. All joking aside VC's and their money can turbo-boost your business.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. As opposed to taking a potentially smart risk on equity). TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Greylock Partners · Reid Hoffman | Philosopher Versus MBA. If they don’t have the right skills or resources, they’ll pick them up along the way by hiring someone, partnering with someone, or just learning it themselves. As opposed to taking a potentially smart risk on equity). TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2018

High-end sunglass distributors have built a multi-billion dollar business model on one very simple life truth: you will lose your sunglasses. Aristotle saw the potential in this $100 billion industry, and teamed up with business partner Ravi Patel. It’s not a matter of if but when. Handmade in Greece.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Unicorn’s struggle is a global phenomenon There are a total of 1,224 unicorns globally, with a combined valuation of $3.7 Instead of purely chasing high-growth ventures, many PE firms focused on companies with robust business models and clear paths to profitability. trillion, according to CB Insights.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. What is your advice for dealing with criticism when starting/launching a new business or coming up with an idea? Should the idea or business be kept secret? Initial developer: partner or hired?

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. As investors, we are active partners to the founders and CEO. We should focus on this as an advertising business.” Everything else is a waste of time.

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 20, 2012

YouTube is providing hundreds of millions of dollars in financial stimulus to its network partners, and using their 800 million unique monthly home page views to curate and promote content. Yes – that’s equivalent to a global Olympic audience generated by a 22-year-old putting on Lady Gaga make-up.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 3, 2023

Private equity firm Alta Semper Capital has provided a financing injection of twenty million dollars to the e-health business MyDawa, which is based in Kenya. Because of the recent $20 million investment that it made, Alta Semper Capital has emerged as an essential strategic partner for MyDawa’s expansion objectives.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. It was becoming a business model destined to fail. The result is a mutually beneficial, long-term relationship that typically transcends business. Thanks to Steven Randall, Vonya Global ! #8-Provide Photo Credit: Steven Randall.

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. By April 2010, the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) global initiative had been formally named.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Anish Acharya , a16z fintech general partner In defense of the IPO, and how to improve it There’s a popular narrative that evil investment bankers are intentionally underpricing traditional IPOs to steal from companies, lining banker pockets and those of their fatcat Wall Street clients. But most of all, it will benefit us as consumers.

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