Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

These events are swarming with potential investors, and this is the forum where they are actively soliciting new opportunities, so don’t be shy about handing out your business card at breaks, lunch, mixers, or scheduled activities. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

These events are swarming with potential investors, and this is the forum where they are actively soliciting new opportunities, so don’t be shy about handing out your business card at breaks, lunch, mixers, or scheduled activities. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

These events are swarming with potential investors, and this is the forum where they are actively soliciting new opportunities, so don’t be shy about handing out your business card at breaks, lunch, mixers, or scheduled activities. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

They also look for a robust business model and product/market fit. To secure funding, a startup must have a viable business plan and a functioning business model. The management company must file certain reports with the SEC and some states. Seed Rounds. VCs invest money in startups, aiming to gain a profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

These events are swarming with potential investors, and this is the forum where they are actively soliciting new opportunities, so don’t be shy about handing out your business card at breaks, lunch, mixers, or scheduled activities. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors.

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Berkonomics

MAY 22, 2014

The sale of equity in private companies is regulated by the Securities Act of 1933, which requires that the company either register with the SEC or meet one of several exemptions (Regulation D). A Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) is a special business plan defined to meet an SEC exemption.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The key to the JOBS Act is this: it opens up more possibilities in equity funding without the tedious requirements to register your funding as a public offering with the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC). This was predicated on the SEC writing the crowdfunding regulations by December 31 2012 like they were supposed to.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

But, in the US, only wealthy accredited investors * have been allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to invest in entrepreneurs and their startup companies (without extensive disclosure of the business plan and risks inherent to such new ventures). This is a rather controversial change in the SEC regulations.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

Per SEC rules “accredited investors” need to meet one of the following criteria: 1. The above definition of accredited investors is being currently reviewed by the SEC in terms of current financial thresholds of income and net worth. Some well-known Silicon Valley angel groups are Band of Angels, Sandhill Angels, TIE angels and others.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2016

Currently in its 7th season, the show features a panel of potential venture capital investors, called “sharks”, that considers offers from aspiring entrepreneurs seeking investments for their business or products. 10 sec rule. We bring you a lowdown of lessons from Shark Tank: 1. Clarity & Conviction.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

Below is an article that I wrote for Business Law Today, a publication for the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section. Crowdfunding: Its Practical Effect May Be Unclear Until SEC Rulemaking is Complete. The securities may also be subject to such other limitations as may be determined by the SEC.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Or you can talk to accredited investors , as defined by the the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Maybe we forget because we’re used to business plan projections, which are just that, projections. Presenting financial results is serious business. But you can’t go around asking people to invest.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

The crowdfunding strategy, however, has also caught the attention of the SEC and has been regulated by the 2012 JOBS Act. The JOBS Act aimed to assist small business in securing financing by relaxing some of the federal securities laws. The SEC is currently working to draft rules allowing equity-based crowdfunding.

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Thursday, May 29, 2008. What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

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Business Plan Blog

JANUARY 2, 2014

In September of this year, the SEC voted to overturn the ban on “general solicitation” that made it illegal for companies to publicly advertise that they are raising capital. How Crowdfunding is Affecting Angel Group Investment. An easing on some of the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value.

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Small Business Force

JUNE 29, 2013

And few entrepreneurs approach this very critical undertaking with the kind of planning, precision and discipline it requires. Most business plans for funding contain tons of research about the market, and, usually, some well-thought-out strategies and tactics. You can't fund your business with guesses, wishes and dreams.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value. Startups are private companies with no common document filing requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value. Startups are private companies with no common document filing requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value. Startups are private companies with no common document filing requirements.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. Targets selected” figure indicates number of business plans received. [v] v] Number of business plans received.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Often I find that experienced investors scan ahead to the management page of a business plan, even before they read the product description. These days, with Sarbanes-Oxley and all the new SEC regulations, an MBA does not begin to cover the accounting, process, and tax knowledge needed to steer a company’s finances.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There are three maindisadvantages: you mix together your business and personal life;they will probably not be as well connected as angels or venturefirms; and they may not be accredited investors, which couldcomplicate your life later. The regulatory burden is much lower if a companys shareholdersare all accredited investors.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Jokes aside, the top-down approach has its place in business plans and pitch decks commonly used to ask people for money. “ But hold on a sec. But it worked for a lot of the dot com’s in the early 2000s. Oh wait, no…that’s right, it didn’t. This is precisely our target market. 4 dixon on 09.30.10

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Million in 1946 as a closed-end mutual fund ) which meant ARD was regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC.) While traveling to England on vacation in 1810 Francis Cabot Lowell, who was already wealthy from his families shipping business, became fascinated by English power looms.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking. BPS : Business Plan Servicesâ?? s leading practice that is dedicated to providing full assistance with business planning. business planning.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

What's happened since April When the JOBS Act was past in April, the SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) was given until January 1, 2013 to propose the specific terms by which equity-based crowdfunding would operate. One key event which is probably both good and bad is that current SEC chairman Mary L.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 9, 2012

This opens up more possibilities in equity funding without the tedious requirements to register your funding as a public offering with the SEC. In the future, funding other businesses might be a much more common way to diversify your capital-that anyone can do and not just accredited investors.

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