Gust

JULY 12, 2012

Topics of conversation included how to identify fundable companies, trends in funding, business plans, and pitching to investors. On May 2nd and 3rd, I led workshops for about thirty Estonian investors on syndication, due diligence, valuation and the post-investment relationship with entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Some tips for helping you get you there include: Have a good website to serve as your business’s online hub (ideally, one with an Open-source CMS that’s feature-rich and offers the opportunity to take advantage of integrations, such as those for SEO and social media). Expect to encounter ebb and flow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Your pitch and business plan are important. They prefer local opportunities where they can meet and work face-to-face with your team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

The trophy angel investor typically participates in networks of other angel investors and venture capital firms that are available for evaluation, feedback and syndication. The more industry experience an investor has, the more useful she can be. This access can be extremely valuable to an entrepreneur attempting to find additional funding.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

I helped introduce the company to various angels and lead the effort to form a syndicate for their fund-raising round. They had a small amount of cash in the bank from having won two business plan competitions that they used to finance the company to date. At this stage, the team had had no prior financing.

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chrischandler.name

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Be prepared with your business plan, term sheet, and probably a beer. It will vary depending on the unique situation of the developer, but a good rule of thumb would be to not offer it until AFTER you’ve developed a successful working relationship in which you have demonstrated your ability to execute your business plan.

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VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

At Foundry we see something like 5,000 business plans every year of which probably 500 or more are clearly plans that will get funded by someone. We get over 5,000 business plans submitted to us each year (and fund about 8 new ideas). And, of course, the math makes it hard as well.

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VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

At Foundry we see something like 5,000 business plans every year of which probably 500 or more are clearly plans that will get funded by someone. We get over 5,000 business plans submitted to us each year (and fund about 8 new ideas). And, of course, the math makes it hard as well.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

That said, our experience so far is that these online markets are most useful to identify opportunities to join a syndicate, not to source and lead a new investment. In 2013 HBSAANY launched a Fast Track program, which allows our members who are investing in a company to rapidly find other members who want to join the syndicate.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. If they don’t like to syndicate, or don’t have a track record of doing it, you will want to consider your options. If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. past round one. past round one.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Now that iControl has raised over $100M, this got me thinking back to our original business plan. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Furthermore, angel groups frequently syndicate (co-invest) with neighboring angel organizations in an effort to help fill round of investment for local companies and assist members in diversifying their portfolios with investments in nearby regions.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Lean Case provides standard business models & metrics, so you can apply a standard approach to business planning, modeling, and profitability tracking. Similarly, Corsis uses benchmarking data to understand technology spend patterns.

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Follow Mashable Business. Subscribe to the Business channel. More Stories in Business. Small Businesses Plan to Buy an iPad in 2012 [STUDY]. Global Syndication Partners. Become a fan on Facebook. Download our free apps for Android , Mac , iPhone and iPad. Top Related Stories. ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. So while nearly all VC funds have some addressyou can send your business plan to, VCs privately admit the chanceof getting funding by this route is near zero. Startups valuations aresupposed to rise over time. Any city wherepeople start startups will have one or more of them.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 24, 2018

This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. WHY are you in business? Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. Avoid Outsourcing Your Social Media. Avoid Crowdfunding.

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Mike Michalowicz

JANUARY 10, 2013

This is great provided you already have in place a strategic thinking business plan where you have clearly identified your ideal customers; know your market and have established key metrics. WHY are you in business? Thanks to Kenny Jahng , Big Click Syndicate LLC. Avoid Outsourcing Your Social Media. Avoid Crowdfunding.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

You’d rather have a lot of high quality dealflow that’s relevant to your strategy (stage, sector, geography, etc) than simply winning the “we got the most business plans” award. To illustrate what great sourcing means, let me give an analogy from the academic world. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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