Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. “By January 1984, investors had turned away from hardware toward software.” This isn’t true.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). &# A: Yes. Bad behavior but prevalent.
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The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.
paulgraham.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of "exit." Writing software is a great way to solve (b), but you can still end up constrained in (a). If you make software to teach English to Chinese speakers, however, youre in startup territory. Google has similar origins.
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
MARCH 25, 2011
I didn’t use any software and most of the payments I received back then was via check or money order in the mail. Paid reviews For a brief period on my blog I invited people to submit their product, service or website for a paid review. Some kids would even send money and even coins (!)
www.seriesseed.com
MARCH 2, 2010
When one studies the (admittedly highly technical) benefits of Series Seed vs. price debt, Series Seed is a better solution. The advent of cloud computing, open source software, platforms with APIs, and numerous other changes have lowered the cost of launching a new enterprise. Today that amount is dramatically smaller.
techcrunch.com
SEPTEMBER 2, 2012
Second, the debt note requires a fixed due date (or “maturity date”) for repayment of the total amount borrowed, plus interest. Additionally, Convertible Equity is “equity” that may have a lower capital gains tax benefit for investors, since it is likely classified as “qualified small business stock”. Company: Founder Institute.
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