ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

These fees are charged to cover the costs of operating the crowdfunding platform, including marketing, payment processing, and customer support. Additionally, some crowdfunding platforms may charge additional fees for certain services, including offering marketing and admin support. Inbar Madar , Founder and Business Consultant, M.I.

Startup 141

Startup Campaign Cofounder Venture Capital 141

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

A popular myth these days is that finishing college only dilutes your entrepreneurial instincts, and the best of the best, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out early to hasten their success. I agree with Robert E. Find summer internships and part-time work in your field of interest.

Chad 279

Chad Incubator Dilution LLC 279

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

VC firms see thousands of deals and have a refined sense of how the market is valuing deals because they get price signals across all of these deals. I know that some founders feel uncomfortable with this as though they might somehow be sharing something so confidential that it ultimately hurts you. The “how much have you raised?”

Valuation 324

Valuation Post-Money Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder 324

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2016

A popular myth these days is that finishing college only dilutes your entrepreneurial instincts, and the best of the best, including Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, dropped out early to hasten their success. I agree with Robert E. Find summer internships and part-time work in your field of interest.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Chad Incubator Dilution 120

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Lean Technical Review Distribution 113

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Sales & Marketing | Wednesdays. SALES & MARKETING. Online Marketing. Bringing Innovation to Market. a 50-employee provider of e-marketing solutions to small and midsize businesses, based in Needham, Mass. Chip Morse , cofounder and partner with Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton P.C., Finance | Tuesdays.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO Equity Iowa Technical Cofounder 40

The Next Web

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Neil Rimer is a Partner and co-founder of Index Ventures. Yet, surprisingly, we continue to come across founders who have made significant mistakes in their early capital raises that we suspect go against their own instincts and jeopardize the foundations of the businesses they are building.

Cap Table 128

Cap Table Option Pool Angel Investor Entrepreneur 128

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 14, 2012

The entrepreneur is seeking not just money, but primarily contacts with buyers at big retailers to get wider distribution. They argue over who can help Cozy Bug with distribution more. Kevin’s offer seems to be pretty attractive given that there is no equity dilution. Three sharks make an offer. Kevin offered $50k.

Equity 163

Equity Dilution Redemption Distribution 163

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Rather, give titles such as VP of Engineering, Product/Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, etc. Don’t make everyone a founder.

Part-Time VPE 79

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Cofounder CTO Hire 79

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Marketing Intern. How to Divide Equity to Startup Founders, Advisors, and Employees. The part that I’d like to zero in on is when you’ve got a high growth company what are some of the best practices out there to distribute equity to the founders, advisors, and employees? Equity for Founders. Bookkeeper.

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it. TRANSCRIPT. Reid, why don’t you start?

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 17, 2021

Greylock investor Sridhar Ramaswamy , who co-founded search engine startup Neeva , says it’s more important for startups to think about creating a product that is useful and resonates with people before worrying about whether a large incumbent is doing it. TRANSCRIPT. Reid, why don’t you start?

Cofounder 69

Cofounder Differentiation Search Advertising 69

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Take the market and break it down into smaller chunks. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? Only if you’re doing it with the intention to learn about the market and customers.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

One of the first tough decisions that startup founders have to make is how to allocate or split the equity among co-founders. Building a product doesn’t get it distributed and sold. Expertise can be marketing, technical, financial, or sales. The same logic applies to splitting equity with co-founders.

Intellectual Property 252

Intellectual Property Equity Cofounder CTO Hire 252

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

One of the first tough decisions that startup founders have to make is how to allocate or split the equity among co-founders. Building a product doesn’t get it distributed and sold. Expertise can be marketing, technical, financial, or sales. The same logic applies to splitting equity with co-founders.

Equity 228

Equity Intellectual Property Cofounder CTO Hire 228

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

It started in college when I started my own music marketing and production company. My founders and I started the company about three years ago. I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. Tell us a little bit about your entrepreneurial experience. Jared Hecht: Wonderful. Bates: Fantastic.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Andy Rachleff co-founded the venture capital firm Benchmark Capital in 1995. In the old days, when companies built hardware, they were all examples of high technical risk and low market risk. It was 20 to 30, not 100, because of the dilution from the capital. You knew you could build what you set out to build.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 159