Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 11, 2022

Robbery, fires, protests, natural disasters, power outages , and community emergencies are some threats you may come across. Commit to Due Diligence. You must commit to due diligence to protect your investment. Seek Community Support. Building good relationships with local communities is equally vital.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 2, 2019

There are countless groups in every social media platform that belong to industry-specific communities. Start by looking to see if they have a ‘who’s coming/see who’s registered’ link on the website so you can look up who is attending and conduct due diligence on them through Google, LinkedIn, etc.

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Board Effect

MARCH 29, 2019

Good governance benefits organizations, communities and the people they serve. The organization also benefits from strong branding and reputation. Communities and the economy also have much to gain from good corporate governance. Good governance leads to lower capital costs while minimizing waste.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 3, 2019

If you Google “fundraising startups” you’ll find thousands of articles on how to get started, what you should do and how you should communicate to investors. Founders need to do just as much due diligence on their investors as is done on their company. Even fewer realize that fundraising etiquette runs both ways.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Not only that, but coming from the same place, you would most likely have the same aspirations for the community and also have very similar values and standards of what is acceptable conduct and what is not. For better or worse, people are becoming increasingly mobile these days. This is where business background checks come in handy.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 7, 2021

Differences between the verbal offer and the provided termsheet; unacceptable clauses added; lots of noncommittal language ‘pending due diligence’ etc. This rarely occurs with established investors, because they know breaking their word is a reputation killer around our community. Or it was pulled for no reason.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Investors will look first to a summary , and then a pitch ; but if you get through that screening, they’ll want to see a business plan for the process of due diligence. Some government agencies, business development centers, business incubators, and similar organizations will be tied into the investment communities in your area.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 2, 2018

Granted the people who took a chance on us were people who did their due diligence. They took their time to get to know us, our vision and watched us for months as we built our product and reputation. I came from television and non-profit and jumped into a community where I knew no one.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Experience and reputation well-earned counts. Be sure to protect your valuable startup and business assets by doing the due diligence the decision deserves. Starting your hunt early for the best storage and moving partner will let you go beyond blindly endorsing the ad you came across during your internet search.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2013

A few angel investors have slipped or fallen from their lofty perch, so entrepreneurs must take great care to validate the character and reputation of every prospective investor. Even then, do your own due diligence in the business community. Many entrepreneurs believe all money is created equal.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 22, 2010

And while writing about it might drive some traffic Forbes.com, the reality is that there’s no due diligence line item on other venture firms’ checklists for Boulder companies that says “find out why Foundry passed&#. There is no signaling problem. . And the numbers support me.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

In either case, corporations have to set up their investment vehicles so that the venture capital community sees them as serious players. Teten: How do corporate VCs interact with the broader VC community? . Protecting one’s reputation is incredibly important for any investor, whether independent or corporate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2012

A few angel investors have slipped or fallen from their lofty perch, so entrepreneurs must take great care to validate the character and reputation of every prospective investor. Even then, do your own due diligence in the business community. Many entrepreneurs believe all money is created equal.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. Remember, it’s a two-way street – do your due diligence too. The venture capital landscape in Asia is varied and complex, as most of the active firms on the continent are concentrated in just a few areas.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

Other platforms where you’re likely to find your target audience – Think Twitter, Snapchat, and common interest communities across the web. After all, you don’t want your business name or logo associated with someone who has a questionable or negative reputation online.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2018

You may be the most reputable person in your social circle. The business community that you are now a part of requires that you pay your dues. After all, why should everyone give you their time and advice when you have not proven your worth to the wider community? Show, rather than tell. Understand how to create balance.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 11, 2018

Other platforms where you’re likely to find your target audience – Think Twitter, Snapchat, and common interest communities across the web. After all, you don’t want your business name or logo associated with someone who has a questionable or negative reputation online.

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Marketing Software Review Social Media Audience 48

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2010

A few angel investors have slipped or fallen from their lofty perch, so entrepreneurs must take great care to validate the character and reputation of every prospective investor. Even then, do your own due diligence in the business community. Many entrepreneurs believe all money is created equal.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

If you join a fund, you’ll invest your financial capital, but far more importantly, your reputational capital. So I would start by sharing with the fund an institutional LP due diligence checklist , and ask them to share their data room with you. He said, “ Everyone has to support a deal in order to get it done.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It’s up to the consumer to do their due diligence and only purchase from reputable sources who go the extra mile and provide 3rd party lab testing to ensure the potency and safety of their products. Does the company give back to the community and support worthy causes? Education is key.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It’s up to the consumer to do their due diligence and only purchase from reputable sources who go the extra mile and provide 3rd party lab testing to ensure the potency and safety of their products. Does the company give back to the community and support worthy causes? Education is key.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

Finally, paying outright for a property might lead to overconfidence and failures in performing due diligence properly. Make careful comparisons on pricing specifics and community preferences. Once you establish a reputation as a reliable cash buyer, people are more likely to direct deals your way.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Don’t apologize for this — you’re only doing your due diligence. All it takes to cripple a business financially and potentially destroy its reputation is a single well-targeted, competently executed lawsuit. As with any bit of sensitive information, fewer people in the know is usually better. That’s what this exercise is about.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

The challenge with most such independent investors is that they, quite reasonably, all have their own independent decision-making and due diligence process. The ideal coinvestor in this bucket varies wildly depending on the underlying company’s profile. Sometimes we’ll reach out to individual angels, not just funds and family offices.

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

2) Is your reputation in the market such that great people will want to work with you? Prospective LPs evaluating NextView tend to focus their due diligence on conversations with these folks as well as other trusted participants in the startup community that are likely to have a POV on us.

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Up and Running

JUNE 25, 2014

But the other thing I would encourage people to do, it’s becoming more and more prevalent in communities across the United States is that people are forming angel groups and putting together LLC funds with a group of investors all together. SmartBiz Loans is a reputable, really good firm to work with. At least I think you do.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 22, 2012

For some reason (probably age discrimination), I have the reputation at the office for being a booze hound. I would have spent more time doing due diligence about the industry and the business structure, particularly the financials. But in reality, I have one true love: beer. billion industry. If so, what and why?

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VC Cafe

JULY 30, 2012

9) Get media/blog coverage before you launch – staying on the traction point, any prospecting investor will do its due diligence on the company, product or team. If you live near a vibrant startup community, there should be plenty of opportunities to do pitch practice.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

BTW, once you are an investor, it will serve you well to continue to cement your reputation as one of the up-and-comers that is an established expert in this emerging space. The most obvious candidates of this sort are the folks who started or led community organizations focused on startups and their respective tech communities.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

The key problem with existing technologies was adverse selection, specifically concerning the incentives of participants and the reputation systems: In the yellow pages, people wanted to be found but the way they represented themselves had nothing to do with how good they were. It has reputation. Our answer: a network.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

Suddenly, our operational risks “creeped” into becoming reputational risks. After a few more back and forths I started the due diligence process, except this was a seller side due diligence, or SSDD. Why would I pay Sam’s Club an annual fee when they don’t have the items I want half the year?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2018

In any case, they can expand your community of believers, which is a key to success in crowdfunding, or passing the due diligence of a professional. Your reputation is dependent on sincere communications, inclusion, and common goals. Participate in relevant industry events and thought-leader forums.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

No, you need to focus on one specific niche customer and that is it because that is how you’re going to build a reputation as a specialist. You might want to consider enrolling in a business plan course at a local small business development center or community college because that is going to be how you finally get your business plan done.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 14, 2013

Back in 2011, we announced a monthly cS Award to honor quality work by designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. Congratulations, you’ve met our new Reputation System. The June cS Award. We’re not sure if you’ve noticed, but things are a little different around the crowdSPRING site lately.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 14, 2019

Homease got your back: Connecting Reputable Home Service Providers For Real Estate Transactions Submitting an Offer My client, Susie, and I are on pins and needles as we wait to hear back about an offer we submitted for her first home in Austin. I need one that is tried and true, a reputable company that is trustworthy.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

While not obvious on the surface, there has been a fundamental sea-change in the investment community that has made the incremental Unicorn investment a substantially more dangerous and complicated practice. They use the reputation of the other investors as a proxy for due diligence. Why are they friendly now?

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Venture Chronicles

JULY 16, 2010

After the term sheet is executed the investment fund will go into a deeper level of due diligence with the company, a process that is equivalent to an anal probe. In normal times the term sheet and due diligence process all but guaranteed the investment as far as the startup was concerned.

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