Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Most healthy businesses need business financing at some point. Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have. Don’t waste your time looking for the wrong kind of financing.

SBA 161

SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2021

These days, though, getting the financing for a startup doesn’t have to be the herculean task it once was. Generally, it also allows potential consumers to get a share of the business — whether through equity or an actual tangible item or product itself — to bolster confidence in the brand. Incubators and Accelerators.

Security 92

Security Finance Angel Investor Incubator 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

Early Stage 253

Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 253

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. Clients typically use it to create and strengthen local community initiatives: bake sales, barbeques, political organizing, etc. . Why is that?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. This, of course, doesn’t mean that we discourage entrepreneurs to seek financing. SM: Every incubator you look at takes pride in how exclusive they are.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Gust

JULY 8, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

Early Stage 177

Early Stage Finance Seed Stage Entrepreneur 177

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

We’re a battery technology company, so we didn’t benefit much from having access to desk space, computing resources or the community of predominantly Internet entrepreneurs. In particular, use your accelerator to help you set up your accounting and finances. – Andrew Schrage , Money Crashers Personal Finance.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Chile Startup Due Diligence 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share. Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy.

New York 114

New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

identify financing vehicles before you need them. Incubators are designed for teams with an idea. They add mentors and additional services and some offer free space in exchange for equity. One of the noticeable things about the San Diego health tech community is that it feels like a community.

San Diego 264

San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 264

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The incubators and co-working spaces are on par with what we have. In contrast with a startup such as Kiva, the drive to fix real problems, make and impact and give to the community makes traditional business feel vain, and startups all the more inspiring. Access to Finance. A trader on Wall St. Down to Earth.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

At this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we announced a very important partnership with MAD Incubator, Malaysia for entrepreneurship development in the region. This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Last Friday, June 21st I sent the following message out to our community of users, colleagues, friends and supporters. I recruited a top-flight engineer and serial entrepreneur to build our MVP, on equity?—?and With hindsight, my unsolicited advice to other founders in this position is to crowdfund (equity or traditional).

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup B2C Sweat Equity 54

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I’ve identified a wide range of organizations who are working on bridging the economic, cultural, and political gap between Israel, the Arab community, and the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”) through technology. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. Apply here.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Ning Communities. On-line Communities. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Incubator List/ Local Startup Resources/ Startup Q&A. List of Startup Incubators. Legal, Equity, etc.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Up and Running

JANUARY 30, 2014

They are frequently confused with incubator programs, but the two are technically different. Accelerators focus on early-stage startups, while incubators are geared toward later-stage startups. Incubators. Like accelerators, incubators offer access to office space, contacts, and mentorship. Accelators.

Incubator 105

Incubator New York City Venture Capital Startup 105

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning Misc Office Help Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.

Software Review 110

Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2014

Let’s break this down, typically, a startup’s accelerator will provide entrepreneurs with mentoring, guidance and a small amount of funding in return for a small equity stake in the company. Advice For The Young At Heart business incubation business incubator Elton Rivas startup'

Cofounder 171

Cofounder Incubator Programming IPO 171

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Early-stage startup. Every startup is early-stage to someone. Business accelerator.

Early Stage 231

Early Stage Seed Stage Angel Investor Silicon Valley 231

www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

He has been actively involved in merger, acquisition and disposition transactions with a combined value of over $1 billion, and financing/investment transactions and securities offerings worth over $600 million. Think of it as “shared office space meets incubator meets entrepreneurial club-house.”

Term Sheet 40

Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Vesting San Diego 40

Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Some have become well known in the entrepreneurial community as benchmark operations for others to emulate, including TechStars and Y-Combinator. Accelerators are popping up in college towns, urban cities and near existing technology hubs. Are you a candidate for an accelerator? Raising money Surrounding yourself with talent'

Incubator 100

Incubator Equity Programming Operations 100

www.lanceglasser.com

MAY 13, 2012

Finance and budgeting. Customer Equity. More and more I believe that the CTO office needs to not only create options, but incubate (in partnership with Business Development and others) businesses that exploit technical breakthroughs. Third, the CTO needs to attend to the health and well-being of the technical community.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Technical Review Architecture 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice. I believe some VCs have entered the early-stage market as simply an option on future financing rounds. The LP Community Hasn’t Yet Caught Up.

Venture Capital 296

Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. In San Antonio we take great pride in our diverse, artistic, affordable and culturally rich community filled with a young and burgeoning creative class workforce.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. However after Sequoia and Ron Conway announced their investment in YC in 2009 , and after YC alumni DropBox and AirBnb raised capital on billion-dollar valuations in 2010-11, the program quickly became the gold standard among early-stage startup incubators.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Read on for a fuller explanation.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? How much equity should I give up? How much equity should I grant to early employees? How much equity should I grant to early employees? No loss of equity, at least until they convert at Series A.

Equity 40

Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

At today's roundtable we had some intensive discussions around market sizing and its impact on financing. So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing. He is willing to give up 33% of equity for this $1 million investment.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2010

D eloitte Touche in Israel produces a Venture Capital and Private Equity survey every other quarter in an attempt to identify trends within the venture capital arena, give a summary of VC expectations of the Israeli VC community for the next six to twelve months. 77% of venture capitalists believe the gap is in Seed and First Round.

Mezzanine 92

Mezzanine Venture Capital IPO 92

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

On the alumni side, we set up an incubator downtown, called the Columbia Startup Lab. … Of the cohort that just graduated I think eight are completely self-sufficient and actually revenue positive and another 10 are in Series A round financing. . What we couldn’t (agree to) was how to split founder equity.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur New York Cofounder Equity 120

Bryce Dot VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

is not a back up school for your failed attempt to get into some other incubator, accelerator or a grander catapult to launch you into the world or traditional VC funding. Terms We’ve worked with the team at Cooley to create an investment instrument that has elements of both debt and equity. Distributions The heart of the indie.vc

San Francisco 40

San Francisco Distribution Equity Delaware 40

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2017

But what that means in reality is I love helping awesome entrepreneurs find solutions to tough problems, create jobs that support families, and build their communities. I own several finance related companies. My website says I am “pathfinding the bold technologies that will change our world.” Let’s just try.”. The rest will follow.

Early Stage 88

Early Stage SEC Chicago Venture Capital 88

ReadWriteStart

MAY 8, 2012

Derek Shanahan , Chief Community Officer of Foodtree. Take into consideration board seats, the investor’s equity stake in the business and whether they will receive preferred or common stock. It didn’t come from the traditional incubators or super angels found in Silicon Valley; instead, we took an unorthodox route.

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Startup San Francisco Silicon Valley 140

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 2, 2010

First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. I can’t tell you how many companies I’ve run into where the inability to get financing, or the lack of interest in it, led them to building better companies.

Startup 101

Startup Venture Capital Incubator Programming 101

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world. I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. Ludi, Thanks for sharing your experience.

San Jose 43

San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

So, please note the TAM Analysis is a vitally important aspect of building any financing strategy. Chak has been able to get a couple of distributors in Singapore to buy his greeting cards designed by a community of artists, but is struggling to find a steady, repeatable model. Raymond is wondering why he cannot attract financing.

Marketing 52

Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

If you believe in it – then finance whatever you can yourself. Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. Other sources of capital. Government grants – Credit cards / debt. What are the other essentials?

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44