Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. I’ve seen people succeed as solo founders – but I think not having a co-founder makes an already hard journey that much harder. The co-founder / marriage analogy is apt.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder Series, we interviewed Ms. I wanted to be able to select clients that are a good fit and can benefit from my finance, IT and international experience. As you have a history of building early stage companies, what is the most important thing you tell startup founders? Gabriela Rodil.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As part of The Startup Magazine Female Founder Series, we interviewed Ms. I wanted to be able to select clients that are a good fit and can benefit from my finance, IT and international experience. As you have a history of building early stage companies, what is the most important thing you tell startup founders? Gabriela Rodil.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

One of the things that founders have the most angst about is whom they should have on their board and at what stage of the business. Why you should set up a board at the seed round of funding I know these days with SAFE documents and rolling convertible notes many founders prefer not to set up a board early on.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. Absolutely not.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In Jake Soberal and Irma Olguin are the founders of a company called Bitwise. Here's my conversation with the founders of Bitwise.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It’s still in the very early stages there, but there is definitely an enthusiastic community to build on. 4) Building pre-seed companies As we reflect upon our own sweet spot of “backing mission-driven founders at the earliest stages,” one important point of clarity is that this truly means at inception or pre-seed.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 15, 2023

4- To provide reliable funding solutions Photo Credit: Fred Winchar As a co-founder, president, and CEO of MaxCash Title Loans, I have a passion for providing access to financial resources to those in need. I started MaxCash Title Loans to give people secure access to finances. Thanks to Mark Lindquist, Community Phone ! #13-

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2010, Antonio Garcia Martinez, the founder of AdGrok, wrote, “New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say.” On the other had, I wouldn’t be surprised if Miami winds up with a fantastic community feel and vibe but struggles to produce big companies.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I received a Silicon Flatirons email from Phil Weiser this morning in his role as Silicon Flatirons Founder and Executive Director. Phil’s note to the Silicon Flatirons community follows. Supporting entrepreneurs in our community is a central part of our mission. One of the key leaders in this activity is Brad Bernthal.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 16, 2020

We shifted to Zoom meetings with founders and deals came together without a single in-person meeting. Enterprise SaaS and marketplaces continue to be very established and favored categories for founders and investors alike. We refined our investment thesis to focus on mission-driven founders. We published the now already 3rd (!)

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2014

Founders are building small, focused teams based on people they worked with previously and referrals from their networks. YC companies use Hacker News to post jobs and have strong community groups, as does 500 Startups.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. The Grand-daddy.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, product designers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Mobile Mondays : Boston chapter of the world’s largest Mobile professional community. Boston is a great place to start and build a company. The Grand-daddy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Yet I find that many technical founders don’t feel they need it at all, or at best point to one person on the team who is marketing. Too many founders, strapped for cash or time, make poor team selections, assuming they can fix the problem later. In this days of pervasive communication, this is powerful marketing.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2018

Sloan kept the corporate staff small and focused on policymaking, corporate finance, and planning. If you’re following Tesla, you might be interested to know that Sloan wasn’t the founder of GM. Where are the charitable foundations, business schools, and hospitals named after the founder of GM? What happened to him?

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2014

Instead of letting your businesses’ finances cloud your day-to-day, make the steps to take control this year: revisit, rethink and refuel. An additional resource to seek help from when addressing your finances is the local community banker. Oftentimes, community bankers provide much more than just financial services.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. AskAnything.VC Advantages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

There is a common belief in the angel and venture capital community that you put your money on the best team, rather than the best idea. Thus the top priority of every entrepreneur who wants funding should be to build and highlight their “dream team” of co-founders, executives and advisers, to attract the biggest and best investors.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Do More Faster: TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup is the new book by David Cohen , founder and CEO of TechStars, and Brad Feld , managing director of Foundry Group. Below is his chapter, Avoid Co-Founder Conflict. A perennial favorite is to decide that each founder should own an equal share. For what reasons?

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

There is a wealth of resources that are unique to this town and a vibrant community of hackers, business people, and investors at various stages in their career. Large Tech Meetups: Web Innovators Group : Quarterly Demo-Style meetup in Cambridge draws over 1000 members of the startup community each time. The Grand-daddy.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

There is a myth among first time tech founders that product is everything. Here are five financial concepts that every startup founder should know to build an everlasting company. Compared to Accounting, Finance is ruthlessly forward looking. Asset valuation. Alpha generation. venkatarag. getfilecloud.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 27, 2017

Here’s a question I recommend founders ask Seed or Series A VCs during their fundraising: “What’s a risk you’re more comfortable with than the average VC?” Here are two: We’re more comfortable with certain types of founder risk (first time, non-traditional) than some funds. Financing risk.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

I learned from her that even if finances are an issue, it's worth taking risks if you know your idea would change the market. A very successful entrepreneur and one that is inspiring to me for many reasons are Micheal Dubin, the founder of Dollar Shave Club. 6- Muhammad Yunus. Photo Credit: Monika Nowaczyk. 10- Micheal Dubin.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. Now I train people in communications and leadership. My founders and I started the company about three years ago.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

In addition, there are some blockchain businesses, an example, Blockdraw Technologies, where its founder not only has decades of experience in business, but his time at AGCC showed him everything that he needed to know about how to run a casino business properly. A lot of people in the blockchain community might criticize this new technology.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Journal Community. Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Why Register? Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions. Personalize your own news page.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. Series Seed Financing Documents. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Series Seed Financing Documents : 1 Reblog. This is all built into a typical founder stock purchase agreement. Ted: Great service to the startup community! SeriesSeed.com. Blog Archives.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Now the bad news: some venture capitallists have a bias against startups with an explicit positive social impact, on the grounds that they have a smaller addressable market, and that the founders are not sufficiently focused on creating shareholder wealth. If you think I’ve missed any, please contact me. J.M.Kaplan Innovation Prize. “The

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2023

5- Yes, to adapt to market changes Photo Credit: Sammi Jaeger It's helped our three Founders stay on the same page, project our roadmap of growth, and provide clarity on our goals, strategies, and financial projections, making it easier to communicate our vision to all of our stakeholders and clients. Thanks to Michael E.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 22, 2013

Crowdfunding, the new in-thing in micro-financing that’s taken the world by storm thanks to the likes of Kickstarter , takes a twist with new crowdfunding site CrowdIt. We think the business networking possibilities alone can transform crowdfunding into a true economic engine that is ready to jumpstart new enterprises of all kinds.”.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Bigfoot Capital. Key elements: .

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

by Emmanuel de Watteville, co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures. Remember, if there is a consumer-based demographic or community that will benefit from this early stage startup, there’s a greater chance you will turn a profit on your investment. . It’s essential to dissect marketing and monetization strategies together.

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