Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process. You still start the process with a business plan, but then you look for a philanthropist rather than an investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. By definition, entrepreneurs need to love the art of the start, and that love needs to come across as part of the first impression you deliver to any investor.

Intellectual Property 278

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 278

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

As there was no venture capital, these early startups were funded by early sales to weapon systems prime contractors and subcontractors. Within a decade, the rise of venture capital in Silicon Valley enabled startups to find commercial customers rather than military ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. By definition, entrepreneurs need to love the art of the start, and that love needs to come across as part of the first impression you deliver to any investor.

Intellectual Property 316

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 316

YoungUpstarts

MAY 17, 2017

This definition leads us to one of the most important questions that every startup founder needs to ask: How are you going to fund the company in its initial stages? Therefore, depending on the size of your startup, your funding options include everything from large-scale venture capital or angel funding down to microcredit.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 4, 2020

They aren’t operating on big bankrolls of venture capital (at least initially), and they don’t have trust funds to fall back on if the business fails. Think you might fit this definition of entrepreneurial success? Necessity Entrepreneurs adopt this mindset because it’s mandatory for their circumstances.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Silicon Valley Bandwidth 205

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

This was definitely one of the major trends over the last 10 years. When you look at the websites of the seed VC’s on the 2019 list, you notice that some are starting to steer away from positioning themselves as Seed funds as they accumulate more capital and are starting to enter companies at later stages. Looking Forward.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Most share expertise as well as money.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let’s get the definitions straight: Conversion : The percentage of potential customers who complete a desired action, such as signing up for a trial, making a purchase, or subscribing to a service. I previously wrote about startup benchmarks in the context of funding readiness, so it was time to give it a re-fresh.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s Never Been More Important to Understand Your Capital Provider’s Business Model [Charles Hudson/Precursor] – Charles is just a wonderful human and his posts about venture capital are essential for anyone who considers themselves part of the startup community.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 15, 2013

Two of his latest articles talk about entrepreneurial density and venture capital. The Connection Between Venture Capital and Diverse, Dense Communities. In it, he looked at Venture Capital financing (total dollars and number of deals) on a per-capital basis. High-Tech Challengers to Silicon Valley.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2021

When it comes to my job, after practicing venture capital for seven years under normal circumstances, it was instructive to get thrown into this new scenario, because I don’t think we’ll ever fully “return to normal.” Instead, we’ll blend aspects of pre-2020 and our experiences from the past year into a “new normal.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. The iPhone was released.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Filed Under: Startups , Tech Tagged With: Madrona , Startups , Tech , Venture capital.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Homebrew: Venture capital is no longer as opaque as it was 10 years ago, but a lot of what gets shared is pro-VC content marketing more than the real day-to-day reality. KS: So much of what is shared about venture, especially on Twitter, is an endless string of wins. On top of all this, I was settling into San Francisco.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process. You still start the process with a business plan, but then you look for a philanthropist rather than an investor.

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Equity Angel Investor Technical Review Exit Strategy 235

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! But my definition of the word is much broader. So I like that bit, too.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 8, 2014

If you take venture capital money. 2) You are signing up to sell the company one day--to another company or to the public market, but definitely to someone. 3) You will almost certainly take more venture capital money after that. If you take venture capital money. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

One of the most common complaints I hear from new business owners and startups is about the pain and difficulty raising capital. The “venture capital” model is the only option they know, where they feel they get no mercy, giving up equity and control. Make your business a shared labor of love, rather than a battle.

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Technical Review Accredited Investor Due Diligence Equity 220

View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

This expanded the definition of seed to include $5M+ rounds, and you often hear of seed firms now passing on deals because they are “too early”. That said, we definitely don’t bank on this as a firm, even though we do see ourselves playing a multi-turn game with all of our later stage coinvestors. That year, they invested in Segment.

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Gust

MAY 3, 2014

The facile answer to this assumptive question is “because some women are not seeking funding from venture capital firms” But there is actually quite a bit of truth in both statements. Invested Interests Astia entrepreneurs funding investors LATISM venture capital firms women'

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Venture Capital Portfolio Equity Programming 152

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I think it''s likely that it will unfocus the company and what it definitely does is eliminate the possibility of exiting for anything less than two and a half billion dollars. The fact is, it''s just not cool to criticize the investing side of the venture capital market. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

This last point is definitely not a data-driven survey. This raises an interesting question: is the credibility of female entrepreneurs in the eyes of New York VC’s something about the venture firms, or is it about the industries they are funding? What role does venture capital play? Women in New York Startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get a venture capital analyst from a brand name firm who has just recently taken his job talking about what makes a company successful. Some people have definitively had better experience than others. Sometimes, I see people on venture capital panels that aren''t even VCs! Some analysts definitely say that.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. So, definition: when I talk about a business plan I’m not talking about a 40-page Word document outlining your market approach. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2021

These resources are definitely not limited to students, since every university seeks out and needs the real world exposure and experience of entrepreneurs who already are active in the real world marketplace. Collaborative efforts with local companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

There is definitely an enthusiastic community to build on and I met some very smart crypto founders during my trip! Venture Capital The VC scene is dominated by US and US-affiliated funds. But I am hopeful that crypto will see a broader set-up in India over time.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? By definition?—?I’m What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

Pre-Money Valuation 471

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

It also doesn''t take into consideration many important factors: One, venture backed companies are a tiny hiccup in the grand scheme of entrepreneurship. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. I scratch my head over why raising venture is put on such a podium.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. years at Upfront has been both a pleasure and also has taught me a lot about venture capital. I mentioned at the start that Kevin has taught me something about Venture Capital.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

However, most institutional investors (venture capital groups, for instance) don’t mind this structure, and they, in fact, prefer to invest in corporations due to protections from issuing stocks. Definitely not. Lower tax rates allow an LLC to be more flexible with finances. Conclusion.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review LLC IPO Stock 158

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2013

I figured Amy would veto Something Ventured after 15 minutes. I’d heard from a number of VC friends that it was really good, but the idea of watching a documentary on the history of the creation of the venture capital industry doesn’t sound like an awesome Saturday night movie choice.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Founder Entrepreneur 164

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. By definition, entrepreneurs need to love the art of the start, and that love needs to come across as part of the first impression you deliver to any investor.

Angel Investor 268

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Early Stage 268

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Most share expertise as well as money.

Search 317

Search Accredited Investor Angel Investor Venture Capital 317

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking for Funds in All the Right Places: The Definitive Guide to Austin Capital By David Altounian and Stephen Straus OVERVIEW For entrepreneurs: We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of capital in Austin to help focus your fundraising efforts.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 9, 2014

There’s definitely a feeling out there that businesses with a $1m revenue run rate are well-established and thus have a growth risk profile rather than a venture risk profile. Startup general interest Venture Capital'

Entrepreneur 143

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