Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Lack of intellectual property.

Due Diligence 271

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock 271

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Among these opportunities, the chance to pitch an investor and secure funding is perhaps the greatest of all — at least in the early stages of your startup career — as it can ultimately determine the long-term fate of your company. All entrepreneurs must face adversity, no matter their background.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It occurred to me that although we mentioned our new thematic approach when we raised our last fund in 2017, we haven’t really shared a broader manifesto about how we are approaching the early stage market. It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2023

At Remagine Ventures we started investing in the generative AI space very early back in 2019. Several of our limited partners are media and entertainment strategics: broadcasters, publishers, telcos etc, so content creation, distribution and monetisation has always been close to our core focus.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT 78

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats. Lastly, inequalities in access to banking have long been a barrier to entry for entrepreneurs.

Artificial Inteligence 152

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 152

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2010

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Even at early stages, you can get invention support services from sites like Invention Home in Pittsburg. Basis for working with vendors to finalize costs, manufacturing, and marketing.

Entrepreneur 236

Entrepreneur Database Early Stage Distribution 236

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

At Remagine Ventures we invested in Sneaky Panda , a mobile gaming studio founded by serial gaming entrepreneurs pioneering a new genre – Luck Puzzler. billion in Q2 2022 with over half of total amount raised by early-stage companies. Game creation, distribution and monetisation supply chain ( Newzoo ).

Forecast 190

Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. Distribution.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 6, 2020

The term “early-stage” covers a lot of territory in venture investing, from incubating a brand-new idea, to investing in a Series A. Obsidian is another one of these where we knew the entrepreneurs deeply, and we had a high level of conviction in what they were going to do. There shouldn’t be 18 different questions.

Technical Review 69

Technical Review Seed Stage Software Review Early Stage 69

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2021

As an angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and assume no strings attached. If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process called bootstrapping.

Term Sheet 433

Term Sheet Advisory Board Liquidation Preference Startup 433

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2012

The challenges stem from the simple fact that every entrepreneur is starting something new, where things are predictably unpredictable. Stretch” goals in early-stage are not advised. Too slow or too fast to change. Ironically, startups that are all about change often are slow to see the need, or slow to implement.

Advisory Board 240

Advisory Board Forecast Early Stage Product Development 240

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

His responsibilities encompass orchestrating transportation logistics and overseeing distribution processes, ensuring the seamless and punctual delivery of all products. To compensate for this, I implemented a real-time inventory monitoring system to help us identify any potential shortages in the early stages.

Management 128

Management Early Stage Stock Operations 128

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Building a product doesn’t get it distributed and sold. Providing the major funding source for an early-stage startup is a totally different dimension, but it usually trumps all the items above in demanding some equity. Tags: splitting equity entrepreneur startup co-founders business. Pre-existing intellectual property.

Equity 228

Equity Intellectual Property Cofounder CTO Hire 228

VC Cafe

JUNE 30, 2022

To get a sense of the breadth of opportunities that can be attractive for gaming (content and infrastructure) entrepreneurs and metaverse startups, just take a look at the A16Z list below. It’s going to take time for the technology to reach a stage that is 1) widely distributed 2) ready for prime time.

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Cloud Venture Capital Cofounder Non-Compete 200

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

I’m very excited to be finally be able to announce that this week we’ve added Sam Rosen to our ranks at GRP Partners in the role of entrepreneurs-in-residence – EIR. I looked up his bio, “UVA, banking analyst, doing some early startup work” and thought – sure – come meet me for a coffee.

San Francisco 372

San Francisco Jordan Angel Investor Partner 372

Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is true for early stage funding as well as venture capital funding. While some investors will be willing to help you build your team, they will not be willing to invest in your startup if you are not willing to distribute responsibility and bring on diversified expertise. Early Stage. Seed to Series A.

Part-Time VPE 79

Part-Time VPE Fractional VPE Cofounder CTO Hire 79

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Building your brand presence on specialized outlets holds immense value for your business – especially in early stages. Back in 2009, Cloudera placed news of its Distribution for Hadoop launch in tech blogs and reputable news sources , and reached 1.5 Entrepreneur Social Media How-To''s'

Social Media 158

Social Media Media Viral Startup 158

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Early liquidity. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Short track record.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 20, 2011

The challenges stem from the simple fact that every entrepreneur is starting something new, where things are predictably unpredictable. Stretch” goals in early-stage are not advised. Too slow or too fast to change. Ironically, startups that are all about change often are slow to see the need, or slow to implement.

Advisory Board 232

Advisory Board Startup Forecast Early Stage 232

Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Now is when you really become an entrepreneur! Entrepreneurs, small business owners, call them what you will. Many entrepreneurs believe that raising capital is the key to early business success. In the early going, it helps avoid the staffing, training, growing phase and moves right into the actual executing.

Early Stage 32

Early Stage Advisory Board Technical Review Web Development 32

Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

After all, entrepreneurs can do many good things, not least to create wealth and employment, pay taxes and help the balance of trade through exports. And besides, obtaining early-stage investment is no guarantee of success, either. We’re all failing this generation of entrepreneurs by not being tough on them.

Entrepreneur 82

Entrepreneur Technical Review Silicon Valley Lean 82

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage.

Intellectual Property 260

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 260

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This was not our early-stage sweet spot and the $100M valuation felt rich. We loved the product, but weren’t convinced it would get much distribution quickly. And, we passed on the opportunity to invest every single time as we were too hung up on their dependency on AirBnB for distribution. Eight years and $49.9B

Portfolio 201

Portfolio Cap Table Early Stage Valuation 201

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2021

Since then, the Techstars Foundation has been investing in and accelerating nonprofits that deliver scalable impact for underestimated entrepreneurs. Through Accelerate Equity, the Techstars Foundation identifies early-stage nonprofits and ideas to empower and support underestimated entrepreneurs. Studios to the list.

Equity 163

Equity North Carolina Early Stage Distribution 163

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

And for some strange reason entrepreneurs didn’t share this information. I’ve started from day one trying to build total transparency into my process with entrepreneurs. This starts with understanding how VCs and entrepreneurs often see valuation differently. Back then VentureHacks didn’t exist.

Valuation 405

Valuation Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 405

The Next Web

DECEMBER 4, 2013

The difference between “remote” and “distributed” is that in a remote team, there is a company office(s) where some team members are based full-time. A distributed team has no location base – everyone is in a different place. But distributiveness solves a lot of problems, including that of being remote. My kind of office view….

Management 152

Management SCRUM CTO Hire Distribution 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. They are not interested in research and development, or funding at the idea stage. Lack of intellectual property.

Due Diligence 308

Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Startup 308

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. 4) Entrepreneur-defined funds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Superheroes! To build all-star teams, entrepreneurs should rank/reward team and not individual performance – crowdspring.co/1k9XDFx. 5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Superheroes! The hard thing about inspiring more women entrepreneurs | Fortune – crowdspring.co/Sl1hSW.

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage.

Intellectual Property 253

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 253

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JULY 23, 2011

The dramatic reduction in the cost of starting a technology business combined with readily available risk capital has created a near perfect market for anyone with an idea and some risk tolerance to become an entrepreneur. In most cases the outcomes of such experiments are determined with less than $1M in invested capital.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review 114

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2017

Almost on a weekly basis, I meet new aspiring entrepreneurs looking to execute on their ideas. Early stage idea validation can be accomplished without building an application. Then, about two weeks before launch, I distributed a survey to those 256 partners. It wasn’t a scalable solution, but it was a start.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Distribution Redemption Demand 96

Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Matt is an entrepreneur and the Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie. Matt is an entrepreneur and vice president of marketing and communications @ Matt Briel (01:02): lulu.com, as well as a self-diagnosed collaboration junkie. 00:50): This is John Jantsch.

Audience 86

Audience Revenue Distribution Differentiation 86

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2012

You need to find vendors who can deliver in less cost and time than competitors, and build distribution and support channels. Even at early stages, you can get invention support services from sites like Invention Home in Pittsburg. Basis for working with vendors to finalize costs, manufacturing, and marketing.

Startup 242

Startup Database Early Stage Distribution 242

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Yesterday I had lunch with a really interesting and capable serial entrepreneur who is raising his A round. Many serial entrepreneurs who have been burned would use something less kind than quotes. When they promise to help you with marketing, sales, distribution, integrated product development, etc. it sure is tempting.

Strategic Investors 279

Strategic Investors Venture Capital Due Diligence Early Stage 279

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

The company was one of the five winners at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011 , an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme. Prior to this, Zohar, a programmer by background, had already built up a track record as an internet entrepreneur, most notably starting up KosherDine.com, a popular online guide to Kosher restaurants.

Web 87

Web Video Cofounder Early Stage 87