Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Google team stayed tight as they developed the technology, first working out of Larry Page’s dorm room at Stanford, then a garage. Those of you who viewed the movie The Social Network , saw an example of new entrepreneurs dealing with conflict poorly, almost leading to the demise of Facebook. Their perception is the only reality.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

When expanding their businesses, most tech startups and the subindustries that comprise the tech industry typically follow this model. Because of this, getting seed venture money, for example, becomes more feasible for many startup companies, particularly those in the technology industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Professional investors and advisors, on the other hand, usually refuse to sign these agreements today due to the risk of litigation and administrative workload, and will walk away. The same is true for people who may approach you at networking events or industry conferences. How can you make this a win-win opportunity?

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2010

In my post, Technology Roles in Startups , I described some of the different ways I engage with startup companies such as CTO Founder , CTO , Part-Time CTO , Acting CTO , Consultant, Advisor and Advisory Board Member. Now, most often technical advisors are part of a broader advisory board. In Why assemble an advisory board?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You need to convince them that you have been working on this vision for a long time, and have done the “due diligence” on all the potential knockoffs. In high technology, this is called “release early and iterate,” which allows you to make corrections as you go, as well as adjust for the market changes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2020

The Google team stayed tight as they developed the technology, first working out of Larry Page’s dorm room at Stanford, then a garage. Those of you who viewed the movie The Social Network , saw an example of new entrepreneurs dealing with conflict poorly, almost leading to the demise of Facebook. Their perception is the only reality.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 21, 2014

by Roger Smith, Technology Marketing Specialist at Hypersoft. Effective networking is one of the most powerful entrepreneurial skills you need to master to advance in your personal and professional life. As you can imagine, it’s hard to do effective networking in only two hours with so many people. minutes on 4/10/2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Struggling entrepreneurs are often so happy to get a funding offer that they neglect the recommended reverse due diligence on the investors. Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If we want to maintain and support sustainable economic growth while meeting the broader needs of society, we will need an economy underpinned by innovation and new technologies. In deep tech companies value creation milestones are more likely to be tagged to validating the technology and IP creation.

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Board Effect

JULY 27, 2023

This is where technology comes into play, offering a streamlined solution to efficiently record, organize and distribute board meeting minutes. How Technology Helps to Streamline Minute-Taking Technology helps to streamline minute-taking for boards of directors because it pre-populates and automates much of the board secretary’s work.

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VC Adventure

JUNE 14, 2022

Top among them is generally access to capital, but often on the list is the hope that raising capital from experienced (and well-networked) investors will have other positive impacts on their business. What level of support and expertise will you get from them and their network, particularly when things are rocky? .

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 12, 2019

There are plenty of entrepreneurs diligently working toward a better future. But in high-tech businesses, it’s crucial that the AI you build, promote, or invest in — is authentic. Once that AI foundation is in place, the network learns to recognize categorization, transformation, and even prediction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

As the rate of change continues to increase in business and technology, the more I’m convinced that marketing is the primary key to success for a new venture. 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.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 16, 2024

This shift towards utilizing advanced technologies for managing transactions ensures a reduction of traditional overhead and a strategic reallocation of human resources to more value-adding activities. The meticulous record-keeping enabled by automation aids in readily preparing for audits and demonstrating due diligence.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2017

Functionalities that users should expect include personalised settings that include crucial, and informative notifications, the capability to connect multiple devices to the IoT without causing too much strain on the home network, and different user restrictions and privileges that affect the device should be implemented.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 23, 2023

Build networks by participating in industry events and conferences and proactively seeking opportunities to engage with individuals in your industry. Consult with trusted advisors or depend on your mentor network to get feedback. We encourage our customers to provide us with feedback, suggestions, and ideas through surveys and reviews.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development.

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Version One Ventures

JULY 24, 2019

and also has the imagination to picture what the world *could* be with technology. In fact, I came into VC with little experience beyond academia but had a love for tech. – as long as s/he has a passion for technology and is aligned with our core beliefs and values. what can be better?)

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

As an angel investor, I’ve learned to believe in this approach, since I have seen great ideas go astray, due to poor execution and I have seen apparently marginal ideas make millions, managed by a savvy entrepreneur. An entrepreneur needs a depth of business experience on the team, as well as technical expertise.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

They seem shocked to learn that most professional investors and advisors, myself included, routinely decline such requests, due to costly litigation and administrative nightmares. Potential investors don’t need this data, except perhaps as part of a final due diligence after an initial signed agreement.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 10, 2017

by Mark Gilbert, founder and CEO of MBS Accounting Technology & Advisory. Startups don’t demonstrate due diligence. The firm hosts its Annual Networking & Accounting Event, MBSCalcuTech , every year in September. In today’s investment climate, it’s getting even harder to raise money from investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders. Kick your networking up a notch. Every geographic area has entrepreneur networking activities, like startup weekends and tech meetups. Once you find a startup that seems like a good fit, it’s still important to do some of your own due diligence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2013

Networked and connected. Successful entrepreneurs already have a visible network of trusted suppliers, potential customers, partners, and even investors. Allows sufficient time to find capital, including due diligence time for investors. The technology or product may be at an embryonic stage.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2021

In others, if you cannot find such a champion after initial presentations to a subset of the entire group, you will not be permitted to move from initial application to the next stages of due diligence and final funding. Create time to network with members of these groups at their public events. Spend time finding your champion.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In early 2020, Sutton set up meetings through cold and warm outreach over email, LinkedIn, and networking through angel and tech start-up groups. It’s innovative, combining new tech with a growing appetite for subscription automation in SMEs. You may have to give up to 100 presentations – so condense your message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2012

Networked and connected. Successful entrepreneurs already have a visible network of trusted suppliers, potential customers, partners, and even investors. Allows sufficient time to find capital, including due diligence time for investors. The technology or product may be at an embryonic stage.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 31, 2021

Marcel spoke about five Cs that help him select the right investment opportunities: Connections: can your networks offer access to markets or relevant expertise? Capability: do you have the right skills to help the company in their current context? Capacity: do you have the time, capital, and headspace to help the company?

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Do you wish there was a product to help companies “Get things done” by leveraging your own employees, your employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around you? . Q: Is this civic tech? If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence. A nonprofit? Q: Who’s on the team?

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Looking 4 entrepreneurial product mgr/biz-dev killer 4 a network-based service. Do you wish there was a product to help advocacy organizations and companies “Get things done” by leveraging their own employees, their employees’ networks, and more broadly other influencers around them? . Q: Is this civic tech? A nonprofit?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2016

Before the advent of cloud technology and the Internet, company files had to be stored away in physical data rooms (PDRs). A 2012 study done by IBISWorld revealed that VDRs experienced a steady growth of about 17 percent annually as a result of technological advancements as well as the growth of global demand for these storage services.

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David Teten

JULY 24, 2019

Here’s how to do your due diligence first. Earn more consulting revenue from expert networks. NPA Network. VonPerger European Tech Jobs. How to Sell Your Professional Background. How operating executives can work with the private equity and VC industry. Databases to register in: Notactivelylooking. JohnGannonBlog.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Angels invest in one out of every forty deals they review (2.5%) versus the one out of 400 by VC’s (0.25%). They are professionals with full-time jobs, who often don’t have time for due diligence (and may not even know how to do it) and often make decisions through trusted referrals or based on gut feelings (more on gut feelings later).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2012

The Google team stayed tight as they developed the technology, first working out of Larry Page’s dorm room at Stanford, then a garage Minimize status differences and insist on courtesy and mutual respect. When it’s time for due diligence, we will talk to your team. Teamwork is the hallmark of high-performing startups.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. And in order to increase our groups returns, one of our goals should be to get more people and man hours involved in the diligence process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2014

You need to convince them that you have been working on this vision for a long time, and have done the “due diligence” on all the potential knockoffs. In high technology, this is called “release early and iterate,” which allows you to make corrections as you go, as well as adjust for the market changes.

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