YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Toronto’s Mark Attanasio has spent some 20 years advising businesses at various stages in their development on what it takes to position themselves for growth – whether it’s through traditional transactional activities like management buyouts and mergers and acquisitions or via a public listing on a Canadian stock exchange.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. Congratulations! “The

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I recently wrote a post about why I didn’t think early-stage startups should have COOs. I’d say about 80% of the experienced entrepreneurs & VCs I know privately agreed with me. Create hassles for post-merger integration of technology or teams. I expected it to be controversial and it was.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2019

These people exist and they are called ‘Serial entrepreneurs.’. Serial entrepreneurs are those who understand the complete concept of a startup lifecycle and benefit from that. In this article, we will discuss why it is important to understand the whole startup stages concept before you start a business to get the most benefit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

How do you as an entrepreneur with a new idea get to be one of those choices? That means there are far more entrepreneurs looking for money than there are investors, and entrepreneur entitlement is not a realistic expectation. That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO). Exit strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Because of their high visibility and huge portfolios, this new class of investors can match the right talent to the right startup quickly and efficiently with introductions and mergers. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Based on my own years of experience in startups and big business, and more recently as an angel investor, I often cringe when I see one of you entrepreneurs missing a cue that I have seen work for many before you. A passionate entrepreneur I met a while back had found that a certain algae could be grown cheaply, and could end world hunger.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. Congratulations! “The

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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. The merger of Unity and Ironsource (a $4.4 billion in Q2 2022 with over half of total amount raised by early-stage companies. Gaming M&A in H1 2022.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Both of these liquidity options are about seeing the venture on to its next stage of value creation, while enabling those very early stage investors to recover their capital to deploy in the next generation of startup companies. The post Opinion: It’s a startup world appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Because of their high visibility and huge portfolios, this new class of investors can match the right talent to the right startup quickly and efficiently with introductions and mergers. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 2, 2013

Early Stage Distractions | Nick Francis – [link]. How Empires Fall: The Publicis Omnicom Merger Underscores The Rapid Decay Of The Ad Industry – [link]. On Publicis/Omnicom merger: Between 70 & 90% of most mergers fail – [link]. I wonder how much turnover they have – [link].

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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. Many strategics have less experience in helping entrepreneurs. This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

It’s meant to support and grow a business until an “exit” in the form of an IPO, a merger or acquisition, or in less than ideal scenarios, a company shutdown. You've seen how venture capital works from both sides--as an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist. What do you look for now as opposed to then--if it's anything different.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 27, 2020

We are in the early stages of a depression that’s going to go on quite a while. Michael Sipe, author of “ The AVADA Principle “, is the founder of 10x Catalyst Groups , which helps entrepreneurs grow profitable and thriving businesses organized on a foundation of Biblical principles.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Investors and entrepreneurs are very excited about the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) model as an exit strategy for private companies. The SPAC model gives entrepreneurs a faster, easier path to reaching the investing public. These two business experts have the know-how to spot lucrative trends in their early stages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. Congratulations! “The

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Unity’s recent $4.4

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Thus, more entrepreneurs can rise up to the challenge and innovate. Venture capital fundraising can be divided into three stages: seed, early stage, and later stage. According to the same report by KPMG, the median deal size is the largest for later-stage funding, at $26 million.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

In this article by Dribbin & Brown , we will explore the various ways in which entrepreneurs can safeguard their businesses’ security while still focusing on growth opportunities. We’ll delve deeper into potential legal issues that every startup should watch out for and highlight effective solutions to overcome them.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Angels are often former or current entrepreneurs themselves, as well as business professionals and corporate leaders. angel investors invested $19 billion in 55,000 deals in 2008, with most of the investments being made in start-up or very early-stage companies. The Center for Venture Research estimates that U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. Congratulations! “The

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

Yet I’m skeptical that a widespread shift will occur anytime soon, and for reasons discussed below, as much as I admire and advocate for talented entrepreneurs, I believe it would be a losing proposition for nearly all involved.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Because of their high visibility and huge portfolios, this new class of investors can match the right talent to the right startup quickly and efficiently with introductions and mergers. This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes (loans that convert to equity at Microsoft’s option). Microsoft is really good about letting entrepreneurs find their way in the company — you just have to figure it out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

None normally work for or provide funds for early-stage startups. Officially, the investment banks mission is to raise money for companies by issuing and selling securities in the capital markets, and providing advice on transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. investment bank entrepreneur startup funding IPO'

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Angels are often former or current entrepreneurs themselves, as well as business professionals and corporate leaders. angel investors invested $19 billion in 55,000 deals in 2008, with most of the investments being made in start-up or very early-stage companies. The Center for Venture Research estimates that U.S.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Hear from venture investors and successful entrepreneurs to find out what factors they considered and how you can make your pitch stand out from the rest. Room 213 Bootstrap Meetup with Austin Startup Scene Godfather Bijoy Goswami This Meetup is for entrepreneurs in all fields?—?tech, Time: 12:30PM?—?1:30PM 1:30PM Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 8, 2020

Over that time period, this newsletter has emerged as a must read for the city’s startup community because of its aggressive coverage of investments, IPOs, launches, Central Texas re-locations, mergers, founder-related events and (more recently) COVID-related layoffs. In fact, the Beat now counts more than 10,000 subscribers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Thus your startup maturity and growth stage is the primary key to success with potential funding sources. Congratulations! “The

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 16, 2015

This is great news for entrepreneurs everywhere. The first Startup Weekend took place in Boulder in June 2007 and I’ve been on the UP Global board since it was formed by the merger of Startup Weekend and the Startup America Partnership.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2010

Yet at their early stages, they are not small versions of larger established companies. By now, the board has a good sense of the skill set of the CEO and executive team as entrepreneurs. Scalable Startups at Adolescence. In our previous post we posited that Scalable Startups are designed to become large companies. What’s Next.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2015

With the daily demands of running a business along with the financial pressures and challenges inherent in early-stage companies, a business valuation may not be the first thing an entrepreneur thinks of when he awakes each morning. by Janet Chase, Kaufman Rossin.

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Ben's Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

As an early stage investor, she has invested in a broad set of outstanding companies including MakerBot, Pinterest, Vine, FiftyThree, Refinery29 and Stripe. She explained: “When entrepreneurs come to me, they come with an idea and a product. So, I evaluate the entrepreneur and the product. No team, no traction.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

The two most notable are the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado and the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars. That year private equity firms initiated one of every five mergers globally and even more, 29 percent, in the United States. Both have been great and impactful organizations and Amy has been a delight to work with.

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