ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. The first step is to develop some reference customers, something all early-stage startups should do. Telesales simply don't work without reference customers.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 Massachusetts is a distant #3 but in terms of the rate of follow-on financing, Massachusetts has the highest rate. million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both. California and NY dominate for number of seed deals.

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Massachusetts Silicon Valley Venture Capital California 249

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Many online business models would be eviscerated by laws like SOPA that seek to essentially deputize private companies as agents of content owners and law enforcement agencies, coerced into policing their own users (customers) at great cost in both dollars and resources. Healthcare Reform. Yes, really.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley San Francisco Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 187

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

India 114

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 114

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? money for an early-stage venture catering to a foreign market is abysmally low. Well, there are multiple nuances to the answer.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2013

An older study, published by CB Insights, Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes a variety of characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Massachusetts California 238

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. At 11 a.m., From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

India 126

India Technical Review Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 126

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

Cloud 117

Cloud Fractional CTO Entrepreneur Bandwidth 117

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

An older but still relevant study, published by CB Insights, Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes a variety of characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

Silicon Valley 182

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 182

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

To enable investors to identify funding gaps in ecosystems and fill them with early-stage or late-stage funding, depending on the ecosystem’s needs. Boston, Massachusetts. To help entrepreneurs decide where they want to set up their companies. “Most of time they are not successful with what they do.

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Chile Silicon Valley Los Angeles Video 60

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

A new study, just published by CB Insights, titled Venture Capital Human Capital Report , summarizes these three characteristics for private early-stage Internet ventures funded in the US during the first six months of 2010. The significant findings include the following: Founders need to live in the right place. No surprises here.

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Venture Capital Massachusetts California New York 221

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2011

Early stage deals and funding were about the same this past quarter as they were in the last quarter of 2010, with seed VC funding accounting for about 10% of overall deal flow. But when you look at activity, it's worth pointing out that early stage deals account for almost half of all deals done. New York, Number 2.

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Illinois Massachusetts Deal Flow California 124

ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2011

Even though investment is up, early stage VC funding is down. In fact, the overall portion of VC deals to early stage companies (primarily Series A deals) dipped to a five quarter low. Of course, a number of "mega-deals" in the group buying industries helped drive this funding level. The full report can be found here.

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Venture Capital Massachusetts Seattle Database 115

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Through the past six years of intense research and thinking, I have come to conclude that the most vulnerable phase in an entrepreneur's life is the pre-$1 million revenue stage.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 12, 2010

The report finds that California, Massachusetts, and New York saw a decreased number of deals and the amount of funding (from 70% of funding dollars in the second quarter to 63% in the third quarter), while Washington state saw an increase. But deal activity recorded its second highest tally in 8 quarters.

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Massachusetts Washington Early Stage California 114

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 27, 2016

At the early stages of your business, I advise you to say “Yes” and then immediately hang up and figure out how to make it happen. Silk has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Then one day you’re going to get a phone call from someone who is willing to pay you a lot of money to do it.

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New York City Massachusetts New York Early Stage 124

Austin Startup

APRIL 7, 2017

According to the NVCA, Texas has consistently ranked 4th in VC investment by state behind California, New York, and Massachusetts. Considering that you can count the number of active, early-stage institutional funds in our market on both hands, that’s an amazing ratio! It’s a very competitive market for VCs.

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Austin San Francisco New York City Texas 54

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2010

But disappointingly, dollars invested in early-stage deals fell nearly 21%. To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but they are clearly moving away from early-stage (pre-revenue) deals. Angels are also moving up-stage, leaving a bigger and bigger black hole for new startups.

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Venture Capital Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Massachusetts 123

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

headquarters, in Massachusetts, to immerse the team in the American market. “At These are also questions that will concern late-stage investors who provide the companies the opportunities to scale and, eventually, go public. As soon as CyberArk raised Series A funding, they set up a U.S. Nowadays the argument is very clear.”.

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Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

In the early stages of a company, this can be critical. In Massachusetts for example, there are 82,007 millionaires. I can name perhaps 3 millioniares who live in Massachusetts whom I know personally. In the very early stages of a technology company, one of the biggest unnecessary cash sinks is office space.

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Software Review Software Startup Massachusetts 40

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 7, 2010

A notable deal in the software vertical includes Israel-Massachusetts-based uTest ( CEO interview on VC Cafe ), who landed $13 million from Scale Venture Partners and others. Amongst those, only about 30 deals were early stage (A round) totaling about $200 million in investments. The average early stage round was $6.7

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Venture Capital Vertical Massachusetts eCommerce 79

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

A similar pattern exists for venture capital funding: In 2020, just three regions — the Bay Area, New York, and Massachusetts — accounted for 70%+ of total venture funding in the U.S. In fact, the enforceability of non-competes in Massachusetts has been cited as one key contributor to the rise of Silicon Valley compared to Boston.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The premium lounge includes an online curriculum addressing the common topics specific to very early stage entrepreneurship; private roundtables that many of you have requested; customer, channel partners, and investor introductions; media and analyst access; and a variety of other value-added services to make our entrepreneurs successful.

Startup 113

Startup India Silicon Valley Incubator 113

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

Channel 115

Channel India Bootstrapping Silicon Valley 115

ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Today, Andrew Rachmell from Boca Raton, Florida, discussed peerbackers , a crowdsourced fund raising platform to help very early stage entrepreneurs raise small denomination funding ($50, $100) from friends, family, and peers to help finance the prototype development phase with about $25,000 in seed financing. peerbackers. Discuss.

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Affiliate San Francisco Entrepreneur India 130

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2012

In 1775, she became the first woman to have a paper published under her name and would serve as the chief editor for the Maryland Journal in the early stages of the American Revolution. During 1810 alone, the new method brought in more than $500,000 in sales in Massachusetts, or the equivalent of $4.7 million in today’s dollars.

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South Carolina Sweat Equity Green Chicago 188

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

In fact, Saul Singer, author of Start-up Nation had also helped us promote the event, resulting in a massive turnout that offered us a very interesting view into the early-stage Israeli start-up scene. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur India Intellectual Property 124

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

Bootstrapping 113

Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. As usual, then, I worked with three entrepreneurs working on specific businesses. Mava Consulting.

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Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Now it’s glutted.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Silicon Valley Incubator Syria 93

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

Bootstrapping 114

Bootstrapping Marketing Angel Investor Silicon Valley 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

India 115

India Silicon Valley Incubator Bootstrapping 115

Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 13, 2012

Coffee of Columbia University Law School that: “[Early stage] issuers are in effect flying on a ‘wing and a prayer,’ selling hope more than substance. As noted above, the hearing focused on fraud concerns, including testimony from Professor John C.

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SEC Las Vegas Accredited Investor Security 91

www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In 1M/1M, I teach the EJ Methodology which is based on my Entrepreneur Journeys research, and emphasize bootstrapping, idea validation, and crisp positioning as some of the core principles of building strong fundamentals in early stage ventures. You can pitch to be featured on my blog following these instructions.

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52