Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups. Email readers, continue here… ] The Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the USA.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council. I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs what fledging tech startups should be looking for in a CTO hire to ensure founders get the right person for the job. startupcto

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. Another provider which identifies email addresses of strangers is Contactout.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

million in venture financing. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Pitch to your advisors, to US entrepreneurs, to your colleagues, wife, what not. Several entrepreneurs tend to agree with that. On the other side I’m sure that every entrepreneur “must look for his Wall Street&# and if it’s Silicon Valley, he must move the company HQ there. They also do foreign companies.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The concept poses both great benefits and significant challenges to entrepreneurs. If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. With that in mind, here are four tips for entrepreneurs looking to expand globally.

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Genuine VC

MAY 1, 2014

Our company offered a series of consumer-facing properties, including our flagship property BargainDog, which was an early e-commerce daily deals email newsletter. days, we quickly learned the power of email in driving real consumer engagement and purchasing events. Series A financing. Back in those Web 1.0 Back in those Web 1.0

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Patents and the threat of patent infringement lawsuits provide maximum leverage against a competitor when they’re in the middle of a strategic inflection point… a major financing, acquisition, or large product launch. Read More ».

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. AngelList is brilliantly designed to make it easy for investors to write checks to entrepreneurs. Every startup, entrepreneur and investor has a profile similar to a Facebook profile. I would focus on comments from investors, not necessarily other entrepreneurs.

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. In the life cycle of an entrepreneur, shutting the doors on a business isn’t necessarily a gloomy situation. Your strength as an entrepreneur and business leader depends heavily on the caliber of your network. Email Story. Money and Finance Lists.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Leading financial magazine Global Finance named Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer among the top ten World’s Best Central Bankers for the year 2010. Takadu’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product enables utility companies to detect leaks, bursts and equipment failures as well as alerting personnel of any problems through email and SMS.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 29, 2015

While this makes for press release fodder and ego gratification, it’s of very little use to entrepreneurs. No understanding of the human dynamics behind the financing. No underlying metrics that drive the financing. Recently, the gang at SalesLoft told the detailed story of their $10m financing.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

If the odds alone aren’t bad enough, consider the imperfect information used to make that selection: A generic online application form, a few emails, and 15-60 minutes of in-person interview. It mostly has to do with the applications and what happens in those crucial follow-up emails and ephemeral interviews.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

Once objectives are identified and prioritized, your podcasting plan should outline strategies and tactics, which include format, frequency, duration, host/s, point of view, guests, research, syndication, and marketing. podcast directories) pick up and syndicate your podcasts for free via RSS feeds. From there, podcatchers (i.e.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Email Story. The product is the star of the show.”

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mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. Email Story. Maybe it was so 2010, but I can tell you that the entrepreneurs chasing “Daily Deals for…” have not gone away. 13 Location-Based Marketing Tips for Entrepreneurs. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

But while many people have written about the topic, few have actually codified the process to help entrepreneurs succeed in the endeavor. Email Story. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. Print Story. Topics to follow.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 5, 2011

I want to discuss what I have learned being a 29 year old entrepreneur and what is necessary for the aspiring business owner to become familiarized with. How I Started As An Entrepreneur I didn’t grow up and sit through my college classes thinking that if I didn’t open a business, I’d be cheating myself. Being successful is stressful.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2016

Those should be strictly reserved for formal company announcements, such as financing. A good pitch can be accomplished through email, or even LinkedIn. The inventors of a reusable grocery bag were featured in their local Denver newspaper, which then was syndicated and ended up running in newspapers around the country.

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VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

Update below with the final email in the chain where the entrepreneur apologizes (and talks about some challenges around fundraising that led to his frustration). I just tweeted about an unfortunate email exchange I just had with a company founder, but 140 characters isn’t enough to really do the matter justice.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. Steve Bennet.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

Yesterday I sent emails out passing on participating in two seed rounds for companies I really like. This is an awesome situation – for us and for entrepreneurs – and something I’m extremely excited about. Our belief is that we have to earn the right to invest and we want the entrepreneurs to choose us.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. Ann Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Email Story. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. The Future of Sharing on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ [INFOGRAPHIC]. February 9, 2012 by Ann Smarty. Print Story.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

When we talk about seeds, we mean your first outside round of financing at the earliest stages of your business. In my prior post, I talked about the rise of the pre-seed and a more nuanced definition of a pre-seed based on milestones, not financing labels. At NextView, we pride ourselves as being a “one-product company.”

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mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt. Email Story. Money and Finance Lists. Global Syndication Partners. How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business. Abstract or dead simple?

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blogs.hbr.org

OCTOBER 24, 2012

When new entrepreneurs ask me for advice, I sometimes tell them to NYFO — Network Your Face Off. In thirty days, I went from no relationships at Yahoo to three warm introductions to power players who could make my desired content syndication partnership happen. Audio & Video. Most Popular. HBR Blog Network.

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Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked. I don''t know the reasons for selling, but presumably Authy felt their prospects weren''t promising as a standalone entity and may have had difficulty raising further financing.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups.

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VC Adventure

JULY 23, 2013

Update below with the final email in the chain where the entrepreneur apologizes (and talks about some challenges around fundraising that led to his frustration). I just tweeted about an unfortunate email exchange I just had with a company founder, but 140 characters isn’t enough to really do the matter justice.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Subscribe via email. Favorite VC and Entrepreneur blogs. Yahoo Finance. Simply by replacing the traditional spoon with a 7g measuring spoon we could save more than 50% of the parmesan or close to $40k.

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor. If they’re making it as part of a group that the entrepreneur likes, fine. If they are “solo,” though, the entrepreneur will want to know a lot about their attitudes and expectations, especially when things go wrong. » April 12, 2006. past round one.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

It is as if the staffing and management of projects is run by international syndicates more interested in controlling job territories than in assembling vital, dynamic teams who are empowered to succeed. Cost and time are effectively absolutes (The Caretaker's high finance schenanigans and 20th century Physics aside).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners. they are all chasing talent. Something is different now.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Financing, that is.I One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. Most companies dont come close to their rose colored financial models prepared when going out for Series A financing. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

We’ve spoken of financing a young company through friends and family, known as “inside angels.” And even though angel groups syndicate their best deals within their respective associated networks, it is always best to apply to the angel groups nearest your physical location.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The fall semester at SJSU started this week and had the first class meeting of my Entrepreneurial Finance class, which was overflowing with students standing, sitting on the floor and begging to get in. Entrepreneurs struggle to find investors and investors struggle to find the best start-ups.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Or the influx of massive new amounts of entrepreneurs and wantrepreneurs seeking fortune and fame? This must be a boon for entrepreneurs of fast-growing tech firms – right? Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class.

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