Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

The SEC and local law enforcement agencies can’t help you much with foreign scams. Chain emails leading to a windfall. A simple inquiry or response to one of these emails will get you permanently tagged as a prime scam candidate, meaning a flood of new deals. Deposit required to hold your terms. Delete the message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors. Join a local investment group.

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Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur SEC 357

Feld Thoughts

JULY 11, 2010

So, if I contribute $1,000 to the campaign of the Colorado state treasurer, I violate this SEC rule and become someone who is “paying to play.&# The NVCA has also studied the new SEC rule and has come to the same conclusion: “This ruling is consistent with guidance the NVCA has been providing members.

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SEC Pay to Play Colorado Campaign 133

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

After helping build the first Ethernet switch startup, I was attracted by Asynchronous Transfer Mode 25Mbit/sec technology, (ATM25) which was 2.5x I sent Steve a cold email to allow me to translate the book into Japanese and evangelize Customer Development in Japan. Steve responded to my email in ten minutes, saying “come meet with me!”

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Japan Customer Development Developer Customer 292

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

So I recommend a high-level “state of the company” email a couple of times a year but a message that you assume might get shown to others. They have listed forward revenue figures that are highly questionable and bring the issue of SEC oversight to my mind. Let me be clear about this.

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ConversionXL

JULY 7, 2019

An effective way to reduce shopping cart abandonment is to follow up by email. Listrak shopped the top 1,000 retail sites, added items to a shopping cart, began the checkout process by adding first and last name, email, and phone number, then abandoned the carts before completing a purchase. How many companies do this? Only 14.6%

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

I remember signing document after document with him at Interliant and remember sitting at the Interliant office in Purchase after the IPO roadshow, waiting for the SEC to clear our filing so we could price. We went public two months later, but there was a lot of Scotch drunk the night we got that fax from the SEC. Ellen, thank you.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

There’s a good chance I’ve missed something — if you feel that way, by all means, please share your point of view on Twitter (or email) and link to the post. We kept detailed notes month by month and today, I tried to organize them by key sections, what you’ll see below. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 25, 2020

In 3 days, my articles of incorporation as a Delaware C-Corp came by email. But before we got back to work, we had to hire a lawyer to help out with both the SAFE docs and to file our FORM D with the SEC so we can register our raise. I chose Delaware, signed up with Clerky and paid for my incorporation. The lawyer’s rate was crazy?—?$575

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

In the early fall of 2009, as kaChing prepared for its marketplace launch, the management team showed the app—which included real time market data, SEC-grade accounting, analytics, compliance and customer management tools—to a number of investment pros to get feedback and endorsements. Want to learn more about me?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors. Join a local investment group.

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Networking Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur 227

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Email Design Best Practices For Small Businesses and Startups – [link]. Small Business Marketing Tip: Send Email Campaigns At Night To Increase Revenue | crowdSPRING Blog – [link]. 4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link]. Top 6 Crowdsourcing Websites | ichitect – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 92

View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2021

Butterfield built Slack with a mission of changing electronic communications and reducing or eliminating email usage. Remember that other car entrepreneur , the one who boldly championed safer and more innovative car designs, who took on the stodgy Detroit automakers, who also got tripped up with the SEC?

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Austin Startup

JULY 13, 2010

LiveOffice, the number-one provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) email archiving, email compliance and email continuity solutions and Socialware , the leader in helping companies manage, embrace and leverage public social networks, today announced a partnership.

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Partner Chad SEC Software Review 54

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Bizshark has a database of around 40 million business contacts and more than 14 million company listings that are searchable by individual and company name as well as by email address. “Simplicity of use and quick access are our top priorities for users,” says Bizshark ’s managing director Daniel Banks.

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Search Sales Database SEC 191

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

Our underwriters (Merrill Lynch) told us not to worry that the SEC hadn’t cleared our filing yet – they always did it a few days before you went public. Day after day passed and we didn’t hear from the SEC. They day we were supposed to price we still hadn’t heard from the SEC. No phones, no email.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The problem in taking such money rests in the legality of taking money from non-accredited investors, people who do not meet the SEC standard for making non-public company investments. What if some past investors don’t meet that standard?

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Cap Table Private Placement SEC Accredited Investor 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors. Join a local investment group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors. Join a local investment group.

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Networking Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch Entrepreneur 242

www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

Meanwhile, SEC filings indicate that Frazier Healthcare and Voyager Capital — both of Seattle — are on the prowl for more money. Daily email digest. email protected] | (206) 913-7926. email protected] | (206) 714-6341. email protected] | (206) 300-0265. email protected]. Send to Email Address.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors. Join a local investment group.

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Networking Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch SEC 120

Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2020

Email readers, continue here…] First, should you inform your employees of the deal? Paying commissions to undisclosed third parties in order to obtain deals, hiding or entering misleading financial data, associating with anyone with a past SEC suspension, and many more “gotcha” events, qualify as strong deterrents to a good closing.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property SEC Lean 71

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2017

No more sending unsecured emails with large attachments that could get lost or hacked. It is essential to find a DMS that is compliant with requirements set by HIPAA, the SEC, and other regulatory organizations. Customizable security settings give you the power to adjust settings to work best for you.

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Mobile Management SEC Flash 113

Women Entrepreneurs Can

JANUARY 11, 2022

If you are going to use them for advertisement, you might want to do an ad length of 6-10 sec. Consider Email Marketing. With the advent of many digital marketing strategies , one question that keeps coming up is whether email marketing is still important. People spend an average of 16hours a week watching online videos.

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Social Media SEO SEC Audience 59

Hunter Walker

MAY 17, 2014

Some of my friends hate email. I’m contrarian here – for me the benefits of email still outweigh other alternatives, especially as communication channels are turning into app-specific silos. But the frontend of email could really evolve into more dynamic and collaborative spaces. But but but… NO BUTS.

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SEC Email Channel Cost 95

Feld Thoughts

JULY 24, 2014

Shortly after doing our first few investments, I got a really nice email from a member of Impact Angel Group , a Colorado-based angel group that organized an investment in the FG Angels syndicate. I learned an incredible amount about SEC regulations, crowdfunding and the logistics of AngelList.

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Syndicate Syndication Colorado Angel Groups 132

Berkonomics

MAY 22, 2014

The sale of equity in private companies is regulated by the Securities Act of 1933, which requires that the company either register with the SEC or meet one of several exemptions (Regulation D). A Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) is a special business plan defined to meet an SEC exemption. Sounds simple, huh?

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Early Stage Accredited Investor SEC Private Placement 79

Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and, accordingly, many entrepreneurs get trapped in the SEC’s wide net. Note: Congress and the SEC are currently weighing a crowdfunding exemption which may permit “general solicitations” in certain limited circumstances.) These terms have been broadly construed by the U.S.

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Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Entrepreneur Private Placement 67

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money. Don’t do cold calls or email blasts of your resume and business plan to potential investors. Join a local investment group.

Networking 242

Networking Accredited Investor Elevator Pitch SEC 242

Board Effect

MARCH 3, 2021

Standard email programs, USB drives, and third-party cloud-sharing apps typically have inherent security risks. Such risks aren’t working taking as they can leave your board in violation of SEC regulations or other current or future regulations. Why Is Secure File Sharing So Important for Community Bank Boards?

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SiliconHills

APRIL 8, 2015

Mamma.com’s founders then used emails from Cuban to try to convince the SEC he was a “bad guy.” By LAURA LOREK Reporter with Silicon Hills News Mark Cuban invested in a Canadian Internet company Mamma.com in 2004 that eventually got in trouble with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Austin Security 48

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Are they, were they, and the SEC were when a few brave souls were warning about Madoff to deaf ears? My layman’s reading is that Yahoo!’s ’s claims are pretty lame. Regarding social networking, Yahoo! Damages could be in the BILLIONS.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. Because email works! Enter Xobni.

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Venture Capital Social Network Angel Investor Chad 265

David Teten

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Her job is to lead a professional outreach campaign to investors, writing highly customized emails to each, based on your agreed-upon template. If you don’t have a pre-existing relationship, it is critical that you write emails which are palpably customized and of course well written, or else you’re just spamming.

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Investment Bankers Database Private Equity SEC 60

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. Investor emails. Hell, I send those emails. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. Hire fast, fire faster. Center seat. Paying I say!

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Monaco Cofounder Chicago Mexico 420

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Email readers, continue here.] Paying commissions to undisclosed third parties in order to obtain deals, hiding or entering misleading financial data, associating with anyone with a past SEC suspension, and many more “gotcha” events, qualify as strong deterrents to a good closing. Let’s back up to the headline. “A

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 19, 2017

In addition, there is a cover MD&A (hopefully written by the CFO – not a formal SEC one, but a comprehensive management discussion and analysis). I also like the Q&A that occurs (in email, or in a Google doc around the MD&A) to be driven by the CFO with support from the CEO.

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Balance Sheet Metrics SEC Distribution 70