Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools. Show personal investment.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. Following the financial commitment, Betancourt Lopez was named Hawkers company president and Arévalo became the company’s executive chairman in November 2016. Growing Hawkers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools. Show personal investment.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

Letting small companies sell equity stakes online would be a huge boost to those firms—like angel investing on steroids. Broadening the Base Currently, equity-based crowd funding falls under strict Securities and Exchange Commission rules governing angel investing. That hinders broad-based online fund raising in a couple of ways.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. David Teten: What is GLG Share, and why did you launch it? Previously posted at Forbes.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. Following the financial commitment, Betancourt Lopez was named Hawkers company president and Arévalo became the company’s executive chairman in November 2016. Growing Hawkers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. It’s an amazing cat and mouse system. Beijing’s Academic Hub.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Create intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Create intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Create intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Line up an experienced team. Define some intellectual property.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. It’s an amazing cat and mouse system. Beijing’s Academic Hub.

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Scalable Startup

AUGUST 9, 2018

But to get that Silicon Valley angel funding you have to be part of that social network; most of the rest of the world doesn’t have that frothy environment. You’re less vulnerable, pay less equity for your funding, and you have some very specific things to talk about. Option Two: Post-Launch?—?Raise

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Create intellectual property.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 6, 2022

Steve Hoffman (06:08): If you don't get the right people on board, you know, hire them really hard to succeed, marketing, getting your name out. You can also reach out to me on virtually any of the social networks, just search for Steve Hoffman or founder space. How do people find you? How do you differentiate yourself?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2021

The answer is social networks. b) Investors like venture capitalists or private equity funds. Next, you can choose company names if you have any in mind. Here you enter the role (role name by role name) and you get a list of people to reach out to. Cheers, (Your Name)”. c) Other FinTech Companies.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Increasingly, people who were only available as full-time, equity-position founders or [.]

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Line up an experienced team. Define some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2015

but will deep dive into specific aspects of your product, they will ask detailed questions about your business plans and how you will approach your target market, they may even mention potential competitors by name and how you plan to tackle them as competition. The size of their networks.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# Kayweb is named for its majority owner, the design and development firm Kayserian founded in Australia seven years ago. In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. – angel investor networks ( AngelList , FundersClub , OurCrowd , Republic *, SeedInvest ).

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 14, 2020

Topics are an important feature for social networks, just as genres are for music or categories for ecommerce sites. If you can’t invite people into your office and squeeze a new feature out of them, you have two options: Use social networks or a user-testing platform. Quora did just that. provide value).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

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www.readwriteweb.com

APRIL 23, 2012

But you can still reel in good people - if youre generous with your equity. Offer them a big chunk of equity, or theyll go to a company thats actually selling its products - and where half of 1% is more likely to one day be worth some real money. Close the equity gap, and hiring will get a lot easier," Ravikant suggests.

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The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

People are willing to say nice or neutral things with their name attached–they need anonymity for mean things and things they are embarrassed about. Sam Altman of Y Combinator wrote this in a post about Secret: Anonymity breeds meanness–the Internet has proven this time and time again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Your brand lives in everyday interactions your company has with its prospects and customers, including the images you share, the messages you post on your website, the content of your marketing materials, your presentations and booths at conferences, and your posts on social networks. Importantly, your brand is not what you say it is.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2015

Kickstarter has the name recognition, but it also has a lot of campaigns. Equity Crowdfunding. Equity crowdfunding takes the crowdfunding process to the next level. These sites function a lot like the sites listed above, but investors get equity in your startup. See Also Are You Ready for Equity Based Crowdfunding?

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Walmart, Amazon, Costco, Walgreens, and Home Depot have each built strong brand identities and all benefit from powerful household recognition and strong brand equity. Walmart has long been a top name in US retail. They must be doing something right. These top retail businesses know that their brand is invaluable. Let’s get started.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

These days that includes social networking, gaming (mobile and otherwise), healthcare information technology, personal and business productivity software, entertainment convergence, and of course all things Apple. This points to a second Facebook IPO lesson for investors, namely liquidity “signaling.”

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