David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

– SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. – Forte has developed an innovative structure to finance vocational reskilling at no cost to individuals or governments. Are you politically active?

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

As Pebble evolves from a startup to a legitimate competitor against the likes of Apple or Sony, much of their success will hinge on how attentive the founders are to their enthusiastic early adopters. Fabulis.com was initially intended to to be a social network for gay men. From the looks of it, they’re going to do great.

Customer Development 126

Customer Development Conversion Developer Customer 126

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? LinkedIn was curious, so the business social network decided to find out. Whom is he or she connected to?

San Francisco 99

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Topics are divided into IT, marketing, sales, finance, customer service, operations and human resources sections, which makes it easy to search for the latest discussions on your interest area. Entrepreneur Connect Entrepreneur Media, the parent company of Entrepreneur Magazine , hosts this online network of entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Social Media Technical Review Social Network 94

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. So if you’re casually reading and don’t really care about angel financing – abort now!

Silicon Valley 291

Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? Did I mention it only took the founder a month? I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing.

Venture Capital 130

Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 130

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

That’s where I see too much entrepreneur burnout, growth plateaus, and founders being replaced, to their chagrin. According to one study a while back, only 45% of founders plan to exit after stage one, and my guess is that less than half the remainder survive the next stage in their own company. There is no free lunch.

Mezzanine 244

Mezzanine Private Equity Startup Bandwidth 244

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Founder Kevin Systrom launched Instagram with 25,000 beta users on October 6, 2010; two years later, the app continues to see massive growth, recently reporting 150 million active users. Luck, timing and social engineering are bigger components than most entrepreneurs care to imagine,” adds Werdelin. 3) Facebook. 6) Pinterest.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

Would I hope all founders updated their investors, even if briefly? If a founder I’ve backed simply sends 5-7 bullet points per month with some key stats, metrics, and requests for specific connections and help, then over time I follow their “story” and it becomes a part of my daily vocabulary. Yes, of course.

Early Stage 167

Early Stage Deal Flow Finance Metrics 167

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Finance and a host of other wonderful services brought to you by their sponsors. People mistook the fact that these text advertisements worked in Google to say they would work in social networks. So PPC (pay-per-click) advertising on social networks has performed poorly to date. The Founder & CEO of Ad.ly

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. In addition, Priyanshu is also considering an enterprise solution with the notion of cleaning up the profiles of employees (based on social media policies) of objectionable material.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Pamela Poole is a blogger, translator and tech writer, and founder of Francophilia.com , a social startup for Francophiles. Through them, entrepreneurs can hook up with R&D resources in universities and companies, and get access to a robust support network that provides opportunities for visibility, growth and financing.

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France Technical Review Incubator Early Stage 163

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

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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Equity Finance Pre-Money Valuation Denver 137

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 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.

Startup 79

Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on. 38 New Social Media Resources You May.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000.

Angel Investor 80

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Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Initial investment in a company is among the first non-founder capital raised. Startups are now able to produce real meaningful early business traction which yields genuine valuation increases, not just a prototype or proof-of-concept which yields merely a ticket to another round of dilutive financing.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

These designers help small to mid-sized brands design/develop quality product by exposing them to big company best practices and a global network of factories, trim suppliers, fabric sources, etc. 10 – Unique Social Network. Thanks to Linda Passante, The Halo Group. #3 3 – Helping Overlooked Groups.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Technical Review Harvest Portfolio 92

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. Gust takes advantage of the cloud, and you should, too.

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Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In a statement, co-founder and CEO Zeev Farbman said that “Through all of our diverse creativity apps, we are planning to continue to pioneer industry-first technology and provide all users with the tools and capabilities they need to express themselves and achieve their creative goals. Startup Journey.

Private Equity 147

Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 147

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

A few weeks of organized effort should be enough time to develop a name and gain consensus among your co-founders, but if you’re on a tight schedule, it’s also possible to do in just a few days. Cartoon Network Favorites Star in Strange Video. 5 Better Ways to Network on Twitter and LinkedIn. Money and Finance Lists.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84

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. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance.

China 327

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 327

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

But most importantly I lectured founders that you can’t avoid the admin of setting up your ESOP. In the era of social networking if you can’t figure out how to get intro’d to me you probably aren’t cut out to be an entrepreneur. But if you do this early (pre VC) then the price points are pretty low.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform.

LLC 75

LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 38 New Social Media Resources You May. Groupon Adds Self-Serve Deal Platform.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

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. As a non-technical founder of an IT company, it’s important to know when to dish responsibilities off. Jesse Davis , Entrustet.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

In April, “stealth” social media startup Kohort announced its upcoming launch. Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. I think this strategy works.

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Social Good Google Gives $250,000 to Tech Educati. 5 Creative Social Good Campaigns for. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N. Kim Kardashian Tops Bing’s Most Pop. Verizon Wireless Set to Launch 4G Net. Bush Talks "the Facebook" a.

Software Developers 79

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 79

Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful to provide some basic fundraising advice to first-time founders based upon my 20+ years of legal experience. Instead, you typically need a “warm referral” (or introduction) from someone they respect and trust — preferably a successful founder whom they have backed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEOR0AJsziE.

Term Sheet 63

Term Sheet San Francisco Founder Investment Bankers 63

Hearpreneur

MARCH 29, 2024

#3- The Pursuit of Happyness and Wonder Woman Photo Credit: Jacintha Field ‘The Pursuit of Happyness,' showcases the journey of Chris Gardner, played by Will Smith, as he navigates through homelessness and financial instability, all while raising his son and pursuing a career in finance. Thanks to Erwin Vico, Slick Cash Loan ! #5-

Entrepreneur 106

Entrepreneur Leadership Finance PR 106

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 25, 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. At the end of 2017, nearly 1.2 Business analytics.

Entrepreneur 83

Entrepreneur Chicago Cofounder United States 83

mashable.com

JUNE 8, 2010

Go BIG Network This site helps investors, startups, service providers, and advisors find each other. Cons: In order to contact investors and service providers outside of your personal network, you’ll need to pay a fee of either $49-$79 per month or $179 for a one-time use.

Coder 60

Coder Technical Review Social Media Technical Cofounder 60