Up and Running

DECEMBER 18, 2013

If you’re a non-profit…. Kiva is a non-profit organization that partners with microfinance institutions (Kiva’s “field partners”) in third-world countries to offer small loans to budding entrepreneurs. EarlyShares is a pretty sophisticated fundraising platform looking to compete with traditional venture capital firms.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. Sustaining short-term losses is all predicated on ability to finance the losses through venture capital or other means.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do. That turns out to be much more difficult than non-investors often imagine.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

Bridget Reed, Co-founder and VP of Content, The Word Counter Yes, but Look for Restrictions Crowdfunding is an efficient and cost-effective way to raise money to finance the development of a startup. Furthermore, a failed crowdfunding campaign can be depressing for the founder and make future capital raising more difficult.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2016

Second, the leaders of these companies tended to be those who excelled at finance, supply chain or production. Intel attempted to compete, (and actually owned an ARM license) but fell victim to a classic failure of ignoring a low-end disruptor and hobbling their own chances by deciding not cannibalize their own very profitable x86 business.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

.” There are a lot of data points that one can observer to get a sense of the venture capital markets – both LP fundings into venture and VC financings of startups. They point to some widely known facts: financings & valuations are up massively over the past 7 years and non-VC money has entered the system.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Additionally, I had already studied Economics and Finance during undergrad, making the academic part of an MBA seem a little redundant. C Corp versus LLC, non-competes, liquidation preferences, preferred versus common stock, and so on). This can be particularly important for founders with “non-traditional” career backgrounds.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. Need for growth capital. A company that can successfully raise money in an ICO may never need venture capital again.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 28, 2017

Goldman Sachs and CB Insights recently reported that startups have raised over $1 billion in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) this summer — more than the total amount of venture capital raised during the same period. Need for growth capital. A company that can successfully raise money in an ICO may never need venture capital again.

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Early Stage Equity Venture Capital Government 20

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

In that presentation, I said that Seed is not the first round of financing any more and that K9’s investments were mostly “pre-seed”. The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Too Much Capital.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Last week , we took the plunge and began dissecting an example term sheet for a convertible debt financing round piece by piece. In Part II, we looked at the mandatory conversion language that is at the heart of any convertible debt financing. In my experience, a term of 12 to 24 months is common, with 12 months being on the short end.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In 2019 and 2020, we saw hundreds of millions of dollars in non-dilutive funding go to Texas startups, most of which had never worked with the government before. in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  I’ve sat down with entrepreneurs and a copy of a term sheet guide I like [ “Term Sheets & Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Venture Capital Term Sheets & Valuations ” by Alex Wilmerding, Aspatore Press.] Dividends come in two basic flavors – cumulative and non-cumulative.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

All things being equal, this should clearly be viewed as non-optimal from a governance perspective. Off all the checklist items, this is the one that is an absolute non-starter. The post Venture Capital Red Flag Checklist appeared first on Above the Crowd. Without naming names, some U.S. Overlapping Corporate Interests.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Cautionary note: No competent VC is actually fooled when you show up after raising $6M in seed financing and say you’re now raising an A! 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007. Invested Interests cap table venture capital'

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

We have a myriad of connections to local Venture Capital firms, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and many other important individuals. Our application tool will be free and will immediately compete with Peterson’s, Kaplan, Princeton Review, and other smaller players. We are a startup and this is essential (and non-negotiable).

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. For most companies, it is simply a non-starter.

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K9 Ventures

OCTOBER 10, 2017

You see, Dan knows more about venture than most people; and if Dan isn’t aware that “pre-seed is a thing,” then I haven’t done a good enough job of explaining to the world what I and K9 do! Q: What amount of financing is considered Pre-Seed? Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised.

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David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2011

Fred is not a fan and argues that evaluating and aiding early-stage companies is not a core competency of government organizations. Nevertheless, a number of portfolio companies have asked us our thoughts on access to government finance sources, so we wanted to write a summary of options we think helpful.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

When we started NextView, there were relatively few seed focused venture capital funds in the country, even fewer on the east coast, and almost none in the Boston area. Non-institutional Leads. Many seed funds have significant follow-on capital, but not to the degree of traditional venture funds. New Competition.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Furthermore, O’Reilly’s own examples demonstrate the difference between a blitzscalable and non-blitzscalable market. He also had backing from well-known venture capital investors like Union Square Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and even Richard Branson.

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Of course, you will need a killer product—but, you will also need a competent growth strategy that will encompass comprehensive marketing, sales, research and development, technology, and beyond. However, you can certainly raise some of the capital through bootstrapping and the rest via seed funding. Secure timely funding.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 23, 2017

Don’t almost all of us have now, from all over the world, hundreds if not thousands of able and determined competitors - competing hard with us, on price, on quality, on just plain hustle? Or, in another dimension, competing in marketing and brand presence with the tech big boys, the Amazons and Apples and Googles of the world?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Storm Clouds - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , November 12, 2010 We have enjoyed an amazing run in the web startup and investing space over the past five or six years. Put likable, competent and passionate people on the front line. Finance, IT, Legal). This should not deter you. This doesn’t make sense.

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

And external in their evaluation of the market landscape in which that business competes. As we list these strengths what will arise will be “non obvious” wisdoms as to the likelihood of a successful pursuit of the considered opportunity and perhaps more valuably. I call these the internal and external opportunity acid test questions.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2015

And when the reviews are bad and web traffic and social media non-existent? So, in spite of the speed of communication being quicker than ever, paradoxically decision-making timelines are stretched and even more frustratingly, buyers are giving sellers “More of that Maddening Thing” than ever before: Radio Silence.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 14, 2018

And of our burning desire to compete and win. You see, sometimes in our business bubble it is easy to forget that less than 25% of the total U.S. population works in the private sector. But it is in these darker moments when we discover things about ourselves that perhaps we never knew. The depth of our courage and perseverance.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This power is wielded through a combination of a country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. The third class focused on Russia, which since 2014 has asserted itself as a competing great power. It is the “venture capital” of the Navy and Marine Corps.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

It is evident that nothing else will compete with the digital world and digital solutions. Some of the key trends that are likely to shape the future of entrepreneurship include increased automation, more access to capital, and an emphasis on sustainability. Thanks to Peyton Robinson, Foter Magazine ! #4-

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

To my mind, it’s fear of the unknown that holds most of us back and not the thought of whether we’re competent enough or intelligent enough or whatever else we feel is needed to run a business. Or is it about running a non-profit soup kitchen for the unemployed? However, you can also start a corporation or a non-profit company.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. But it could also be a non-financial challenge, like being a social media company and facing attacks from multiple points of the political spectrum. Financing can be one of these things.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

For many non-Patriots fans, it is very easy to get up on one’s High Horse and virulently condemn the Patriots' admitted philosophy of pushing the competitive envelope as absolutely far as possible. Yes, depending the industry/market you compete in - Real Estate, Retail, Consumer Products, Professional Services, etc. -

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dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

The key is to have several VCs or investors competing for the deal to arrive at a "fair" valuation. It isnt always possible to have a competitive bidding situation at each financing round so here are some guidelines for funding sources and percentages. Venture Capital investing is extremely risky. 5% Managers -.25%

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Many people have reached out sharing knowing and kind words about our journey and choice to wind down our venture, as well as their appreciation for my choice to pull back the curtain on what is statistically a common road for many founders. I’ve made a few grammatical and non-substantive updates for clarity. outside of a vacuum.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

In this manner, we determined what our market niche could be, and established whether or not we could compete in the existing market, and what it would take to succeed,” he says. Are you seeking a loan or investment from an angel investor or venture capital firm? What niche are you filling? How to Do Market Research.

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

In other companies it may be that manufacturing or finance is the sharp end of the stick. In an IP licensing business, legal and finance are the sharp end of the stick. I’ve encountered finance organizations with budget processes designed to simplify their lives, but not the rest of the company’s.

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