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.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

I can't tell you anything about it thanks to the SEC. Or, as a bigger fund, you could hire a placement agent--someone who specializes in helping you raise a fund. In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2011

In my book, there is only one real reason for this – to a ttract new potential employees : “We’ve just raised $X and are hiring 20 people including types A through types Q – see our jobs page at jobs.companyname.com and apply now.” When you do a financing, you file something called a Form D with the SEC.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

These programs are typically required for any company that wants to maintain its status as a certified public accountant; for example, they must follow specific reporting requirements set forth by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 29, 2016

Hiring Help. You’ve likely already hired at least a couple of people to help you get your company up and running well. These people deserve a raise–nothing extravagant (we’ll get to why in a sec), but enough to make a difference for them. You will also probably want to expand your employee pool by at least a few people.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Thanks to the SEC, you don't know who's actually fundraising, what kind of performance they have, and you'll never get reached by their marketing. Sometimes, the family hires some really fantastic people to run the investment of their assets. The whole thing is setup to fail.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 5, 2013

Why I No Longer Advise Startups to Hire M.B.A.s | The Accelerators-WSJ – [link]. SEC Greenlights One Style Of Equity Crowdfunding For Startups | TechCrunch – [link]. The Rise Of The Superconnector | Fast Company – [link]. 4 Reasons People Subscribe to — and Open — Email – [link].

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Instead of offering better products or better service at lower prices, rent seekers hire lawyers and lobbyists to influence politicians and regulators to pass laws, write regulations and collect taxes that block competition. Strategies at this stage include: Hire your own lobbyists. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 1, 2014

It is even supported – scratch that, required – by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), which is enforced by the SEC in the United States and the International Accounting Standards Board internationally. A new hire starts, because the money is there. It is an afterthought. Therefore, there rarely is any.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

Justice Department and SEC reported imposing over $1.5 If necessary, you may need to hire a local consultant to help you and your company in navigating complex, and in many instances illogical, rules and practices. Some companies look at this as a “cost of doing business,” but it can easily cost you your reputation and your business.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Should you hire an investment banker? Here’s how to replicate a banker, even if you don’t have any relationships with potential investors: Hire a consultant to make your deck persuasive, thorough, and attractive, and your data room professional. Hire someone who has worked in investment banking or VC , even if only as an Analyst.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 24, 2013

Instead of offering better products or better service at lower prices, rent seekers hire lawyers and lobbyists to influence politicians and regulators to pass laws, write regulations and collect taxes that block competition. Strategies at this stage include: Hire your own lobbyists. i.e. revenue/profit sharing, two-tier hiring, etc.

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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. You hire them, you own them now. Hire fast, fire faster. 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. Pottery Barn rule. Hell, get used to it.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Securities Act of 1933 requires that any type of securities offered to the public be registered with the SEC, involving a major undertaking to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-1 – known to many as an IPO prospectus. To avoid this situation, a company like Facebook will choose to go public prematurely.

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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. million of what partners hope will be a much larger fund. It appears to be a good time to look. Register here for GROWConference, 8/21-23, Vancouver BC, Enter code wire for GeekWire discount. Are you Tableau?

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Early Growth Financial Services

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 26, 2015 Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS), an accounting and financial services firm that specializes in providing a range of outsourced financial support to early-stage companies, announces the hiring of Andy Kapur to head its Tax Practice.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

  I don’t know what happened at Canopy, and reports that the SEC has accused them of falsification of audit statements sounds extraordinary, but in any event the KPMG senior auditors should have been meeting directly with the audit committee board members, without management present, to sniff out any improprieties.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2013

In the past week, both AngelList and FundersClub got SEC "No action" letters --notices that their crowdfunding platforms were going to be allowed to keep operating without fear of getting run over by the government. It will be harder and harder to get quality hires for the rest of the companies. Going into business for themselves.

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David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

It allows small businesses to raise $1 million, from a limit of 10% of income or $10,000 from individual investors, without registering their companies with the SEC. They hired the Sustainable Economies Law Center to write to the U.S. The Entrepreneurs Access to Capital Act helps to redress this.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 29, 2010

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t. You hire them, you own them now. Hire fast, fire faster. 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. I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

If you are one of six in the LP relationship area, you will have less leverage than if you are a new hire with the only European LP relationships. When I recently hired an attorney, I asked for referrals, and I got a very assertive advocate, Emily Campbell of The Campbell Firm PLLC. CONTRACT (AND OTHER LEGAL AND STRUCTURAL ISSUES).

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. Unable to confirm if my proposed approach was correct, he indicated that he would have to check with his SEC group and that ‘someone’ would get back to me. Pyramid Power. We need to trade our money for results.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Because Intermix was a publicly traded company (AMEX: MIX), the related SEC filings and their exhibits, including the 81-page proxy statement and 42-page merger agreement, make for good bedtime reading. Read on for a fuller explanation. of MySpace, Inc.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Since small businesses are responsible for the vast majority of new jobs, legislators believe that these new rules will make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital and ramp up hiring. These investments would be exempt from registration under the 1933 SEC Act. There is a reason the SEC exists.

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www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

What questions should I ask the lawyers I am considering hiring? 04:55:44 PM December 06, 2012 from HootSuite Reply Retweet Favorite RT @automattic : We are hiring! 25 comments since March 31, 2010 Five questions that startups should ask a pro. 25 comments since March 31, 2010 Five questions that startups should ask a pro.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As an example, if you want to launch a blockchain startup with a US base, you need to see what the FINRA and the SEC say about launching ICOs. All ICOs are recommended to hire compliance help. Also, it is a really good idea to hire an independent security company to help. Not Going Through Tests And Security Audits.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

The SEC defines an "accredited investor" as someone with over amillion dollars in liquid assets or an income of over $200,000 ayear. Now the group is looking for moremoney: they want enough to last for a year, and maybe to hire acouple friends. The regulatory burden is much lower if a companys shareholdersare all accredited investors.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. However, as a VC, we have the opposite problem: how do we find companies in which to invest? Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done!

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

We took Interliant public in 1999 on the second attempt (the SEC didn’t clear the filing until a week after the end of the first road show, our first of many misfires with Merrill Lynch, who was our lead banker.) I’m sitting at the breakfast table at Len Fassler’s house in Harrison, New York drinking a cup of coffee and chewing on a bagel.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

Some 92% of job growth comes after a company goes public - which makes sense, because a company acquires public capital in order to hire people. RWW asked Kate Mitchell how much of that expense was actually wrapped up in meeting reporting requirements and hiring independent auditors. was created by firms less than five years old.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees. SEC Visits Silicon Valley. Their own ego is also a factor – will a down round signal weakness? Caveat emptor.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 19, 2010

The deal went through, I bought the website, and eventually hired a team of writers. What you can do with a blog that’s got a little bit of traction and a little bit of traffic is hire a team of volunteers. I’d hired the volunteer authors and I had hired Rob to look after them, so this website was passive.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Then we eroded toward the opposite: a cozy government-industrial complex that can't tie its own shoes (Katrina response, Iraq administration, SEC/Madoff, general regulatory bloat). The US was once known as a free market democracy that could make the trains run on time. Each requires the step before it.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Whitney Company by writing a personal check for $5M and hiring Benno Schmidt as the first partner (Schmidt turned Whitney’s description of “private adventure capital&# into the term “venture capital”). Million in 1946 as a closed-end mutual fund ) which meant ARD was regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC.)

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Venture Chronicles

MARCH 23, 2010

defines “super angels&# as an accredited investors (yes this is a defined category of investor, look it up on the SEC site, who makes at least 2 minimum $50k investments every 3 years and is a U.S. Before I get to Pascal-Emmanuel’s article, let’s cover the basics. and be comprised of a majority of partners who are U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

It'd be great if we could somehow hire people all over the world, that would be great. And we had just had massive challenges trying to move money to the different contractors we were hiring in different places. And so you want a lot of variety in the people that you hire. And so, it had always been attractive to me.

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