The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The post below first appeared as a guest post by me on the Web Summit Blog. He was on the money when he said that for early stage investments having a great team is most important but for later stage investments the market matters more. Marc Andreessen wrote about this once.

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The Next Web

JUNE 1, 2017

Additionally, if the expansion goes well, you’ll have also demonstrated the adaptability and versatility of your product on a world stage. So when your later stage startup is ready to expand, where should you go? After finding success in… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Later stage companies have some additional concerns: What favorable impact could IP have for PR, marketing and investor relations purposes, or as an attraction to potential acquirors? Developing Web content (both the design and underlying code) (copyright, trademark). Creating product mock-ups , wireframes, etc. trade secret).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more. To get started, go to the International Business Innovation Association web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

And most venture capital wants to invest larger amounts in later-stage startups. And keep in mind, as you read that, that venture capital demands everything that angel investors do, and more. Are you still with me? The National Venture Capital Association website is a wealth of information.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 11, 2009

Yet for every founder there are 10-20 other employees who take the near-equivalent risks in joining an early-stage company. If you’re not a founder (by choice, timing or temperament,) you may be an early employee or a later stage startup employee. link] a few seconds ago from web [.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

For startup new product development, this is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized first by Eric Ries for web applications. Social mobile web. Responsive web technology that re-sizes text and images to fit any screen is the norm with new websites.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The rest of Asia is still developing with far more angel and early-stage investors than mid-to-later stage folks. Singapore is by far the most developed behind those big three markets with government schemes attracting over a dozen early stage firms to set up shop here (e.g.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

You can of course share privately that you’ve raised a round, but it’s a different story than a prospective employee (and their friends & family who she is going to brag to) can easily find it with a web search. Seeing on the screen just feels more “real” to many prospective employees, even if it shouldn’t. Inbound partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more. To get started, go to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Products like the Kindle and Amazon Web Services created entirely new markets, which Amazon now dominates or leads. I think part of the reason why Satya Nadella has been an amazing later stage co-founder/CEO at Microsoft is because he represented a different functional driver (product rather than sales) that was needed.

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View from Seed

MARCH 19, 2015

He’s dubbed the approach “ pretotyping ,” and it shares many of the same principles as both its similar-sounding (if later-stage) cousin, prototyping, as well as the more well-known lean startup movement. Fishermen don’t care about the environment! ” It’s a very different story.

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The Next Web

JULY 19, 2015

Additionally, if the expansion goes well, you’ll have also demonstrated the adaptability and versatility of your product on a world stage. So when your later stage startup is ready to expand, where should you go? After finding success in… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Rob Go

JUNE 7, 2012

But a lot of entrepreneurs and investors were hoping for a really strong showing to drive more liquidity in the market and continue the surge in hype around internet companies (both start-ups and later stage companies). 5 Years ago, the mobile web meant email on the blackberry or really lame on-deck applications on feature phones.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2020

It is additionally wise to avoid movers and web van lines that have no drivers, operators, or gear. Yes, they regularly do extra expenses at a much later stage. To confirm whether movers are genuine, check not just their active license. In case you’re moving out of state, confirm the trucking organization’s permit.

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The Next Web

JULY 24, 2015

Venture capital firms are typically growth-oriented, early-stage investors looking for these proof-of-concept points before cutting a check. So, as an early-stage startup, why on earth should you consider reaching out to private equity investors, if you are not making progress with venture capital investors?

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2017

Whether early or later-stage, the growth of every company most often depends on how much capital is available to fund its growth. Depending on the type of business, this includes everything from legal, machinery, equipment, inventory, overhead, and domain name, to web services. by Tina Hay, founder and CEO of Napkin Finance.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 28, 2019

You’re not trying to sell your products and services to Google’s web-crawler bots. Cat food grain-free,” “cat food senior cat formula,” and “cat food for kittens” are all more likely to result in a conversion because these consumers are at a later stage in their journey and have a better idea of what they want.

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Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The sooner you pass your work on to a later stage, the sooner you can find out how they will receive it. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0, Small batches mean faster feedback. Expo SF (May. Expo (and a call for he.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more. To get started, go to the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) web site, and use the lookup tool provided to see what’s available in your area.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Summit is a hugely respected firm in Silicon Valley and a long-term “institution&# but they’re better known as more of a “private equity&# investor meaning that they do later stage investments in much larger companies that are profitable. Obviously they see big things in Wildfire. 4mm in Series A.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. He was also the first one to challenge my conventional wisdom that it made no sense for tech companies to advertise on television.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. Don Lee at Buchalter Nemer was referred to me by Todd Gitlin and came on very high recommendations as an early-stage, true entrepreneur’s perfect lawyer because he understands how to work with startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

We had to buy Oracle database licenses, UNIX servers, a Sun Solaris operating system, web servers, load balancers, EMC storage, disk mirrors for redundancy and had to commit to a year-long hosting agreement at places such as Exodus. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

The awareness phase is where other later-stage investors start to notice the momentum, bringing additional money in and pushing prices higher. No one doubts that social networks and web and mobile applications are reinventing commerce. We are seeing this bubble unfold by the book.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

He had an idea for a new class of enterprise software insight-as-a-service based on big data web analytics as a Cloud/SaaS (Software As a Service) application. After a demo and lunch, the VC (who normally did later stage deals) wrote my ex student a check for a seed round. Life couldn’t be better.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

He says they are just as selective on seed investments as they are in later stage deals. Founded by Shervin Pishevar (COO of Webs). Web service that allows parents to monitor children’s activity on social networks in realtime for about $10/child/month. Scans the web for a kid’s activity in realtime and sends alerts. -Co-Founders

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 30, 2010

We have a good sense of what later stage VCs are going to look for and can help think about how much you need to raise to get additional interest down the line. You shouldn’t build for us, necessarily but we do tend to see a lot of this web stuff. Sometimes, we even have good product feedback. backgrounds at startups?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2023

Look, AI is literally eating the web ChatGPT is more search than I don't know, Taylor Swift. And I think fortunately these days there are more opportunities to, to sell down along the way as companies get big enough later stage investors will come in and offer to buy a small chunk of earlier investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2016

If you’re slightly later stage it might be 5–6 hours. There are always times where one member needs to be on a web conference or telephone call due to travel conflicts. That’s why I like web conference over telephone — it keeps people more honest. I would think a 2–3 hour meeting with 2–3 topics ought to do.

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cdixon.org

AUGUST 3, 2012

Some observations: - Thousands of early-stage consumer web/mobile companies were started and funded in last 24 months. A few breakout early-stage consumer hits (Instagram, Pinterest) have reached tens of millions of users in record time. But there are signs this is ending.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2018

You can go with the base plan for starters and choose to upgrade in the later stages for additional features such as full API access and multiple monetization options. Ooyala offers Cloud, SaaS and Web-based deployment for the business of all scales. Multiple monetization options. There is also a mid-range plan of $125/month.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

These skills are hard to develop, many founders actually decide to hire a CEO at a later stage. You need to define the business strategy, recruit people, build teams, motivate employees, set and measure goals, empower ownership, create partnerships, take care of financials etc.

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View from Seed

APRIL 7, 2015

Whether it’s rational or not, it’s really hard to convince an investor that the founders will be great at creating wonderful products if the materials and web presence they put in front of them fall flat. Even later stage VCs will push to meet founders much earlier than seems appropriate for their sweet spot.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

even if it’s just a web conference call walk through. Sometimes engagement at the later stages seems to go dry. If they won’t spend time going through it with you then they’re more likely just shopping you for data. Your job in the sales process is to test engagement so you can figure out how to allocate your time better.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

For later-stage, it’s a high-priced financing round, tipping scales on widespread adoption, rapid hiring, or credible information on successive revenue-growth quarters. For example here locally in Boston, dedicated startup job boards are actually fairly fruitful: VentureFizz , Greenhorn Connect , and Web Innovators Group.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

You could argue that choosing the name “first round” paints them into a corner in case they want to ever do a late stage fund, but I suspect they named it FRC precisely because they wanted to excel at early-stage investing. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC.

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