View from Seed

MAY 3, 2022

Flyp’s workflow automation capabilities and AI-driven inventory matching system empower these entrepreneurs to develop and scale their at-home reseller businesses. The company has recruited a network of tens of thousands of small online resellers, frequently individual stay-at-home entrepreneurs, onto its platform.

Syndicate 156

Syndicate Syndication IPO Matching 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2020

You need to know why and how they invest, and then focus on the ones who are the best match for your startup. Typically, individual investments will be less than $100K, but a group of angels may syndicate multiples. Angels spread their risk by making multiple smaller investments.

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Angel Investor Valuation Syndicate Syndication 322

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. of going viral that makes all the difference between failure and success.)

Viral 71

Viral Matching Syndicate Syndication 71

Agile VC

OCTOBER 27, 2011

B2B software can no longer just get away with crappy UI… it has to at least match the ease of use and aesthetics of all the consumer web products users love. We’ve invested in a bunch of B2B software companies at NextView and I’m thrilled to see them steal pages out of the playbooks of successful consumer web companies.

Software 100

Software B2B Silicon Valley Acquisition 100

David Teten

JULY 10, 2017

It is common for large corporations to provide matching of 401(k) contributions. Why couldn’t a large company offer 1:1 or greater matching of the angel investing of their senior management? The match could accrue to the benefit of the executive or the company, with advantages and disadvantages to each.

Employee 60

Employee Balance Sheet Syndicate Syndication 60

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 19, 2020

Software has been eating venture funds by simplifying syndicates, managing SPVs, and even traditional fund management. The idea of a streaming venture fund matches the fluidity of entrepreneurship and the operator>investor>operator paradigm that seems to be growing.

Syndicate 88

Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Portfolio 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 23, 2013

All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches. The display side is called pay per action (PPA) or pay per lead (PPL). Keyword research and budget forecasting. Popular keywords have higher costs. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 30, 2012

Thanks to Kenny Jahng of Big Click Syndicate LLC. I just sort through the list until I find the one that closely matches the requirements I have for the job I need done. And friends of volunteers are also great connections. Customers Know Best. Want to find an employee that totally gets what you do. Hire your customers.

Employee 144

Employee LLC Non-Compete Utah 144

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Pre-money valuation was initially set higher but was adjusted to match the Ser B valuation. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm. . $1.65M extension round closed Nov 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

A better approach is to first understand who these people are, why and how they invest, and then focus on the ones who are the best match for your particular startup stage, location and industry. Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Venture Capital Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

All these models start with the advertiser choosing the right search keywords to match user searches. The display side is called pay per action (PPA) or pay per lead (PPL). Keyword research and budget forecasting. Popular keywords have higher costs. Campaign setup and ad copy writing. Tracking and performance reporting.

Search 225

Search Engineer SEM Widget 225

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

More precise matching of investors/board members with companies. Because of our large network, we can identify angels who have very specific industry background pertinent to a given company, and solicit them to join a given syndicate.

Private Equity 133

Private Equity Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

After a few blogs about your concept, the comments better match your passion, or it’s time to rethink your idea. If you post on industry sites, or get syndicated to popular sites, your scores and visibility will go up even more. Blogging will improve your site search engine ranking.

Startup 120

Startup Social Media Syndicate Syndication 120

Genuine VC

MAY 1, 2014

On the surface, BookBub is an ebook discovery service for consumer readers, featuring acclaimed ebooks in categories matching readers’ interests. They have relationships with over 3,000 publisher and author partners, including all of the Big Five publishers and hundreds of small-to-midsize presses.

Cofounder 118

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Social Network 118

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

I’ve never written before about those other “potential business opportunities” that our team was exploring along with our prior investment syndicate, Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures, Greg Sands from Costanoa Ventures, and Brad Feld from Foundry. She joined our team pretty quickly, first fractionally (the Bolster way, right?),

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Golazo is a slang word in Spanish used to describe truly special goals scored in a soccer match. I’ve been to a World Cup (South Korea 2002), gold medal Olympic soccer matches (men & women Beijing 2008), English Premier League, MLS, heck even AYSO. Filed under Uncategorized. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate 124

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

According to the just-released Halo Report from the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute ( ARI ), founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation , "The median size of angel & angel group syndicate rounds was $700,000" last year, up from $500,000 in 2010. So what do angels want?

Angel Investor 128

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Exit Strategy 128

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Being a good angel or VC has a lot to do with pattern matching. You're going to want syndication partners on the deals you find and sounding boards on the thesis behind each of your potential investments. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. Before you start writing checks, just spend some time with startups.

Angel Investor 118

Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Portfolio 118

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Once the search engine finds files that match a search request, the search engine can display the full text of the files with highlighted hits for easy review. That’s where you can be creative, with over 25 different search features to select individually or “mix and match.”. What kind of searching can your search engine support?

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Metadata XML Azure New Jersey 147

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

But eventually two syndicates emerged. Both syndicates competed on the distribution and marketing that they could bring to the table. One interesting element to the deal that eventually disappeared was that O’Leary at one stage asked for a matching cash distribution for all cash distributions made to founders.

Pre-Money Valuation 164

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Distribution 164

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Starting about four years ago, for the first time, I felt like we had a great business to match our great company. Now that those two things are in sync, we are zooming forward at an amazing pace, and we’re doing it perhaps more gracefully than we would be doing it if we hadn’t focused on building the company along the way.

Warrant 128

Warrant Syndicate Syndication Matching 128

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

Brandanew

JULY 29, 2016

You’ve got sites like The Muse dedicated to it, which gets syndicated to Forbes & Mashable. Make sure you can match the tone and cater for their audience and that they accept guest posts. Holding onto the most capable employees. Workplace disasters. A quick Google search will reveal that this kind of content is indeed popular!

Product 100

Product SEO Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

We VCs like to pride ourselves on pattern matching, and in this case a pattern emerged from our opportunistic approach which directly led to a more specific theme. In 2011 we developed this into a more comprehensive theme which helped form the basis of our investments in GrabCAD and Objective Logistics. What’s Your Favorite Future?

Seed Stage 124

Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 13, 2012

When we first syndicated the seed round with other investors, some people didn't get it. I owe it in large part to finding great people whose skills were uniquely matched to the entrepreneurial challenge they were taking on. Not everyone was enthusiastic about this company, though.

Syndicate 131

Syndicate Syndication Viral B2B 131

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

They either do too many seed investments (for which they can spend no quality time with any) or they treat it as an option (“if you succeed come back and see us and we’ll match any term sheet you get&# ) – they view it as a sort of “right of first refusal.&#. The signaling affect is overrated.

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Post-Money Valuation Term Sheet Warrant Partner 298

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 21, 2010

Interestingly enough, I thought more people started taking part in the conversation who weren’t on Hot Potato because they now knew their thoughts were being syndicated to an app where more people were talking about the event. It’s only one data point, but I think it was a big win.

Product 68

Product Hockey Stick Entrepreneur Syndicate 68

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

It’s not just a giant CRM that matches customers with a subset of relevant accounts. As one user notes : “Matching the content with CRM tools takes time. While it offers content syndication, reviewers noted that where that content ends up is not fully disclosed. Image source ). The list goes on. They’re not, however, seamless.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 22, 2016

You can easily revamp and repurpose some of the content you have on your own blog and syndicate it out to those you think might be interested in it. Content creation and PR are a match made in heaven. Establish a working relationship with top bloggers in your industry and try to regularly contribute to their blogs.

PR 28

PR Marketing Social Media Syndicate 28

OnlyOnce

DECEMBER 1, 2020

I’ve seen amazing companies held back by weak and ineffective boards and investor syndicates, and I’ve seen so-so companies succeed because the strategic advice, experience, and accountability coming out of the board room drives the management team in extraordinary ways. It’s on par with building and leading an executive team.

Advisory Board 71

Advisory Board Syndicate Syndication Matching 71

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 25, 2018

It’s unlikely that you’ve got the budget for nationally syndicated ads or a commercial during the Super Bowl. The more closely your website matches that query, the more likely it is to appear in the valuable real estate on the first page of search results. If you’re a small business, that’s especially true.

Small Business 63

Small Business Marketing Social Media Lead Generation 63

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

billion in 2009, which matches the amount invested by VCs. According to the Center for Venture Research at UNH , there are over 260,000 angel investors. How the hell are you going to find and ptich the one who is going to invest in your deal??? These angels invested $17.6 However, angels invested in 57,225 ventures vs. 2,795 for VCs.

Angel Investor 28

Angel Investor Angel Groups San Jose Venture Capital 28

OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I’ve seen amazing companies held back by weak and ineffective boards and investor syndicates, and I’ve seen so-so companies succeed because the strategic advice, experience, and accountability coming out of the board room drives the management team in extraordinary ways. It’s on par with building and leading an executive team.

Advisory Board 48

Advisory Board Syndicate Syndication Matching 48

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

It sure is nice to have your company name match your web address. It is a good practice to matching as much as possible as the first goal, between twitter, domain, and other social media URL names. Global Syndication Partners. January 16, 2012 14:10:08. Flag this comment. January 16, 2012 14:24:44. Flag this comment.

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Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Clearly state that you’re taking personal time, and that’s why you interview only for job openings for which you’re a terrific match. Joyce Lain Kennedy is a nationally syndicated careers columnist. The real question is whether you are lying to and short-changing your current employer while looking for other work.

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Hiring United States Syndicate Syndication 212

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Have the colors and branding match your corporate identity. The unique thing about these efforts is not only that they will be for YouTube primarily (though you can syndicate them all over the place), the differentiator will be that you'll create them with your specific YouTube audience in mind. Give it a beautiful skin.

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Analytics Marketing Audience Channel 149

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

First, find an area that matches your companies needs and budget. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc. Real estate agent David Goldberg of Living NY offers some guidelines and wisdom. All Rights Reserved.

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Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81