Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Additionally, a fundraising business offering and selling securities must comply with the regulations of the SEC, the federal government’s securities watchdog. The SEC’s proposed equity crowdfunding rules regulate, in part: Your business (the securities issuer). Grow Your Network. Grow Your Network. The investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2020

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. Has the firm ever been disciplined by the SEC or a state regulator? Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Public companies with stock usually have industry analysts and SEC filings to give investors a quick view of the company stock value. Do your homework before investing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Join and actively participate in local business organizations.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

While the latter is not yet legal in the United States, the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in April 2012, mandates that the SEC makes it legal by January 1st of 2013. They market it on their social networks, to their friends and family, and through press outreach. You still start with credit cards or savings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Join a local investment group.

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thebarefootvc

MAY 13, 2019

From my view, it also delineates regulatory authority between FinCEN and the SEC in the US. While the SEC has not provided guidance on “utility tokens” my read is that they are captured in the FinCEN document. Speaking of which, up until this morning, the Binance hack was the biggest news to hit the sector in the past week.

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TechEmpower

MARCH 4, 2014

40 threads and 256 connections Thread Stats Avg Stdev Max +/- Stdev Latency 247.05us 3.52ms 624.37ms 99.90% Req/Sec 27.89k 6.24k 50.22k 71.15% 31173283 requests in 29.99s, 3.83GB read Socket errors: connect 0, read 0, write 0, timeout 9 Requests/sec: 1039305.27 Transfer/sec: 130.83MB. Running 30s test @ [link].

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2017

In order to become an angel investor, one must have a net worth of at least $1 million, an annual income of $200,000 and be accredited by the SEC. They often provide guidance and coaching, and may even assist with talent recruitment efforts, network on a startup’s behalf, or render other services to help it grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

I often recommend business networking as the most effective way for a startup founder to find investors, advisors, and even key executive candidates. I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. Join and actively participate in local business organizations.

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David Teten

JUNE 6, 2011

The trick is delivering business insights over this channel: use social networks to support relationship management. I think android / 4g networks will take over tablets. FRIED: Prevalent notion of a corporate network is very antiquated: a firewall around it and unlimited communication within. Ask the senator who was on TV.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

The trend now seems to be bending toward incentivizing network participation , where those who see the opportunity will want to not just invest in a new network, but put their time and resources into participating by running nodes themselves. 1/ Social Network Interference. That so far may not be good enough.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. from undisclosed investors as it emerged from this SEC filing. Kenshoo started in 2006 by Izhar Prato (CEO) as well as Alon Schiffer, and Nir Cohen.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 14, 2023

When did the board last discuss whether the company’s disclosure of cyber risk and cyber incidents is consistent with SEC guidance?​ It’s incredibly easy to create fake networks, which are so hard to differentiate from the real thing. How does the board evaluate the effectiveness of the company’s cybersecurity efforts?​

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

Feld Technologies worked with Allcom whenever we needed a network installed for a client. At the time, the state-of-the-art was a wired 10BaseT ethernet network, so Allcom did the wiring, and we did everything else. We went public two months later, but there was a lot of Scotch drunk the night we got that fax from the SEC.

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Board Effect

AUGUST 14, 2023

When did the board last discuss whether the company’s disclosure of cyber risk and cyber incidents is consistent with SEC guidance?​ It’s incredibly easy to create fake networks, which are so hard to differentiate from the real thing. How does the board evaluate the effectiveness of the company’s cybersecurity efforts?​

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 26, 2021

It’s a new neural network that creates images based on text inputs, and the worlds of artificial intelligence and machine learning recently got their first glimpse. In the first segment (0:00) : Take the surrealistic images of Salvador Dali and cross them with Pixar’s animated film Wall-E and you’ve got … Dall-E.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 26, 2017

As a consequence of a SEC rule under Dodd-Frank , I am not allowed to donate to Phil’s campaign, but I am free to use my voice to encourage others to do so. Phil is a rare entrepreneur who can bring innovation to the government, which is just the sort of leadership we need now.

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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. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 29, 2017

Since the recent SEC ruling , nearly every ICO tries to position their token as a utility, and thus avoid having their tokens classified as securities and subject to SEC regulation. The problem here is twofold: 1) it creates unnecessary friction for the users of a service and 2) it lowers overall network effects.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2012

Having the largest network is nice, because the more people visiting the site, the more they have the chance to find you (as opposed to driving all of the traffic through your own efforts). Their network is not as large as Kickstarter's, but still substantial. Below is a brief overview of the many Crowdfunding platforms to consider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. Has the firm ever been disciplined by the SEC or a state regulator? Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions.

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Austin Startup

JULY 13, 2010

LiveOffice, the number-one provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) email archiving, email compliance and email continuity solutions and Socialware , the leader in helping companies manage, embrace and leverage public social networks, today announced a partnership. CrunchBase Information. Socialware. LiveOffice.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 29, 2012

My head is still spinning from the past 3 days, which have been incredibly packed with events, information and networking. I had people come up to me and say hey, I need 30 secs of your time. network and meet new people. Naval – There’s more networkers in the system than builders. What would you suggest? .

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 9, 2018

startups might run into an alphabet soup of federal regulatory agencies, for example; ATF , CFPB , DEA , EPA , FAA , FCC , FDA , FDIC , FERC , FTC , OCC , OSHA , SEC. Lobbyists also work through regulatory bodies like the FCC , SEC , FTC , Public Utility, Taxi, or Insurance Commissions, School Boards, etc. In the U.S.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

To give a high-level snapshot of the activity in just the investment community alone this past June, ATX Venture Partners closed a $150M fund, 8VC filed with the SEC regarding plans to raise an $880M fund and Mainsail Partners, a growth equity fund based in San Francisco, is planning to open an office in Austin this September ( Source: AustinInno ).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

These investments would be exempt from registration under the 1933 SEC Act. There is a reason the SEC exists. I cant remember if the SEC was one of the government agencies that Rick Perry wants to get rid of (but neither can he ), but it seems like this is the exact type of investor that the SEC was set up to protect.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

In 1999 we filed an S-1 to take Sage Networks public. Our underwriters (Merrill Lynch) told us not to worry that the SEC hadn’t cleared our filing yet – they always did it a few days before you went public. Day after day passed and we didn’t hear from the SEC. I was a co-founder and co-chairman.

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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. For new fund creation, you essentially have to already be tied into existing networks of capital. At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc. and now croudfunding sites.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Your team does a good job hustling around to find good teams, but the reality is that your dealflow is more dependent on your network than it is any kind of objective criteria. 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.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

In the early days of LinkedIn we jointly acquired an issued patent of the defunct SixDegrees.com which directly pertains to social networking as well as acquiring a nascent startup in part for its in-process patent filings. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Regarding social networking, Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Remember that 9 out of 10 startups fail in every realm. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 2, 2012

While the crowdfunding portion of the bill still needs to go through SEC rule-making, the die is clearly cast that a whole new social networking – based world of start-up and small business investing and financing is coming fast upon us. This week, the President is expected to pass H.R.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

Every reputable investment firm is registered with FINRA and files regular reports with the SEC. Have you or your firm ever been disciplined by the SEC or a state regulator? Unfortunately, in the startup and investment business, we are trained to rely on networking, connections, and professional integrity for many decisions.

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