Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2022

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools.

Organization 126

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 126

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

Dave Eastman: For one thing, although we're not completely unique in this, is we don't take equity. There are pretty significant resources there that standalone incubators don't have. We don't have the resources to do typical diligence and assessment, so we just piggyback on other deals. but the key thing is customer discovery.

Marina Del Rey 150

Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Every startup demands logical changes along the way. Most entrepreneurs underestimate the resource and time requirements for scaling, and overestimate their own range of capabilities. Equity investors realize that they won’t see any real return until an exit occurs, such as a sale, merger, or IPO.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Social Media Examples Metrics 162

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2018

My scarcest resource was time and it was important to put my time against the most productive activities. Let’s say a senior member of your team demanded a pay increase (cash or equity) and you didn’t like the way he or she approached you. This also applies to internal company decisions.

Startup 199

Startup Writing Demand Equity 199

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

VCs want you to raise the “appropriate” amount of capital, which I would define as what is reasonable given your progress to date, your resources and your needs for an 18–24 month period. Every VC wants to fund a deal that seems to have too much demand. Having too little demand leads to bankruptcy.

Venture Capital 247

Venture Capital Capital Funding Demand 247

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. As startups pass through each stage, they need to use support resources wisely to minimize costs, wasted time, and maintain credibility to support movement to the next stage.

Funding 94

Funding Startup Organization Incubator 94

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round.

Mentor 297

Mentor Training Startup Course 297

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

The simple answer is always yes, but like any other resource, finding the right one depends on your implementation stage, your own expertise, and what’s available in your geographic area. Direction, mentoring and resources required. Costs, returns in equity and funding access. Costs, returns in equity and funding access.

Incubator 58

Incubator Startup Seed Funding Equity 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. As startups pass through each stage, they need to use support resources wisely to minimize costs, wasted time, and maintain credibility to support movement to the next stage. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Technical Review Equity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. As startups pass through each stage, they need to use support resources wisely to minimize costs, wasted time, and maintain credibility to support movement to the next stage.

Organization 93

Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Community means more than supply and demand. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users.

Commerce 98

Commerce Social Media Platform Class 98

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

Technical Review 95

Technical Review Startup Equity Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2019

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools.

Organization 52

Organization Social Media Examples Customer 52

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Yet, according to many sources , over 90 percent of all businesses are started and grown with no equity financing, and many others would have been better off without it. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. Need expensive resources up front.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Equity 102

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2015

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools.

Startup 99

Startup Organization Social Media Customer 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools.

Organization 57

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 57

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2021

Alex Nocifera: We help the enterprise, large brands, working with brands like US Cellular, Panera Bread, Square, Uber, and help them generate demand for their products and services in a local, acute manner. We have the data where those universities are, we have the human resources and curated marketing labor. What is Field Day?

Marketing 113

Marketing Los Angeles Zag Startup 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2015

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Community means more than supply and demand. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Commerce Social Media Platform 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2014

These are responding to the demands of this new world for collaboration, trust, and transparency. Offer equity in future projects to people outside your business. Use and contribute to shared resources, like Wikipedia and Creative Commons, rather than relying totally on proprietary and internal tools.

Organization 93

Organization Social Media Customer Custom 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. As startups pass through each stage, they need to use support resources wisely to minimize costs, wasted time, and maintain credibility to support movement to the next stage.

Startup 92

Startup Organization Incubator Ideas 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

Moving a VC from an A to a B doesn’t mean they aren’t still your top pick, it just means your chances are less likely and your extremely limited resources should be allocated elsewhere. People who believe the former believe that you should see the market demand before too many people know you’re “in market.” Why 8–10 and not just 3–4?

Venture Capital 332

Venture Capital Funding Startup Sales 332

Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Jennifer: I am a corporate attorney who has spent that past 13 years working with entrepreneurs, venture firms, private equity firms, and high-growth, privately held companies to make acquisitions, grow their businesses and complete successful exits. What are the biggest challenges facing Cleveland? Steve: Hiring great, local talent.

Startup 70

Startup Platform CIO Entrepreneur 70

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Remember that equity investments are not like loans with interest. This is a win-win situation when bordering companies have complementary skills, and can save resources by combining. Shareholders are demanding, and liability concerns are high. The investor sees no return until he cashes out, or the company is sold.

Startup 96

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Demand 96

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2016

The pervasive ability and need to communicate constantly and globally through the Internet and smartphones is incenting everyone to get more out of their own assets and time, and capitalize on the idle resources of others. Community means more than supply and demand. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users.

Marketing 52

Marketing Commerce Social Media Entrepreneur 52

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

Remember that equity investments are not like loans with interest. This is a win-win situation when bordering companies have complementary skills, and can save resources by combining. Shareholders are demanding, and liability concerns are high. The investor sees no return until he cashes out, or the company is sold.

Startup 92

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Demand 92

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

At the time of founding, our iHub’s main focus was renewable energy because of the abundant sunshine in greater Palm Springs, the reliable wind in the San Gorgonio Pass, and the geothermal resources at the Salton Sea. Most of the equity investments in iHub companies are coming from outside the region.

Startup 105

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

At the time of founding, our iHub’s main focus was renewable energy because of the abundant sunshine in greater Palm Springs, the reliable wind in the San Gorgonio Pass, and the geothermal resources at the Salton Sea. Most of the equity investments in iHub companies are coming from outside the region.

Startup 119

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Businesses can be built on sweat equity. As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more. If you spend $50K on a website selling party supplies but you soon realize it's the sales of catering supplies you offer that have taken off, you will want to have a site that promotes your newfound focus.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 12, 2010

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Through Demand Media, Richard is redefining the next generation of new media companies. . Richard Rosenblatt. Dave McClure. . Alex Quilici.

Twiistup 40

Twiistup Riot Games UCLA Media 40

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve. Demand represents a buyer and supply a seller. In the case of startups the “buyer” is the VC looking to part cash for “purchasing” equity in your startup. Now for every dollar a VC raises $2.50

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

They had the huge financial and technical resources of a large company, and they had the right dreams, but they also had a set of challenges that most entrepreneurs don’t have to deal with: Team members are not selected based on entrepreneurial acumen. The burn rate was extremely high, with no one working for equity or deferred compensation.

IBM 85

IBM IBM Entrepreneur Technical Review 85

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Because you’re a startup he cuts you a deal (these sales guys are so good at this to work for only $120k basic in exchange for some equity [no, I'm not sales person bashing - I think sales reps are the lifeblood of any company - I'm just offering my realistic sense of a sales person's salary negotiation strategy!].

Startup 293

Startup Sales Marketing Product 293

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Fallacy: The very fact that your company is smaller and has fewer resources is the reason you should draft all of your significant agreements. Ask them to accept equity in exchange for all or a portion of their overall compensation.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

In the media NYC is “hot” right now yet having just spent 6 days in NY I heard many similar stories as I get in LA: not enough VC and hard to get great tech resources. Online DSP (demand-side platform) and ad exchange for display advertisers. Topics we discussed in the first 45 minutes of the video include: What is VC like in NY?

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

The other message I delivered to the room of entrepreneurs & investors at dinner the other night was that you need to think about equity from outside the region the same way that countries think about foreign direct investment. We know it can be done. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The inflow of capital can be transformative.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

One of the first tough decisions that startup founders have to make is how to allocate or split the equity among co-founders. Another common “failure to start” situation I see is one where the “idea person” insists that the idea is 90% of the value (and 90% of the equity). Domain expertise and connections.

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Equity Startup CTO Hire CTO Coach 91