Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). They will need more money.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. Since the company slipped in its R&D schedule, the partners of the VC firm voted to not add new money to the company for the project.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Shots on Goal Being great as a startup technology investor of course requires a lot of things to come together: You need to have strong insights into where technology markets are heading and where value in the future will be created and sustained You need be perfect with your market timing. On Funding?—?Shots

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Do you imagine eventually raising VC and trying to build a faster growing company?” ” Because of the circles I run in I tend to meet many people who eventually do want to build large companies and therefore do want to eventually raise VC and “go big.” They raised $5 million in venture capital to fund growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

Having street smarts with no inspirational ability to build teams can yield a great small business but will be difficult to scale into a large VC-backed business. So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. In the book they profile how VC worked in the early days (60s / 70s).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Solicit venture capital investors. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Solicit venture capital investors. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

Investors are human, after all Come up with a valid reason because they know in communicating with founders if there’s no reason to say “no” you can generate bad will Risk missing out on an inflection point: Investors of course are also concerned about saying “no” too early in the process when they can “hang around the rim” and see what happens?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Of course, both are impressive and both already exceed VC investments annually.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%). billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). Structural.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Although young companies rarely measure profitability this repeatedly, more mature companies usually can bring from five to ten percent of revenues to the bottom line in the form of net profit. Since the company slipped in its R&D schedule, the partners of the VC firm voted to not add new money to the company for the project.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. I know it was over heated when a deal where I wrote one of the first checks on (as an angel, not VC) went out on AngelList. Mostly, I don’t believe that a VC not being on AngelList is “anti entrepreneur&# – it is not. Isolated incident?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2014. They will need more money.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

And yes, VC’s, too. That said, there are times where you need to cast a wider net. Negotiate directly with your VC or acquirer with lawyers present in the room. VCs : VCs are often on your side and usually act in an ethical manner. What might the VC do against your interest? Recruiters. You name it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). billion collected in 2012. They will need more money.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. Angel Investors & Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

It was recommended to me by my friend, Net Jacobsson , who was trying to do some basic Life Hacking. But Net had told me that he picked up some valuable lessons from the book, so I thought, “WTF? Of course the 4-hour work week and DL plan is a gross over generalization and meant to be shocking. Can’t hurt.&#.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

And of course, to extend a supportive and educated hand to inquisitive friends and acquaintances – through social media, fact checking, and a call to disconnect from toxic news stories. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Brock Pierce – Digital Currency Entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

In reality, only 3 out of 100 companies who apply are successful with Angels, and the success rate with VCs is even lower. Of course, every approach has pros and cons. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them. Venture capital. Bartering services for equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Solicit venture capital investors. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Solicit venture capital investors. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC). VCs typically evaluate their investments based on their best guess as to the startup’s ultimate exit value.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

In reality, only 3 out of 100 companies who apply are successful with Angels, and the success rate with VCs is even lower. Of course, every approach has pros and cons. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them. Venture capital. Bartering services for equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. Solicit venture capital investors. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Look for a warm introduction to make this work.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. That led us to venture capital as opposed to trying to bootstrap ourselves. But throughout the transition I had my safety net. The term ‘cloud computing’ only caught on much later. Meredith Publishing.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Dan asked Fred about “generational change” at USV and in the VC industry more broadly. And Yves and I decided to share the Managing Partner responsibilities and to manage generational change over the course of two funds. And thankfully I had the support of my peers. It’s a great interview.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 10, 2010

The time has come for us to say goodbye SoCal (temporarily of course) and HELLO Austin! AudioMicro and TechZulu have partnered up to bring you some of the best Royalty free music and sound effects the net has to offer. A huge thanks goes out to the Social Media ClubHouse (SMCH3) for helping put this all together.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC). VCs typically evaluate their investments based on their best guess as to the startup’s ultimate exit value.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Of course, there are pros and cons to each of these. If you don't know any “high net worth” individuals, use your advisors to find them. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control. Bartering services for equity.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 14, 2008

Of course, there are still caveats - can they pass data security audits, what is your downtime risk and cost of downtime, what's the risk of the platform vendor. Interesting term used in a ZD Net article - Platform as a Service (PaaS) Unfortunately, Peter sells the promise and ignores the reality. Server and client in Java.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. We have invested $17.3

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Join us March 2010 for the panels, the parties, the 13th Annual Web Awards, the ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade, the Film and Interactive Trade Show and Exhibition, Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW and, of course, the inspirational experience that only SXSW can deliver. Advertise and get noticed with us! Its like a match made in heaven. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It powers over 1,000 investment Angel and VC groups in 80+ countries. Of course, there are many Angel investors, often called “super Angels,” that have a large following and large reach, so they don’t need any of these organizations to be found. This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. Part 1: Inside the mind of an angel investor and how it differs from professional seed investors and VC. The team, of course, is just as important as the product or idea. Net neutrality (1:09:00). Hope you all enjoy.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The crypto in cryptocurrency is of course referring to cryptography on the ability to encrypt your transactions so they can’t be modified after they have been written to the blockchain. Of course anybody who says this publicly gets lambasted. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

VCs also get capital gains tax rates on “carried interest,” which is what irritates the masses. Carried interest is the upside that VCs get after returning the money they raised – it is the VC “profit” if you will. Of course I don’t believe that VCs should be a protected class.

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