InfoChachkie

JANUARY 27, 2014

Entrepreneurs typically embrace celebrity investments, while most sophisticated investors prefer to avoid famous entertainment or sports personalities on the cap table. Celebrity investors aside, I am a fan of high net worth individuals who are willing to allocate some of their risk capital to foster a startup''s success.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This is something I think entrepreneurs don’t totally understand and it’s worthwhile they do. Entrepreneurs started demanding that VCs call their first-round financings “seed” rounds even if they were $3 million. Whom you take advice from really matters. Why the latter? and there''s always a but].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She actually IS the prototypical entrepreneur. But Tracy did what entrepreneurs do. In one year of Airbnb Tracy netted more than $28,000. Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She exudes many of the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. For aspiring entrepreneurs, or if your last startup failed, it’s all about standing out above the crowd of others like you. Executive summary glossy.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month. I often see companies burning $100,000 per month (net) looking to raise $6-8 million.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2014

We spoke with Scott Painter , CEO and founder of the company--and already a successful serial entrepreneurs--about the journey from startup to public company, lessons learned, and his advice to CEOS who might be thinking about an IPO for their own company. But, net-net, being a public company is a threshold moment for use.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

Hint: He was an entrepreneur. The same is true of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is so highly valued in the Western World that some people try to convince themselves that they are an entrepreneur, when in fact they would be better off at a Big Dumb Company (“BDC”). Entrepreneur Does Not Equal Inventor.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A friend recently asked me to give his startup-minded daughter some advice to help her vet undergraduate entrepreneurial programs. As I thought about the characteristics that comprise a great program, I identified five criteria that a prospective entrepreneurial student can use to evaluate the efficacy of a collegiate entrepreneur curriculum.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. They wanted advice. This team is talented.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs who experience promising initial success also play a similar game. Nearly every successful entrepreneur is offered a relatively modest amount of money for their adVenture during its early days. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer. Meredith Publishing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2010

If you don’t already read Chris’s blog you should – it’s very well written, often takes a strong POV and speaks from an entrepreneur’s perspective but with a huge knowledge of the technology investors as well. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. He is both.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 We see many naive entrepreneurs who tell us, “My revenue will grow to $60 million by year 5 but my costs mostly stay flat.

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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? Not everybody is geared up to be an entrepreneur – Tim Ferriss is obviously a very talented individual.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

Every entrepreneur wants to hear “yes” during the fund-raising process but I would argue that being too risk averse and not pushing hard enough and be willing to hear a “no” is what holds back many people from “yes.” Possibly offend and entrepreneur leading to reputation risk amongst other entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

As I like to say when asked, “For entrepreneurs you generally need to go to 2-3 cities max and probably pitch 5-15 investors. Family Offices (of high-net-worth individuals or families). Just like with entrepreneurs – you know that raising money is just the start. Was it hard to raise the fund? University Endowments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. For aspiring entrepreneurs, or if your last startup failed, it’s all about standing out above the crowd of others like you, and demonstrating your readiness.

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Slides 104

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs. You've been doing this for awhile�what's the biggest piece of advice you'd give to any entrepeneur? That's a piece of advice I give everyone, because it's a hard lesson I learned the hard way. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2018

As a mentor to startups and new entrepreneurs, I continue to hear the refrain that business plans are no longer required for a new startup, since investors never read them anyway. For aspiring entrepreneurs, or if your last startup failed, it’s all about standing out above the crowd of others like you, and demonstrating your readiness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

I grew to appreciate this approach much more when I interviewed a popular serial entrepreneur, Rich Christiansen a while back, who has done almost 30 businesses wholly by bootstrapping. He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, lawyers, venture capitalists, or Angels. I give this advice all the time – “launch fast and iterate.” For additional tips and advice, and information about Visa''s small business solutions, follow @VisaSmallBiz and visit [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

I think this video should serve as an inspiration to any young aspiring female entrepreneur (and male!) You already know that&# ), in sales and more broadly as an entrepreneur. Not enough entrepreneurs dedicate enough of their day to this. “There are so many places you can go on the Net where you can find your community.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. One of the things AngelList helps us do is raise our brand, have a pre-existing relationship with many, many entrepreneurs and give us access into great deals. 6) Naval, why does the startup world need AngelList and Venture Hacks? . “As

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

This is where all entrepreneurs have to start. My advice, boot-strap, pre-sell, keep costs low, and don’t do it if you can avoid it! In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. This is the least preferred method and truly should be avoided at all costs.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

As discussed in Personal Pitch , entrepreneurs must cultivate the help of Donors during the early days of their adVenture. In most instances, the Donor’s compensation comes from the satisfaction of helping a fellow entrepreneur who is on the front end of her career. Entrepreneurs are action oriented and not highly contemplative.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

So you are an entrepreneur, but you are not an inventor. Because of this perpetual manpower deficit, emerging entrepreneurs are often given senior responsibilities that would not be available to them at a BDC. If you do not have a significant other, you may be able to call upon your family to provide a temporary financial safety net.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

A few years ago I interviewed a serial entrepreneur, Rich Christiansen , who has done almost 30 businesses wholly by bootstrapping. He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. Take little to no net profit. Reinvest gross profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. I give this advice all the time “launch fast and iterate.” If you have a unique creation or invention, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. The cost of entry has never been lower.

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Commerce Startup Sites Tool 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2013

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or Angels. I give this advice all the time “launch fast and iterate.” If you have a unique creation or invention, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. The cost of entry has never been lower.

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Sites Commerce Startup Tool 78

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. But it +is+ an anti-entrepreneur stance.&#

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Last year I interviewed a serial entrepreneur, Rich Christiansen , who has done almost 30 businesses wholly by bootstrapping. He published a book with Ron Porter on the subject, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. Take little to no net profit. Marty Zwilling.

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Tips Startup Summary Entrepreneur 96

Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. ” Other groups, such as Tech Coast Angels, allow entrepreneurs to sit in on screenings to get a better understanding of the process.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

In addition, Bank Robbers love the seemingly unlimited possibilities of each heist, as they can never be sure how much money each job will net them. Entrepreneurs on The Fringe are law-abiding Bank Robbers. Entrepreneurs will revel in the small size of your startup. Get real world advice from John Greathouse, Subscribe Today. —.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

As Fred points out, many entrepreneurs hear the word “debt” and promptly run the other direction. Consistent with the advice I outline in Free Advice Worth Half The Price , I was paid solely in equity. Some investors erroneously believe that the relationship between an investor and an entrepreneur is akin to a marriage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Anyone can be an entrepreneur today, without a huge investment, bank loans, venture capitalists, or angels. I give this advice all the time “launch fast and iterate.” Tags: e-commerce entrepreneur startup website. The cost of entry has never been lower. Life is more fun that way. Grab your shopping basket. Marty Zwilling.

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Commerce Startup Sites Tool 88

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

We also want to create more capital for women entrepreneurs to increase the chances of being funded and connected to a bigger network. Entrepreneurs are everywhere and capital isn’t. What has been exciting is the ripple effect of putting 10 angels-in-training and 10 women social entrepreneurs together in the same room.

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Tech.Co

JULY 24, 2017

Below we’ll outline how to squeeze those last drops of talent out of your own social circles, how to incentivize current employees to lure in potential candidates in their networks, and how to entice “superconnectors” to recruit through their own far-reaching nets. Tap Into Your Network. We reached out to our friend, No.

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