Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Self-funding from your savings is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you have it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but the government and other funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company.

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Funding Startup Technical Review Equity 59

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. “OC’s Premier Incubator – Supporting Start-Up Businesses in Our Business Collective&#. Looking forward to launching our new LA incubator soon! Traditional Bank Loans. WIN Opportunities, Inc.

Startup 124

Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

Value Prop Twitter Style : AngelList is the productization of raising startup funding. We are not taking the incubator approach…we would invest on the same terms alongside the other investors and we would make sure to be a very, very small piece of the round and not to crowd out anybody.”. For his exact quotes, watch the video.

Startup 273

Startup Software Review Summary Technical Review 273

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Self-funding is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you can do it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. Angel investors.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Equity Incubator Venture Capital 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Self-funding is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you can do it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. Angel investors.

Startup 93

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 93

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net. What stage should those startups be at--do they need to have customers or funding, or just an idea? The program is an accelerator, but not necessarily an incubator. It's often tough to get certain meetings with some of these people outside an accelerator.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2016

Omkar Kulkarni: We're deliberately casting a wide net. What stage should those startups be at--do they need to have customers or funding, or just an idea? The program is an accelerator, but not necessarily an incubator. It's often tough to get certain meetings with some of these people outside an accelerator.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Coach Ideas 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Thus, cast your research net beyond VC-backed companies to fully understand a school’s ability to foster viable businesses. Are funds available to invest in student businesses? Are facilities available to students post-graduation to incubate their businesses? How much Angel and institutional money did they collectively raise?

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Class Patents 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Future funding should be discretionary to propel prospective growth, not a matter of survival. After we closed this funding round, I vividly recall a conversation with a Senior Engineer who was aghast that I was not willing to commit millions of dollars to a billboard campaign in Times Square. However, do not count on it.

Startup 221

Startup Pricing Entrepreneur Email 221

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Adam states that Bitcoin is now a large portion of his personal net wealth and has to date, backed 11 companies through Boost. Our panel maintains they are not in the business to fund forex traders. Some rapid fire discussion points.

Startup 104

Startup Venture Capital Draper Invest 104

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Every business can benefit from video, whether they're a law firm, a restaurant, a hotel, or a plumber--we're casting a wide net on the kinds of businesses we work with. How is the company funded? We're already producing videos on a weekly basis, and hope to produce hundreds, if not thousands, a month. That's really our business plan.

Networking 150

Networking Search Engine Optimization Product Startup 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Startup 120

Startup Invest Equity Incubator 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Invest 89

Invest Entrepreneur Startup Equity 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Invest 73

Invest Startup Equity Incubator 73

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Startup Invest Incubator 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Startup 87

Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 87

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust. Some of these groups also offer you the option of putting your money into a multiple-startup fund to spread your risk.

Startup 91

Startup Invest Incubator Ideas 91

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebook s. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups. Venture capitalist and hedge-fund manager Peter Thiel—PayPals co-founder and Facebooks earliest investor—paid $11.5 Wealthy Investors Flock to Puerto Rico.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44