Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. 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.

Venture Capital 243

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Once you have some skin in the game, if you personally can’t get to some level of revenues in the business, or at a minimum, pre-sales or letters of intent, then on to round two – asking family and friends for help. In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game.

Startup 124

Startup Tech Coast Angels TCVN Incubator 124

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class Entrepreneur 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Many people are afraid to tap into debt sources because they don't want to be burdened with the debt if the startup fails. 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.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Equity Incubator Venture Capital 103

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. You have kids, a mortgage, MBA debt? That’s hard core. Not my problem.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Many people are afraid to tap into debt sources because they don't want to be burdened with the debt if the startup fails. 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.

Startup 93

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 93

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

Angel 115

Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The startup was so nascent that the sale would have been considered a short-term gain for tax purposes, which would have significantly reduced the Founders’ proceeds, making their small fortune even smaller. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The startup was so nascent that the sale would have been considered a short-term gain for tax purposes, which would have significantly reduced the Founders’ proceeds, making their small fortune even smaller. Take Home Pay – All that matters is the amount of money you net, not the size of the initial offer.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. It was founded back in 2010 by Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi of Venture Hacks , which is also a great place to visit for startup advice.

Angel 108

Angel Keiretsu Organization Invest 108

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. But in our first year of sales (and those were really shitty years to be selling software) we sold $2.1

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Many people are afraid to tap into debt sources because they don't want to be burdened with the debt if the startup fails. 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.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Technical Review Equity 59