Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors was legalized via the SEC way back in 2016, and its impact is still not fully understood. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Product pre-order model. Donation good-cause model.

Funding 141

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors was only legalized via the SEC in 2016, so its impact is still in the early stages. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Product pre-order model. Donation good-cause model.

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2021

I had been seed investing and incubating businesses, and was sitting with a friend of mine, John Miller, who ran Caliburger, which is a 35 location burger chain, which is exporting the California lifestyle, much like In-N-Out does. We could have raised more, but apparently, we crashed SeedInvest's entire site on the last day of the campaign.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Capital Customer 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. What price will your customer ultimately accept?

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2018

Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. Investors showed an increased appetite for new stocks, with 18 percent of deals pricing above the marketed share price range. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment.

Entrepreneur 66

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Satisfaction 66