Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2023

Find enough venturesome capital. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. The objective must be to get sufficient capital, with experienced and motivated counsel, to make the venture succeed. Grab the next-mover advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Find enough venturesome capital. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. The objective must be to get sufficient capital, with experienced and motivated counsel, to make the venture succeed. Grab the next-mover advantage.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 19, 2015

Computers and the Internet have now brought in a new era that relies on data to make profitable business decisions in the competitive environment. Below is a full explanation of how small businesses can leverage technology to earn a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Cloud Services. BPM Software. CRM Platforms.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 10, 2021

Previous backers include Sequoia Capital, SilverLake, Dragoneer and Ant Group, among others. and plans to use its new capital in part to continue to grow there and globally. Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? With the enormous changes to our economies and financial markets?—?how Of course we can’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2022

That’s why venture capital investors often replace startup CEOs as a condition of their scale-up investment. That’s why so many startups plateau after gaining some initial traction, and are run over or acquired by their competition. They do this because they love what they do.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 26, 2018

If fixed expenses, especially payroll, are paid out before cash is received from services or shipments, the company is financing its growth with ever-increasing working capital needs. It seems that the first subject that comes up in such assignments is the health of the competition. Such bargains; so little time.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

” Venture capital investors are deploying capital outside the Bay Area more than ever before. “It’s not just watching where the capital flows, it’s watching where the talent flows. “There needs to be more active participation from everyone.”. ” J.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Institutional venture capital dispensed in 2021 reached record highs of almost $330 billion, up significantly from the last few years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2021

While you all recognize that reacting to weak market signals is critical to staying in business and staying competitive, I find that many don’t have the skills and focus to trigger change decisions on a timely basis. Make sure you think creatively to add as many new items as you phase out old ones.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

During my time in Silicon Valley, I was struck by the fact that most successful entrepreneurs seemed to personally know and regularly hear from all the “movers and shakers” who had the investment capital and leadership they needed. They prioritize tasks, define milestones, and measure results versus activities completed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. You need to evaluate the tradeoffs of getting investment capital from angel investors and crowdsourcing. They won’t find you. Secure outside expansion funding through investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

I just read the Q1 2011 report from CB Insights , which shows venture capital is back. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active. In fact, most of the most active investment firms are located there, although NY now has moved solidly into second place (ahead of Boston).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

The good news is that a recent Kauffman Early-Stage Entrepreneurship (KESE) Index shows the highest level of new business activity recorded in the last two decades, and the cost of entry at an all-time low. Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. If you want to be feared.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. But few businesses grow into the sweet spot of $20 million to $30 million in worth to an ultimate buyer without the injection of outside capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2022

The competition will improve, the market will change, and your customers will demand more. This requires you or your partner to actively listen to customers, seek out economic and social trends, and keep abreast of the latest technologies. If you do it right, you have a huge opportunity for long-term success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Based on my recent experience as an angel investor, and advisor to new business owners, I now recommend that all entrepreneurs, especially introverts, learn and practice the discipline they need to build and nurture relationships with key constituents through the following activities: Formalize a mentoring relationship with someone you trust.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The company is FDIC insured through a partner bank, the Memphis-based Evolve Bank and Trust, which acts as a backstop for the company’s financial management activities. ” It was only four months ago that Dave was announcing a $110 million credit financing with Victory Park Capital and the launch of its banking product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2022

As an active angel investor, I still hear entrepreneurs asserting large opportunities with minimal risk and no competition. You can grow organically, or stretch out with big capital investments for volume and reach. My conclusion either way is that they have no market, or haven’t looked. Find the balance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

Yet as an active angel investor, I still get this question on a regular basis, so I’ll try to outline the considerations in common-sense terms. Hopefully you can see from this list that the people and processes involved in financing a nonprofit have little in common with angel investors, or the venture capital process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2020

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Invite the investor to dinner or fun-related activity. If your investor is unknown, or peers offer no positive attributes, take it as a red flag.

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Technical Review Funding Innocal Offshore 124

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2013

eSolar--like many other, American companies in the beleaguered solar power industry here--has been fairly mum about its activities over the last year. Solar power--once the darling of the clean technology industry--has seen an intense shakeout due to extremely low cost competition from Chinese manufacturers. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

controlling your psychology ) you no doubt have heard me say that raising capital is a sales & marketing process. Which partners are active and which are less active? This is critical to build a cohesive venture capital firm. What do you want to know? How many partners are there? Remember, it’s not easy for anybody.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot. It’s the only way forward in capitalism, and it’s worth every investment you can make.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Find enough venturesome capital. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. The objective must be to get sufficient capital, with experienced and motivated counsel, to make the venture succeed. Grab the next-mover advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2010

Her experience includes helping startups for many years, and board positions on the Rocky Mountain and New Mexico Venture Capital Associations, New Mexico Angels, as well as several startups. Marty: What events led you to your commitment to venture capital investing? Stephanie: I love building companies. Oh, I couldn’t do that!”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Will our strategy change now that we have 40% more capital? . Why do they invest in venture capital?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2012

The site will look at your activity on these sites and the content of what you share. You can partially control your interests via the Subscription page as shown below: This will change over time based on your LinkedIn and twitter activity. It always has great, fresh content from a wide variety of industry professionals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

A major chunk of this activity is provided by the newer class of “super angels,” who often look more like micro-VCs, except that they are investing their own money. Institutional venture capital dispensed in 2019 was down a bit from record highs the previous year, but up significantly over the last few years.

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Funding Venture Capital Startup Class 125

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. When you see evidence that there is this so called “product / market fit&# then you may be ready for larger amounts of capital. How long is the window open?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

Find enough venturesome capital. Nearly all new businesses aspiring to reach meaningful scale require some sort of outside funding to finance a competitive growth trajectory. The objective must be to get sufficient capital, with experienced and motivated counsel, to make the venture succeed. Grab the next-mover advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Demonstrate integrity and strong ethics in all activities. It’s actually more important to capitalize on all the small successes along the way, to build your momentum and everyone’s confidence in your leadership. It may be time for you to start your own blog, write a book, or volunteer as a speaker at public events in your domain.

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Southern California Edison Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Telecom carriers looking to stay competitive should continue strengthening their network infrastructure and adding greater flexibility to their service offerings to provide reliable and high-performance connectivity for their customers. Other top factors for carriers include fast network speed, reliability, and cost. .

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

You control substantial amounts of capital, have tremendous autonomy, a flexible work schedule and you get to play Santa by bestowing financial gifts upon worthy entrepreneurs. In contrast, an Angel Investor is someone who invests their own capital. Just as unproven startups struggle to raise capital, so do newly minted venture firms.

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