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The Morning After

Both Sides of the Table

Let me give you the quick summary of what I said yesterday: Public markets affect venture funding. When they’re bullish venture valuations go up, LPs put more money into VCs, more angels want to get involved, new entrants (hedge funds, mutual funds) feel their missing out and the overall venture market goes us. So now what?

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amSTATZ Social Network For Fitness Gurus, Athletes & Events | Interview With Founder

Tech Zulu Event

No summary of what we did, no easy way for me to recommend my trainer to my friends, and no way for me to easily book the next appointment. After the session, Andy posts a summary to Jenna’s profile with the details of their workout and a few words of advice. Why did you venture into fitness? Have you raised any funding yet?

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How Open Should a Startup CEO be with Staff?

Both Sides of the Table

You’ve got to convince your buddies to part with their hard-earned savings to back you as angels. You scraped together enough for an angel round but not enough to pay yourself a real salary. I believe in company metrics that are publicized and can be used as company motivation and creating a unified sense of purpose.

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These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. You can bolster this position by including a Letter of Intent (LOI), contract summaries, or even testimonials. Financial forecast and metrics. Executive team.

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Investors Expect Ten Essentials in a Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. You can bolster this position by including a Letter of Intent (LOI), contract summaries, or even testimonials. Financial forecast and metrics. Executive team.

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Startup Fundraising 101: Getting Ready To Raise A Round

Tech Zulu Event

Angels (invest their own money) and super angels. If you’re raising funds from angels you’ll likely need to get investments from several different players. For the skinny on angels versus VCs read more in Targeting Funding Sources. These usually come into play at the seed stage. Choose lead investors with deep pockets.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Throughout the first year we made many fixes and saw our revenue base in these markets accelerate so we felt we were ready to attack Los Angeles, amongst the most important storage markets in the country. Summary Startups are fun and exhilarating and filled with challenging problems to solve.

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