InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. As shown below, it was recently ranked as the fifth most active metropolitan area in the US, in terms of venture deals and dollars, on a per capita basis. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles!

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” I had a chance to discuss AngelList Syndicates with Naval at Michael Kim’s Cendana LP/VC conference on a panel with Naval, Roger Ehrenberg (IA Ventures) and Mike Brown, Jr.

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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. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. One the most frequent questions asked of me by entrepreneurs is, "How can I become a Venture Capitalist?" All you need do to become an Angel is identify a promising venture and write a check. In contrast, an Angel Investor is someone who invests their own capital.

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JUNE 3, 2010

In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. Recently raised $7 million from Atlas Ventures out of Boston. DEAL OF THE WEEK: In and of itself TweetDeck would be like any other deal. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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JUNE 19, 2009

For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have an article from Peter Lee , a venture capitalist at Baroda Ventures (www.barodaventures.com), discussing company valuation, and what the real goal of setting a value on a company is, and should be. Read Peter's full article in our Insights & Opinions section.

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JUNE 5, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article. I said both in the article but felt compelled to provide a statement up front for the skimmers. I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc.

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OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. I do it myself.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Hopefully this article and the accompanying six-minute video will help you avoid learning these mission-critical lessons the hard way. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists.

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MARCH 31, 2012

It is with this backdrop that I was really happy to learn from my friend Ethan Anderson (HBS alum & founder of RedBeacon) about an awesome program at HBS run by Tom Eisenmann called Launching Technology Ventures. My list of excuses includes: product, pricing, competition and lack of sales support. ” She’s right.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! At the same time, we made it clear that we were flattered and happy to further explore if a reasonable deal could be crafted. My House Is Not For Sale.

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APRIL 12, 2018

It is an LA-based company that was recently acquired by Amazon, which you can read more about in this incredibly well-researched article. He launched a business called Unsubscribe, which helped consumers deal with the deluge of email lists that one gets signed up to and get rid of them all. He did all of these and more.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on the Wall Street Journal. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! For instance, at Rincon Venture Partners , we typically do not invest in consumer facing companies. Gnarly Corollaries Between Surfing And Investing.

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MARCH 31, 2021

.” Much of this will look and feel like a Green New Deal, but sold under a package of infrastructure modernization and service upgrades that the country desperately needs. A Biden presidency doesn’t need a Green New Deal to make progress on climate change. ” Climate resiliency .

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MAY 13, 2013

Many buying companies price these deals on the basis of $1 million per engineer on the team for an early-stage deal. If you don’t know venture economics – there is an overview here.). And will investors allow a deal to happen in the first place. Get yourself in a big demo day competition. Woo the press.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 11, 2011

Startup blogger and venture capitalist extraordinaire Fred Wilson recently published a great article on Venture Debt, which I strongly suggest you review HERE. In the past, venture debt was often viewed as a funding vehicle of last resort. In the past, venture debt was often viewed as a funding vehicle of last resort.

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JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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AUGUST 10, 2013

But they have the same problems as you (maybe at a different scale, but problems nonetheless) and they are only seeing your press releases talking about all of your deals. In my interview I talked about the biggest stress that really comes from startups – dealing with all the other people with whom you work.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. Serial entrepreneur, venture investor and startup accelerator pioneer Brad Feld has notoriously mocked traditional marketing throughout his career. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Just be you.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 25, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. Unfortunately, the coming market correction will reverberate to all stages of venture investing. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Find A Partner Not A Banker. If you fail, their downside is minimal.

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MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. But I’m not here trolling for deals. He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. But who else is going to get out there and close your big biz dev deals with you?

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MAY 23, 2012

This article originally ran on PEHub. Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 24, 2016

A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! As discussed in Mini-ventures Build Entrepreneurial Muscle , I am an advocate of students starting side businesses while in college. Fantasy Pollster.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 14, 2014

Much has been written about social entrepreneurship; ventures in which an explicit goal is the betterment of society. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Like a venture capitalist, ABC''s involvement does not end when a grant check is cashed. JG: I love it!

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JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. I turned them down. They were nonplussed.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Article first published as Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup on Technorati. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Unfortunately, this startup weapon is difficult to deploy when dealing with governments, due to the dispassionate nature of most bureaucrats. First Greece, now Spain and Italy.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

However, the greater degree you can sequentially follow these steps and maintain your discussions with each venture capitalist (VC) at relatively the same stage, the sooner you can spend less time in the company of investors and get back to running your business. Prep Steps. Subscribe to their blog. Such follow-up are akin to a train whistle.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. There are a number of reasons why Rincon Venture Partners passed on Twilio’s Seed Round. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! In retrospect, our decision was both perfectly rational and completely lame.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Robert’s article is worth reading. Have a great product – OK, I know I’m stating the obvious, but being friends with or helping journalists will never get you great coverage (if you’re dealing with a high-quality news organization or blogger) if you have a bad or mediocre product or service.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We want money to make some acquisitions (investors would prefer to fund M&A if they know specific deals – not to encourage bad behavior. In that article I linked to I outline the difference between gross margin & net margin. Understand how venture debt might shorten your projections. *

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OCTOBER 12, 2014

Their strategy might be to have 25 companies of $3-7 million total invested and thus $10 million might be more risk in one deal than they typically like to have. Why prorata rights used to be less of a big deal to angels. Why prorata rights are becoming a bigger deal to angels. If only this industry were easy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

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. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 5, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! BDCs’ employees generally appreciate arbitrary and bureaucratic rules, so this approach is often an effective means of dealing with such inappropriate requests. Dealing With The Real Objections. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2012

The term, introduced by entrepreneur and venture advisor Eric Ries in an article on Lessons Learned a couple of years ago, is properly used to describe smart startups that change direction quickly, but stay grounded in what they've learned. One of the hottest buzzword for startups these days is “pivot.”

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MAY 13, 2018

This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. For simplicity I’ll assume you’ve raised some money from angels or seed investors and you’re either raising an A round or a B round of venture capital. Of course there’s no exact number of VCs you should meet?—?these

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

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. Check for positive or negative news articles, press releases, relationships, and support of community organizations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 2, 2013

Other entrepreneurs skip just a couple of the elements outlined in my previous article, “ These 10 Key Elements Make a Business Plan Fundable. No sustainable competitive advantage. Don’t expect a straight answer on your rejection reason from most Angels or venture capital people. Inexperienced team.

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