Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

Incubator 87

Incubator Startup Resource Seed Funding 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2016

The simple answer is always yes, but like any other resource, finding the right one depends on your implementation stage, your own expertise, and what’s available in your geographic area. Direction, mentoring and resources required. Costs, returns in equity and funding access. Access to funding partners after exit.

Incubator 58

Incubator Startup Seed Funding Equity 58

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about The Silent Benefits of PR in which I pointed out that most young companies I encounter don’t fully grasp the benefits of PR because they are less measurable than product milestones or customer acquisition analyses (like CAC/LTV). I raised a small seed round. I have no money?

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Press Startup Writing Training 319

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. Fortunately, the Director of Global Customer Experience at Google, became our first investor, so we could start and figure out the content problem for small and medium businesses.

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Help IP Content Google 133

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

A few are still trying to make a profitable business out of nurturing startups, but it’s a challenge to make money when your customer startups don’t have many resources to give. Direct seed funding, for a share of the equity, and introductions to investors. Health, life, and other insurance at group rates.

Incubator 98

Incubator Startup Help Resource 98

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2010

In any case, what we have, is a product that basically patterns itself on the Amazon Web Services platform and API, and stays compatible with Amazon, which allows the management of virtualizes resources so that they can be operated as a cloud platform. It's now a proven, very scalable way to manage your resources in a dynamic way.

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Southern California Startup Cloud Computing El Segundo 242

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Solicit venture capital investors.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Those services work on volume, and the designs you can send--and which you receive--are from a limited selection, not at all personalized to the recipient, and for the florist delivering the flowers, provides slim margins and no opportunity to build a customer base. That''s why it''s exciting for flower shops.

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Beverly Hills Technical Review Design Startup 157

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Solicit venture capital investors.

Funding 107

Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

As I have pointed out in previous posts , 91% of VCs surveyed believe prices are declining (30% believe substantially) and 77% believe that funding will take longer than it has in the past. The earlier the round, the less capital you need and the more reasonable your valuation the less time that is needed generally to raise capital.

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Startup Capital Funding Invest 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Find a major customer, or a complimentary business, who sees such value in your idea that they are willing to give you an advance on royalty payments to complete your development. Solicit venture capital investors.

Startup 113

Startup Entrepreneur Funding Equity 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

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. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

However, a lot of people didn''t know how, because they have no means or resources to buy a ticket to Africa, or how to do things except spend their whole life donating to charities. They provide training and support for those women, as well as paying them an income and supporting them with capital to create the product. READ MORE>>.

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Commerce Help UCLA Organization 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2022

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Learn to manage resources like multi-divisional corporations.

Entrepreneur 145

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Course 145

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2019

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham , co-founder of Y-Combinator, and Dave McClure , founder of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Learn to manage resources like multi-divisional corporations.

Startup 99

Startup Entrepreneur Resource Course 99

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2017

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham of Y Combinator, and Dave McClure of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Learn to manage resources like multi-divisional corporations.

Startup 60

Startup Entrepreneur Resource Course 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Some entrepreneurs, like Paul Graham of Y Combinator, and Dave McClure of 500 Startups, mask their focus on multiple startups by running an incubator or accelerator, and providing seed funding for a number of individual efforts. Learn to manage resources like multi-divisional corporations.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Startup Resource Course 92