Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This is often true when the action of the board could dramatically affect shareholders such as raising new capital, acquiring new businesses (that drain existing cash or dilute shareholders), selling the company or raising a lot of debt. I plan to write a series of posts on the topic. Who Should be on Your Board?

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JUNE 23, 2023

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. In my experience, some startup founders do overcome these odds, but you need to be realistic and do your homework. Marty Zwilling<

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). 15 years ago we were at the peak of Internet hype with the launch of many over-capitalized businesses with a market size & opportunity was limited.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

seed and they are writing $1.25m of it you can expect them to require a board seat) The competitive landscape (If you have several sources of capital you can likely politely decline the board request or can grant them a seat but ask for it to be “common appointed” and those revokable if you need in the future). But it’s quite rare.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. In my experience, some startup founders do overcome these odds, but you need to be realistic and do your homework. Marty Zwilling.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Then fans would be tasked with writing their own stories, submitting them to the Realms of Ruin universe by minting them as NFTs on the Solana blockchain. If the authors are inviting fans to write fan fiction about a universe they created, who owns the derivative works? Another unabashed proponent of fan fiction is N.K.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities before others. Start writing down predictions about people, companies, and markets. Between TechCrunch today and my former roles in venture capital, I’ve had the opportunity to practice timing a lot. When should you start a company?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Every time I think to write a post about this I figure the most recent board meeting I’ve attended will think it’s about them so I don’t bother. So I’m going to write a series of board meetings posts unrelated to anybody or maybe an amalgamation of them all. do we have the right product strategy?

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JUNE 7, 2021

Ask if the domain name is for sale, but don’t tip your hand by making a specific offer. This will allow your company to build some assets before committing the capital. Get the agreement in writing as quickly as possible. With 150 million names already in use, chances are someone else may have already snagged your favorite.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And he was still in the process of raising additional capital, so it was equity only. Bottom line, if there’s significant development, you need capital or a founder needs to go source the equity-only developers. I thought it was a pretty reasonable dialog with this founder and we quickly arrived at some answers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Here are some tips to keep in mind for the big day. tip: write it down when asked / parked). Let me write that down.&#. -

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

Asking young companies with limited capital to pay to present to a group of potential investors is insane. If you want some tips on getting access I wrote a post on how to access VCs but the same logic applies to angels. In my next post I will write about one of the five companies. He wrote an excellent blog post on this topic.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 17, 2019

Harris writes: “The figures, dating back to 2016, paint a picture of a company desperate to meet over-ambitious autonomy targets and one that is willing to spend freely, even recklessly, to get there. Got a tip or overheard something in the world of transportation? What else are we hearing? We’ll share more soon.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. In my experience, some startup founders do overcome these odds, but you need to be realistic and do your homework. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. As you go through the due diligence process, there are some practical tips to keep in mind.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. In my experience, some startup founders do overcome these odds, but you need to be realistic and do your homework. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. As you go through the due diligence process, there are some practical tips to keep in mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. Tracy studied SEOMoz and several other online sources of SEO tips. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. Tracy built her company, Recycled Media , out of necessity. How’s that for an ex painter?

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 16, 2013

During his presentation, Sam Teller gave people tips on how to connect with high profile people, who are inundated with emails. He also went over the common misconceptions people have, dispelling the belief that Silicon Valley is the only place where you can get access to capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2013

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. In my experience, some startup founders do overcome these odds, but you need to be realistic and do your homework. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

We caught up with Amos to learn about his new book, and to gain some tips for startup entrepreneurs on how to figure out when you're actually ready to scale your sales team. I didn't really set out to write a book. Thanks for the time today, to start off, tell us a little bit about what you do? That was four years ago.

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MAY 29, 2017

I like his list of competencies, with my tips on how to highlight them, to score certain people as potential business leaders to peers and investors: Agility in learning. Venture capital investors have been known to make controversial assertions to test your reaction. I just finished a new book, “ The EQ Leader ,” by Steven J.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2012

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. In my experience, some startup founders do overcome these odds, but you need to be realistic and do your homework. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2013

Ask if the domain name is for sale, but don’t tip your hand by making a specific offer. This will allow your company to build some assets before committing the capital. Get the agreement in writing as quickly as possible. With150 million names already in use, chances are someone else may have already snagged your favorite.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I have published many of these PR Tips before. It will affect your ability to get the right jobs and promotions as well as your ability to attract talent and capital. This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Here are some tips and rules of thumb to improve your odds and help you understand when a bank loan or line of credit is possible, and how to get it: Write a good business plan first. In my experience, some startup founders do overcome these odds, but you need to be realistic and do your homework. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Reich

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

They shared sports tips, the latest app updates, and feedback from other users. DuWayne Peterson, founding chairman of the Pasadena Angels, told me we should be targeting companies that needed modest capital to hit a 3-5x outcome. I had been an advisor to the team on a periodic basis. I think he was right. That’s not a bad place to be.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Instead we ask our donors to provide an optional ‘tip’ to the company to help cover our operational costs and almost 90% of donors opt in. Some donors simply want to write a check to a national organization and move on. Greathouse : Do you have any tips for entrepreneurs who are fundraising for a social venture?

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

I taught a somewhat crazy course about writing and deploying a scalable website in Ruby on Rails and deploying it in EC2. That led us to venture capital as opposed to trying to bootstrap ourselves. What recruiting tips can you provide others who are building a world-class tech company outside of Silicon Valley?

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Kanye West.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Google’s market capitalization is in the stratosphere for a reason – keyword search advertising is highly effective. For instance, a travel site might contain travel tips, along with ads for great deals on vacations. Paid Search – Customers which click on sponsored ads associated with search keywords fall into this category.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 6, 2013

” I’m not a morning person; in fact, it’s 2pm as I’m writing this and I’m still in sweat pants, but for this, I’ll gladly be there. Then the message in the inbox arrived… “Hey, we have a request to sit down and interview Jim Farley, Ford’s CMO.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Final Thought.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Visit StrongMail Website Startup 4.0:

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Her health and lifestyle tips appear in Health Magazine, Shape magazine, and many other national publications.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

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