Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

[Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. There is a lot to say about retaining control. months from introduction to investment.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Private equity investment firm Blackstone said Friday that it is expanding its university entrepreneurship program, Blackstone LaunchPad , to Southern California. Blackstone said it is supplying a $3.5M The new effort is open to students in any major.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2019

There was no monetary reward for those who participated (and Startup Boost does not take fees or equity from the companies that we help). They also have to be willing to lead by example, while not being afraid to show vulnerability and honesty about their limitations. Yet they turned-out each and every week of our six-week programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” It doesn’t.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2022

Weinfurter, talks about making the leap a couple of times himself, and the perspective he gained from many years of consulting with other companies who have done the same. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

I began by asking Adeo about the inspiration for The Funded. There''s just simply no way that the founder or the management or anyone with equity in the company, besides the investor with a six-x liq pref (liquidation preference), could make any money. At the time, there were about 25,000 technology businesses started every year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Yesterday I wrote a post about “ the politics of startups ” in which I asserted that all companies have politics, which in its purest sense is just about understanding human psychology. Equity for the future? Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. We discussed it as a group.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. Angel investment groups or funds. Friends and family investors. Individual super angel investors.

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Berkonomics

MAY 7, 2011

It doesn’t take much to publicly wish a departing employee well, to throw a small celebration, to coach the outgoing person if asked, and to listen and receive fair criticism at the moment of the exit interview. Tom almost always had ideas to contribute, particularly about marketing programs and opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

And, the equity markets are certainly a more challenging environment. The venture capitalists we look at to fund our deals are certainly tightening down, there's no question about that. The debt market has pretty much shut down for people, though there is some money coming out of the SBAs that have been somewhat helpful.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

He sat down with us to tell us more about the incubator, plus why--having started an equivalent of what would be called accelerator today, but during the dot com days--he''s a fan of a different model today. It consisted of what today would be called an accelerator, which involves sprinkling a few dollars and coaching on other people.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2014

My friend Jason Hirschhorn Tweeted about this today. Don’t worry about the fact that these are the references that the candidate has hand-picked – that’s part of the process. Plus, if she does have areas where we could coach her on improvement it would help to know that coming in.”

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Men have dominated the world of investment. There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Natalia Oberti Noguera is on a mission to help change the demographic of investment with her Pipeline Fellowship. TechZulu speaks with Natalia about Pipeline Foundation and her goals to change the face of business and investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Weinfurter, talks about making the leap a couple of times himself, and the perspective he gained from many years of consulting with other companies who have done the same. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

Startup 97

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. Each of your angels or seed investors may have 20-30 investments. When they meet Marissa – you want them talking about you more than the others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups. These are emerging group of professional investors (venture capitalists, ala VCs), who are investing from a fund of other people’s money, with a particular focus on seed-stage startup opportunities. Incremental investment may follow. Super Angels. Lean startup.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MARCH 9, 2011

Investors and entrepreneurs who won at the fundraising game during and after the Great Recession offer advice on landing equity money. The group invested $8.7 “Don’t enter the process blind,” says Jamie Rhodes, an investor in Austin with Central Texas Angel Network , which invested $5.5 By Monica Mehta.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

The good news is that he is all about helping early-stage startups, the hard part for entrepreneurs is figuring out what it takes to play. These are emerging group of professional investors (venture capitalists, ala VCs), who are investing from a fund of other people’s money, with a particular focus on seed-stage startup opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Weinfurter, talks about making the leap a couple of times himself, and the perspective he gained from many years of consulting with other companies who have done the same. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

Startup 108

Startup Sales Metrics Entrepreneur 108

Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

There are three classes of equity investors for early stage businesses that we have not yet considered. First, angel investment groups come in all sizes from a few organized angels to large groups of three hundred or more. Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2010

We spoke to Robin about the new startup, his executive team, as well as his angel investing activity here. But, what about the supply side, and where do companies go? Those include how-to on resumes, aptitude tests, videos, coaching seminars, and more of that nature. How did you decide to start Internships.com?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We brought together Peter Cowen of Groundwork Equity , Mark Suster of GRP Partners , Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures , and Richard Yen of Saban Ventures -- all of who will be on the judging panel for the Tech Coast Angel's Fast Pitch on February 24th, to give us a their hints and tips about pitching to venture capitalists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Weinfurter, talks about making the leap a couple of times himself, and the perspective he gained from many years of consulting with other companies who have done the same. They need a large infusion from venture capitalists, private equity, bank loans, or mezzanine financing. There is no free lunch. Install a real board of directors.

Startup 56

Startup Sales Metrics Guide 56

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

For many years after Microsoft became highly successful, its executives (yes, including Mr. Gates) flew coach. Bill understood that startups must spend their money on assets that will deliver a Return on Investment (“ROI”). Empowering your employees with this choice demonstrates that you are concerned about their comfort.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Yes, I know it’s my job as the CEO to be the coach for people and that’s fine. I said that he had been talking about doing this for too long. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. Should she take a chance and potentially ruffle feathers?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Amazon in turn led to the formation of an earlier stage of venture capital now led by what I call “micro VCs&# who typically invest $250-500k in companies rather than the $5-7 million that VCs used to invest. Some have moved into later stage investments in an effort to “put logos on their websites.&# Funny, that.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Please don’t also confuse this with whether a VC should invest in a CEO who’s done it before – that’s a given. I’m talking about what most of you are tempted to do. I had given him a small equity stake in my company. I know because I have this chat all the time – including this morning.

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