Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2011

Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. That was left to the realm of friends and family. Early-stage startup.

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socalTECH

JULY 1, 2013

It consisted of what today would be called an accelerator, which involves sprinkling a few dollars and coaching on other people. The funding for this so far has been from myself, primarily, and each project has the capacity to raise funds on its own, via grants and equity. That ended up being the wrong model. It was a failure.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

We are happy to now support every & all accelerator in town that provides capital and office space and we want to focus on mentorship, coaching, advice, community building, etc. For accelerators to proliferate you need access to capital to fund them and then you need a huge community of people to fund the graduates.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 11, 2021

But these features could benefit any creator who can profit from answering followers’ specific questions — a chef could offer recipe ideas based on what’s in a fan’s fridge, or a life coach could make a personalized video if a follower requests advice. With its $5.5

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Berkonomics

APRIL 24, 2014

Accelerators are organizations that selectively accept entrepreneurs into a program of intense coaching in a physical environment sponsored by the accelerator that also provides seed funds for the startup to begin its business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Check out local sources for coaching and assistance. Don’t be shy about networking for advisors with business experience for coaching and mentoring. If you will need to supplement your own funds and assets for your business, don’t wait for a crisis to enlist family, friends, angel investors, or start a crowdfunding campaign.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

You raised your seed funds. You build a team, ship your product, more tech press, more funding. I wish more startups would get personal coaches so they could let out their angst to neutral people – not staff, not investors. But reality sets in after the first few battles. Nor is general mental well being.

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