Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. 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.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Taking on equity investors to fund your company is much like getting married – it is a long-term relationship that has to work at all levels. 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.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it.

Organization 93

Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching night courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it.

Resource 94

Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before signing up for an equity partnership. Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Offshore Invest Social Network 96

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

Russell Stern: Most semiconductor companies have to have to do board designs anyway, for reference designs, and to further qualify them, certify them, and get them through agency approvals. At theend of last year, we decided we needed to get into the business, because of that demand. Russell Stern: We still are.

Networking 124

Networking Startup Design Customer 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching night courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it.

Startup 92

Startup Organization Incubator Ideas 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before signing up for an equity partnership. Of course, you need to listen for biases, but local angel group leaders can quickly tell you who the bad angels and good angels are, and what kind of terms they typically demand.

Offshore 89

Offshore Entrepreneur Invest Social Network 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

Instead of following a proscribed course which may lead nowhere, entrepreneurial leaders such a Thiel are sparking a change in the way we think about success. Businesses can be built on sweat equity. As your services gain demand, your time becomes more valuable and you can charge more. Moonlighting can pay the bills.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity. When you hit the inevitable bumps in the road, a lawyer who has an equity stake in your business is more likely to be flexible with respect to payment terms and more willing to give you quick, off-the-clock feedback and guidance. Money Is Time.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124