TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Jennifer Schwab, the founder and CEO of Entity, has built the business since 2016 on virtually no outside funding, but said that this latest financing is a precursor to the company working on its first, more traditional VC-led equity round. Since 2016, some 400 students, almost all women, have completed the course.

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Mentor Training Startup Course 297

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

The problem, of course, comes if the business fails. Do take loans from sophisticated investors only after you have tried everything to get them to purchase equity…. A well–phrased ‘no’ could well be a step toward a correction of course and a later ‘yes.’. Every contact should be a learning experience.

Startup 317

Startup Entrepreneur Invest Course 317

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2020

So the first question I usually get is what percent of the company or equity is that person worth? Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Experience and connections in your business area.

Startup 174

Startup Equity Patents CTO Hire 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.

Startup 106

Startup Capital Equity Funding 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Startup 136

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 136

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2016

So the first question I usually get is what percent of the company or equity is that person worth? Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Experience and connections in your business area.

Equity 62

Equity Startup Patents CTO Hire 62

Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2020

In this insight, we need to speak of the sources of working capital and the implications to the future financial health of the choices made when selecting one financial resource. It may not be equity. Back to loans costing less than dilution of equity. The banks need to be convinced. Read the loan covenants carefully.

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Company Companies .Net Equity 156

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. 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. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Startup 122

Startup Funding Organization Incubator 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. 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. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Resource 94

Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Unfortunately, most of us don’t have enough resources to bootstrap our own startups, so we are completely dependent on investors to help turn great ideas into great businesses. Of course, you need to show how your business will make money and provide an impressive investor return, but that should be only the beginning.

Ideas 140

Ideas Entrepreneur Equity Resource 140

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Tips 104

Tips Startup Technical Review Equity 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.

Funding 174

Funding Startup Equity Examples 174

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Startup 128

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 128

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

Of course, it helps to pick a business model that minimizes these costs, such as e-commerce to minimize initial staff and facilities, or professional services, where you are the initial product. Assess your resource potential before you start. Build your plan around resources you know.

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Startup Resource Customer Custom 161

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Buffer your projected resource requirements. That should equate to an adequate valuation for a $2 million follow-on Series-A round, without giving away all the equity. You will make mistakes.

Search Engine Optimization 103

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2021

Of course, if you wait for the perfect time, you may never start. Do I rely on my own resources of seek investors? Yet, I find that most of us don’t have the financials for that option, so we must share the equity, control, and reward, and rely on funding from family, friends, and professional investors.

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Startup Satisfaction Entrepreneur Equity 159

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. That is time and resource that you must add to the million other high-priority startup tasks. In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid.

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Equity Startup High Tech Research 92

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

And of course we help with business development introductions and with fund raising events. Boards are not appointed to be founder-friendly lapdogs for the 1–3 founders who start companies and usually own the largest equity positions in the company. Often we are asked to get involved in executive-level recruiting.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Report 217

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Startup 87

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2012

Okay, so now you have it narrowed down and have determined that you need: Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor to help guide you and close a bit of the Startup Founder Developer Gap , and Equity-Only Cofounder Developer - the first real developer that will work for equity and produce the bulk of the application. Go to user groups.

CTO Hire 211

CTO Hire CTO Coach Startup Equity 211

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Buffer your projected resource requirements. That should equate to an adequate valuation for a $2 million follow-on Series-A round, without giving away all the equity. You will make mistakes.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

Of course it makes no sense to have great people management and a crappy product. ” Of course we all go into businesses expecting to be aligned with our co-founders but over time life changes. Equity for the future? Of course I’m sure they both look at the past and wish they would have made different choices.

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Startup Technical Review Course Press 340

socalTECH

APRIL 10, 2018

We charge zero, and take no equity, and really there are very small operational costs for us to support startups. That kills companies and waste resources. That comes down to if we put our resources into it can we help, and are they coachable? Steve Blank teaches at Stanford business school, but he's open sourced the course.

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Startup Seed Funding Mentor Ideas 172

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? See Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers for more on this. will definitely be handled.

CTO Hire 264

CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 264

SoCal CTO

MARCH 3, 2011

And I try my best to point them to resources that can help them longer term. Of course, I provide part-time CTO services. I'm looking for free (equity only) development, should I contact you? See Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers for more on this. will definitely be handled.

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CTO Hire Startup Technical Review Development Team Review 259

socalTECH

APRIL 13, 2021

Dave Eastman: For one thing, although we're not completely unique in this, is we don't take equity. There are pretty significant resources there that standalone incubators don't have. We don't have the resources to do typical diligence and assessment, so we just piggyback on other deals. but the key thing is customer discovery.

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Marina Del Rey Startup USC Incubator 150

Berkonomics

AUGUST 21, 2013

In this insight, we need to speak of the sources of working capital and the implications to the future financial health of the choices made when selecting one financial resource. The problem is that few small, growing companies seem to be attractive to most banks for traditional unsecured or asset-backed loans.

Capital 153

Capital .Net Equity Pricing 153

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Funding 96

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

Of course the VC is looking to have specificity in how you plan to spend the money you’re going to raise and plans that show a pie chart that says, “25% on marketing, 30% on technology and R&D, 20% on infrastructure, 25% on G&A” do not get funded. It’s the amount of money you’re raising. A VC is looking for reasonableness.

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Venture Capital Capital Funding Demand 247

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Don’t waste your resources on the wrong ones. 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. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family.

Funding 94

Funding Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 4, 2014

The first question I usually get is what percent of the company or equity is that person worth? Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90 percent of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so there is no equity value in the idea alone. Experience and connections in your business area.

Equity 104

Equity Patents Startup CTO Hire 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Equity 105

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The problem, of course, comes if the business fails. Do take loans from sophisticated investors only after you have tried everything to get them to purchase equity and always with clear wording on automatic loan extension if you are making progress but need additional time to meet the full set of goals.

Startup 120

Startup Invest Course Entrepreneur 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Entrepreneur 113

Entrepreneur Funding Startup Technical Review 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity.

Develop 70

Develop Development Product Startup 70

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Of course, every alternative has advantages and disadvantages, so any given one may not be available or attractive to you. For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide.

Funding 107

Funding Startup Equity Examples 107

Tech.Co

JULY 18, 2016

We’ve also partnered with WeAreLATech , a startup resource that can help everyone from potential employees to budding founders to get acclimated to the LA ecosystem with job listings, event calendars, and startup profiles. Equity Directory – an invite-only network of entrepreneurs and startup talent exchanging work for equity.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Newsletter 70