Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2013
I have long advised startup companies that if you don’t control your messaging somebody else will and your potential customers will form impressions of you shaped by somebody else or by nobody at all. For 1991 I was very technical and also had a lot of practical business implementation experience in technology. ” F**k.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
It’s what signals to existing investors how quickly their teams need to be fund raising and the level of risk the company is facing and also it signals to potentially new investors both how quickly you need to raise (ie you have less leverage if you’re in a rush) as well as how much cash you’ll need if they fund you.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Good entrepreneurs can admit when their course of action was wrong and learn from it. I spent nearly a decade building software for large companies and then advising companies on the same. He would have found somebody technical and inspired that individual to work for equity or deferred payment. I said that was my point.
Tech.Co
MAY 22, 2018
Truth be told, your only path to some serious funding is perseverance and diligence in getting meetings and being prepared. Try to compile all the different types of questions you could be asked about your business, like technical details, financial assumptions and projections, marketing, IP, etc., and prepare a response.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
Of course you could start your own company. Of course I’m not suggesting people shouldn’t start a company. ” My friend Ian Sigelow wrote about this last week and advised people not to take on this kind of job. And if you want to be a CEO one day you need the messaging to reflect that.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. Morgan Stanley then funded one of our competitors. Had I delayed my fund raising in 99/00 by even 3-4 weeks I’m convinced I would not have raised any money at all. We ended up agreeing a term sheet for $16.5
Frank Addante
JUNE 4, 2006
Venture Capital Funding 7. Prior to raising $16M+ in funding from top-tier venture capital firms such as Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital and Evercore Ventures, StrongMail was self-funded and cash-flow positive. I decided that I was going to consult/advise a few companies and relax for a bit. Relaxing 2. Incubation 3.
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