Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family. Early or embryonic stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2010

On Thursday, the City of Ventura is formally launching a new incubator, the Ventura Ventures Technology Center (www.v2tc.com), targeted at high tech businesses. The incubator so far includes startups Lottay , Geodelic , and a number of other Internet and other technology firms. What is the Ventura incubator?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2023

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). And then of course our friends at TechStars launched an accelerator in collaboration with our friends at Disney so now there was six.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. I can’t help feel a bit of rear-view mirror analysis in all of “VC model is broken” bears in our industry. This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, crowdfunding still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. We’ve had an explosion of alternate sources of financing from crowd-sourcing, angels, accelerators, incubators, corporates, corporate incubators. Of course back then it literally was sold in a package and stored on a shelf!

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Set expectations accordingly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Don’t look for formal venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage Kaufmann grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds.

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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. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Solicit venture capital investors. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

million agreement to acquire General Assembly, a tech training and career development company that offers courses online and at 20 campuses worldwide. General Assembly (GA) launched in early 2011 with an incubator in New York City that was a cross between a co-working space and a startup university.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

If you need help at this stage, look for a local university teaching online courses on entrepreneurship , or how to build a business plan. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family. Early or embryonic stage.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

Yesterday I wrote Part 1 of the series on the changes to the software industry over the past decade that has led to changes in the venture capital industry itself. These trends have put pressure on traditional VCs. So VCs spent a couple of years experimenting with earlier-stage investing, which is OK. Funny, that.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2012

Every university has entrepreneurial courses or evening classes that can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Don’t look for formal venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage Kaufmann grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Yet as I mentor entrepreneurs around the country, it still seems to be one of the least understood approaches to startup funding, with more myths than accredited angels and professional venture capital investors combined. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge.

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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. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. If you need money now, is has to come from friends and family. Early or embryonic stage.

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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. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Solicit venture capital investors. Variations on this theme include early licensing or white-labeling agreements.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

over the course of 2020 (and their combined estimated price tag of nearly $100 billion), it’s not surprising that the Biden plan begins with a focus on resiliency. Finally for startups there’s a $31 billion available for programs that give small businesses access to credit, venture capital, and R&D dollars.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 30, 2012

As you may have gathered from my blog, I’ve spent the last couple of months visiting with companies and incubators. Oh, and did I mention that their users have mapped 35,000 courses in 127 countries? Get Angel capital and build a prototype. Then get VC funding, rent a cool space, hire a big team, rebuild and relaunch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

More and more entrepreneurs are hearing about the successful graduates and investors queued behind a few well-known startup incubators, including Y Combinator, TechStars, and the Founder Institute. According to the National Business Incubator Association (NBIA) , there are currently over 1,200 members in 30 nations. Initial funding.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The company plans to give creators and influencers more independence from existing platforms by allowing them access to funding from a team well-versed in their unique capital needs. Another company, Tribe , has similarly raised VC to grow its American footprint. million Series A in March. invests exclusively in the space.

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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. The incubator organization can help you find them, or show you how to apply for a government grant. universities entrepreneurs resources incubators funding startups investors' Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Virgina Lorimor There are several options for financing a start-up business that tend to follow a natural course in a business’ development: Personal Investment. Angel Investors & Venture Capital. “OC’s Premier Incubator – Supporting Start-Up Businesses in Our Business Collective&#.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

Every university has educational courses and can provide assistance on creating your initial plan. Look for evening courses, or special programs for entrepreneurs, like the ASU Technopolis program mentioned below, available to non-students. Legal advice. For example, I live in the Phoenix area, home of Arizona State University.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

It takes more than passion and a course on business basics. There is no standard course for this, but the answers are accessible online, if you know how to search, follow blogs, and interact with the relevant social media groups. I want to tell them to just start anywhere, but I realize that most have no idea where anywhere is.

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Entrepreneur Startup Education Tool 112

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator. Self-funding or bootstrapping is still the most common and safest approach for startups Keep your day job until revenue starts to flow. Set expectations accordingly.

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Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 87

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

In reality, only 3 out of 100 companies who apply are successful with Angels, and the success rate with VCs is even lower. Of course, every approach has pros and cons. Startup incubators. Venture capital. An investment from a venture capital firm is usually expensive, in equity and control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In fact, research by Fundable shows that less than one percent of all startups are funded by venture capital and angel investors. On the contrary, early corporate training courses, potential future customer contacts, and getting real world marketing experience all are extremely useful for budding entrepreneurs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with 90% of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don''t attract investors failing within the first three years. Of course, we all realize that this approach will take longer, and could jeopardize both roles if not managed effectively. Join a startup incubator.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I do think the way we work with companies is a little different from other programs, in that we view it much more like the wasyI personally think about investing and venture capital. That is, once you invest in a company, you''re a shareholder, and you help that company for the course of its life. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2014

And of course, to extend a supportive and educated hand to inquisitive friends and acquaintances – through social media, fact checking, and a call to disconnect from toxic news stories. Adam Draper – Of Boost VC, an SF Incubator/Accelerator. Brock Pierce – Digital Currency Entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

The questions that a VC mulls before writing a check are precisely the questions you should be asking yourself. But this isn’t likely to be a VC-backable business (which to be clear is totally ok). Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Market Size.

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