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Equity Investment Platform Preparation Best Practices

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are one of the thousands of entrepreneurs who need equity funding to get your startup going (no loans to repay), you are probably overwhelmed at the prospect of finding, contacting and pitching to the huge number of qualified angels and investment groups around the country. Register Internet and social media startup names.

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

According to a classic article on Thrinacia , there were over 600 crowdfunding platforms in existence then, estimated to add more than $89 billion to the economy at a compound growth rate of 17% from 2019 to today. As a summary, crowdfunding today can mean any one of the following five quite different models: Rewards model. In the U.S.,

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

I like the summary of the competitive reality in a new book, “ Rethinking Competitive Advantage: New Rules for the Digital Age ,” by Ram Charan, who relates a wealth of current experience from global clients: Customers expect a personalized experience. Find funders who seek long-term returns. These tolerate negative cash flows for growth.

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What I Learned In 2015: Jeb Spencer, TVC Capital

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Today, we have the thoughts of Jeb Spencer of TVC Capital (www.tvccapital.com), a software focused growth equity fund which just raised a new fund, and has had some great success in the market. Jeb Spencer: For TVC, closing on our new $115 million software focused growth equity fund at the end of last year made for an exciting 2015.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money and equity for qualified startups, and funding marginal startups via any source will only make more people unhappy. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined.

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Is Crowd-Funding the Answer When Investors Decline?

Startup Professionals Musings

Professionals maintain that there is plenty of money for equity in qualified startups, and funding marginal startups via any source will only make more people unhappy. But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

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Interview with Nikhil Jain, Clean Green Guy

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One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity lately in Southern California is clean technology, with a large amount of investment activity and new company formation. It's a concept similar to investing in property--you want to be able to make the most money when you buy the place, not when you sell it. Coming into the U.S.,