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Financing with grants, not equity or debt

Berkonomics

The effort to write a grant request is not trivial. Email readers, continue here…] Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. The post Financing with grants, not equity or debt first appeared on BERKONOMICS. And often, grants come with detailed accounting and reporting requirements. Other sources of grants.

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Some Thoughts about Selling at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions. That student is Erin McCann who formerly worked in sales at Google, so she has some ground to stand on in her assertions. Specifically, 1.

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

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This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called ā€œ convertible equity.ā€ My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly.

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Should Investors in the Same Round of Financing Ever Get Different Prices?

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The trouble is, nobody has an incentive to agree to write the first check. ā€ If you remember the three rules of sales : it’s. There is simply no reason for the first angel to write you a check until you have the whole round secure, which is why people herd cats. You can do it with equity & a price.

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Early stage money: The problem with PPMs

Berkonomics

The sale of equity in private companies is regulated by the Securities Act of 1933, which requires that the company either register with the SEC or meet one of several exemptions (Regulation D). Bill Payne has been actively involved in angel investing since 1980, funding over 50 companies and mentoring over 100 more.

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Can you finance your company with grants?

Berkonomics

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time. First, here’s a link to my recent TEDx talk, ā€œSmiling at success; laughing at failure.ā€

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

SoCal CTO

I promised I would write this post with some thoughts and ideas on the topic. Here are a few perspectives on the topic of finding technical cofounders: In Building a sweat equity team , Joel on Software tells us: You simply need to network. Here's an example of that kind of email. Go to user groups. Refine your elevator pitch.

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