socalTECH

JANUARY 20, 2010

The firm said the investment included conversion of $6.5M in existing trade debt. The firm said the new funding will go to ramp up manufacturing of its products, as well as for sales and marketing efforts. Tags: vycon energy flywheel storage systems alternative venture capital. READ MORE>>.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Los Angeles Sales Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

Often when startups who have raised venture capital need another round of financing they will turn to their existing investors to give them money before raising from outsiders. It starts as a debt instrument (e.g. a loan) that is later converted to equity at the time of the next financing.

Startup 290

Startup Funding Venture Capital Pricing 290

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds.

Venture Capital 174

Venture Capital Invest Class .Net 174

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

If you invested in the first angel round of a startup company it is usually very hard to sell your stock – usually for many years if ever at all. The earlier you invest the higher the chances the company won’t work out and thus you pay a lower price than later-stage investors. Private markets for stocks are the opposite.

Startup 336

Startup Pricing Technical Review Marketing 336

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

You need to explore more common and more productive approaches for getting your startup moving forward. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Venture capital. Of course, every approach has pros and cons.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Equity Incubator Venture Capital 103

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

But this mania to not miss out on the next big thing is driving some investors to pay growth-equity prices for traditional market risk (as in, they’re paying up before it is clear there is product / market fit). In any given year there are about 50 venture-backed companies or so that are bought for $100 million or more.

Pricing 309

Pricing Marketing Startup Venture Capital 309

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I can’t tell you how many people have thanked me for this advice and say their productivity increased exponentially. One area I’ve had much discussion with the companies in which I’ve invested in is bringing on board an operationally focused CFO. This is all about “leverage” which is the key to success.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

You need to explore more common and more productive approaches for getting your startup moving forward. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping your growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Venture capital. Of course, every approach has pros and cons.

Startup 93

Startup Technical Review Equity Incubator 93

InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

However, the greater degree you can sequentially follow these steps and maintain your discussions with each venture capitalist (VC) at relatively the same stage, the sooner you can spend less time in the company of investors and get back to running your business. Unfortunately, your fundraising efforts will be less linear. Prep Steps.

Venture Capital 236

Venture Capital Capital Research Customer 236

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

” If you don’t read any more of the post, the summary lesson learned for entrepreneurs is this: Product-centric founders often over-intellectualize their communications and therefore fail to sell their concepts to the masses. Or what about your sales team? And I think this is a mistake. They want a simple deck that sells.

Entrepreneur 370

Entrepreneur Startup Press Venture Capital 370

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 16, 2015

And when it comes to timing, wait until you’ve come up with a working prototype and developed your product before you seek external funding. If you go this route, be careful to make the stakes clear: i.e., that they could lose their whole investment. Angels (invest their own money) and super angels. Convertible debt.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Equity Funding 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Product : You should build a product or a prototype. You cannot be just a biz dev type, salesperson, marketing genius or whatever and divorce yourself from product. Great companies are built by having great products. And a great product starts with the founder. They know that the money they invest may be lost.

Angel 291

Angel Funding Venture Capital Startup 291

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

In reality, there are multiple more productive approaches you should explore in getting your startup moving forward. For example, with any outside investment, you give up some ownership and control, and with bootstrapping you growth curve will likely be longer and more organic. Venture capital. Friends and family.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Technical Review Equity 59

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities.

Startup 135

Startup Keiretsu Platform Invest 135

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

One thing that comes with being a venture capitalist is you see hundreds and hundreds of businesses. A firm like ours has almost 100 different investments across all the various partners so we get to see some businesses very intimately. More people aren't the answer if your core business isn't already productive.

Software Review 242

Software Review Technical Review Pricing Metrics 242

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. Partners make investment decisions. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Do they have money to invest?

Develop 366

Develop Development Funding Venture Capital 366

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. We were able to boot strap the company on only $800, and scaled it to millions in revenues without investment, because of the efficiency of our marketing. We started to dump money into sales and marketing and development so we could scale up.

Startup 113

Startup Venture Capital Beverly Hills Acquisition 113

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

The reality is that most venture capitalists are not very venturesome. Thus, it is incumbent on entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable businesses before seeking venture funding. Wiley entrepreneurs pre-sell their products and get customers to fund their businesses. Venture Capital Should Be Your Investor Of Last Resort.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Ideas Seed Funding Capital 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities.

Angel 96

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 96

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. Product Friday: Monetizing Content is a Product Problem - This is going to be BIG. m the f%*kin’ boss.”. Same goes for television.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191

Tech.Co

JANUARY 19, 2016

The round is led by Subtraction Capital, and includes investments from PayPal co­founder Peter Thiel , Indicator Ventures, and venture debt lender Western Technology Investment (WTI). Investing in Caplinked was an easy decision for us,” explained Subtraction Capital General Partner Jason Portnoy.

Doc 112

Doc Invest Screening Capital 112

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC).

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Venture Capital Acquisition Pricing 124

socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

I'm happy to say, that at the turn of the year we had several offers for investment, both from local and Silicon Valley oriented funds. While the valuation from the investors was attractive, a number of our original investors and funds were moving on, and it was difficult for them to make an investment in the current timeframe.

Equity 168

Equity Startup Acquisition Funding 168

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities.

Angel 115

Angel Startup Funding Keiretsu 115

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. Total raised: $16.0mm.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities.

Angel 67

Angel Keiretsu Invest Networking 67

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Although the offer was gratifying, it was clear to the Founders that this windfall would ultimately fall far short of the value that could be created by productizing the technology and generating substantial user adoption. Long Term Value – Look at your adVenture objectively, in the same manner as a Venture Capitalist (VC).

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Acquisition Pricing .Net 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

Here are some basic principles: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes. Angels like to “touch and feel” their investments, so they are generally only interested in local opportunities.

Angel 108

Angel Keiretsu Organization Invest 108

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2013

In reality, hitting large numbers of Angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is one of the least productive approaches. Here are five key things you need to know to quickly find the right Angel for your startup: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angel investors are people too.

Angel 101

Angel Startup Venture Capital Invest 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2012

In reality, hitting large numbers of angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is one of the least productive approaches. Here are five key things you need to know to quickly find the right angel for your startup: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angel investors are people too.

Angel 98

Angel Capital Startup Journal 98

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2011

In reality, hitting large numbers of angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is one of the least productive approaches. Here are five key things you need to know to quickly find the right angel for your startup: Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. Angel investors are people too.

Angel 97

Angel Entrepreneur Startup Journal 97

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management.

Google 302

Google Startup Advertising Acquisition 302

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Publicity and positive word-of-mouth can help grow your start-up into a successful venture. Bootstrapping process, product development, Prototyping. . Have you ever had an idea for a great product, but thought any of the following: "I don't have en. Bootstrapping enterprise, marketing, Sales. . Jon Loyens, Bazaarvoice.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Some really great stuff in 2010 that aims to help startups around product, technology, business models, etc.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). Today’s post is about my investment thesis. My investment philosophy is to back the best possible entrepreneurs I can. I’m unequivocal on that topic.

Entrepreneur 321

Entrepreneur GRP Partners Venture Capital Invest 321