Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally generated funds. In return, the accelerator often invests $25,000 to $100,000 in the young enterprise and takes from five to ten percent of the equity in return. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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socalTECH

MAY 30, 2012

One way is getting funding from your potential customers. That's the idea behind a new startup, Fundable , headed by serial entrepreneur Wil Schroter , which allows you to use rewards -- product, company schwag, an even equity -- as a tool to get your startup to the next stage. Wil Schroter: We're a crowd-funding platform for startups.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2010

According to Demand's IPO filing, the firm had a net loss of $6.00M on revenues of $114.0M For the year ended December 31, 2009, the firm had a net loss of $21.9M The firm's major stockholders are Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., in the first six months of 2010.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 27, 2021

That’s how much Los Angeles-based ServiceTitan , a startup founded just eight years ago is worth now, thanks to some massive tailwinds around homebuilding and energy efficiency that are serving to boost the company’s bottom line and netting it an unprecedented valuation for a vertical software company, according to bankers.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

[Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. In return, the accelerator often invests $25,000 to $100,000 in the young enterprise and takes from five to ten percent of the equity in return.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2014

The sale netted the company $20M, which it will use to fund its U.S. Moviepilot is venture backed by T-Venture, Grazia Equity, IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, and angels. Moviepilot , the online film review and publishing site led by Tobias Bauckhage, has sold off its German website, moviepilot.de , to French publisher Webedia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. So the people who invest in VC funds have two problems.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 24, 2019

Postmates’ cooler-inspired autonomous delivery robot, which will roll out commercially in Los Angeles later this year, will rely on lidar sensors from Ouster, a burgeoning two-year-old startup that recently raised $60 million in equity and debt funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). I just don’t see it happening any time soon. billion collected in 2012.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2013

When someone asks me for the best way to fund a startup, I always say bootstrap it, meaning fund it yourself and grow organically. Bootstrapping avoids all the cost, pain, and distractions of finding angels or VCs, and allows you to keep control and all your hard-earned equity for yourself. Take little to no net profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. As an active angel investor, I can tell you what doesn’t work is broadcasting your idea description to flocks of angels, hoping that one will swoop down to anoint you with funding. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2019

With the advent and popularity of crowdfunding platforms, including Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as a winning alternative for funding your new venture, I find that many aspiring entrepreneurs are confused about the need to ever seek a professional angel investor. Consider the need for multiple rounds of funding.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Today, a startup that is doing this in the specific area of distressed property is announcing a round of growth funding to ramp up its team and expand its business. The funding is being led by QED Investors; Founders Fund, Susa Ventures, Navitas Capital, and Prudence Holdings also participated. million Series A also led by QED.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds. And just for measure, VC’s fund less than 2% of all deals they do investigate. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. ACA member Angel groups represent more than 10,000 accredited investors and are funding approximately 800 new companies each year and managing an ongoing portfolio of more than 5,000 companies throughout North America. Marty Zwilling.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 22, 2010

Often, this also involves a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit) if you’re a home owner with equity. In order to qualify, you have to have high net worth, a strong credit score and significant skin in the game. Come to the table with a reasonable equity offer based on your company’s true value. www.WINopp.com.

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socalTECH

JUNE 28, 2021

Oblong said it intends to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes. The company's placement agent for the offering was The Special Equities Group, a division of Dawson James Securities, Inc.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2008

CalPERS, the California pension fund which is a major limited partner in venture capital funds here, apparently sold its stake in Palomar Ventures III, L.P. CalPERS has been selling funds on the secondary market as it seeks to pare down its holdings. sometime earlier this year.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2009

The firm said it will use the funding to restructure its debt, plus for working capital and strategic initiatives. The capital injection came as the firm said it had a 17% decrease in its net sales, to $97.8M, in the first quarter. Tags: power-one powerone power supply equipment hardware private equity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This usually means not taking money from equity investors, since investors want fast growth, high profits, and an exit event, to allow investments to be recouped. Under all of these, net income flows easily into your personal income. Startup funding comes from personal savings and family. There is no free lunch for money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It would not be a big stretch to image a well run service business like this making 15-25% net profit margins. The founders could reinvest this in growth (0% tax, focus on future equity growth) or take the profits of $12 million and divide amongst the founding partners. In fact, that’s all that I fund as a VC.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The company’s stock tanked by more than 26 percent, representing a $230 billion reduction in market cap and a $31 billion drop in Zuckerberg’s personal net worth. Large technology companies are growing at amazing rates and startup funding is at an all-time high. But the war for tech talent has rarely been so brutal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2012

Self-funding is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you can do it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. Angel investors.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last week, Los Angeles-based FastPay (www.fastpaypartners.com) announced a round of funding and its services for providing advanced payment to online publishers, application developers, and game developers. But, we have a non-equity dilutive product, and we accelerate cash flow. We can fund in a couple of days. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The net effect for [my company] for example is we are now doing reasonably well. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free. At some point, this breaks if their isn’t an exit or IPO. I think it breaks for most people after 3-4 years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 1, 2010

Self-funding from your savings is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you have it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but the government and other funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2022

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. This requires a simple signature that you have a net worth of at least $1M or have made at least $200K each year for the last two years. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2011

Self-funding is the preferred source of cash for your startup – if you can do it. After bootstrapping, friends and family are the most common funding sources for early-stage startups. It’s not a quick solution, but state and federal funding agencies do not want ownership or interest payments from your company. Angel investors.

Startup 93

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). I just don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S. billion collected in 2014.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

contributes more than $25 billion to fund 70,000 startups every year. As an active angel investor, I can tell you what doesn’t work is broadcasting your idea description to flocks of angels, hoping that one will swoop down to anoint you with funding. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding. Marty Zwilling

Venture Capital 106

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Future funding should be discretionary to propel prospective growth, not a matter of survival. After we closed this funding round, I vividly recall a conversation with a Senior Engineer who was aghast that I was not willing to commit millions of dollars to a billboard campaign in Times Square. However, do not count on it.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

You can read it in VCs discussions about hedge fund managers, activist investors or the need to have dual-share voting structures. The truth is that the brutal reality of public markets is that they self correct much more quickly than our shitty little private equity illiquid corner of the universe. What is your cash balance?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which actually funds more startups then all other venture sources combined (over $25 billion annually). Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes.

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