Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them. Loans are a safer option than equity. Offering debt is better than offering direct equity, especially in early stages when you have no valuation for setting equity percentages. Be professional about it.

Funding 101

Funding Startup Equity Entrepreneur 101

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Christensen, “We subsidize their education in fields for which there are no jobs” he said in referring to the fact that many courses at universities are still taught with skills that aren’t relevant to the 21st century needs of the US workforce. ” Money is not debt or equity but a “license to use their capital.”

Venture Capital 403

Venture Capital Education Offshore Outsource Development 403

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined some time ago from a funding perspective.

Funding 94

Funding Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2013

That means writing down and signing the terms of the agreement, after making sure everyone understands them. Loans are easier than equity. Offering debt is better than offering direct equity, especially in early stages when you have no valuation for setting equity percentages. Be professional about it.

Startup 92

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Venture Capital 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined some time ago from a funding perspective.

Organization 93

Organization Startup Incubator Ideas 93

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

through Grants.gov , an online directory of more than 1,000 federal grant programs that don’t look for equity or payback. Another alternative is to find an inexpensive class on grant writing. Acquiring seed-stage funding is admittedly tough, but a source that I find often overlooked is government grant funding, accessible in the U.S.

Funding 90

Funding Technical Review Startup Research 90

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. For small teams, every team member will likely be interviewed.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Startup Writing Competition 94

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

a loan) that is later converted to equity at the time of the next financing. If no financing happened then this “note&# may not be converted and thus would be senior to the equity of the company in the case of a bankruptcy or asset sale. But I used to jokingly refer to bridge loans as “pier&# loans.

Startup 290

Startup Funding Venture Capital Pricing 290

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined before from a funding perspective.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Funding Incubator Startup 102

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption. 5) Allow Partners To Write Your Agreements. Fallacy: Yes.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. This is the dreaded “due diligence” process. For small teams, every team member will likely be interviewed.

Technical Review 90

Technical Review Writing Competition Tips 90

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined before from a funding perspective.

Resource 94

Resource Startup Organization Incubator 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

The first step toward a business with any idea is to write it down, and build a business plan around it. Sometimes these will ask for 5%-15% of your equity for their support services. It’s helpful to think of startups as proceeding through several stages, which I have defined before from a funding perspective.

Startup 92

Startup Organization Incubator Ideas 92

InfoChachkie

APRIL 3, 2012

Did you just meet the shy boy who spent his High School years writing in his journal or the boisterous verbal bully who used her wit to hide her insecurities? When I say “get personal,” I am referring to non-typical questions designed to determine who the candidate really is. Sample Personal Questions. If so, did you enjoy relocating?

Entrepreneur 219

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Journal 219

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2011

An inflated sense of financial well-being can result in sloppy budgeting and accounting as you write checks here and there without pause. Businesses can be built on sweat equity. A local fishing guide might make friends with folks at the bed and breakfast, each referring clients to each other. and to tell their friends.

Startup 92

Startup Capital Blogging Ideas 92

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity. When you hit the inevitable bumps in the road, a lawyer who has an equity stake in your business is more likely to be flexible with respect to payment terms and more willing to give you quick, off-the-clock feedback and guidance.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Have you reference them? Convertible or equity? update] Is Ron Conway a great guy with good intentions in writing the letter he did? Typical questions: What do you think of management? How well do you know them? Have you looked at competition? How well financed is the competition? What is their market traction? Cap or warrants?

Pricing 292

Pricing Entrepreneur Technical Review Venture Capital 292

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

I refer back to the classic book, “ A Crowdfunder’s Strategy Guide ,” by Jamey Stegmaier, one of the biggest thought leaders on crowdfunding, and who has also run several successful Kickstarter projects, that together have raised many millions of dollars. billion globally by 2030, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

Startup 100

Startup Equity Entrepreneur Demand 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

I refer back to the classic book, “ A Crowdfunder’s Strategy Guide ,” by Jamey Stegmaier, one of the biggest thought leaders on crowdfunding, and who has also run several successful Kickstarter projects, that together have raised many millions of dollars. Startups need to build a large passionate group of fans before the campaign.

Startup 151

Startup Equity Funding Demand 151

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I know it’s easier to write “horse race&# stories about who’s signing up more users, raising more funding or who’s “hot&# lately. Brands who build pages there are not building equity in the open Internet, they’re building it in today’s walled garden. With an open link that refers you there.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274