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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

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5 Keys To Vetting Investors Before You Accept Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

TechCrunch LA

It’s more of a mockery,” said Isa Watson , founder and CEO of social media app Squad. And of course, those startups are by no means innocent when it comes to bad management. “If Please stop using the word Girlboss thank you. — Sophia Amoruso (@sophiaamoruso) June 1, 2022. It’s not a compliment.

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Size Up Your Investors Before Accepting Their Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

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5 Ways To Check Your Investor Intent Before Signing

Startup Professionals Musings

Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media. It’s even better to let the attorney do the negotiating, since many innocent-sounding protective and governance provisions can have long-term negative consequences to you. To get the terms you want, it’s better to start with your own term sheet.

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Interview with Greg Siegel, VidMe

socalTECH

A lot of us have been in situations where we've shared various things with people--and usually, innocently, have them forward it around, reposted it, and done a lot of things you wish they hadn't done. It's a lot more contextual, and something as innocent as making a comment that you're not happy with your job at the moment can be an issue.

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10 Reasons To Market Globally While Selling Locally

Startup Professionals Musings

With social media, you can interact more precisely and create custom products and marketing to be almost all things to all people. The newest generation has never lived life unplugged, and their blend of innocence, simplicity, and pure excitement appeals to every customer. The broad-brush push-marketing is no longer competitive.

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