Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Their value to you is great industry connections, free legal advice, shared learning, and credibility for you with investors. Attract a co-founder and key team members. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2012

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. This oversight can lead to the so-called “forgotten founder” problem. Trouble with the IRS over Founders stock value. Founders ignore non-compete clauses from former employers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2011

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a founder agreement at the beginning. This oversight can lead to the so-called “forgotten founder” problem. Early co-founders often drop out of the picture due to disagreements, and you forget about them, but they don’t forget about the verbal promises you made.

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Non-Compete Accredited Investor Entrepreneur Cofounder 246

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

Here are five of the most common examples: Failure to document a Founder agreement at the beginning. This oversight can lead to the so-called “forgotten Founder” problem. Trouble with the IRS over Founders stock value. Founders ignore non-compete clauses from former employers. Marty Zwilling.

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Non-Compete Accredited Investor Startup Cofounder 235

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Capital Factory is so excited to welcome the OHUB community to Austin during SXSW,” said Joshua Baer, founder & CEO. OHUB@SXSW | Opportunity Hub (OHUB) Thursday, March 7 Opening reception and fireside chat with Priscilla Chan, Cofounder, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative 4:00 PM?—?8:00

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. However, in the not-too-distant future, Gust will add support for “un-affiliated” angel investors, provided that they are able to verify their accreditation status and bonfides.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2010

Here are some examples: Failure to document a founder agreement at the beginning. This shortcut can lead to the so-called “forgotten founder” problem. Early co-founders often drop out of the picture due to disagreements, and you forget about them, but they don’t forget about the verbal promises you made.

Non-Compete 125

Non-Compete Accredited Investor Startup Cofounder 125

This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

They’re trying to get exposure and diversification at the same time, while potentially seeing co-investment deal flow. They all have great networks, above market performance and some special sauce that sounds nice but you’re not 100% clear it makes sense as a way to boost returns or get access to deals.

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Accredited Investor Term Sheet Deal Flow .Net 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Their value to you is great industry connections, free legal advice, shared learning, and credibility for you with investors. Attract a co-founder and key team members. They have connections to industry associations and entrepreneur organizations that can kick-start your networking efforts, both locally and globally.

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Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Entrepreneur Incubator 120

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. However, in the not-too-distant future, Gust will add support for “un-affiliated” angel investors, provided that they are able to verify their accreditation status and bonfides.

Angel Investor 89

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 89

thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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Hippoland

DECEMBER 16, 2016

In his first 12 months as a VC Pedro sourced 9 deals for FundersClub with founders from 5 different countries. Prior to SendGrid, Pedro co-founded two companies, including Recomind.net, which was acquired by Buscapé Company, the largest e-commerce conglomerate in Latin America. Our portfolio companies have gone on to raise >$1.2B

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It is important to get involved with different startup networks, conferences, and competitions. These are some of the best places to meet investors first hand and meet and connect with other entrepreneurs. Here is a short list of conferences, competitions, and networks to check out for upcoming events.

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Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. Having raised money before for my startup and having coached a lot founders on fundraising over the last few years, I’ve grown to love it. see point #4) 6) And you have a limited number of investors you can accept. You need your founders to get downstream capital.

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Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. Having raised money before for my startup and having coached a lot founders on fundraising over the last few years, I’ve grown to love it. see point #4) 6) And you have a limited number of investors you can accept. You need your founders to get downstream capital.

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Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

The Next Web

AUGUST 14, 2013

This is a guest post by Wade Foster , co-founder and CEO of Zapier, which originally appeared on his blog. But since I’m relatively fresh off of the experience I get asked by first-time founders how they should go about raising money for their startup. Usually those aren’t first-time founders though. Your Network.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

I had a conversation recently with Alex Mittal, Co-founder and CEO of FundersClub (FC) and decided to revisit my blog post from last fall that was skeptical of crowdfunding for angel investments. Some of the current services act on the investment bank model and either facilitate transactions between investors and companies (i.e.

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Accredited Investor SEC Cap Table Angel Groups 42