Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

In fact, perhaps the most important model, equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, is still not legal in the U.S., Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Startup equity model. In the U.S.,

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2011

The service is meant to help investors from all over the country - both accredited investors and what the company calls "sophisticated investors" - gain access to deal that they wouldn't ordinarily see. MicroVentures is an online investment service that uses peer-to-peer fundraising.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 21, 2013

In this type of Crowdfunding individuals who give you money become investors and own equity in your company. Equity-based Crowdfunding IS legal today, but only when the funders are accredited investors (which entail them meeting certain criteria such as having annual incomes exceeding $250,000). Which form should you choose?

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 9, 2011

As with anything tax related, there are endless politics involved and many of the things that actual get rolled out are so obscure that they either never get implemented or are to difficult for investors to understand. Make it simple – eliminate capital gains if an individual (who is an accredited investor) invests equity (i.e.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. Product/Technology 0-15%.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Giving privately held companies maximum room to maneuver as they raise funding from accredited investors and participate in secondary markets can only strengthen the startup ecosystem. Intellectual Property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 750 accredited investor members throughout sixteen chapters on three continents. Since Keiretsu Forum’s founding in 2000, its members have invested over $180M in 200 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, and real estate.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

HBSANY members are required to be accredited investors (per SEC regulations) and are expected to agree to the terms of the HBSANY Membership Agreement. Remedy Systems ( www.remedysystems.com ) designs and builds practical mobile product platforms that lower the costs and improve the quality of healthcare.

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techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. And today, AngelList is opening the platform up to all startups with top-tier investors. → Learn More.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Ironically, startup investors are normally in less personal jeopardy than early startup employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. One more key employee or one more investor will probably not turn the situation around. Ironically, startup investors are normally in less personal jeopardy than early startup employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

These are all accredited investors who risk their own money. As an active angel investor myself, I understand how the process works, and I see the disappointment in the eyes of entrepreneurs who approach angel groups for funding and often get turned away for not being timely or prepared in the minds of potential investors.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

As such, creating a functional clone of Gust (including all the features under the hood, and ones that have not yet been released), using world-class engineers and state-of-the-art, 2012 project management in Ruby on Rails, would take roughly 20 person-years from soup to nuts (figure about 1/3 of that in product/UX/UI and 2/3 in actual coding.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

It implies runaway investor speculation on future values, fear of missing out on trends, and it leads to unicorns. This term refers to an initial venture-capital investment, often wrongly sought to seed early product development. Frothy is good for entrepreneurs. Seed-round investment. Ramen-profitable.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2020

It usually takes more than you can collect just to build and deliver the product. The biggest surge in expectations occurred back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding. Making something awesome will cost more than you expect.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 250 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America.

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Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2012

You have a great idea to start a new venture and the theory goes that if you can’t convince at least one other person to join the venture with you, how will you convince customers to buy into your vision and product/service. Co-founding teams should bring in complimentary, not overlapping, skills. But in our example, they’re even.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Venture capital can’t afford to invest in startups unless there is a rare combination of product opportunity, market opportunity, and proven management. They focus on newer products and markets that can reasonably project increasing sales by huge multiples over a short period of time. Traditionally, angel investment was limited by U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,100 accredited investor members throughout 27 chapters on t3 continents. Angel Capital Association (ACA). ACA membership includes more than 200 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In order to be competitive, a company needs to have just about everything in place, from its product to its team to market traction, before it is ready to seek funding. Your private profile is where investors will look with a critical eye on everything that makes you a business rather than just a product or a sexy idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,000 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents. Angel Capital Association (ACA). ACA membership includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It usually takes more than you can collect just to build and deliver the product. The biggest surge in expectations occurred way back in 2015, when the SEC “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding. Making something awesome will cost more than you expect.

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Accredited Investor SEC Campaign Equity 252

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Early stage research and development won’t excite angels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 53 chapters on 3 continents. The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 275 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2013

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Minimum Viable Product (MVP). It suggests the minimum features to allow the product to be deployed and get feedback, and no more.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Early stage research and development won’t excite angels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 10, 2025

And when these startups failed, the customers might find themselves confronting situations where a product they relied upon ceased to exist with very little notice. This concept is top of mind for me because we are now seeing the potential for AI products to change the quality and economies of service for addiction and therapy once again.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2012

Since the economic downturn started, neither angels nor VCs have given much attention to startups without a product and a revenue stream. The recently passed JOBS bill now allows even non-accredited investors to contribute small amounts to new startups through “crowd-sourcing” sites, like Kickstarter and Crowdtilt.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 2500 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 240 angel groups and 13,000 individual angels across North America.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

For example, our firm is an investor in Fig , a crowdfunding platform for video games with a model that combines individual backing with rewards and the opportunity for non-accredited investors to invest in obtaining a share of future revenues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

My first Internet venture in the early 1990s took about $20 million in venture capital to get to our product launch. When I started investing, my first angel deal took $200,000 to get to Internet product launch, and one of New York Angels’ recent investments only took $20,000. That’s a three order of magnitude difference!

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Gust

AUGUST 27, 2014

These are typically Internet-enabled, or consumer products, or medical devices. But regardless of the specifics, what they all have in common is bringing together a group of active Accredited Investors interested in supporting young startups.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Startups need funding to bring their product to market and get to profitability. But how do you go about finding startup investors? There are multiple types of investors and each one is different. Angel investors. In many cities with a startup scene, there are angel investors. They often seem elusive. Crowdfunding.

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Accredited Investor Angel Investor Initial Public Offering Due Diligence 114

Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design.

Non-disclosure Agreement 160

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 160

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2015

It usually takes more than you can collect just to build and deliver the product. The latest surge in expectations is just now occurring, as the SEC has finally “ democratized ” everyday citizens (non-accredited investors) to participate in equity crowdfunding. Making something awesome will cost more than you expect.

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Accredited Investor SEC Campaign Equity 120