Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

Although relatively new, they announced early last year that their community had already grown to more than 500 startups, and 2,500 investors. The format is more social networking in nature, and they also will soon provide a recruiting portal for crowdfunding with unaccredited investors, now that the US JOBS Act has been passed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Start in a business domain you know well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

The answer is still the same, but I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. If you can meet the SEC “accredited investor” criteria ($1M net worth or $200K annual income), this is a great way to be seen by potential investors as peers before you need money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Start in a business domain you know well. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. There are other networks that also work, depending on where you are in the world, like Ryze, Plaxo, and Facebook, but setting up an account on MySpace probably won’t help you. Join a local investment group.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Start in a business domain you know well. Fund an entrepreneur you know and trust.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Today most startup investors still register with the SEC as “ accredited ” investors before they buy any startup equity in the U.S. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Start in a business domain you know well.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Investor profiles on the platform are created by the investors themselves, and tell you exactly who the group’s leaders are, and what they are looking for. There’s no use banging your head against a VC’s door with a social network venture if they only invest in biotech companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Today you still need to be registered with the SEC as an “ accredited ” investor to legally buy any startup equity in the U.S. Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. Start in a business domain you know well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

I have learned over the years that there is an etiquette to this process, just like there is for social networking. There are other networks that also work, depending on where you are in the world, like Ryze, Plaxo, and Facebook, but setting up an account on MySpace probably won’t help you. Join a local investment group.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

House of Representatives passed a crowdfunding bill that will allow startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites and social networking sites. Last week, the U.S. What is Crowdfunding? May Startups Raise Funds via Crowdfunding?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking. After that evaporated, I didn’t invest again until just after the dotcom crash (when my long-suffering spouse grounded me from any further entrepreneurial ventures :-)).

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Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

What does it take to be an Angel Investor? To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The blog post you included does offer a solution and limiting non accredited investors to $1,000 rather than 10% of income will hopefully eliminate people betting the farm. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? February 11, 2012 11:00 PM. Daniel Sisson. ► January. (1).

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

accredited investors in 1,000 angel groups and venture capital funds to. How excited am I likely to be when I see a plan for a new generation of buggy whip, or another me-too social network? Described by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur and the founder of New York Angels.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 19, 2012

First, the SEC largely limits private-equity investments to accredited investors—those with $1 million or more in net worth, among other tight standards. Only 35 nonaccredited investors are allowed to buy private equity in a company's offering. That hinders broad-based online fund raising in a couple of ways. million U.S.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

A couple of items buried in the 1300 page bill include changing the definition of an accredited investor and moving regulatory roles on private3 placements from federal to stage level. This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. ► January. (1).

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The site has more than 1,000 member-managed groups and VCs, with 40,000 investors and more than 1,800 startups funded in the last 12 months. It is more of a social networking for raising equity. Their community has already grown to more than 500 startups and 2,500 investors.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

A quick look at the really nice sites developed in just a few months by companies like CircleUp, FundersClub, Bolstr, Seedrs, et al will show you that the base technical challenge of creating a marketplace/social network is not particularly difficult.

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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.

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VC Adventure

JANUARY 21, 2014

One of the most annoying things about being an angel investor is filling out the same Accredited Investor Questionnaire over and over again. A few weeks ago Fred Wilson made an open request for A Web Service For Qualified and Accredited Investors.

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Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 13, 2012

House of Representatives overwhelming passed the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act , a crowdfunding bill which permits startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or social networking sites like Facebook.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 10, 2021

More women and the BIPOC community will use social networks if they’re not being harassed on them. Some investors who rewrite the history of innovation. More people will use YouTube if they don’t have to worry about it being a cesspool of hate. More advertisers will feel comfortable spending money on it.

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Scott Edward Walker

MARCH 1, 2012

House of Representatives voted 407-17 to pass the “Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act,” a crowdfunding bill which permits startups to offer and sell securities via crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter or social networking sites like Facebook. May Startups Raise Funds via Crowdfunding?

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