Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

And the beneath-the-surface rumblings were about how it was screwing up the venture capital business model. VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars.

Disintermediation 66

Disintermediation Venture Capital Angel Investor Seed Stage 66

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

Their business model was to provide retailers with a new interface for shopping for soft goods — something that hasn’t changed a whole lot since Web 1.0. I helped introduce the company to various angels and lead the effort to form a syndicate for their fund-raising round. Modista had built Shopping 2.0.

Software Review 134

Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Customer Acquisition – social media, SEO, SEM, etc Economies of Scale – not as big a barrier in web world Investment – little to none required to get started Pricing – free or freemium makes trial simple Distribution – syndication and APIs make partnering easier IP – in general the battle has been over users and less on IP many more (please comment (..)

Business Model 150

Business Model SEM IP Syndication 150

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Equity 436

Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndication 436

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 6, 2024

Josh Elledge is a keynote speaker, writes a syndicated newspaper column to 1.1 During our, dare I say Meta conversation, we uncovered the transformative power of podcasting for businesses, focusing on how it can be a game-changer for networking and lead generation. That's what I write my syndicated newspaper column about.

Lead Generation 91

Lead Generation Networking PR B2B 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Make sure these cover your business model and exit strategy, so the angels see how both of you will make a reasonable return.

Search 317

Search Accredited Investor Angel Investor Venture Capital 317

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. It’s critical to establish this component of your business before thinking seriously about growth. in place before you expand. All Rights Reserved.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Attenti was initially founded as a software venture in 1990 by three ex-air force pilots, but after three years the partners decided that a change of business model was in order, and moved to hardware. Instead of criminals being put behind bars, their location can be monitored.

Israel 96

Israel United Kingdom Austria Global 96

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2015

If they can’t, then we want to know more about the existing investor syndicate, so we’re not the only ones at the table. Business model? We’re essentially looking to understand the probability of a company attracting more outside capital. NVV: What do debt providers look for in a company’s track record?

Term Sheet 120

Term Sheet Equity Startup Seed Stage 120

Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

Is “Data” a Business Model? Several years ago I wrote a post about the three business models of the consumer web : commerce, advertising, and user-paid premium services. So is “data” now a new business model, as some suggest? How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. March 30, 2012.

Business Model 113

Business Model Silicon Valley Advertising B2B 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Make sure these cover your business model and exit strategy, so the angels see how both of you will make a reasonable return.

Accredited Investor 265

Accredited Investor Venture Capital Syndication Syndicate 265

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Entrepreneur 283

Entrepreneur Startup Equity Small Business Administration 283

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Typical business model. Most Flexible VCs lead rounds and often take 100% of the round to mitigate this risk.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Big Thinker – The CTOs inthis model mainly spend their time evaluating how technology can be usedinternally to developed new business models and business lines, and how topreempt competitor’s attempts to use technology to disrupt the markets.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndication Syndicate 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2023

These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Equity 266

Equity Startup Small Business Administration SBA 266

Agile VC

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Amazon vs Apple: A Tale of Two Business Models. What’s striking to me is the polar opposite business models Apple and Amazon have established to crack the same nut. Apple has a marginally profitable digital content business which drives a highly profitable hardware business. October 3, 2011.

Business Model 100

Business Model Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndication 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2010

There are many additional variables that the inexperienced marketer may not even think to consider: competition and positioning strategies, budgeting, match types, search and content syndication, and ad copy testing, as well developing the best ad wording and layouts. Tracking and performance reporting. Marty Zwilling.

Search 225

Search Engineer SEM Widget 225

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

But I’m looking for the reverse business model: someone who will help me better grow and monetize my audience, comparable to traditional celebrity talent agents. Kevin Lee, Executive Chairman of Didit, emphasizes the importance of having a content syndication strategy alongside a content creation strategy.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Entrepreneur 240

Entrepreneur Equity Small Business Administration SBA 240

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Those were the technology-powered innovations that enabled the new, much more desirable business model. Yet the team got the new service up and running and used this to power and grow their business for another 7 years, until they disrupted themselves again by moving aggressively to the streaming model.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Gust

AUGUST 27, 2014

Most are somewhere in between, focusing primarily on early-stage, high-growth companies with scalable business models. Groups also often “syndicate” investments, working cooperatively to fund larger rounds that are bigger than one group can easily handle alone.

Angel Investor 133

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Angel Groups Syndication 133

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Seed-stage, meanwhil e, is technically that critical period when you need funding to do solution- and business-model development, to prove that your new product or service works, before you try to sell it to customers. million and is normally syndicated from one to three institutional seed investors or larger VC funds.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Finance Early Stage Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Make sure these cover your business model and exit strategy, so the angels see how both of you will make a reasonable return.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Venture Capital Startup 120

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. Not interested in me-too businesses. No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

K9 Ventures II will still be syndicating most investments with other seed and angel investors. Not interested in me-too businesses. No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies.

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Technographics vendors such as Builtwith , Datanyze , HG Data , Stackshare, and Stacklist help CEOs identify the right tech platform on which to build their business; they’re also helpful for investors to due diligence a company’s tech stack choices. Similarly, Corsis uses benchmarking data to understand technology spend patterns.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

These are professional investors, like Accel Partners , who invest institutional money in qualified startups, usually with a proven business model, ready to scale. Most provide free resources to startups, including office facilities and consulting, but many provide seed funding as well. Solicit venture capital investors.

Equity 120

Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndication 120

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

Term Sheet 32

Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

2) Design ethic vs engineers - Over the course of the last 5-10 years, many software-based startups are being built on competitive advantages of design and business model rather than technical differentiation. What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. My facebook can beat up your facebook.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Raising $100 million in a later round with lots of traction and no ostensible business model? They all pass because you don’t have much traction, your business model is questionable, and 50 companies have tried and failed at doing the same thing as you.

Marketing 110

Marketing Syndication Syndicate Angel Investor 110

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

And then I think in a lot of ways it’s become air for every sort of channel and element and, even as you suggest in your last book, a business model in itself. We think there’s something bigger, as Robert talked about and you talked about, this is a business model change. They wanted to do a show daily.

Cost 54

Cost Marketing Audience Media 54

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

These elements focus on the micro level of your business, for example, things you can do to market with social media like facebook or digg, or plugins you can get for your wordpress blog, or scripts you can use to help syndicate your content or do keyword research, or different website graphical elements and which convert better.

Syndication 93

Syndication Syndicate Video Web 93

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

” I think the crux of SQUARE’s business model is obviating the need for merchants to have an acquirer account with a bank. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

Mobile 250

Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Only big scale enables business models like these. In another example, Groupon has harnessed big scale by hiring a 3,000 person worldwide network of employees to provide hyper-local targeting, sales, and personal attention to drive its daily app promotions. Protecting the Splinternet. Which leads to the third mobile megatrend….

Mobile 74

Mobile Syndication Syndicate Austin 74

Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. If they don’t like to syndicate, or don’t have a track record of doing it, you will want to consider your options. If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication. past round one. past round one.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Sweat Equity Valuation Common Stock 60