Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Fund your startup yourself.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Harvard Business School is featuring an article about the Venture Capital Access Program on the website of the U.S. In the article, I discuss why we think that smart early-stage investors should target women and diverse entrepreneurs, and why we think HBS Alumni Angels in particular is well positioned to be very successful.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2017

Many large corporations face three seemingly disconnected challenges; they want: – Better returns on their balance sheet and underfunded pensions; – Access to the innovation economy to stay on top of the early-stage companies attacking their business; and.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. Fund your startup yourself.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2013.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

The University of Houston has the number one undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country and Rice University has the number one graduate entrepreneurship program in the country. Research Institute, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, and several public universities and Department of Defense research and development programs.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. Build a specialized outbound origination program. Investors with dedicated, large-scale sourcing teams are almost all top-quartile performers across stage, vintage, and sector. They are typically among the top quartile performers.

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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. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program! Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Help, please.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2016

After two years of a dedicated experiment, we’ve decided to stop making new investments via our FG Angels Syndicate. The Monday after AngelList announced their Syndicate product in September 2013 we decided to to jump in with both feet and start FG Angels. Average syndicate investment amount per deal: $316k.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

In other words, angel investors and early stage venture capital (VC) firms will have different expectations than late stage VC firms. With the help social networking tools it has became much easier for start ups to venture in the competitive market. Also make sure to research which type of investors fit your business.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Check out our starter program.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Thinking of applying to one (or all) of the summer accelerator/incubator/angel/mentoring programs like TechStars , Joystick Labs , or any of those found on this comprehensive list ? That’s one of the things we might develop during the summer program. via 7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications. [.]

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Not to mention, early-stage startups usually only employ a few people focused on product and development. Programming and Web Development Lists. Social Network Lists. Social Networking. social networking. Global Syndication Partners. Money and Finance Lists. Movie Lists. Music Lists. MySpace Lists.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. Cartoon Network Favorites Star in Strange Video. 5 Better Ways to Network on Twitter and LinkedIn. of Web Users Meet Singles on Social Networks [STUDY] Want to Highlight Your New Facebook Pictures? Social Network Lists.

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