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. 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. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 20, 2024

On the other hand, I feel things are a lot more predictable on the fund side—and that getting limited partners for your fund or syndicate is a lot more grounded in something that resembles logic. Perhaps you run a widely syndicated startup newsletter where the best companies have been subscribers for years.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&# In exchange for $150,000 to $300,000 of work, each startup has given Kayweb 14% to 40% equity. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

From traditional equity VC, Flexible VC borrows the option to pursue and reap the rewards of an outsized exit. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. Equity Ownership. Yes, typically preferred equity. On average, founders own just 43% of equity by Series B , declining thereafter. Flexible VC 102: Variations.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.

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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. 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. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns). We market to four populations: High-potential founders.

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chrischandler.name

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

If you’ve considered finding and asking a developer for his or her time in exchange for sweat equity, I’m going to strongly advise you against it. All the engineers I trust to execute a project swiftly, professionally and with quality, especially under startup conditions, will not touch an upfront equity deal with a 10-foot pole.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. Many VCs and family offices market themselves based on their network, internal resources, and other levers to accelerate value creation. . Fundraising is burdensome. Market Insight.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

And even other strong, but perhaps not standout, companies like Active Network and Demand Media completed their own offerings. But if you read the whole article you glean more insight… the entire public equity markets have sunk in the last 3-4 months. Bankers licked their chops. VCs dreamt of liquidty. Life was good.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally. Tested platform on San Francisco’s Live 105; then scaled out for national syndication with positive audience uplift. Total Raised: $17.7mm. Read more: TechCrunch. 60k unique visitors in March 2010.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

in equity & loans which was ultimately worth >170x ($355M) when DEC went public about a decade later. Should there be a notion of “founder equity” for those individuals who put in the hard work to start a firm and build the brand? Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

They monetize via high-priced advertisements during the prime-time airing on TV, via syndication to international audiences or less-watched channels after the original series has run and via DVD sales in retail channels. In Hulu it is each individual studio / network wanting to push their own stuff direct rather than through Hulu.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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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. For this round of investment, the angels collectively purchase 20-40% of the equity of the company and are seeking a return on investment of 20-30X in a period of five to eight years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

For example, professional investors put great priority on your previous experience in building a business, and they expect to own a portion of the business equity and control for the funds they do provide. Trade equity or services for startup help. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Angel networks in general have lots of disadvantages compared with VC funds, but VCAP© has three key advantages: • Bigger reach , because there are more “Partners” than any normal VC fund. . Since 1970, NAIC Member firms who focus on private equity and venture have invested in and transformed more than 20,000 companies.

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Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. On this dimension, most seed funds can’t even compete on network, brand, or the cost of capital. You lose way more than you win. You wait the longest for liquidity.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Let’s take a few minutes to examine the kind of equity financing available to small or early stage businesses. In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups. Friends and family investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Here are eight key insights that will help you find a productive match: Angels want equity ownership, not causes. 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. Individual investments are limited to less than $100,000.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

When it comes to founders, Texas has jewelry mogul, Kendra Scott; Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban of Shark Tank; Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble; video game developer, John Carmack; Vista Equity Partners Founder, Robert Smith; Michael Dell of Dell Technologies; and now Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla!

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives. – Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 6, 2018

When you offer a vibrant and dynamic experience to explore, you work toward building your brand’s equity. Try using an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) tool to stay in touch with important thought leaders speaking to your audience. It’s not hard to keep your fingers on the pulse of what matters to your target market.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The news that Congress is seriously considering major re-writes of the painfully anachronistic rules on small securities offerings could just be the straw that breaks the back of this now 12 year equity investing return drought. As a patriotic American, I say "hooray." As an angel investor, I say “ how can I get in on the fun! ” read more.

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Providence Equity invested $100M at a $1B valuation not because of their technology or product, but because the network owners contributed a lot of valuable content… or at least access to it for 2years. Hulu’s genesis was all about content rights so it’s no surprise it’s exit is too.

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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. Join Me On an Epic 3 Day Roadshow Across the Great State of Texas Get your ticket on this exclusive journey across the 10th largest economy in the world and 4 of the 10 largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S.

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

It’s also worth noting that in the last 5-10 years breakout startups have remained private much longer than in decades past, so more of the equity appreciation has been captured by private investors than public market investors. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I'm joined by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, NucleasHG, the founders of Seamless, a host of extremely helpful angels, and a CircleUp syndicate led by my friend Tom Potter, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery. I'm also excited to have shared this opportunity with a fantastic syndicate of investors.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

The investment network here is growing, but is still grossly developing when compared to those coastal cities. If we look at the position of women specifically within this landscape, we see a thriving network for collaboration and a good support structure for female founders. cities for women-led businesses seeking equity funding.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll focus for now on the business itself, there’s plenty of other info on the web if you care to understand the equity ownership or financing history of Facebook and frankly this has been fairly well known for awhile. ==. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. Facebook, Inc.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

It might appear that origination is becoming much easier because of new tools like AngelList and the SEC moving toward adoption of rules that will allow equity based crowdfunding. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done!

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. At its peak it became the most widely read magazine in the US and generated billions in annual revenue, before its circulation ultimately waned and the company went through reorganization by a private equity firm and ultimate bankruptcy.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The average equity fund investor earned a market return of only 4.25%. Services like Angel List syndicates are disrupting angel investing and reducing the traditional information costs and access issues that have made angel investing more work. I think there are many more opportunities to disrupt the space.

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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. There needs to be enough equity to go around for founders, early investors, later investors, and employees. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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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. It’s only human for the entrepreneur to want to retain as much equity as possible and for the investor to want to minimize risk.

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