Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This is a positive in uncoupling them from a dependency on a single company or boss, but the downside is that they have to suddenly manage all facets of a business, including finances, strategy, and savings for the future. They are always ready to move on to the next big opportunity as markets change.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

It is also a function of the stage of much of our careers where we aren’t interested in playing small ball with incrementalism on how to squeeze out an extra 5% of margin by optimizing the Internet slightly better. Through many meetings discussing strategy, approach, recruiting, financing, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. In reality, the financing valley of death tests the commitment, determination, and problem solving ability of every entrepreneur. Apply for contests and business grants.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

. - 500 Hats , January 10, 2010 Developing new startup ideas - Chris Dixon , March 14, 2010 Batch Processing Millions and Millions of Images - Code as Craft , July 9, 2010 jQuery Plugin: Give Your Characters a NobleCount - The Product Guy , March 23, 2010 How do the sample Series Seed financing documents differ from typical Series A financing documents? (..)

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

There is so much written these days about how to attract investors that most entrepreneurs “assume” they need funding, and don’t even consider a plan for “bootstrapping,” or self-financing their startup. In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. You need specialized equipment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. In reality, the financing valley of death tests the commitment, determination, and problem solving ability of every entrepreneur. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In this model, often called micro-financing or peer-to-peer lending (P2P), people contribute with the intent to create a pool for all to borrow against. No startup ownership or financial return should be expected, but contributors can enjoy the satisfaction of furthering non-profits or causes with a passion to change the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

The many crowd funding platforms on the Internet, led still by Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , were expected by many to put regular people in charge of funding new opportunities, and kill the need for angel groups. I still don’t see it happening any time soon. Rose, according to his classic book, “ Angel Investing.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

By September 26th we had submitted a term sheet which was signed on October 4th and financing was closed in less than 30 days. We funded about $2 million, which allowed a full team in Finland to be recruited for building the app and an international management team led from Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting. There was no money train. It was 1991.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

There were online tools to book this stuff but the Internet booking sites were early. Hold interviews with tech people, marking people, ops people, finance people – whatever. Yet I was a foreigner so I got away with being different. I used to ask Deborah to book my travel plans in France and Germany were I went 1-2 times / month.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. In reality, the financing valley of death tests the commitment, determination, and problem solving ability of every entrepreneur. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

In this model, often called micro-financing or peer-to-peer lending (P2P), people contribute with the intent to create a pool for all to borrow against. No startup ownership or financial return should be expected, but contributors can enjoy the satisfaction of furthering non-profits or causes with a passion to change the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2018

As a startup advisor and angel investor, I tend to focus on the much longer list of ways your startup can fail, based on my own experience and inside knowledge from peers who you will never see highlighted on the Internet. If you don’t have all these interests and skills, even your most “disruptive” products will likely fail.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes? Final Problem Statement: How can we create an open, free Internet and maintain effective lines of communication in Taiwan in preparation for a potential invasion?

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Examples of what can be done online include the paying of bills, applying in different agencies, photo or video editing, and even mobile banking application development , which is creating a whole mobile finance ecosystem. Currently, there are two ways to access banks virtually: through the internet (or online) and through the mobile apps.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. In reality, the financing valley of death tests the commitment, determination, and problem solving ability of every entrepreneur. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. Internet penetration in Beijing is greater than 70% while it’s less than 25% in Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces. The slide below from the Zhen Fund shows the breadth of business coverage of each of the Chinese Internet incumbents. New Rules for China.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2014

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. billion collected in 2012.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 30, 2022

These statistics show that investors are interested in financing new projects and are ready to consider existing ideas. Most investors want to finance a project that targets a large market to allow the business to scale. Deep Market Analysis. Drawing Up a Financial Business Model.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

The two companies did the same thing and were the only two competitors in a nascent category called “email change of address” (Veripost’s original name was IECOA which stood for “Internet Email Change of Address”). ” I answered, “Deal.” Matt was still CEO.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 28, 2024

We asked entrepreneurs what has been their favorite technology innovation and here is what they have to say: #1- Personal finance management Photo Credit: Shammika Munugoda I founded and created a personal finance management app about 8 years ago. It allows instant access to messages, calls, social media, the internet, and emails.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

You just need an internet connection and a device like a laptop or tablet. Convenience and Accessibility Remote tax preparation means you can handle your taxes from any place with the internet. But online, advanced software quickly handles complicated finances, like investments or self-employment income.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 12, 2022

As long as you have access to the internet, you may work as a freelance copywriter. With each passing day, the internet's value rises, but it also gets more difficult for businesses to break through the online clutter and properly advertise themselves. Thanks to Andrei Kurtuy, Novoresume ! #5- 5- Digital marketing.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Forensic accounting entails examining the finances of an individual or business. Specialists in the field ensure finances are in order and secure. The internet has broadened the field. They are also employed to look for financial improprieties in business transacting. Importance of Forensic Accounting.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The Internet allows employees to work remotely. Many internet users think that if a public WiFi – in a cafe, hotel or airport, for example – has a password, it is safe to use. Using VPN, you can exchange sensitive information with your clients, work with your finances and avoid censorship in certain countries.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Invoices, company finances, employee information, and customer details are just some examples of the sensitive data that modern businesses deal with every day and must secure. Reliable cloud services provide upkeep, management, backup, and access to customers over a network, usually the internet.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

However, there was no way for founders to share this information with other founders (this was life before the Internet, incubators and accelerators). A 20th century VC was likely to have an MBA or finance background. This allows founder(s) to sell part of their stock (~10 to 33%) in a future round of financing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

If your offering is exciting enough, you may get millions in small amounts from other people on the Internet to help you fly high over the valley of death. In reality, the financing valley of death tests the commitment, determination, and problem solving ability of every entrepreneur. Apply for contests and business grants.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Yes, you have to figure out how to finance inventory and sure, it’s harder to iterate products when it involved physical production?—?but I always thought this was kind of silly because HW plus SW can produce some of the most defensible, enduring businesses if one gets it right.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Let’s now explore the major developments and ultimate use cases for the Lightning Network in two categories: A) payments/finance and B) Web3. . Use Case I: Payments and Finance . This has the potential to solve one of the oldest public commons problems of the original Internet: completely free usage that allows for DDoS attacks.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Most healthy businesses need business financing at some point. Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Financing options depend on what kind of business you have. Don’t waste your time looking for the wrong kind of financing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

To watching Fred lead our sales, marketing and implementation efforts and driving the recruiting & financing of the company. And watching Jonathan to continue to build on the product vision that started 4 years ago from his desire to fix a large part of the Internet’s inefficiencies. Startup Advice'

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2023

Fortunately, you can take steps to protect yourself and your finances. Secondly, financial regulatory bodies such as the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in the US accept cybercrime reports and launches investigations if necessary. Tips for Avoiding Cryptocurrency Scams.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Their finances are also heavily regulated – insurers have to keep a set amount of cash liquid (to write the big checks) and diversify their assets according to specific rules (so they can have enough cash available for even bigger checks). They require the most money to operate and have to fill out the most complicated forms to get licensed.

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