Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 429

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 429

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2023

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 305

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 305

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2013

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 256

Incubator Entrepreneur Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 256

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). The first is a staff constraint.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. Leverage information technology. Even the government is watching to see where you fit. Manage human resources.

Startup 268

Startup Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping 268

Pascal's View

MARCH 10, 2010

This is the third in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. Institutional investors have to do the same thing because they are betting on people, and they need to establish a considerable measure of trust if they are going to sign on to a 10 year commitment to invest in illiquid assets.

Government 28

Government Technical Review Due Diligence Institutional Investors 28

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2012

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 237

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 237

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2018

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 236

Incubator Exit Strategy Institutional Investors Angel Investor 236

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2011

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 230

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 230

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

For public sector roles, such as government employees, teachers, and firefighters, DB pension funds are still the norm, and many public pension funds still invest in VC funds (though some of these are very large entities, making scale an issue, which I’ll discuss more below). The first is a staff constraint.

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

Unless you are bootstrapping everything, you need to have a clear plan on what networking and documents are required to get to friends and family, Angel investors, and institutional investors. Leverage information technology. Even the government is watching to see where you fit. Manage human resources.

Institutional Investors 230

Institutional Investors Angel Investor Bootstrapping Database 230

VC Cafe

JUNE 19, 2020

This is a good time as ever to examine whether financial focus is now shifting towards Impact as an opportunity for companies, and how technologies that intentionally tackle social and environmental issues are becoming business models with strong returns. How will they be able to deal with it if not through private investment?”

Israel 174

Israel Venture Capital Global South Africa 174

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

This article will focus on the impact of hospitals in that equation, specifically those public health system owned and controlled by local Governments. [2]. Further into their lifecycle, though, they found themselves beholden to certain financial and governance handicaps. Hospital System Roots. Unions often cast an outsized presence.

Private Equity 164

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 164

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

The alternative is to work with an innovation institute to evaluate your technology, or hire a consultant. The most common support organization at this level is called a startup incubator or accelerator , and these exist in most countries, usually sponsored by a university, local government organization, or even local individuals.

Incubator 120

Incubator Startup Exit Strategy Institutional Investors 120

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Rendering of the amphitheater at the new Waterloo Park opening soon in downtown Austin, at the convergence of our technology, medical school and arts districts. Some are running away from skyrocketing tax rates, dysfunctional government, and devastating wildfires. What about Austin is drawing people in and keeping them here?

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Austin Texas Raleigh 100

thebarefootvc

MAY 6, 2020

I’ve often faced questions from institutional investors who considered Bitcoin a passing fad and too volatile for any serious consideration. In the past month however, I have fielded an increasingly number of inquiries from investors in more developed countries who want to enter the sector.

Zimbabwe 59

Zimbabwe Venezuela Argentina Institutional Investors 59

Startup Company Lawyer

MARCH 12, 2009

C corps, LLCs, and S corps differ significantly in the areas of taxation, ownership, fundraising, governance and structure, and employee compensation. Almost all technology startup companies that I work with are C corps. Such inflexible features are typically unattractive to venture investors. Governance/Structure.

LLC 61

LLC Stock Options Preferred Stock Stock 61

Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

The massive institutional investor losses incurred from investments in asset classes unrelated to venture capital due to the global financial crisis have only fanned the wildfire fire burning in the American innovation forest. Investors take risk in order to reap rewards. Share and Enjoy:

IPO 28

IPO Silicon Valley Merger Sweat Equity 28

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Stanford and MIT were building on the technology breakthroughs of World War II and graduating a generation of engineers into a consumer and cold war economy that seemed limitless. These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies.

Silicon Valley 183

Silicon Valley Securities and Exchange Commission Venture Capital RSS 183

Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the second in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. To get to the core of your question, providing passive institutional investors with more financial information about illiquid securities isn’t going to make them more liquid.

Government 31

Government Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 31

Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

Such market power allows bankers to shapes the profile of those companies worthy of going public to favor the natural demand from their largest clients: short-term trading focused hedge funds and large institutional investors that demand highly liquid public securities. Share and Enjoy:

IPO 40

IPO Merger Institutional Investors Venture Capital 40