YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
No doubt you have a vision in your mind regarding what investment bankers look like and what qualifications they have achieved. However, do you know what investment bankers actually do on a day-to-day basis? Very few have a complete understanding of what investment banking entails. A typical day.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 11, 2023
While it seemed like a good idea and had the Navy’s backing, the founders got turned down for funding by companies, investment bankers and everyone, until they talked to John Parker. Applicants were told that ERA was doing electronics work for government and industry. They wanted ERA to get its government customers.
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Up and Running
JULY 24, 2014
From government grants to alumni donations, something might work for you that wouldn’t be a good fit for others, or something that hasn’t worked in the past could be on the table for your organization at this point in its growth. .” For some organizations, government funding is ideal and straightforward.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 22, 2020
Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
And there is so much money around being thrown at so many entrepreneurs that many firms don’t even care about board seats, governance rights or heaven forbid doing work with the company because that would eat into the VCs time needed to chase 5 more deals. A seed round these days is $3–5 million or more!
thebarefootvc
JANUARY 27, 2014
Often these investors will invest with terms that protect their investment in return for the larger checks they are writing. Gone are the days I remember as an investment banker in the mid-‘90s when we’d simply apply a private company discount (due to illiquidity and scale) when valuing private companies versus public companies.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2023
Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. No professional investor will be interested at this point, so count only on yourself, friends, family, and fools for money. “My
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