Our Own Start-up

JANUARY 29, 2021

Mihir Mehta joined Ashika Group, a diversified financial services business in 2015 and self-learned the ropes of Investment Banking, a role usually reserved for older and more experienced finance professionals.

Investment Bankers 52

Investment Bankers India Finance Startup 52

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. This is no criticism of the investment banking industry (although I’m sure some will read it this way) for which there are very useful purposes. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. Big difference.].

Early Stage 361

Early Stage Deal Flow Investment Bankers Technical Review 361

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2018

He has extensive professional experience as an investment banker and venture capitalist and has provided valuable strategic and operational guidance to nine fast-growing SaaS companies including Iowa-based Dwolla and BirdDogHR.

Iowa 113

Iowa Investment Bankers Cloud Software Review 113

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

At the end of the day, so many factors go into your company’s ability to win an investment, but if you use these five steps as your guide, you will increase your chances for success. She was working as an investment banker at Bank Leumi before putting Syte into the limelight.

Startup 138

Startup Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder 138

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.”

Angel Investor 313

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Spencer Fry

AUGUST 20, 2018

It's like walking up to the investment banker or a lawyer at a party who’s wearing a light blue button up, dark slacks, and brown loafers -- just like every other investment banker I've ever met. All they stand for is not looking unprofessional and it makes me gag every time I see it.

Investment Bankers 63

Investment Bankers Startup Software Review Technical Review 63

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. Why Minneapolis/St. Serendipity came to Minneapolis-St. Paul when the Navy team met John Parker.

Minnesota 314

Minnesota Engineer Minneapolis Silicon Valley 314

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

At the end of the day, so many factors go into your company’s ability to win an investment, but if you use these five steps as your guide, you will increase your chances for success. She was working as an investment banker at Bank Leumi before putting Syte into the limelight.

Startup 113

Startup Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder 113

YoungUpstarts

MAY 25, 2018

He founded Brabble in 2013, working the contacts he’s developed over the years to do much better than a shoestring operation – raising millions through his network of private investors and investment bankers. You need to have a vision,” he advises others similarly on the entrepreneurial path.

Developer 159

Developer Investment Bankers eCommerce Social Media 159

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 12, 2014

If I was optimizing for cash, I would have been an investment banker a long time ago. It''s also probably less than most funded CEOs are making--or certainly less than your average software developer. I don''t have any kids. I live in the hinterlands of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, and so my overhead isn''t that high.

Investment Bankers 167

Investment Bankers Term Sheet Venture Capital Technical Review 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.”

Angel Investor 370

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 27, 2020

How to Engage an Investment Banker (with help from Golding Partners). Legal Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know. The new chapters in this edition are 11. Venture Debt (with help from SVB), and 17.

Investment Bankers 108

Investment Bankers Term Sheet Capitalization Table Venture Capital 108

Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2013

Mike Scanlin runs Born To Sell , a website dedicated to helping investors generate more monthly income from stocks they own, offering a ‘covered call screener’ Previously Mike was a venture capitalist, investment banker and software engineer. Do you have a great story about how you did it?

Investment Bankers 69

Investment Bankers Customer Networking Software Engineering 69

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

There’s a popular narrative that evil investment bankers are intentionally underpricing traditional IPOs to steal from companies, lining banker pockets and those of their fatcat Wall Street clients. The proof is seemingly obvious: IPOs are 50x oversubscribed!

IPO 101

IPO Investment Bankers 101

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Although underwriting an IPO shares some similarities with ICOs, it’s only at the highest level and the details of executing — both technically and pragmatically — are quite different (for some insight think of old-line white shoe investment bankers versus millennials, and how and where they communicate differently).

Technical Review 154

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 10, 2024

Even if a person started their careers out as an investment banker or a management consultant, or some other specialized field, they should still be able to bring all three competencies to bear to help further the goals of their team – to optimize the company’s place in the ecosystem.

Developer 71

Developer Investment Bankers Reputation Search 71

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2017

About Growthink Since 1999, Growthink's professional business plan writers and investment bankers have assisted more than 2,000 clients in launching and growing their businesses, and raising more than $1 billion in growth financing. Ready to get started? Download Growthink's business plan template and finish your business plan today.

Venture Capital 129

Venture Capital Business Plan Technical Review Private Placement 129

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Every investment banker I know is “number 1″ in something. It’s important to quantify the value of your product or service. I encourage it. You’ll do your best to market the benefits ethically while still emphasizing your strong points. They just define their category tightly enough that they win it.

Investment Bankers 415

Investment Bankers Mobile Software Review Japan 415

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Most investment bankers will coach you into helping them find you a strategic buyer, knowing that such sales are quicker, often less focused upon the small warts of a business, and yield higher prices than financial sales.

Intellectual Property 240

Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Acquisition Forecast 240

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

There’s also a huge amount of luck in timing and amount of exits, so it’s also hard to compensate an internal “M&A investment banker” fairly for expediting an exit, given they may deserve zero credit. . Further reading: How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Accelerate Portfolio Company Success.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 1, 2011

I’ve suddenly become very popular with investment bankers and have been on the receiving end of over 50 emails that look something like the following: “We met once a long time ago when I was with firm X. In the last month I’ve had the chance to make about 50 new friends. I’m now at firm Y.

Investment Bankers 135

Investment Bankers Widget Email Partner 135

Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Investment Banker. Investment banking can be a very lucrative career choice but it is not without risk. Investment bankers commonly advise businesses on a financial strategy for raising money.

Finance 59

Finance Investment Bankers Portfolio Demand 59

Hearpreneur

MAY 26, 2017

The fact that we’ve done all of that with no external investments (we’ve bootstrapped until now) and with no previous formal experience in education makes it even cooler (my business partner worked in infrastructure projects and I was an investment banker on Wall Street for five years prior to this). Daniel Pink.

Miami 50

Miami Software Review Technical Review Web Development 50

Scott Edward Walker

AUGUST 8, 2021

For example, investment bankers only get paid if the deal closes. The investor’s/acquiror’s smooth talk and smiles pre-closing means nothing. 6) Try to deeply understand the interests/motivations of each player, including advisors. 7) Your word must be your bond. 10) Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

Investment Bankers 83

Investment Bankers Term Sheet Finance Sales 83

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Before Twitter he held similar roles at SuccessFactors (SaaS), Akamai (telecoms infrastructure), McAfee (Security Software) and was an investment banker. So he covers a ton of ground for industry knowledge and M&A chops. If you want to learn more about Seksom you can read his TechCrunch interview here.

Pre-Money Valuation 471

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Venture Capital Early Stage 471

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 11, 2021

After I graduated from Ithaca College, I turned down a position as an investment banker because I wanted the freedom of entrepreneurship, just like my dad did. My father loved the freedom of entrepreneurship, and I’ve had an entrepreneurial spirit since my youth when I would go door-to-door selling greeting cards and vegetable seeds.

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur Technical Review Social Media Bootstrapping 127

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 27, 2014

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. Further, while the public markets are opening up to IPOs once again, companies take much longer to IPO than in previous cycles.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Valuation Venture Capital Investment Bankers 63

Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

After stints as a technology investment banker, a dot-com entrepreneur, and a product manager in Silicon Valley, I moved to Los Angeles in 2006. For the last couple of years, I’ve been investing in startups as a partner at Mucker, while spending a lot of time in the Valley working with potential co-investors and partners.

Los Angeles 138

Los Angeles Southern California Silicon Valley Technical Review 138

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2019

Getting a job at an investment bank can teach you a lot of skills that will translate to managing your own company. Fundraising and building financial models are just some of the transferable skill sets that you will pick up working as an investment banker.

Investment Bankers 113

Investment Bankers Entrepreneur Finance Employee 113

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Similarly, we have an ongoing program to introduce our companies to later-round VCs, and have more credibility in presenting our companies to other investors than an independent investment banker would have. I’ve listed a few ideas below.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). “The ride has been fun, but I need my money out to start the next big thing.”

Angel Investor 184

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2018

Investment bankers are staking out your house.” Reporters are calling because they’ve heard about your hot new thing and they want to talk to you about it. You start getting entrepreneur of the year awards from Harvard Business School.

Investment Bankers 135

Investment Bankers Silicon Valley Government Lean 135

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

While I wish my lawyers, accountants, and investment bankers offered a money back guarantee, I accept that isn’t changing anytime soon. Our terms for going through Techstars are unchanged, but if at the end of the program you aren’t delighted, you can ask for some or all of your equity back.

Equity 172

Equity Investment Bankers Programming Community 172

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 5, 2017

A former investment banker on Wall Street, Yunha Kim founded Simple Habit in early 2016 after personally discovering the benefits of mindfulness. In fact, people who meditate tend to display more empathy and non-judgmental acceptance toward each other.

Investment Bankers 145

Investment Bankers Programming Design Founder 145

Scott Edward Walker

MAY 27, 2020

Discuss the necessity of an investment banker with legal counsel (see this post here and tip #7 here ). Execute a confidentiality agreement with each potential buyer (see mistake #1 here and this post here ). Create a competitive environment or the perception of one (see tip #1 here and mistake #1 here ).

New York City 59

New York City Investment Bankers New York Acquisition 59

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

There’s a popular narrative that evil investment bankers are intentionally underpricing traditional IPOs to steal from companies, lining banker pockets and those of their fatcat Wall Street clients. The proof is seemingly obvious: IPOs are 50x oversubscribed!

IPO 36

IPO Investment Bankers 36

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

There’s a popular narrative that evil investment bankers are intentionally underpricing traditional IPOs to steal from companies, lining banker pockets and those of their fatcat Wall Street clients. The proof is seemingly obvious: IPOs are 50x oversubscribed!

IPO 36

IPO Investment Bankers 36