Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

Strong relationships & trust based on transparency helps a great deal  —  @msuster 11/ Venture debt has its places (timing of AP vs. AR, inventory purchases, etc) but should be used very sparingly as a replacement for venture capital except at later stages of your business.

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VC Cafe

MAY 16, 2023

AI investments down in Q1 2023 Another potential reason to the decline in AI investments is the rising prices, especially in a market that has seen most startup valuations (especially later stages), decline in price.

Artificial Inteligence 179

Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Generative AI Open Source 179

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

They often create the biggest tensions between investors who are investing at different stages in the business. These tensions seep out in some angels or seed funds publicly or semi-privately deriding later-stage VCs for their “bad” behavior. I have seen bad behavior from later-stage VCs, believe me.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list. I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel.

Software Review 109

Software Review Israel B2C Open Source 109

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 19, 2015

In the words of an alum from the 2006 cohort: Companies are joining YC at a much later stage. That marks a shift in the YC investment strategy which used to focus on younger businesses. When I started YC, most companies wrote their first line of code in the first week in the program.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Layoffs are unfortunately likely to continue as funding for later stage companies continues to contract. .” Milton Berle At the moment of publication of this post, over 95,508 tech employees from 308 companies were laid off since the beginning of 2023 according to Layoffs.fyi. And it’s only February.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT Search 160

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

This could be a proportion of the company’s equity or investment; in other instances, it could be a portion of its later-stage profits. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable. This is because new companies and startups typically need a stable market position.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2019

As best, you should reserve this option for later stage VC discussions, once you have a well-proven business model, large market following, and substantial revenue. Thus most startups I know don’t even mention the IPO exit option, when applying for angel funding, and most angel investors will react negatively if you do mention it.

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IPO SEC Prospectus Startup 210

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 15, 2020

It helps you go through the documents at any later stage even if the original version differs from the latest one. Reliable Backup and Easy Recovery. Document Management Solutions saves a backup of every piece of information you put through the tool. In this manner, the tool helps you maintain the document versions safely.

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Management Software Review Technical Review Later Stage 165

VC Cafe

JULY 20, 2011

Mid stage companies accounted for the highest rate of investments in Q2 2011, attracting 44% of all capital invested and later stage followed, with 27%. In Q2 alone, 145 Israeli companies raised $569 million from both local and foreign VCs.

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Later Stage Israel Seed Stage Venture Capital 92

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 4, 2018

The die cutter also features a 300-dpi scanner, which means you are able to capture your very own backgrounds and images to use at a later stage. The Advantages. The Drawbacks.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Software Review Later Stage Stock 124

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Connecting with founders who are at later stages (~5+ years) are great but memories fade and their views on the past will be colored by the work they do today. This is especially important if you’re young because it can be hard to relate to your peers about your business when they’re studying, working etc.

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Founder Cofounder New Zealand B2C 108

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Crosscutting will ensure it is impossible for prying eyes to glue the pieces back together at a later stage. Shredders are a highly effective and affordable solution; it is best to choose and shredder that crosscuts the paper instead of just cutting it into strips.

Security 120

Security Later Stage Technical Review Mobile 120

NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This decline has also become evident in startup accelerator programs shifting their focus on later-stage scale-ups that provide higher returns. Capital funding for early-stage companies is drying up and becoming harder to find.

Developer 72

Developer Early Stage Later Stage Acquisition 72

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2019

But if you take the time to strategically approach issues like linking, navigation, user experience, and vision, you’ll find that the later stages of website development – namely the visual and design steps – are easier to tackle. There’s a lot that goes into developing a startup website.

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Web Development Developer Los Angeles Architecture 113

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2021

You can add other roles at a later stage when the startup progresses. For instance, if you have a team member with considerable talent but poor work ethic, the cooperation will not work out as expected no matter how hard you try. 12) Hire a Core Development Team. In the beginning, all that matters is the core team.

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Software Startup Hiring Salary 160

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

As best, you should reserve this option for later stage VC discussions, once you have a well-proven business model, large market following, and substantial revenue. Thus most startups I know don’t even mention the IPO exit option, when applying for angel funding, and most angel investors will react negatively if you do mention it.

IPO 218

IPO SEC Prospectus Technical Review 218

View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

When you look at the websites of the seed VC’s on the 2019 list, you notice that some are starting to steer away from positioning themselves as Seed funds as they accumulate more capital and are starting to enter companies at later stages. It will be interesting to see if this trend continues. Slowly Improving Demographic Diversity.

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Venture Capital China Technical Review Africa 313

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach.

Equity 349

Equity Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity 349

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game. There was later-stage capital provided by Morgan Stanley, NewView Capital, Goldman Sachs and others that gave us a long-term outlook.

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Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2014

For all the things he’s likely known for, he probably hasn’t yet built a strong relationship as an early stage venture investor (he invests often in later-stage deals where he is very respected). He wanted to know what I thought of his technology deal. My email back to him was a version of.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Later Stage Technical Review 333

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

If you have more, they better be major investors or partners who will likely be part of your formal Board of Directors at a later stage. Communication and organization is always a challenge, so three advisors is about the maximum that any entrepreneur can handle. Advisors in name-only will hurt you.

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Advisory Board Angel Investor Startup Later Stage 308

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2022

Micro-management at a later stage only increases stress and slows progress. However, very quickly after everyone has their assignment as is actively working, you need to let them do their jobs without questioning every step.

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Leadership Advisory Board Developer Silicon Valley 345

Up and Running

MARCH 31, 2021

An Angel right now will be looking for a startup that seeks to fix the problem at hand with a great outlook for future applications later on in time. If you want to succeed right now, jump into the game with an idea that will assist or renovate the current crisis while also seeking growth in later stages as time goes on.

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Small Business Angel Investor Technical Review Elevator Pitch 116

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I understand that now, being an investor in companies that have over 100 employees, closing in on $100mm run rates, where it’s been a long time since I was a Board Observer and most of their interaction is with the bigger, later stage investors that came after me.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more.

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Incubator Silicon Valley North America Small Business Administration 231

Version One Ventures

MARCH 8, 2020

This puts the VC firm and its investors in a position to continue to exercise their pro-rata rights in later-stage rounds instead of giving them up. .

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Later Stage Portfolio Finance Partner 193

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 18, 2012

Note that “ Great From the Start ” is targeted at companies in the earlier parts of its develop stages, and focuses more on the time between idea and incorporation and largely ignores the later stages of growth.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Later Stage Incubator Business Model 174

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

Most new teams are geographically dispersed these days anyway, so paying rent for an office should be differed to later stages when revenue is plentiful. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. You will be in good company with the many legends who used this approach.

Hockey Stick 423

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 423

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

You don’t have to be a heavily funded later stage startup to get access to “big data,” customer analytics, and metrics dashboards. Non-professional investors now use crowdfunding sites, like Indiegogo and Kickstarter , for similar access. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive.

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Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Accelerators generally accept startups at a slightly later stage, and attempt to compress the timeline to commercialization into a few months, instead of a year or more.

Incubator 398

Incubator Silicon Valley North America Startup 398

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2023

Angels are more likely to fund new entrepreneurs, and early-stage or seed rounds, while VCs tend to focus on entrepreneurs with a successful track record, and later stage rounds. In fact, the reality is quite the opposite. Of course, between these extremes is a large overlap of interest and potential.

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Angel Investor IRR Venture Capital Valuation 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2021

This can be particularly satisfying as you enter the later stages of your career, where your passion and energy for tackling the daily problems is more limited by health and family. Sharing through mentoring amplifies your satisfaction. But don’t be fooled into taking mentoring lightly.

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Later Stage India Partner Global 397

David Teten

DECEMBER 15, 2018

You can also list yourself on one of the various companies working to make the M&A process more transparent and less haphazard for later-stage companies, including Axial , BankerBay , Intralinks Deal Nexus , and MergerMarket. . Outplace your team.

Startup 60

Startup Later Stage Technical Review Software Review 60

YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Each sprint is reviewed to minimize the errors so that the confusions during the later stages are avoided. Easy to manage with delays since the leftovers of your previous sprint could be added to the upcoming one. Employing SCRUM for startups. So, in the scrum, there isn’t much chaos.

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SCRUM Software Review Hiring Agile 113

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

As you probably know, we’ve been investing against a consistent theme - Marc Andreesseen’s “software is eating the world” - and always at multiple stages of a company’s growth - from seed to later-stage venture.

Lean 108

Lean Venture Capital Conversion IPO 108

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2014

Marketing plans that worked during the early life cycle of your business might have to change during later stages based on a number of variables, such as the economy, your competition, and new products or services. Shark Question #5: How do you market your product/service, and what changes do you foresee?

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CPA Technical Review Later Stage Equity 160