Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. Commission Junction, MySpace, TicketMaster and many more. The team has experience in building startups (Doug Ludlow was formerly a founder in a TechStars company) and have all worked at local Los Angeles based startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

See this LA Times article from last year about a likely scammer closer to startups, and an ongoing saga of events from the victim’s perspective. So what can you do, and what are the “red flags” to look for as you do your due diligence before pooling your money with other investors, or accepting money for your startup from investors?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

August 20, 2017: This is another in my series of posts all leading up to a book on Startup Decision Making. One of the most common mistakes I see in startups is making decisions that lose sight of the context , including the past, present, and future. Sooner or later everybody in a startup knows what everyone else is getting paid.

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David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

Currently, entrepreneurs are prohibited from doing so under the Securities Act of 1933, which requires companies who wish to sell securities to register and provide extensive information about strategy, future plans, ownership, management, etc. They hired the Sustainable Economies Law Center to write to the U.S.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission is lifting an 80-year-ban on the practice , freeing up privately-owned businesses across the country to openly seek investment funding. As of September 23, 2013, American businesses can advertise that they are raising money, and it won’t be considered a crime.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2013

Crowdfunding for startup companies Great news, everyone! Recently the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules to govern the upcoming changes in equity crowdfunding for startups and small businesses. The new rulers would permit startups to raise as much as $1 million from don rows online.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 26, 2014

In the last two years, regulations set by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) have undergone several changes. These changes were the result of the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. One of the conditions was that the company was not allowed to use “general solicitation to market the securities.”

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Up and Running

JANUARY 17, 2011

Worth, called valuation when we talk about startups, is what somebody will pay for something. This chart shows how founders’ ownership gets diluted as a successful startup collects investment through various rounds. And the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has some serious restrictions on selling this stock.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

As you may recall from last year, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed and signed by President Obama in April, 2012. This was supposed to start on January 1st 2013. If you have tried to raise funds in the past by going the public offering route, you'll know that it's expensive.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Given the high cost of capital for private SaaS companies, wise executives will often offer slight MRR discounts to customers in exchange for quarterly or annual pre-payment terms, and provide incentives for their sales force accordingly. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. David Cowan. Justin Label. Jeremy Levine.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Israeli startups in the mobile space are once again showing impressive attendance levels, with 56 Israeli companies exhibiting in the Israeli Pavilion. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. The system doesn’t load or risk the network in any way. Amos Spacecom. BoomeRing Communication. Dasur SlideIT.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The motivation in the mid 1950’s for these new startups was a crisis – we were in the midst of the cold war and the United States military and intelligence agencies were rearming as fast as they could. These technology startups had no risk capital – just customers/purchase orders from government/military/intelligence agencies.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 14, 2016

If you read startup news, then you might believe “getting funded” is the ultimate goal of any business. Once the most heavily funded startup in New York City, according to then-CEO Jason Goldberg, Fab blew through $200 million of its $336 million in VC cash without settling on a business model. Funding on Your Terms. Get a loan.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

Dr. Li also serves on the 12-person National AI Resource Task Force commissioned by the Congress and White House official Office of Science and Technology Policy, which is super important for all of us, so thank you. Having said that, we also believe in a lot of free exchanges and ideas and forums for discussions. So let’s get started.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

Dr. Li also serves on the 12-person National AI Resource Task Force commissioned by the Congress and White House official Office of Science and Technology Policy, which is super important for all of us, so thank you. Having said that, we also believe in a lot of free exchanges and ideas and forums for discussions. So let’s get started.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

If you live in an area that has "hacker" or "startup-weekend" type events where idea people are teamed with developers, it can be great way to get some free (or low cost) experience in what it is like to work with a team of developers, narrow the scope of your project, and understand what it takes to get to v1.0

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (called the JOBS Act) was passed with support from Republicans and Democrats alike and signed by President Obama in April 2012. Broaden your network: the key to Crowdfunding is marketing; the more people that trust and like you, and/or who are convinced you have a winner, the more money you will raise.

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