Q: How Do I Value an Equity Offer From a Startup?
Some suggestions for how to value an equity offer from a startup as part of a decision on whether to join.
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Funding
Paul Scott’s expert guidance on the SBIR grant process
Paul Scott’s expert guidance on the SBIR grant process, from concept paper to full proposal.
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Gurley, Gerstner, and Calacanis on the State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024
State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024: a discussion among David Weisburd, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner, and Jason Calacanis shed light on the challenges faced by startups, drawing parallels to the dotcom crash. Gurley, Gerstner, and Calacanis on the State of the Tech Markets in Jan-2024 In a Jan-6-2024 conversation (on Episode 1875 of
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Startup Funding August 2023: What’s Hot and What’s Not!
Startup Funding 2023 – On August 10, 2023, Procopio hosted a panel of VCs to share the state of startup funding.
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Guide to Silicon Valley Startup Events
Many digital nomads and travelers to Silicon Valley are looking for good networking events to meet and compare notes with other founders. This guide gives an overview of networking and startup events in Silicon Valley.
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8 Questions to ask before signing up for a pitch competition
Before paying money to pitch, it’s important to ask relevant questions to ensure you make an informed decision. Pitching to investors may secure funding and help accelerate your business. Here are questions you should consider asking before you sign up for a pitch competition: What is the format and duration of the pitch event? Understanding
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Clear in Hindsight: April 2022 ended a Minsky boom for startups
A Minsky boom is a period of economic growth characterized by increasing instability and speculation, ending in startup funding constricting.
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Funding Without Dilution: Introduction to SBIR Grants
Paul Scott of Matrix Information Services gives a briefing on SBIR Grants and how they can be used to secure funding without dilution.
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Micro-VC / Angel investor Thomas Ahn on the Effective Investor Pitch
An extract from a highly interactive session with Thomas Ahn at the Lean Culture Meetup on Mar-25-2021 where he answers “what makes for an effective investor pitch?”
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Lean Canvas Finances
Lean Canvas Finances is part of a five part series by Ed Ipser where he explains how to use the Lean Canvas and what it is good for. Focus Marketing Operation Finances Experimentation In this Lean Canvas – Finance session, Ed Ipser shares how to identify your own revenue and cost structure and how to create
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Lean Culture: Seed Funding Without Loans – An Introduction to SBIR Grants
Paul Scott shares lesson learned writing SBIR grants. His presentation covers the Grant Writing Application Process.
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A Practical Introduction to Financial Capital for Bootstrappers
This post explores meaning of financial capital for bootstrappers. It addresses the real costs of market exploration and product validation and verification.
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Recap From “Startups: What’s Hot, What’s Not (2018)” Today at WIC
A summary of my talk at Women in Consulting lunch meeting today on “Startups: What’s Hot / What’s Not (2018).” Includes slides and links to sources.
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Investment Presentation Formats
If you have bootstrapped your startup to the point where you have a business that both merits and would benefit from outside investment then you may need to consider seeking investment. Here are some common formats we have seen for an investor presentation.
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Successful Bootstrappers Are Trustworthy Salespeople Committed to Customer Satisfaction
If you want to be a succeed as a bootstrapper, start with what you’ve got: you have an insight into an opportunity, a marketing edge, a particular problem where you’re going to bring distinctive value.
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Dan Scheinman’s Blue Ocean Venture Strategy: Target Entrepreneurs Over 35
Dan Scheinman (@dscheinm) graduated from Duke Law School in 1988 and went to work as an associate at DLA Piper before joining the Cisco legal department. Once inside he worked his way up to General Counsel, then ran corporate development which included managing minority investments and acquisitions, and finally was general manager for Cisco’s Media Solutions
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Q: How To Estimate Prospect Counts and Market Sizes
Here are some back of the envelope models to estimate prospect counts and market sizes.
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Draper University of Heroes Takes Holistic Approach to Teaching Entrepreneurship
Tim Draper, founder of the VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, is taking a holistic approach to entrepreneurial education with his “Draper University for Heroes” in San Mateo. Here is a promo video from the school’s website. [vimeo clip_id=”45872530″ width=”400″ height=”300″ frameborder=”0″] In a planning document submitted to the City of San Mateo on March 16,
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Ryan Waggoner: Maybe Startups Are So Hard Because We’re Doing Them Wrong
Ryan Waggoner wonders if the popularized approach to startups is wrong. Instead of putting health and relationships at risk, try patience and humility.
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Three Useful Tools: MyPermissions, SocialMention, HackerFollow
MyPermissions: Checks for third party application access to your Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Instagram, and Flickr accounts. SocialMention: Allows you to do keyword and phrase search across more than one hundred social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google, etc… HackerFollow: follow comments and posts by your favorite Hacker News contributors
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