Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Invest in Yourself. We all invest our time and money in people and things. The best investment for entrepreneurs is always going to be in themselves. Invest in yourself in both small and big ways. Giving yourself set times to think and focus is a valuable investment. Invest in Your Business.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Michael answered questions from network members requesting advice for their entrepreneurial endeavors. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? Angel investors or venture capitalists will require that entrepreneurs sell shares (equity) of their companies for investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

It spoke to me because it so resonates with my nearly daily advice to entrepreneurs and VCs alike. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I am often asked how we make decisions on investments at Upfront Ventures. He took two words where I take 1,000!

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2013

That''s kind of like what it''s like being on board with these companies after you make an early stage investment. In VC, no one''s investment gets bought on the first day, or the second day, or the third day. I got mine just a year after starting to lead investments, but even that felt like forever--and that''s not the norm.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I can't tell you how many times even insiders--people already invested in some of these companies--are telling diverse founders to go for incremental fundraises and not for bigger rounds. Venture investing is hard. When Chantel asked investors for $3mm for her seed round back in 2010, people stood up and took notice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

So here’s advice I give people all the time when they’re raising money. Or they’ll remind me of my common advice to take “ 50 coffee meetings.” It’s just dealing with a market where certain investors are temporarily willing to invest at prices that exceed the underlying value of the assets.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” But I also have advice for the 15% that really do want to be a startup CEO. At Upfront we invested in such a company. ” (Warren Buffett).

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In this guest Dreamit Dose, Jason Calacanis (@jason), a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel, answers the top 5 questions he gets about angel investing. Jason says, “Investing is about the long game.” We hope we could answer your questions about angel investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” It doesn’t.

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The Seraf Compass

JUNE 9, 2021

However, truly engaged and knowledgeable directors can add significant additional value by providing strategic input and advice. Legally, directors are required to provide governance and oversight. As members of the board, they occupy leadership positions. While that leadership is not always explicit, it can manifest itself in many ways.

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Paul G. Silva

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Instead, it asked: Your revenue-sharing model is somewhat unconventional in the startup investment space. Entrepreneurs can use this tool to refine their pitches independently, allowing mentors to focus on higher-value advice. and “What are your management team’s qualifications?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

My goal in the interview overall was to capture more of the personal side of Fred since so much of his investment thesis and portfolio work already comes out in his blog. Not to mention USV’s investments in MongoDB (10Gen), Lending Club and a host of others. You need to invest in good markets and bad.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 27, 2021

Does it require investment? Some advice to start with would include: Answer these questions: What is your mission? The post Create community: Advice on branding from YLAI Fellow Luisfer Pelayo appeared first on Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative. In my experience, generating a community implies giving something extra.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

People often ask me for advice on fundraising, generating deal flow, hiring, increasing visibility , triathlons, babies, etc.--a As the person giving the advice, doing a half-assed job of getting someone all the information they need is pretty unsatisfying—so that becomes a barrier to wanting to do it at all.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll get 8. How to go for the close Some Advice Before You Hit the Fund Raising Trail was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Just send me your dog damn deck 7.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We're "kingmakers" whose investment has the "Midas Touch." Generally speaking, women are more inclined to listen well, work with others and to offer help--so when the job gets seen as just a lone, final yes/no, where you bark out advice after listening to a founder for five minutes, that might seem less interesting. 3) Access to money.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. They now have a strong VC lead from Foundry Group and from experience when you get advice from Foundry it comes with authority, experience, empathy and the right amount of straight talk.

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The Seraf Compass

APRIL 1, 2020

As a follow-up to our message on Angel Investing in Challenging Times, Christopher and I tasked Raza with putting together an update and perspective piece for the CEOs of our portfolio companies. The letter outlines our thoughts on some of the challenges they will face in the near term.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2024

These are people that didn’t make their money through a tech startup or startup investing. Helpful investors should use their sage advice and support of the founder to make them into better, data-driven decision makers to impact a company, instead of relying on their contractually held voting rights. Perhaps they inherited it.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

What Cham rarely tells people – he’s both private and humble – is that he started making some small co-investments with me in tech firms starting with Maker Studios where he was one of the earliest investors. We started hanging out a bit and discussing technology and entrepreneurship. They make a great pair.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I only say that because after years as a VC I can always tell when my peer group invested in something because “it seemed like it would make money” versus when they invested out of passion. I have placed a much bigger emphasis on falling in love as a criterion for my making an investment. Startup Advice'

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The Seraf Compass

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Since I was new to the early stage investing world, I didn’t understand what the tax implications were with restricted stock. It’s unfortunate that I didn’t get good tax planning advice at the time, because if I had, it would have saved me a significant amount on my tax bill when the company was acquired for a very significant price!

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2023

Professional investors usually bring “smart money” to the table, defined as money that comes along with good advice and great relationships for corporate growth. Each of these companies needed more cash than professional angel investors were willing or able to provide, and we turned to the venture community for larger investments.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies. Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1. It’s important to enlist the ideas of others that are invested in your venture.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many pulls & tugs at our elbows for time, for coffee meetings, for advice or speaking engagements or cocktail parties or dinners. My general advice is to do less. I offer the same advice for many of my friends who are newer VCs. I still plan to keep more normal pace of investment which is 1-2 deals per year.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. ” In it he talked about how he gets daily emails asking for intros to Oprah (he does a lot of work with her) and his advice. Startup Advice' ” So true.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

When I work with community leaders I often encourage them to “pool capital” together from many angels into a fund structure run by a small investment committee that can make more rapid funding decisions, take more risks (it is pooled capital so goes across more investments), and standardize investment terms.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Register The investment immigration market has witnessed exceptional growth in recent years, with projections indicating a staggering $100 billion valuation by 2025. A dedicated investment consultant & investor herself she works with clients seeking Residency Permits or Citizenship through strategic investments.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit. People who can invest with the firms money at arms length, bounties for sourcing a startup, small investments in other VCs that are upstream from your firm.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. Our last fund we raised was in 2012 and we began investing it in April of 2012. But that’s it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

When you invest in your business with your own money rather than investment dollars, you pay attention to every penny. The so-called J-curve of business growth — a period marked by initial investment losses before the eventual upturn — was a dark and isolating time.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Over the last decade, the landscape of venture investing in the U.S. Team Asia Daily spoke to one such venture capitalist Jessie Wu , an early-stage investor at Upshot Ventures, in an exclusive interview, shedding light upon her investment journey while paving the way for upcoming startup founders and venture capital investors.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Register Venture investment is a high-stakes game that demands vision, persistence, and adaptability. One such luminary is Yongmin Kim, whose journey through the ups and downs of the investment industry is nothing short of inspiring. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We both went on to have successful careers as consultants and entrepreneurs, and had a passion for working with and investing in younger entrepreneurs. We reconnected in 2016 and began angel investing in startups in New York City.  But, even then, we knew that many things could go wrong and that our investments were risky.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 21, 2023

If they have, their investors are the people you want to meet – people who have a track record of investing in companies like yours. Contact them and ask for advice. Can I get some of your advice on our next few steps?” Leverage your network if you can, but cold-call if you must.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

And if your ultimate strategy is a small sale of the business that recovers investment and puts some cash in your pocket – having more time to make this work makes a lot of sense. If that’s you, you can ignore my advice. Startup Advice' ” Ring the freaking cash register. Your VC is right.

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