Posts Tagged "Silicon Valley"

Bay Area Startup Network and US Angel Investors

Posted by on Apr 10, 2011 in Finance 101 | 1 comment

Bay Area Startup Network and US Angel Investors

Bay Area Startup Network and US Angel Investors CALENDAR OF EVENTS: April 2011 ========================================== Summary of events: 4/13 Screening meeting 4/21 Investor Meeting: Silicon Valley 4/22 Investor Meeting: Reno _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ BASN/US ANGEL INVESTORS MONTHLY SCREENING MEETING Date and Time: April 13, 2010 2 PM Screening meeting for selected startups interested in presenting to US Angel Investors. This event is by invitation only. For a description of our screening process or to apply please go to www.usangelinvestors.com For info e-mail at info (at) basn.org Monthly Meeting Sponsored by: Cooley,...

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How to Raise Start-up Capital in 2011

Posted by on Feb 3, 2011 in Entreprenuers | 0 comments

How to Raise Start-up Capital in 2011

We were quoted in a recent Inc. article – how cool is that? How to Raise Start-up Capital in 2011 It’s a brave new world out there for start-ups seeking funding. With banks still hesitant, and VC’s being choosy, what’s your strategy going to be? By Ilana DeBare |  Dec 14, 2010 Raising capital for a brand-new business has never been simple, and the continuing recession of 2009 and 2010 made a tough challenge even tougher. Start-up funding may be a little easier to come by in 2011, but securing adequate capital is likely to remain an uphill battle for many aspiring entrepreneurs. Read the full article Related articles Steve...

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What a Venture Capitalist Looks for in an Investment

Posted by on Jan 28, 2011 in Entreprenuers, Finance 101 | 0 comments

What a Venture Capitalist Looks for in an Investment

Image via Wikipedia You have developed your Business Plan and Investment Overview, and now you are prepare to approach Investors about funding your Company.  But before doing so, it is important to know what the Investor is looking for and take in the Investor’s perspective.  This article lists a host of variables an Investor considers when looking at a business investment opportunity, as well as, ways to make your investment opportunity more attractive. Market Driven Company: Market, Sales and Profits are more important than the Technical and Technological aspects. Short payback Period. User’s Benefit more important than Product Innovation. More...

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Reality Check

Posted by on Nov 6, 2008 in Book Club | 0 comments

Reality Check

Cover via Amazon Business Book Club This month we will be reading Guy Kawasaki’s “Reality Check“ In Silicon Valley slang, a “bozo explosion” is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, “If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don’t make sense” . . . it’s time for a reality check. For nearly three decades, Kawasaki has earned a stellar reputation as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and irreverent pundit. His 2004 bestseller, The Art of the...

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