Startup Funding Espresso – The Importance of Vesting Shares
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/02.the_importence_of_vesting_shares.mp3"][/audio]The Importance of Vesting Shares Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Vesting shares means taking shares granted to an employee and having them earned over time. A typical vesting schedule is four years with a…
Startup Funding Espresso – What Is Reverse Due Diligence
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/01.what_is_reverse_due_diligence.mp3"][/audio]What Is Reverse Due Diligence Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Due diligence is the process of reviewing the condition of a company to be acquired. The purpose is to understand the company's current status,…
Investor Connect: Solving the Pre-MVP Catch-22 with Venturetainment
In this episode of Investor Connect, we welcome Jason Taylor, founder and president of CodeLaunch, who shares how he created the program in 2012 to help early-stage tech founders overcome the catch-22 of needing a product to raise funding but needing funding to build the product. Jason explains how CodeLaunch…
Startup Funding Espresso – The Importance of a Data Room
[audio src="https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/angelconnect/05.the_importance_of_a_dataroom.mp3"][/audio]The Importance of a Data Room Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. A dataroom is a collection of the key documents of a startup for a fundraise. The dataroom can be kept in software specifically…
How To Invest Using a Fund of Funds
Investing in a series of venture capital funds is one strategy for venture investing. This is a fund of funds investment strategy. Venture funds give the Limited Partner access to the best VCs in the industry. Each of the funds used will also bring a set of management and carry…
