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- Minimize the MVP
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 18
- What Is Product Management
- Product Roadmap
- Product Management Tools
- Product Management Skills
- Product Management in the Launch
- What Is a Certified Fraud Examiner
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 17
- How To Recover From a Bad Investment
- How To Manage Retaliation
- How To Keep Your Job After Whistleblowing
- Best Practices for Whistleblowers
- Investor Connect: Malkiat Judge of Roots Funding Inc.
- What You Should Know About Whistleblowing
- How To Report Fraud
- How Do Whistleblower Laws Protect You
- Filing a Complaint With the SEC
- Claiming Whistleblower Status
- Investor Connect: Gale Wilkinson of VITALIZE VC
- Team by Stage of Funding
- Success Rate by Stage of Funding
- Primary Work by Stage of Funding
- Investors by Stage of Funding
- Boards and Advisors by Stage of Funding
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 16
- Financial Work by Stage of Funding
- Valuations by Stage of Funding
- Fundraise Amount by Stage of Funding
- Product Work by Stage of Funding
- Purpose of Family and Friends Funding
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 15
- Stages of Funding for Startups
- What Is a Whistleblower?
- More Ways To Prevent Fraud in a Startup
- How To Avoid Fraud
- Types of Financial Fraud
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 14
- External Sources of Fraud
- Internal Sources of Fraud
- Red Flags Indicating Fraud
- What Is Fraud?
- How Does Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Work?
- Investor Connect: Ronan O’Hagan of Bectas Therapeutics Inc.
- How Does Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Work?
- How Does Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Work?
- What is Bankruptcy?
- Steps to Shutting Down a Startup
- Preparing To Shut Down a Startup
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 13
- Shutting Down a Startup
- Best Practices for Building a Company Culture
- How To Foster Your Company Culture
- Signs of a Good Company Culture
- How To Setup a Company Culture
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 12
- Before Building Your Company Culture
- Characteristics of a Good Company Culture
- The Startup Company Culture
- Types of Company Culture
- Components of Company Culture
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 11
- The Importance of Company Culture
- What Is Company Culture?
- Legal Issues Around Equity
- Best Practices for Founders’ Equity
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 10
- Best Practices for Equity
- Equity Vesting
- Equity Dilution
- Equity Distribution Over Funding Rounds
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 09
- Why Give Equity to Employees
- How To Give Equity to Employees
- Evaluating Employee Equity
- Employee Equity
- Advisors Equity
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 08
- Co-founders equity
- Types of Equity
- Founders Equity
- Key Equity Terms
- Startup Equity Basics
- Investor Connect: Joy Schoffler of Distinctive Edge Partners
- Brand Equity
- Common Branding Mistakes
- Best Practices for Rebranding
- When To Rebrand Your Startup
- How To Rebrand Your Startup
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 07
- Why Rebrand Your Startup
- Managing Your Brand
- Key Elements of a Brand
- Steps to Building Your Brand
- Best Practices for Creating a Brand
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 06
- Types of Branding
- Brand Metrics
- Branding Positioning Statement
- Branding Positioning
- Branding Strategies
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 05
- Building a Brand
- Purpose of a Brand
- What Is Not a Brand
- Why Your Startup Needs a Brand
- What Is a Brand?
- Investor Connect: Arthur Petropoulos of Hill View Partners
- Should You Be an Advisor?
- Startup Advice for Those in College
- Life After the Buyout
- Legal Issues in an Acquisition
- Strategic Acquisitions
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 04
- Key Elements of a Purchase Agreement
- Characteristics of an Interested Investor
- Price and Terms of the Deal
- The Letter of Intent in M&A
- Understanding the Buyer’s Strategic Roadmap
- Investor Connect: Jean Anne Booth of UnaliWear
- Ideal Buyer Characteristics
- Why Build a Target List of Buyers
- Valuation Methods for an M&A Deal
- Factors Impacting Valuation
- Financial Projections for M&A
- Investor Connect: Ivan Maltsev of 3x Capital
- Financials and Key Metrics for M&A
- Painting the Vision of the Value Proposition
- Positioning Your Business To Sell
- Advantages of a Self-Running Business
- Reasons To Sell Your Business
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 03
- Value of an Investment Banker
- Why Acquisitions Fail?
- Why Companies Acquire Other Companies?
- Acquirer Expectations
- The Founder’s Exit
- Investor Connect: Jim Bowen of Fogo de Chao Canada
- Make a List of Target Acquirers
- Mistakes in Emailing an Investor
- Adding Social Proof to Your Investor Email
- Best Practices for Emailing an Investor
- Investor Email Essentials
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 02
- When To Send an Investor Email
- How To Capture the Investor’s Attention in an Email
- The Investor Update Email
- Building Your Network for the Fundraise
- Generating Investor Interest in Your Email
- Investor Connect: How to Raise Funding 01
- An Example Investor Email Format
- What the Investor Looks for in the Email
- How To Write the Subject Line
- Investor Email Best Practices
- How To Personalize the Investor Email
- Investor Connect: Jacob Kehoe of Baylor Angel Network
- Outline for the Investor Email
- Challenge in Cold Emailing an Investor
- How Not To Email an Investor
- How To Email an Investor
- Price Elasticity
- Investor Connect: Michael Cardamone of Forum Ventures
- Per Seat vs per Use Pricing
- Premium Pricing
- Volume Pricing
- Bundle Pricing
- Dynamic Pricing
- Investor Connect: Jose Luis Silva of Dux Capital
- Freemium Pricing
- Flat-Rate Pricing
- Tiered Pricing
- Number of User-Based Pricing
- Usage-based pricing
- Investor Connect: Somak Chattopadhyay & Anthony Santaro of Armory Square Ventures
- Value-Based Pricing
- Promotional Pricing
- Competitor-Based Pricing
- Good Better Best Pricing
- How To Price a SaaS Product
- Investor Connect: Tanika de Souza of High Octane Teams
- Price Comes Before Product Development
- Calculating Your Value Metric
- Identifying Your Customer Profiles
- Pricing Based on Strategy
- Bad Revenue
- Investor Connect: Erwin Jager of Wreckdock Vessel Recycling
- Contribution Margin vs. Gross Margin
- Gross Margin Is the Comparator
- More Characteristics of Revenue
- Characteristics of Revenue
- Marginal Revenue
- Investor Connect: Dr. Chris Apfel of SageMedic Corp.
- Operating Revenue
- Accrued Revenue
- Unearned Revenue
- Components of Revenue
- Types of Revenue
- Investor Connect: How to Invest Series 02
- What Impacts the Quality of Revenue?
- Solving the Chicken and Egg Problem
- Marketplace Platform Evolution
- Marketplace Services
- Metrics for Marketplaces
- Investor Connect: Matt Brugner of Stewardship Partners, LLC
- Network Effects in Marketplace Businesses
- Expanding a Marketplace Business
- Narrow Marketplaces
- Fintech’s Role in Marketplace Businesses
- How To Launch B2B Marketplaces
- Investor Connect: Jeffrey Kamys of Inherent Wealth Fund
- Assessing a Marketplace
- Launching a Marketplace Business
- How To Start a Marketplace Business
- What Is a Marketplace Business Model?
- Preparing for a Secondary Sale Transaction
- Investor Connect: Nitin Rai of Elevate Capital
- What Companies Should Know Before Allowing Secondary Sales?
- Valuation Method for a Secondary Sale
- Types of Buyers of Secondary Shares
- Tax Issues With Secondaries
- Pricing Secondary Shares
- Investor Connect: How to Invest Series
- Types of Secondary Transactions
- How Do Secondary Sales Work?
- Customize the Pitch for the Investor
- Challenges in Secondary Sales
- Benefits of a Secondary Sale
- Investor Connect: Zeke Trezise of New Stack Ventures
- Why Do Investors Want Secondaries
- Why Companies Delay IPOs
- What Are Secondaries
- Preparing the Diligence Documents
- Customize the Pitch for Your Investor
- Preparing the Pitchdeck
- Investor Connect: Zamir Shukho of Vibranium VC
- Identify the Target Investors
- Profiling the Ideal Investor
- Valuation Methods To Consider
- Preparing the Business Metrics
- Investor Connect: Bentley Adams of Way
- When To Raise Funding
- Milestone the Raise
- How Much Funding To Raise
- Fundraising Timeline
- Fundraise Differences by Stage
- Investor Connect: Liam Krut of Reinforced Ventures
- Von Restorff Effect
- What Type of Funding Should You Seek
- Zeigarnik Effect
- Verbatim Effect
- Should You Raise Funding for Your Startup
- Investor Connect: Rodney D’Souza of Horned Frog Investment Network at TCU
- Testing Effect
- Spacing Effect
- Humor Effect
- Context Effect
- Bizarreness Effect
- Investor Connect: Adam Besvinick of Looking Glass Capital
- False Consensus Effect
- Naive Realism
- Illusory Superiority
- Illusion of External Agency
- Group Attribution Error
- Investor Connect: Jonathan Stidd of DealMaker
- Zero-Risk Bias
- Survivorship Bias
- Subjective Validation
- Pseudo-certainty Effect
- Authority Bias
- Investor Connect: Ethan Rigel of Gore Range Capital
- Optimism Bias
- Ostrich Effect
- Planning Fallacy
- Pro-Innovation Bias
- Projection Bias
- Investor Connect: Sarah Jennings of Beyond Capital Funds
- Omission Bias
- Observer Expectancy Bias
- Normalcy Bias
- Money Illusion
- Illusory Truth Effect
- Singularity Effect
- Investor Connect: David Hurwitt of Troove
- Reactive Devaluation
- Product Segmentation
- Illusion of Control
- Hindsight Bias
- Investor Connect: Pedro Sorrentino of Atman Capital
- Benefits of a Platform-Based Approach
- Applying AI to E-commerce
- Applying AI to Current Products
- How To Use Data With AI
- The Use of Data and Algorithms in AI
- Investor Connect: Dr. Harvey Castro author of the book ChatGPT and Healthcare
- Why Add AI to Your Business
- Types of AI
- Issues in adding AI
- Business Benefits of AI
- How AI Can Be Used in a Business
- Investor Connect: Salvatore Buscemi of HRN, LLC
- AI Art Generators
- AI in Gaming
- AI Applications in Business
- Generative AI Use Cases
- Generative AI
- Investor Connect: James Frinzi of Multiband Global
- Curse of Knowledge
- Default Effect
- Expectation Bias
- Fading Affect Bias
- Framing Effect Bias
- Investor Connect: Yaniv Sneor of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels
- Ambiguity Effect
- Attribute Substitution
- Backfire Effect
- Belief Bias
- Ben Franklin Effect
- Investor Connect: Hayden Blackburn of TechFW & Cowtown Angels
- Shared Information Bias
- Picture Superiority Effect
- Modality Effect
- Levels of Processing Effect
- Lag Effect
- Investor Connect: Archie Cheishvili of GenesisAI
- Semmelweis Reflex
- Stereotyping
- Halo Effect
- Ingroup Bias
- Self-Serving Bias
- Investor Connect: Kristina Chapple of 11 Tribes VC
- Selective Perception
- Present Bias
- Outcome Bias
- Not Invented Here
- Neglect of Probability
- Investor Connect: Brett Calhoun of Scale VC
- Law of the Instrument
- Loss Aversion
- IKEA effect
- Groupthink
- Mere Exposure Effect
- Investor Connect: Christian Kameir of Sustany Capital
- Gambler’s fallacy
- Frequency Illusion
- Dunning-Kruger Effect
- Disposition Effect
- Decoy Effect
- Investor Connect: Alicia Cramer of AC Intl LLC and host of The Mind of Business Success Podcast
- Continued Influence Effect
- Courtesy Bias
- Base Rate Fallacy
- Clustering Illusion
- Bias Blind Spot
- Investor Connect: Derren Burrell of Veteran Ventures Capital
- Confirmation Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Availability Cascade
- Bandwagon Effect
- Anchoring
- Investor Connect: Kurt Wilkin of HireBetter and Bee Cave Capital
- Build a Moat
- Repeatable Systems
- Start With Why
- Social Proof
- Gamification
- Investor Connect: Jason Jacobsohn of Propellant Ventures
- Open platform vs. closed platform
- Freemium
- Technology Adoption Lifecycle
- Forcing Function
- Technical Debt
- Investor Connect: Chelsea Toler of The Keep Families Giving Foundation
- Thought Experiments for Startups
- First Principles
- Second-Order Thinking
- Probabilistic Thinking
- Economies of Scale
- Investor Connect: Rob Matzkin of Rob Matzkin Entrepreneurship Group
- Jobs To Be Done
- Circle of Competence
- Eisenhower Matrix
- Schlep Blindness
- Power Law
- Investor Connect: Anshuman Gwal of Brightside Partners
- Total Addressable Market
- Flywheel Effect
- Agile Development
- First and Last Mover Advantage
- AARRR
- Investor Connect: Christian Napier of Rakonto Inc.
- Inversion Mental Model
- Earned Secret
- Minimum Viable Product Mental Model
- Product Market Fit Mental Model
- The Idea Maze
- Investor Connect: Justin Izzo of Dropbox DocSend
- The Babe Ruth Effect
- Regret Minimization
- Disruptive Innovation
- The Why Now
- Introduction to Mental Models
- TEN Capital Hot Topics: The State of Investing in Climate Tech featuring Alexander Rozenfeld of Climate Impact Capital
- Product Roadmaps
- Pre-seed Product Work
- Product Reporting
- Product Usage Metrics
- Product Development Process
- Gamification of the Product
- User Experience Design
- Product Data
- Investor Connect: Yao Huang of Divison One Capital
- Product Development Priorities
- MVP Mistakes
- Product Features
- Product Adoption
- Product Experience
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Friends and Family Funding
- Product Research
- Product Research Best Practices
- Product Innovation
- Product Development Challenges
- Minimum Viable Product
- Investor Connect: Martin Tobias of Incisive Ventures
- Source of Failures in Product Development
- Challenges in Product Development
- Outsourcing Product Development
- How to Reduce Costs in Product Development
- Tips for Success in Product Development
- Investor Connect: Michelle Seiler Tucker of Seiler Tucker, Inc. and EXIT RICH Podcast
- Product Development Using IDEO
- Product Development Team Dynamics
- Product Development Best Practices
- Lean Startup Approach to Product Development
- Product Development Plan
- Investor Connect: Mike Millard of Ecliptic Capital
- Creativity Is a Process
- Testing Your Ideas
- Basics of Product Development
- Where to Start Your Product Development
- Product Development Using Stage-Gate
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Crafting a Startup Story
- Finding Your Value Proposition
- The Vision Problem
- Legal Aspects of Ideation
- Use Design Process for Ideation
- More Mental Models for Ideation
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: The Art of Pitching
- Ideation Steps
- Lateral Thinking
- Lead Users in Ideation
- Brainstorming in Ideation
- Key Mental Models for Ideation
- Startups Are Not Big Companies
- What Is Ideation for Startups?
- How to Use Ideation in a Startup
- Criteria for a Good Idea
- Disrupt or Create
- Investor Connect: Adam Spector of AbstractOps
- Signs of a Bad Startup Idea
- Screening Startup Ideas
- Testing Your Ideas at Low Cost
- The Acid Test of Startup Ideation
- Identify Your Startup Idea Advantages
- Start With the Problem
- Where to Focus Your Startup Ideas
- Investor Connect: Judah Taub of Hetz Ventures
- Questions to Test Your Startup Idea
- Tracking Your Startup Ideation Progress
- Signs of a Great Startup Idea
- The False Pretenders
- Portfolio Tracking
- TEN Capital Presents AMA: How to Get Into Retail After You Raised Capital for Your Product Startup featuring Yohan Jacob of Retailbound
- How to Find Startup Ideas
- Impact Investing Metrics
- How Startup Ideation Works
- Key Performance Metrics
- Cost of Running a Fund
- Investment Returns on a VC Fund
- Investor Connect: Luigi Amati of META
- Compensation
- How Many Partners?
- Investor Connect: Guy Remond of EHE Capital
- Fund Managing Skills
- Conflicts of Interest
- Communicating With LPs
- Investor Connect: Wen Zhang of INNW Institute and Host of If Not Now, Wen, Podcast
- Sourcing Deal Flow for the Fund
- Team Skills Required
- Investor Connect: Jay Cormier of Eyedaptic
- Designing the Fund
- Fund Reporting
- Accounting and Governance
- Investor Connect: Drew Glover of FiatGrowth
- How to Track and Report Results
- How to Manage the Diligence Teams
- Investor Connect: Ipshita Mandal-Johnson and Giorgio Reggiani of Global Bio Fund
- VC Fund Core Documents
- Investing in Startups
- 3X in 3 Terms Sheets
- Investor Connect: Mike Jarmuz of Lightning Ventures
- Foundation for Startup Investing
- Becoming an Angel Investor
- Investor Connect: Gordon Henry of Winning on Main Street Podcast and Thryv
- Where Does the Angel Play?
- Startup Investor Skills — Managing the Portfolio
- Startup Investor Skills — Accessing Financial Capital
- Investor Connect: Joseph O’Bell of Moontower Business Podcast
- Startup Investor Skills — Evaluating the Product & Markets
- Startup Investor Skills — Evaluating the Team
- Investor Connect: Ian Brown of Yield Coach
- 3X in 3 Term Sheet Walkthrough
- How to Perform Diligence in a Group
- Startup Boards – Know Your Why
- Investor Connect: Phil Blows of AQRU
- Building Your Entrepreneur Ecosystem
- Early Exit FAQ
- Investor Connect: Tim Cooley of Park City Angels
- Why Use an Early Exit Deal Structure
- Early Exit Deal Structure
- Diligence Process – Domain
- Investor Connect: Corey Kupfer of DealQuest, DealQuest Podcast & Kupfer & Associates, PLLC
- Diligence Process – Team
- Diligence Process – Documentation
- Investor Connect: Mark Hayward of Absolute Business Mindset Podcast
- The Diligence Process
- Allocate Funds
- Deal Flow Sources
- Investor Connect: Debbie Saviano of Debbie Saviano LLC
- Investment Thesis
- How to Find Deal Flow
- Investor Connect: Thom Singer of Making Waves at C-Level Podcast
- How to Recruit Members
- Branding for Your Group
- Portfolio Analysis
- Investor Connect: Peter Lazaroff of Plancorp
- Best Practices for Running an Angel Network
- Investor Connect: Pankaj Jain of Saka Ventures
- Fundraising Challenge for a Benefit Corp
- How Angel Investors Engage Impact Investing
- What Is a Benefits Corporation?
- Investor Connect: William Glass of Ostrich and The Silicon Alley Podcast
- Impact Investment Thesis
- What Is Esg?
- Investor Connect: Jeffrey Kamys of Inherent Wealth Fund
- 17 Sustainable Development Goals
- Investor Motivations for Impact Investing
- Indicators of a Successful Impact Investment
- Investor Connect: Gary Acosta of L’ATTITUDE Ventures and NAHREP
- How to Measure Impact
- How to Find Impact Investors
- Investor Connect: Candy Messer of Affordable Bookkeeping and Payroll and Biz Help For You Radio Show
- Using Donor-Advised Funds for Impact Investing
- Impact Measurements
- Primary vs. Secondary Impact Investing
- Investor Connect: Justin Breen of BrEpic Communications LLC and BrEpic Network
- The Challenge of Impact Investing
- Impact Metrics
- Investor Connect: Robert Samuelsen of SmallStart Ventures
- Key Terms in Impact Investing
- What Is Impact Investing?
- Venture Fund Defaults
- How to Invest in Alternative Energy/ClimateTech
- Payback Period for the Product
- How to Improve Your Valuation
- Investor Connect: Henry Lopez of Levante Business Group & The How of Business Podcast
- Using Metrics in Your Valuation
- Maximizing Your Valuation
- Justifying a Startup Valuation
- Investor Connect: Alejandra Slatapolsky of Scalto & The Biz of Wealth Podcast
- Calculating Forward Multiples
- 5X Rule of Post-Money Valuation
- How to Make Your Data Valuable
- Investor Connect: Khalil Shalabi of Wyth
- Startup Valuation Roadmaps
- How to Negotiate Valuation With a Startup
- Minimum Information an Investor Should Receive
- Investor Connect: Daran Herrman of Goboto and Establishing Your Empire Podcast
- Investor, Advisor, Mentor, Board
- Investor Connect: Dan Gonzales of Startup Mindsets Podcast
- What You Should Do After You Sign the Check
- Nine Types of Angel Investors
- Investor Connect: Scott (Shalom) Klein of Get Down to Business
- Angel Investing Best Practices Continued
- Angel Investing Best Practices
- Investor Connect: Jaime Moreno de Los Rios of Secfi
- Know Your Why
- Investor Connect: John Livesay, Best-Selling Author and Host of The Successful Pitch Podcast
- Powerball vs. Moneyball
- Investor Connect: Devin Miller of Miller IP Law and The Inventive Journey Podcast
- Evaluating the Startup’s Metrics
- Investment Opportunities in Foodtech
- Beyond the Growth Story
- Competitive Advantages
- Investor Connect: Matt DeCoursey of Full Scale and The Startup Hustle Podcast
- Drawbacks to Convertible Notes
- Investor Connect: Coss Marte of CONBODY
- Build Your Community
- TEN Capital Presents AMA: Equity Essentials For Founders with Jeff Erickson of Forecastr
- Testing the Serial Entrepreneur
- Investor Connect: Jeff Erickson of The Startup Stack/Forecastr
- Roadmap Investing
- Best Practices for Startups Raising Funding
- Investor Connect: Regula Schegg of Circulate Capital
- How to Become an Accredited Investor
- Everything You Need to Know About Aerospace Investing
- How Investors Can Help Their Companies
- After You Write the Check
- Investor Connect: Pete Mohr of Simplifying Entrepreneurship
- Asset Allocation
- State Tax Credits
- Investor Connect: Lawrence Chavez of EveryDay Contacts
- Stock Options
- Investor Connect: David Narrow of Sonavex
- Gains and Losses
- When to Follow On
- Investor Connect: Luis Rivera of HEXA Global Ventures
- Apply Your Investment Thesis to a Startup
- Building Your Investment Thesis — View of the Future
- Investor Connect: Gustaf Brandberg of Gullspång Re:food
- Invest Early-Stage or Late-Stage – What’s the Challenge?
- Investor Connect: Gregory Dewerpe of A/O Proptech
- Diligencing the Exit
- Diligencing the Use of Funds
- Investor Connect: Donna Harris of Builders + Backers
- Diligencing the Terms
- Diligencing the Legal Issues
- Investor Connect: Alexander Borschow of Semillero Partners
- Diligencing the Team for Skills
- Investor Connect: James Wagoner of Joule Case
- Diligencing the Financials
- Diligencing the Customers in the Market
- Diligencing the Competition
- Diligencing the Demand
- Investor Connect: Olivia Kim of GingerBread Capital
- Diligencing the Technology
- Investor Connect: Gerald Gallagher of Healthworx
- Diligencing the Team
- Sizing the Market
- Investor Connect: Nasir Ali of StartFast Ventures
- The A Team With the B Plan
- Financial Analysis
- Future of Funding Series: Investor Acquisition Marketing for Crowdfunding Campaigns with Jason Fishman of Digital Niche Agency
- Business Model Analysis
- Investor Connect: Michael G. Hiles of 10XTS
- Due Diligence Mistakes
- The Risks in the Deal
- Investor Connect: Stefano Gurciullo of Redstone VC
- Risks and Assumptions
- Key Factors in Diligence
- TEN Capital Presents AMA: Finding Product-Market Fit featuring Jeff Eversmann of Long View Technology Ventures
- Form C Disclosures for Crowdfunding
- Investor Connect: Bill Flynn of Catalyst Growth Advisors
- What Is Reg CF Crowdfunding?
- How Equity Crowdfunding Is Different From Traditional Fundraises
- Lessons Learned Using a Product-Led Growth Strategy in a SaaS Business
- Legal Issues in Equity Crowdfunding
- How Long Does It Take to Run an Equity Crowdfunding Campaign?
- Investor Connect: Jeremy Miller of Health-E Commerce
- Equity Crowdfunding Checklist
- Investor Connect: Benjamin Grubbs of Next 10 Ventures
- How to Find More Investors for Crowdfunding Campaigns
- What to Do for a Successful Crowdfunding Launch
- How to Spot the Best MedTech & Healthcare Deals in a Changing World
- Telling Your Story in a Crowdfunding Campaign
- Testing Your Deal for a Crowdfunding Raise
- Investor Connect: Patrick Polak of Newion Partners
- How to Choose a Crowdfunding Platform
- Investor Connect: Jessica Karr of Coyote Ventures
- More Mistakes in Crowdfunding Campaigns
- Mistakes in Crowdfunding Campaigns
- Investor Connect: Edward Ismawan Chamdani of Ideosource Venture Capital, Gayo Capital and StarCamp
- Benefits of Crowdfunding
- Best Practices for Crowdfunding Campaigns
- Future of Funding Series: Tips for a Successful Crowdfund Raise with Jonny Price of Wefunder
- Key Components of a Crowdfunding Campaign
- How to Set Your Crowdfunding Goal
- Investor Connect: Joe Raczka of York IE
- Key Elements of a Crowdfunding Campaign
- What Is Crowdfunding?
- Investor Perspectives: Show 8 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Changes Expected in the Coming 12 Months
- Mistakes to Avoid in Financial Modeling
- Investor Connect: Glib Buriak of HIFE VC
- Back of the Envelope Financial Model
- How to Show Financials in a Pitch Deck
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Your Timeline for Raising Funding Q&A
- Assumptions and Drivers in the Financial Model
- How Investors Use the Financial Model
- Investor Perspectives: Show 7 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Changes Expected in the Coming 12 Months
- Characteristics of a Good Financial Model
- Investor Connect: Adam Judelson of mePrism
- Best Practices for Building a Financial Model
- Using Your Financial Model in a Pitch
- Investor Connect: Patrick Michael Snyder of BizStarts
- How to Use Your Financial Model
- What to Include in Your Financial Model
- Investor Perspectives: Show 6 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Investment Thesis
- How to Build a Bottoms-up Financial Model
- Investor Connect: Hernan Haro of MrPink VC
- How to Build a Top-Down Financial Model
- Benefits of a Financial Model
- Investor Connect: Sophie Liao of Oyster Ventures
- How to Build a Financial Model
- Why Build a Financial Model?
- Investor Perspectives: Show 5 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Investment Thesis
- Founder Business Skills Required
- Investor Connect: Eloiza Tecson of EY Ventures Group
- Metrics for B2B SaaS
- Metrics Investors Use
- Investor Connect: Ahmet Şener of Smart Citizenship
- Your Top 3 Metrics
- Efficiency and Predictability Metrics
- Investor Perspectives: Show 4 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Faith-Based Company
- Metrics for a Downturn Economy
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Preparing Fundraise Content
- Segment Your Data
- Meaningless Metrics
- Investor Connect: Alex Fauvel of Two Hop Ventures
- Marketplace Metrics
- Customer Traction Metrics
- Investor Perspectives: Show 3 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Faith-Based Company
- Challenges With North Star Metrics
- Investor Connect: Brom Rector of Empath Ventures
- Finding Your North Star Metric
- Operational Metrics
- Investor Connect: Peter Bruce Clark of Social Impact Capital
- Product Metrics
- Scale-Stage Metrics
- Investor Perspectives: Show 2 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Participation and Growth in Faith-Based Investing
- Growth-Stage Metrics
- Investor Connect: Raymond Luk of Hockeystick
- Startup Customer Success Metrics
- Seed-Stage Metrics
- Investor Connect: Robert Toker of Lantha Sensors
- Start With Your Key Metric
- Investor Connect: Ander Iruretagoyena of Impact Engine
- Unit Economics
- Investor Perspectives: Show 1 – Faith-Based Investing in a Post-COVID World – Participation and Growth in Faith-Based Investing
- Pre-seed Metrics
- Investor Connect: Prem Bodagala of Michigan Rise
- Metrics by Stage of Startup
- Investor Connect: Peter Storment of Cedar Street Capital
- Metrics by Stage of Life
- Investor Connect: Gurdeep Prewal of Rocana Venture Partners
- Metrics by Startup Objective
- Investor Connect: Craig Martin of The Family Wealth Consulting Group
- 3X in 3 Terms
- Investor Connect: Maan Hamdan of Hexa Ventures
- Startup Success Rates
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Preparing Financial Projections Q&A
- Payback Plans
- Investor Connect: Kate Mitselmakher of Bloccelerate VC
- Redemption Strategies
- Investor Perspectives: Impact Investing in a Post-COVID World – Changes Expected in the Coming 12 Months
- Key to Facilitation Is Operational Involvement
- Investor Connect: Mark H. Goldstein of Advisors.Fund LLC
- Redemption Facilitation Process
- Investor Connect: Seren Rumjancevs and Rain Kivisik of Dealum
- What Is a Cap Table?
- TEN Capital Presents AMA: Supporting and Partnering with Diverse Founders
- Challenges in Building the Startup Community
- Investor Connect: Shahab Samimi of 7 Gate Ventures
- How to Launch a Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Perspectives: Impact Investing in a Post-COVID World – Participation in the Impact Investing Space and What Investors Look For
- Signs of a Strong Tech Ecosystem
- Investor Connect: Redg Snodgrass of 5of5.vc
- Assessing Your Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Connect: Gary Nacht of Sterling Advisory Services, dba CAFÉ Central
- How to Get the Most From Your Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Connect: Gerardo Legorreta of Altum Capital
- Building Your Startup Ecosystem Resource List
- Investor Connect: Bill Reichert of Pegasus Tech Ventures
- Organizations of a Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Perspectives: Impact Investing in a Post-COVID World – Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Company
- How to Attract Startups to Your Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Connect: SC Moatti of Mighty Capital
- Where to Focus Your Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Connect: Zacary Sherman of cielo24 inc.
- How to Build Out a Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Connect: Ashmeet Sidana of Engineering Capital
- Steps to Building a Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Connect: Joe Tonnos of Ketch Ventures
- Components of a Startup Ecosystem
- Investor Perspectives: Impact Investing in a Post-COVID World – Growth in the Impact Investing Industry
- What Is a Startup Ecosystem?
- Investor Connect: Denise Dunlap of Sage Growth Capital
- University Angel Network vs. Traditional Angel Network
- Investor Connect: Barbara Clarke of The Impact Seat
- Finding the Champion
- Investor Connect: Erwin Jager of Barrows Hotel Enterprises
- Retaining Members
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Setting Valuation Q&A
- Offline vs. Online Meetings
- Investor Connect: James Pringle of Goldsmith Ventures
- Fund Documents
- Investor Connect: Wesley King of Coherent Capital
- Why Set Up a Fund?
- Investor Connect: Adrian Mendoza of Mendoza Ventures
- Student Participation Is Important
- Investor Connect: AJ Shepard of Uptown Properties
- Where Does Making a Return Fit In?
- Investor Connect: Nick Spiller of Beta Business
- What Is the Mission of the Group?
- Investor Connect: Elizabeth Edwards of H Venture Partners
- Providing Mentorship to Startups
- Investor Connect: David A. Rosen of Acrelic Group
- Who Else Should You Involve?
- Investor Connect: Brett Brohl of Bread & Butter Ventures
- The Two Keys to Success
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Real Estate Problem: Changes Expected in the Sector in the Coming 12 Months
- Why Start a University Angel Network?
- Investor Connect: Matteo Scarabelli of L Marks
- Why You Should Move Your Angel Group Online
- Investor Connect: Matt McGraw of Anthropocene Ventures
- Meeting Considerations
- Investor Connect: Carlos Gutierrez of Simma Capital
- Working With Other Angel Groups
- Investor Connect: Fred Walti of The Network for Global Innovation
- Sponsorship Issues
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Real Estate Problem: Participation in the Real Estate Segment and What Investors Look For
- Consider Service Providers
- Investor Connect: Giuseppe Liberati of Bridging Value
- Educating the Members
- Investor Connect: Philip Webb of Investors In Community Limited
- Communicating With Members
- Investor Connect: Brian Parks of Bigfoot Capital
- Setting Membership Criteria
- Investor Connect: Eric Stegemann of TRIBUS Capital
- Funding the Angel Network Program
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Real Estate Problem: Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Company
- Choosing the Investment Structure
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: TENFL Setting Your Fundraise Target Q&A
- Choosing the Regulatory Environment
- Investor Connect: David Goldberg of Alpaca VC
- Choosing the Legal Structure
- Investor Connect: Allison Piper Kimball of Wave 27 Ventures
- Choosing the Organizational Structure
- Investor Connect: Michael Nogen of Overton Venture Capital
- Challenges in Angel Investing
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Real Estate Problem: Growth in the Real Estate Segment
- The Benefits of an Angel Network
- Investor Connect: Heeten Doshi of Doshi Capital Management
- Should You Start an Angel Network?
- Investor Connect: John Zic of EQUIAM
- Reports for the Investors
- Investor Connect: Sarah Jennings of Beyond Angel Network
- Negotiate Good Terms
- Investor Connect: Thomas Madden of TransMedia Group
- Driving Exits
- Investor Connect: Adam Haber, Angel Investor/Trellus
- After the Investment
- Investor Connect: John McEvoy of Tribeca Early Stage Partners
- Liabilities and Disclosures
- Investor Connect: Tom Wisniewski of Newark Venture Partners
- Setting up Due Diligence
- Investor Connect: Kareem Elsirafy of Modus Capital
- Deal Sourcing
- Investor Connect: Ryon Anderson of Ryon Esquire
- Deal Screening
- Investor Connect: Sam Silvershein of Alpha Partners
- Online Events
- Investor Connect: Carolyn Lowe, Book Review
- Use of Warrants in Venture Debt
- Investor Connect: Dr. Raymond Levitt of Blackhorn Ventures LP
- Litigation Funding
- Investor Connect: Mike Audi of TIKI Inc.
- Revenue-Based Funding
- Investor Connect: Richard Teideman, Angel Investor
- Salary-Based Funding
- Investor Connect: Davron Karimov of FunderHunt
- Debt Options for Startups
- Investor Connect: Ross Darwin of Owl Ventures
- Key Terms in Venture Debt
- TEN Capital Fundraise Launch Program: Pitch Decks Q&A
- Investor Connect: Nikita Demidov of the Houston Angel Network
- How to Use Venture Debt
- Investor Connect: Neil Senturia of Blackbird Ventures
- How Does Venture Debt Work?
- Investor Connect: Ron Thompson of CAIL
- What Is Venture Debt?
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Biotech/Life Sciences Problem: Changes Expected in the Sector in the Coming 12 Months
- The Collaborative Approach to Fundraising
- Investor Connect: Brad Aelicks of Pyfera Growth Capital Corp.
- Startup Mental Model
- Investor Connect: Rohit Gupta of Future Communities Capital
- Your Startup as a Series of Systems
- Investor Connect: Julio Moreno of Santa Cruz Angeles
- Time Management for Startups
- Investor Connect: Dr. Neal Vail Angel Investor/Progenerative Medical, Inc.
- Features vs. Benefits
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Biotech/Life Sciences Problem: Participation in the Biotech/Life Sciences Segment and What Investors Look For
- How to Blow Your Pitch
- Investor Connect: Josh Chodniewicz of Fundify
- Importance of Written Contracts
- Investor Connect: Nicolas Colin of The Family
- What’s Your Current Growth Story?
- Investor Connect: Darren King of Unbridled Ventures
- Fundraising Principles
- Investor Connect: David Blackledge – Angel Investor (Grand Canyon University/Davis Miles Law Firm)
- Purpose of the Financial Forecast
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Biotech/Life Sciences Problem: Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Company
- How Series A Funding Is Different From Seed Funding
- Investor Connect: Carolyn Lowe of ROI Swift
- Who Does the VC Serve?
- Investor Connect: Eric Thome of VentureSouth
- Net Dollar Retention as a Metric
- Investor Connect: Paul Glover of Paul Glover Coaching
- What VCs Want to Know About Your Startup
- Investor Connect: Avetis Antaplyan of HIRECLOUT
- Are You Able to Communicate Your Story?
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Biotech/Life Sciences Problem: Growth in the Biotech/Life Sciences Segment
- Intangible Value of Fundraising
- Investor Connect: Wes Barton of Third Prime
- How to Diligence a VC Firm
- Investor Connect: Neetu Puranikmath, Early-Stage Investor
- Know the Investor Sweet Spot
- Investor Connect: Dr. Eric Tait of Vernonville Asset Management LLC
- Time-Management Skills
- Investor Connect: Dr. Hector Jirau of Jirau Capital Management LLC
- Strategy Skills
- Investor Connect: Robert Norton of AirTight Management
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Investor Connect: Tim Marx of Baird Capital
- Emotional Intelligence Skills
- Vision
- Investor Connect: Kenneth Alan Goodwin of Jeanensis Ventures
- Founder General Skills Required
- Investor Connect: Andrea Belz of the National Science Foundation
- Management Skills
- Investor Connect: Krishna Srinivasan of LiveOak Venture Partners
- Leadership Skills
- Investor Connect: Kevin A. Kaylakie of SineCera Capital
- Conflict Management Skills
- Investor Connect: Ryan Falvey of Financial Venture Studio
- Human Resource Skills
- Investor Connect: Lucas Caneda of Uniqorn Incubator
- Technical Skills
- Investor Connect: Lee Shapiro of 7wireVentures
- Accounting Skills
- Investor Connect: Gerard van Swieten of LvS Partners
- Financial Skills
- Investor Connect: Andreea Danila of Global Millennial Capital
- Legal Skills
- Investor Connect: Pano Anthos of XRC Labs
- Recruiting Skills
- Investor Perspectives on Education: Featuring Graham Forman of Edovate Capital
- Marketing Skills
- Investor Connect: Elisa Miller-Out of Chloe Capital
- Sales Skills
- Investor Connect: Kim Banham of Connetic Ventures
- Importance of Written Communication
- Investor Connect: Riley Oickle of Riley Oickle Investments
- The Importance of Responsiveness
- Investor Perspectives on Mobility: Featuring Gaston Eguren of Proeza Ventures
- Deal Flow Best Practices
- Investor Perspectives on Mobility: Featuring Mia Urman of AuraPlayer
- Rating Your Deal Flow
- Investor Connect: Jeffrey H. Bunin of Capital Lending Corp.
- Proprietary Deal Flow
- Investor Connect: Kevin Rivers of Black Ventures, LLC
- Deal Flow Stages
- Investor Connect: Daniel Cohen of Viola Ventures
- How to Organize Your Deal Flow
- Investor Perspectives on Education: Featuring Ash Kaluarachchi of StartEd
- How to Automate the Deal Flow Process
- Investor Perspectives on Manufacturing/Supply Chain: Featuring Gregory Foster of Vizen Analytics
- How to Attract Deal Flow
- Investor Connect: Karen Vandiver of New Healthworks
- How to Generate Deal Flow From Your Network
- Investor Perspectives – How to Understand Blockchain: Changes Expected in the Blockchain Sector in the Coming 12 Months
- How to Increase Deal Flow
- Investor Connect: John Oamen of CutStruct Technology Limited
- Finding Deal Flow
- Investor Connect: Ken Hubbard of The Pitch Company
- How to Set Up a Deal Flow Process
- Investor Connect: Angel Ribo of The CEO Confidant
- Importance of Deal Flow
- Investor Connect: Joseph Edgar of TenantCloud
- Knowing When Not to Invest
- Investor Perspectives – How to Understand Blockchain: Participation in the Blockchain Segment and What Investors Look for
- How to Win the Best Deals
- Investor Connect: Jeff Stewart of GPO Fund
- Finding Quality Deals
- Investor Connect: Luke Hohmann of FirstRoot, Inc
- Knowing When to Invest
- Investor Connect: Carl Grant III of Cooley
- Where to Look For Deals
- Investor Connect: Reyn Aubrey of PocketChange
- Understanding Business Models
- Investor Perspectives – How to Understand Blockchain: Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Company in This Segment
- What the Elevator Pitch Can Do for You
- Investor Connect: Jonathan Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners
- Delivering Your Elevator Pitch
- Investor Connect: Bharat Kanodia of Veristrat
- The Rolling Close
- Investor Connect: Gayatri Sarkar of She-VC and Advaita Capital
- Polishing Your Elevator Pitch
- Investor Connect: Troy Schlicker of Reserve Realty & Host of the Austin Spotlight Podcast
- Best Practices for Writing an Elevator Pitch
- Investor Perspectives – How to Understand Blockchain: Growth in the Blockchain Segment
- Elevator Pitch Types
- Investor Connect: Gady Nemirovsky of Inspiration Ventures
- Elevator Pitch Template
- Investor Connect: Karen Contet of AngelHub
- Intro for an Elevator Pitch
- Key Elements of an Elevator Pitch
- Investor Connect: James W. Day of EquityZen
- What Is an Elevator Pitch?
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Cannabis Problem: Changes Expected in the Cannabis Sector in the Coming 12 Months
- Pros and Cons of Working With Corporate VCs
- Investor Connect: Brandon C. White of Build a Business
- Best Practices in Working With Corporate VCs
- Investor Connect: John Dalton of Industrial Device Investments
- How to Achieve Success Running a Corporate VC Fund
- Investor Connect: Patricia Costello of Portfolia
- Mistakes Companies Make With Corporate VCs
- Investor Connect: Greg Shepard of BOSS Capital Partners
- How to Set Up a Corporate VC Fund
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Cannabis Problem: Participation in the Cannabis Segment and What Investors Look for
- How to Make the Corporate VC Fund Model Work
- Investor Connect: Adam Hull of Redbud Advisors
- How Corporate VCs Approach Venturing
- Investor Connect: Hubert Vaz-Nayak of Chicago Booth Angels Network of Texas
- Types of Corporate VC Funding
- Investor Connect: David Meltzer of David Meltzer Enterprises
- Tools for Running a Corporate VC Program
- Investor Connect: Ben Rifkin of Ten Eighty Capital
- Mistakes Founders Make With Corporate VCs
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Cannabis Problem: Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Company
- Corporate VC Requirements of Founders
- Investor Connect: Chris Fronda of Logictry
- Core Functions of the Corporate VC
- Investor Connect: Jim Stallings of PS27 Ventures
- Positioning Your Corporate VC Fund
- Investor Connect: JC Otero of Change4Change
- Purpose of Corporate Venture Capital
- Investor Connect: Caroline Lewis of Rogue Venture Partners
- How to Set Up a Corporate VC
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Cannabis Problem: Growth in the Cannabis Segment
- How a Corporate VC Compares to a Traditional VC
- Investor Connect: Jim Denholm of IronBridge Private Wealth
- How a Corporate VC Works
- Investor Connect: Gopi Rangan of Sure Ventures
- What Is Corporate Venture Capital?
- Investor Connect: Ganesh Padmanabhan of BeyondMinds
- Papering an Advisory Agreement
- Investor Connect: Jeffrey Cherry of Conscious Venture Partners, LLC
- Promissory Notes
- Investor Connect: Connor Davidson of Atlanta Seed Company
- Waterfalls
- Investor Connect: Jim Thomas of Kirenaga Partners
- Problem Signs in a Cap Table
- Investor Connect: Eric Levine of Eric Levine Global
- What Investors Want to See in a Cap Table
- Investor Connect: Phil Pelucha of Billionaires in Boxers
- How to Handle Convertible Notes in a Cap Table
- Investor Connect: Filipe R. Portela of COREangels Impact
- How to Manage the Cap Table
- Investor Connect: Tom Byrnes of ThreatSTOP
- The Fully Diluted Cap Table
- Investor Connect: Jeremy Carter of Soterra Capital
- How to Clean up the Cap Table
- Investor Connect: Francisco Jardim of SP Ventures
- Who Gets Access to the Cap Table?
- Investor Connect: George Ferris of Bilgola Capital LLC
- Reading Cap Tables
- Founder-Friendly Term Sheet
- Investor Connect: David Hornik of Lobby Capital
- Common Mistakes With Cap Tables
- Investor Connect: Harlan T. Beverly of Disruptive Labs
- Cap Table Advanced
- Investor Connect: Isidoros Sideridis of Pobuca
- Cap Table Basics
- Investor Connect: Bradford Shepherd of Sugarhouse Investments
- Purpose of an Advisory Board
- Investor Connect: Donna Hamlin & Nola Masterson of Boardwise
- How to Pay Advisors
- Investor Connect: Don Rainey of Grotech Ventures
- Does Your Advisor Have What It Takes?
- Investor Connect: Christian Czernich of Round2 Capital Partners
- Avoiding the Wrong Advisors
- Investor Connect: Elio Assuncao of Venture Capital World Summit
- How to Select an Advisor
- Investor Connect: John-Mark Collins of Electric Playhouse
- Characteristics of a Good Advisor
- Investor Connect: Matthew Sullivan of QuantmRE
- How to Be a Good Advisor
- Investor Connect: Igor Khmel of Brik.exchange
- Advisor Roles
- Investor Perspectives – COVID’s Impact on Cybersecurity: Changes Expected in the Coming 12 Months
- Types of Advisors
- Investor Connect: Berthold Baurek-Karlic of Venionaire Capital
- How to Recruit an Advisor
- Investor Connect: Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money
- How to Find the Right Startup to Advise
- Investor Connect: Donatas Keras of Practica Capital
- Achieving a Good Advisor Fit With the Startup
- Investor Connect: Robert Davidson of CURE Pharmaceutical
- Ideal Advisors
- Investor Perspectives – COVID’s Impact on Cybersecurity: Participation in the Cybersecurity Segment and What Investors Look for
- Finding the Right Advisor
- Investor Connect: Andrew Bilinsky of Lensabl
- Do You Need an Advisor?
- Investor Connect: Chester J. Jachimiec of Down Hole Water Management
- Convertible Notes
- Investor Connect: Gary Boomershine of RealEstateInvestor.com
- Equity
- Investor Connect: Chris J. Younger of Class VI Partners
- SAFEs
- Investor Perspectives – COVID’s Impact on Cybersecurity: Primary Trends and What Makes For a Successful Company
- Direct Listings and IPOs
- Investor Connect: Daniel McCarthy of Theta Equity Partners
- Should You Use an Investment Banker?
- Investor Connect: Vernon Howard of Hallo
- Negotiating the Exit
- Investor Connect: Charles Sunnucks Author of The Company Valuation Playbook
- What if It Doesn’t Sell?
- Investor Connect: David J. Neff of Neon Syndicate
- Early Exits
- Investor Perspectives – COVID’s Impact on Cybersecurity: Growth in the Cybersecurity Segment
- Timeline for an Exit
- Investor Connect: Bruce Wayne Meleski of Neuroception360
- Finding the Buyer
- Investor Connect: Emmie Chang of Hoo Inc.
- Planning for an Exit
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Fintech Problem: Changes Expected in the Coming 12 Months
- What are the Exit Options?
- Investor Connect: Raleigh Melancon of StylizeNOW
- Exit Strategy Planning
- Investor Connect: Eyal Amir of Parknav
- Alignment for an Exit
- Investor Connect: Willie James Mandrell, III of The Mandrell Company
- The Various Options for Selling Your Business
- Investor Connect: Steven Hoffman of Founders Space
- Positioning for an Exit
- Investor Connect: Professor Ariel Evans of Cyber Innovative Technologies
- Looking for an Exit
- Investor Connect: Arie Brish of cxo360
- How to Plan for an Exit
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Fintech Problem: Participation in the Fintech Segment and What Investors Look for
- Reasons to Exit the Business
- Investor Connect: Anupama Pansare of Volyx
- When to Sell Your Business
- Investor Connect: Lane Kawaoka of SimplePassiveCashflow.com
- What Percentage of Startups Fail?
- Investor Connect: Art Smith of Digerati Technologies, Inc.
- Awareness, Interest, Desire, Commitment
- Investor Connect: Christian Kameir of Sustany Capital on Central Bank Digital Currencies
- How to Follow up an Investor Prospect
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Fintech Problem: Primary Trends and What Makes for a Successful Company
- Cash is King
- Investor Connect: JR Guerrieri of NYNJA
- Most Common Metrics for Platform Products
- Investor Connect: Christopher Ladd of NewRoad Capital Partners
- SAFE Notes vs. Convertible Debt
- Investor Connect: Julien Coulon of Crédit Mutuel Innovation
- The Importance of Storytelling for Your Startup
- Investor Connect: Carolyn A. Jenkins of EPSoft Technologies
- Strategic Buyer or Financial Buyer?
- Investor Connect: Brian Burkinshaw of Clearpat Services, LLC
- How to Prepare for the Next Raise
- Investor Connect: Caroline Goodner of OrganiCare
- What to Do After the Raise
- Investor Perspectives – How to Solve the Fintech Problem: Growth in the Fintech Segment
- What Return Do Angels and VCs Look For?
- Investor Connect: Stephen Collins of Luca Partners LLC.
- IRR vs. ROI
- Investor Connect: Kevin Jacques of Cota Capital
- Know Your Numbers
- Investor Connect: Will Ciolino of Anthology Corp.
- Liquidation Method of Valuation
- Investor Connect: Grace Lee of Health Enovation
- 5X Your Raise Method of Valuation
- Investor Connect: Brett P. Swarts of Capital Gains Tax Solutions
- The Role of Margins in Your Startup
- Investor Connect: Patrick Ryan of Aardvark Research/PSR Lawfirm, LLC
- Managing a Startup in a Downturn
- Investor Connect: Stuart Titus of Medical Marijuana, Inc.
- Varying the Terms of the Raise
- Investor Connect: Cam Houser of Actionworks
- How to Use Comps to Value a Startup: Part 2
- Investor Connect: Juan Alonso-Villalobos of Startup Wiseguys
- How to Use Comps to Value a Startup: Part 1
- Investor Connect: Ben Mackay of Evolve Capital
- Warning Signs That the Startup Is in Trouble
- Investor Connect: Mike Smerklo reviews his new book, “Mr. Monkey and Me”
- Focus on the Must Dos
- Investor Connect: Martin Saenz of Bequest Funds
- Employee Assessment
- Investor Connect: Tom Wallace of Florida Funders
- The Sales Learning Curve
- Choosing the Right Channel
- Investor Connect: Jonathan Spangler of Ciari Guitars
- Choosing a Co-Founder
- Investor Perspectives: Expected Changes in the Consumer Product Goods Segment
- 10X Your Startup
- Investor Connect: Rick Grinnell of Glasswing Ventures
- Pricing Your Product
- Investor Perspectives: Participation in the Consumer Product Goods Segment
- Customer First, Tech Second
- Investor Connect: Akhilesh Pathipati of MVM Partners
- Sell It First, Build It Second
- Investor Perspectives: What Does the Startup Have to Do to COVID-19-Proof Their Business?
- Venture Capital Method for Valuation
- Investor Connect: Annette Finsterbusch of EnPower, Inc.
- Role of the CEO: Managing vs Leading
- Investor Connect: Alex Suarez of Door Capital Partners/Suarez Law Group
- Building the Company Culture – Part 2
- Investor Connect: Krista Morgan of Stage
- Building the Company Culture Part 1
- Investor Connect: Abby Levy of Primetime Partners
- The Value of Confidence
- Investor Connect: Jake Ryan of TRADECRAFT Capital, Book Review
- The Quantitative and Qualitative Side of Due Diligence
- Signing NDAs in Due Diligence
- Reps and Warranties
- Investor Connect: Ashu Garg of Foundation Capital
- How to Diligence the Market
- Investor Connect: Kiyan Zandiyeh of Sturgeon Capital
- Successful Deal Diligence
- How to Manage the Deal Process
- Investor Connect: Archie Cheishvili of GenesisAI
- How to Lead a Deal
- Investor Perspectives: What Makes for a Successful Company in the Consumer Product Goods Segment?
- Follow-up Calls
- Financials, Team and Domain Diligence
- Investor Connect: Braden Barr and Charles Reinert of PostitPlayit
- Managing the Deal Team
- Investor Perspectives: What Is the Updated Investment Thesis for the SaaS Sector?
- Moving to Close
- How the Startup Can Lead the Deal
- When to Stop Following up With an Investor
- Investor Connect: Adam Smith of Big Sky Partners
- Stages of the Deal Process
- Investor Perspectives: Growth & the Primary Trend in the Functional Beverage Segment
- Signing NDAs With Investors (When and Why)
- Investor Connect: Alpesh Patel, Global Entrepreneur Program, Department for International Trade (UK)
- Diligence Report
- Investor Perspectives: What New Applications Within the SaaS Sector Will We See Come Up?
- How to Craft a Good Startup Story
- Five Key Elements to a Startup Story: The Plot
- Investor Connect: Ford Smith of Ultranative
- Five Key Elements to a Startup Story: The Mission
- Investor Perspectives: Which SaaS Sub-Sectors Are Seeing the Most Change Both Positively and Negatively?
- Five Key Elements to a Startup Story: The Hero
- Investor Connect: Harold Lavender of ABQid@CNM Ingenuity
- Investor Perspectives: How COVID-19 Accelerated the SaaS Sector
- Five Key Elements to a Startup Story: Purpose
- Five Key Elements to a Startup Story: The Obstacle
- Investor Perspectives on Healthcare Trends: Eyal Lifschitz of Peregrine Ventures
- Three Key Stories to Tell for Your Startup
- Investor Connect: Ben Marans of Decko
- How Does Due Diligence Differ Between Angels and VCs?
- Investor Perspectives: The Initial Impact of COVID-19 on Healthcare
- Investor Connect: Anne Glover of Amadeus Capital Partners
- Five Questions to Reach the Answer
- Investor Connect: Jane Zhang of Remmie
- Going Through Due Diligence
- Own It
- Investor Connect: Bob Morse of Strattam Capital
- What’s Your Trigger for Fundraising?
- Investor Perspectives: Impact of COVID-19 on the Healthcare Market, Updated Investment Thesis
- How to Pitch the Deal to the Investor
- Investor Connect: Bryan Hancock of RealStarter
- The Challenge of Seed, Series A, and Series B Fundraising
- Investor Perspectives: Impact of COVID-19 on the Healthcare Market & COVID-19-Proofing Your Business
- Climbing the Valuation Wall
- Investor Connect: John B. Strong, angel investor
- The Role of Humility
- Investor Connect: Matthew Le Merle, co-author, “The Intelligent Investor: Silicon Valley”
- Are You Fundable Yet?
- How to Prepare to Meet With a Prospective Investor
- Investor Connect: Bernard Vogel of Endeavour Vision
- Smart Money
- Investor Connect: Brandon Knicely of Xcite
- The Godfather’s Advice for Fundraising
- Investor Connect: Greg Spillane of Fancy
- What Investor Docs Are Needed for Due Diligence?
- Investor Perspectives: The Impact of COVID on the Healthcare Market: New Applications
- How to Pitch a Complex Idea
- Investor Connect: Larry Uhl of Pasadena Angels
- It’s Show, Not Tell
- Investor Connect: Trey Addison of Nascent Group Holdings
- How Long Will It Take to Raise Funding?
- Investor Connect: Behind the Science of Optios featuring David Bach, M.D. & Paul Sajda, Ph.D.
- Raising Funding Is Hard
- Investor Connect: Kevin Keck of J.J. Pfister Distilling Company
- How to Pitch to Family and Friends
- Investor Connect: David Bach, MD, of Optios
- The CEO Should Pitch the Investor
- Investor Connect: Reagan Rodriguez of WORTHYdomes
- Who Should Come to the Pitch and Meet Investors?
- Investor Connect: Adam Weiler of Sunken Stone
- Startup Boards: What to Expect
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in Gesture
- Ideal Board Member
- Who to Put on the Board
- Investor Connect: Sajol Ghoshal of Advanced TeleSensors/Cardi/o
- What Is the Purpose of the Independent Board Member?
- Investor Connect: William Santana Li of Knightscope
- What Is a Board Observer?
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in acQyr eXchange
- How to Get the Most From Your Board Meeting
- Investor Connect: Beau Flowers of Flowtex Energy
- How Board Members Can Help
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in ping
- Role of the Board
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in KiwiTech
- Building a Board
- Informal Board Member Roles
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in Lend-Grow
- Managing Conflict
- Investor Connect: Dr. Maria T. Millan of CIRM
- The Board Types
- Investor Connect: Sarah Jennings of Beyond Angels Network Yellow Jacket Fund
- Duties of the Director
- Making the Board Effective
- Investor Connect: Dylan Penebre of PointOS
- Preparing for a Board Meeting
- Investor Connect: Nish Krishna of Lend-Grow
- Coaching the CEO
- Building the Team
- Investor Connect: Monica Brady of VUniverse
- Compensation of the Director
- Investor Perspectives on Education: Jon Broscious of Mucker Capital
- Board Fiduciaries
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in Flowtex Energy
- D&O Insurance
- How to Answer the Investor’s Questions
- Investor Connect: James Mulford of acQyr eXchange
- Know Your Industry
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in Upskill Enterprise
- Demonstrate Your Competitive Advantage
- Investor Connect: John Quinn of EXOS Aerospace Systems & Technologies
- What Investors Look for: Revenue Predictability
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in Qnect
- How to Show Traction When You Are Pre-Revenue
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in 2XL Swagger Brands
- The Soft Side of Valuations
- Investor Connect: Edward Dugger III of Reinventure Capital
- Dealbreakers
- Investor Connect: Joy Schoffler of Ascendant Industries
- Key Terms to Focus On
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in KiwiTech
- Convertible Note: Pros and Cons
- Investor Connect – Garin Toren of ping
- Key Terms
- Terms Affecting the Returns
- Negotiating the Terms
- Using Terms Sheets to Mitigate the Risk
- Investor Perspectives: Why I Invested in EXOS
- LLC vs. C-corps
- Investor Connect – Jackie Kapur and Dr. Simon Mills of BiorganicPharma
- Using Convertible Notes Wisely
- Investor Connect – Albert Meyer of Bastiat Capital
- How to Paper the Fundraise
- Sources of Terms Sheets
- Investor Connect – Doug Smith of Hawthorne Funds
- Founder vs Investor-Friendly Terms Sheets
- Negotiating a Terms Sheet
- Investor Connect – Greg Thomas of 375 Park Associates
- Standard Raises by Stage
- Investor Connect – Ellen Weber of Robin Hood Ventures
- Know Your Burn Rate
- Investor Connect – Brendan Nugent of Adrenaline
- The Risk at Each Stage
- How to Set Up the Cap Table
- Financial Projections: Depreciation
- Investor Perspectives: Impact of COVID-19 on the Chronic Pain Market, Episode 2
- Financial Projections: Fundraise
- Financial Projections: Operating Expenses
- Investor Connect – Shawn Singh of VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc.
- Financial Projections: Valuation
- Investor Connect – Shawn Flynn of TechCode Accelerator U.S. & The Silicon Valley Podcast
- Financial Projections: Key Metrics to Capture
- Financial Projections: Capital Expenditures
- Investor Connect – Jef Sharp of Qnect
- Financial Projections: Working Capital
- Investor Perspectives: Impact of COVID-19 on the Chronic Pain Market, Episode 1
- Financial Projections: Taxes
- Investor Connect – Amit Mehta of Builders VC
- Financial Projections: Financing
- Investor Connect – Nathan Beckord of Foundersuite
- Financial Projections: Revenues
- Investor Connect – Ziad Moukheiber of Boston Harbor Angels
- Financial Projections: Personnel Expenses
- Investor Perspectives on The Future of Work: Mireya Manigault of Foundation LLC/WeDemption
- Financial Projections: COGS
- Purpose of Financial Projections
- Investor Connect – Robert Tushinsky of 2XL Swagger Brands
- Bottom-Up Forecasting
- Top-Down Forecasting
- Investor Perspectives: Future Outlook on the Cannabis Market
- Outputs of the Financial Model
- Cash Flow Is King of the Financial Statements
- Investor Perspectives: COVID-19-Proofing the Cannabis Market
- Financial Projections: Best Case Worst case
- Investor Perspectives: Regulatory Trends in the Cannabis Market
- The Elevator Pitch
- Investor Connect – Chris Willis and Will Garner of Latitude Consultancy Ltd.
- Investor Perspectives: Products and Technology Trends in the Cannabis Market
- Investor Discussion After the Pitch
- Common Mistakes in Developing a Pitch Deck
- The Pitch Deck: The Monetization Slide
- Investor Perspectives: Sectors in the Cannabis Market
- Investor Perspectives: COVID-19 Impact on the Cannabis Market
- Investor Perspectives: Future Outlook on the Cannabis Market
- Investor Perspectives: COVID-19-Proofing the Cannabis Market
- Investor Connect – Brendan Manley of iCAMP
- Investor Connect – Dick Blanc of Beyond Angel Network and Fund at Cedarville University
- Investor Perspectives: Regulatory Trends in the Cannabis Market
- Investor Perspectives: Products and Technology Trends in the Cannabis Market
- Investor Connect – David Weaver of City Side Ventures
- The Pitch Deck: The Investment Opportunity Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Financial Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Value Proposition Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Team Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Competitive Advantage Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Competition Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Traction Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Market Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Solution Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Problem Slide
- The Pitch Deck: The Title Slide
- Investor Connect – Spencer Graff of NFuzed
- How to Keep Your Family and Friends Informed
- The Goal of the Pitch Deck
- Gifts From Family and Friends
- Legal: Intellectual Property
- Legal: Investor Accreditation
- Investor Connect – Smoke Wallin of Vertical Wellness
- Legal: Employment Law
- Investor Connect – Stephen Rice of Upskill Enterprise
- Legal Entity
- Investor Connect – Jake Moilanen of Seraph Group
- Entity Filing
- Investor Perspectives: Sectors in the Cannabis Market
- Investor Connect – Mark Peter Davis of Interplay
- Are You Venture Fundable?
- Investor Connect – Graham Forman of Edovate Capital
- What You Need to Do Before You Raise Funding
- Investor Connect – Eric Bielke of GE Ventures
- The Importance of Milestones
- Anchor Clients
- Investor Connect – Christian Kameir of Sustany Capital
- Consultation Funding
- Investor Perspectives: Impact of COVID-19 on the Cannabis Market
- Other Funding Sources and Their Purpose
- Investor Connect – Deepak Gupta of Blue Bear Ventures
- Grants
- Crowdfunding
- Investor Connect – Jens Lapinski of Angel Invest Ventures
- Selling Equity to Family and Friends
- Investor Connect – Joel Brightfield of SixThirty Ventures
- Supplier Funding
- Investor Connect – Minnie Ingersoll of TenOneTen Ventures
- Line of Credit
- Investor Connect – Chelsea Burns of Escaladora Ventures
- Bootstrapping and Barter
- Investor Perspectives on Automation and Robotics: Drew Tulchin of UpSpring
- How to Tell If You’re Talking to a Pretend Startup Investor
- Investor Connect – Heidi Ellenberger Jones of ModernJones
- Equipment Leasing: Part 2
- Investor Connect – Drew Tulchin of UpSpring
- Equipment Leasing: Part 1
- Investor Connect – Hershel Mehta of Mehta Ventures
- Licensing
- Investor Perspectives on Healthcare: Thomas Hawes of Blue Venture Fund
- Factoring: Part 2
- Investor Connect – Angela Lee of 37 Angels
- Factoring: Part 1
- Investor Connect – Mary Long-Irwin of Northern Ontario Angels
- Loans
- Investor Connect – Chenoa Farnsworth of Hawaii Angels
- Accelerators & Incubators
- Investor Connect – Elena-Cristina Conacel of BootstrapBay
- Taking Loans From Family and Friends
- Investor Perspectives on Healthcare: Jun Deng of Joyance Partners
- Investor Connect – Denis Coleman of Life Science Angels
- Before Launching Your Business With Family & Friends Funding
- Profit Sharing
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 9
- Should You Take Money From Family and Friends?
- Paying off the Loan
- Investor Connect – Grace Belangia of theClubhou.se
- Family and Friends Funding
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 8
- How VCs Make Money
- Investor Connect – Olusegun Okubanjo of Obsidian Capital
- Fund Report to LPs
- Investor Expectations of Returns
- Funds Held in Reserve
- Investor Connect – Tarek Assaad of Algebra Ventures
- Syndicates and Syndication
- Fiduciaries
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 7
- How VCs Raise Venture Funding
- Investor Connect – Eyal Lifschitz of Peregrine Ventures
- Targeting Investors for Your Fund
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 6
- What Is Growth Equity?
- Returns of a Fund
- How to Analzye a Market
- Investor Connect – Mireya Manigault of Foundation LLC and WeDemption
- How to Analyze a Startup
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 5
- Key Legal Documents for Your Fund
- Key Metrics for Your Fund
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 4
- Develop an Investment Thesis for Your Fund
- Creating an Executive Summary for a Fund
- Investor Connect – Steve Hoffman of Founders Space
- How to Find Market Sizing
- Starting Your Own VC Fund
- Investor Connect – Sharon Vosmek of Astia
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 3
- How Can VCs Make More Money
- The Time Element of Returns
- Follow a Disciplined Investment Strategy
- Investor Connect – David Wadler of Vendorful, Inc.
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 2
- Key Documents for Your Due Diligence Box
- The Challenge of the VC Life
- Product: Show What Product You Are Going to Build
- How to Diligence the Team
- Investor Perspectives – The Impact of the COVID-19 Economy on Startup Funding Part 1
- Red Flags in Due Diligence
- Investor Connect – Vic Pascucci of Energy Capital Ventures
- What Isn’t Being Said in Due Diligence
- Investor Connect – Soraya Darabi of Trail Mix Ventures
- The Importance of Follow-Up
- You’ll Hear “No” a Lot
- Investor Connect – Charlie Banks of VentureSouth
- How to Contact Investors
- How Do VCs Make a Decision?
- Investor Connect – Gary Trauner of Silicon Couloir
- Multiple Position Points
- Investor Connect – Randy Myer of Carolina Angel Network
- How Do Investors Decide to Invest?
- Investor Connect – Maggie Sprenger of Green Cow Venture Capital
- What Investors Can Do for You at Each Stage
- Who Should You Pursue for Your Raise?
- What Is the Best Source of Capital to Align With My Needs?
- Investor Connect – Dougal Cameron of Golden Section Ventures
- Coronavirus Economy Trends: Government
- Investor Connect – Jak Knowles of Leaps by Bayer
- Coronavirus Economy Trends: Shift to Digital
- Character, Confidence and Coachability
- Investor Connect – Lydia Kinkade of iiM
- Coronavirus Economy Trends: Sports
- Investor Connect – William Bissett of Portus Wealth Advisors and Charlotte Angel Connection
- Team Is the Only Thing
- Investor Connect – Yaniv Sneor of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA)
- How to COVID-19-Proof Your Business
- Investor Connect – Tony Jeff of Innovate Mississippi & Mississippi Angel Network
- Fundraise: Show That Others Are Interested in the Deal
- The Coronavirus Impact on What’s Getting Funded
- Timing Matters
- Investor Connect – Eric Berman of Element 8 Angels
- Investor Connect – Peter Adams of Rockies Venture Club
- The Coronavirus Impact on IT and Cybersecurity
- Investor Connect – Charles Sidman of ECS Capital Partners
- What Do Investors Really Want?
- The Coronavirus Impact on Logistics
- Investor Connect – Harlan Mandel of Media Development Investment Fund
- Tell a Story
- Investor Connect – Vikram Lakhwara of Green Cow Venture Capital
- The Coronavirus Impact on Education
- Due Diligence – the Thorough Approach
- Investor Connect – Thomas Cali of Polaris Advisory
- Investor Connect – Christopher Hugman of System Surveyor
- The Coronavirus Impact on Work
- Investor Connect – Eric Smith of AppBrilliance
- IP – Demonstrate You Have a “Secret Sauce”
- Investor Connect – Matt Gallant of tribeOS
- The Coronavirus Impact on Healthcare
- What Do VCs Invest In?
- Investor Connect – Xavier Segura of Tessera Venture Partners
- QA Session – Markeyla Henton
- Investor Connect – John Osborne of Charleston Angel Partners and Good Growth Capital
- How to Achieve an Exit for Investors
- Investor Connect – Noramay Cadena of MiLA Capital
- Investor Connect – Pierre Rogers of Yahyn
- Investor Connect – William Davis of LDJ Capital
- The Coronavirus Impact on CPG
- What to Do in the Coronavirus Economy
- Investor Connect – David Mes of Off The Grid Ventures
- How Are Startup Investors Reacting to the Coronavirus Economy?
- Investor Connect – Dr. Alicia Robb of Next Wave Impact
- Coronavirus Accelerates Changes Already Underway
- Investor Connect – Jared Augustine of Thuzio
- Impact of Coronavirus Crash on Startup Fundraising
- Investor Connect – Brad Payne of Walker Trolleys
- What You Need to Bring to the Table: Sales, Team, Product and Fundraise
- Sales: Show Customer Engagement at Every Step of the Way
- How to Build a Relationship With an Investor – Start With a Prospect List
- Team: A Core Team of Someone Building It and Someone Selling It
- Investor Connect – Samy Eissa of Hit Ventures
- Say Your Business in 5 Words or Less
- Investor Connect – Brent Ogilvie of Pacific Channel Limited
- Investor Connect – Pedro Falcão of LC Ventures
- Who Can Help With the Fundraise?
- How to Prepare for a Raise
- Investor Connect – Vinod Jose of Konglo Ventures LLC
- Do You Have a Venture Deal?
- Investor Connect – Dana Myers of Myers EV
- What’s the Game Plan for My Business?
- Investor Connect – Joy Schoffler, Investor and Advisor
- Do You Need Funding for Your Startup?
- Investor Connect – Andrew Coors of Steelhead Composites
- Break the Raise Down Into Milestones
- Investor Connect – Doug Doan of Hivers and Strivers
- Fundraise Geography
- How to Close a Funding Round
- Investor Connect – Josh Rasmussen of Monday Motorbikes
- Focus on Your Core Audience
- Exemptions
- Investor Connect – Gregory Bohlen of Union Grove Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – Maggie Sprenger of Green Cow Venture Capital
- How Much Equity to Give Up
- Investor Connect – Pieter Dorsman of Angel Forum and E-Fund
- Are you Ready for a Series A Fundraise?
- Why am I Being Rejected for Funding Because I am a Startup?
- Gratitude
- Investor Connect – Anurag Ahuja of TakeOut7
- Common Startup Mistakes
- Investor Connect – Samara Gordon of Hyperplane Venture Capital
- Founder Vesting
- Investor Connect – Henry Yoshida of Rocket Dollar
- Pari Passu
- Investor Connect – Nick Iovacchini of KettleSpace Inc.
- Drag-along Rights & Protective Provisions
- Investor Connect – Manuk Hergnyan of Granatus Ventures
- Information Rights
- Investor Connect – Brian Morin of Soteria Battery Innovation Group
- Board Rights
- Investor Connect – Paul O’Brien of MediaTech Ventures
- Governance and Control Terms
- Investor Connect – Mikael Krogh of Investigate VC
- Warrants
- Investor Connect – Jason Todd of Thinker Ventures
- Pay to Play
- Investor Connect – Daniel Hallawi of KapVista
- Anti-Dilution
- Investor Connect – Matt Johnson of Johnson Venture Partners
- Liquidation Preference
- Investor Connect – Rob Wray of BlueStar SeniorTech
- Key Terms in the Terms Sheet
- Investor Connect – Brett Commaille of Hlayisani Capital
- Investor Connect – Jon Trauben of Altitude Investment Management
- VC Quick Valuation Method
- Investor Connect – Paul Rosen of GlobalGo
- Valuation: Risk Mitigation Valuation Method
- Investor Connect – Eva Yazhari of Beyond Capital Fund
- Valuation: Step up Valuation Method
- Investor Connect – Vik Sasi of Dreamers VC
- Market Comp Valuation
- Investor Connect – Amrit Robbins of Axiom Exergy
- How to Write a Compelling Pitch Deck
- Investor Connect – Vinay Singh of Fireside Ventures
- Why Do So Many Startups Fail?
- Investor Connect – Sergio Paluch of Beta Boom
- Why Founders Equity Requires Vesting
- Investor Connect – Yigit Ihlamur of Vela Partners
- Who Should Have Access to the Cap Table and Down Rounds
- Investor Connect – Greg Baker of Alumni Ventures Group
- Some Common Misconceptions about Fundraising
- Investor Connect – Geraldo Melzer of A.B.Seed Ventures
- Red Flags in the Cap Table
- Investor Connect – Atin Batra of Twenty Seven Ventures
- Calculating Equity Ownership
- Investor Connect – Brian Phillips of The Pearl Fund
- Traction vs. Momentum
- Investor Connect – Laura Baldwin of Golden Seeds
- Contractor Funding
- Investor Connect – Jyri Engestrom of Yes VC
- Treat Each Other Nicely in the Startup Community – People Talk
- Investor Connect – Larry Cynkin of GreenBar
- Spend Time with them First
- Investor Connect – Sid Mookerji of Silicon Road
- It’s About Execution
- Investor Connect – Pierre Rogers of PuroTrader
- Importance of Historical Numbers
- Investor Connect – Orrin Ailloni-Charas of RedCrow
- When Should You Raise Funding?
- Investor Connect – Tracy Deforge of The Players’ Impact
- The Only Startup without Glitches is the One that is Dead
- Investor Connect – Karthee Madasamy of MFV Partners
- I’m Not Raising Funding Now, But…
- Investor Connect – Amy Salzhauer of Good Growth Capital
- Tomorrow’s Valuation for Today’s Fundraise
- Investor Connect – Joe Jesuele of HomeJab
- The Growth Story: You Must Have One
- Investor Connect – Wenyi Cai of Polymath Ventures
- Impact Investing
- Investor Connect – Gil Hernandez of GXH Capital
- Should you Raise a Seed+ Round?
- Investor Connect – Bá Minuzzi of UMANA
- Focus on your Ideal Customer
- Investor Connect – Martin Mulvihill of Safer Made
- 409A Valuations
- What to Do when the Investor Says No
- Startup Communication with Investors
- Raise the Bar in Networking
- Anecdotes Tell, Numbers Sell
- Your One Key Metric: Mobile Apps
- Your One Key Metric: SaaS Businesses
- Your One Key Metric: Network Effects
- Your One Key Metric: Medical Devices
- Investor Connect – Kerry Rupp of True Wealth Ventures
- Your One Key Metric: CPG
- Investor Connect – Sasha Shtern of Zero G Capital
- Your One Key Metric: eCommerce
- Investor Connect – Vickie Zisman of Bastet Communication
- You’re Three Pivots Away
- Investor Connect – Brian Deutsch of XV Capital Group
- What Documents do you Need?
- Investor Connect – Josh Chapman of Konvoy Ventures
- Where to Look for Funding
- Investor Connect – Paul Sethi of 2048 Ventures
- What Type of Investor Should You Seek?
- Investor Connect – Michael Mealling and Steven Jorgenson of Starbridge Venture Capital
- What Deal Structure Should You Use
- Investor Connect – Grant Newlin of Newlin Ventures
- How Much Funding Should you Raise?
- Investor Connect – Reed Berglund of iSnap
- Five Competitive Advantages: Virality
- Investor Connect – Ciarán Hynes of COSIMO Ventures
- Five Competitive Advantages: Network Effects
- Investor Connect – James Somauroo of HS.Ventures
- Five Competitive Advantages: Platform Based Solutions
- Investor Connect – Kevin King of Texas Halo Fund
- Five Competitive Advantages: Recurring Revenue
- Investor Connect – Stephen Meade of MonetaPro.io
- Five Competitive Advantages: Channel Access
- Investor Connect – Gary Madsen of ProTransit Nanotherapy
- How to Get In Front of Investors
- Investor Connect – Djalil Reghis of Agroecology Capital
- Standard Startup Metrics Apply
- Investor Connect – Stephanie Campbell of Houston Angel Network/ The Artemis Fund
- Five Competitive Advantages
- Investor Connect – Manuela de Paula of Babel Ventures
- The Many Types of Startup Investors
- Investor Connect – Rufo Guerreschi of Trustless.ai
- Investor Connect – Faris Ghawi of Vytalize Health
- Finding an Exit
- How Fundraising is like fishing
- Investor Connect – Bader Alam of CAVU Venture Partners
- No Startup Investor Ever Said
- Investor Connect – Follow up with James Sowers Angel Investor
- No Startup Ever Said
- Investor Connect – Mark Lesney of Chilligence
- Lottery Effect
- Investor Connect – Flavia de la Fuente of BuildGroup
- How to Tell if You’re Talking to a Pretend-Preneur
- Investor Connect – Gene Wang of People Power
- Venture Capitalists Engage in Brand Marketing
- Investor Connect – Max Brickman of Heartland Ventures
- Everyone Talks a Big Game
- Investor Connect – Ben Jones of Skipcart
- Everyone is a VC
- Investor Connect – Jef Sharp of Qnect
- Key Pointers for Startups Raising Funding
- Investor Connect – Anton Golub of flovtec
- Three Key Pointers for Investors Funding Startups
- Investor Connect – Trent Simmons of Bess Corp
- Designing for Virality not Revenue
- Investor Connect – Jason Jacobsohn of Propellant Ventures
- 10X Rule for Startups
- Investor Connect – Richard Raizes of Plutus21 Capital
- How to Achieve an Exit
- Investor Connect – Gerry Reihsen of Coasis Coalition
- Investor Connect – Brett Lanuti of Nocimed
- Should You Invest in a Startup Fund
- Investor Connect – David Chaplin of SearchDex
- Should You Invest in Startups
- Investor Connect – Scott Augustine of Augustine Surgical
- Know Your Metrics
- Investor Connect – David Blankman of Title3Funds.com
- Investor Connect – Suri Ganeriwala of Spectra Quest Inc.
- What to Build First
- Investor Connect – Henry Liu of YGC
- Investor Connect – Robert Morris of TerrAvion
- The Growth Story
- Investor Connect – Jason Hull of Broadtree Partners
- Investor Connect – Ronald T LeMay of Main Street Data
- Product and Market Validation
- Investor Connect – Follow up with Hélène Thibieroz of We Grow Green Tech
- Investor Connect – Christian Garces of Texas ColdWorks
- Raising Funding From Family and Friends
- Investor Connect – Followup with Will Szczerbiak of Greycroft
- Investor Connect – Bruce Worrall of Intellasphere
- Know Who is Going to Pay for Product Development
- Investor Connect – Richard May of Invest in Texas Initiative
- Finding a Lead Investor
- Investor Connect – Kirk Otis of Merger Partners
- Use the Rule of 4 to Value Your Startup
- Investor Connect – Gale Bowman of IrishAngels Ventures
- What Documents do you Need for your Fundraise?
- Investor Connect – Ed Pearce of Paragon Digital
- The Investor Types for your Startup
- Investor Connect – Eric Bielke of GE Ventures
- Deal Structures
- Investor Connect – Jeff Canin of E8 Angels
- Should you Raise Funding?
- Investor Connect – Ben Faubion of Reactive Canvas
- Investor Connect – Jonathan Olsen of Unorthodox Ventures
- Investor Connect – Gabriel Jarrosson of Leonis Investment
- Investor Connect – Kevin Van Eekeren of Fulcrum Investing
- Investor Connect – Kevin Koym of Tech Ranch Austin
- Investor Connect – Phil Nadel of Forefront Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – Emlyn Scott of CP Ventures
- Investor Connect – Namek Zu’bi of Silicon Badia
- Investor Connect – Cole Harmonson of Far West Capital
- Investor Connect – Gina Luna of Luna Strategies
- Investor Connect – Jake Ryan of Tradecraft Capital
- Investor Connect – Leslie Goldman of The Artemis Fund
- Investor Connect – Chris Hall of Escalate Capital
- Investor Connect – Fran Maier of BabyQuip
- Investor Connect – Constantine Potamianos of Black Bull Advisors
- Investor Connect – Karyn Scott of Care2Rock
- Investor Connect – Chris Bystrom of Ruca
- Investor Connect – Jay Olshansky of Lapetus Solutions, Inc
- Investor Connect – Luni Libes of Fledge, the conscious company accelerator
- Investor Connect – Jimmy Frischling of Branded Strategic Hospitality
- Investor Connect – Danish Rizvi of ASA Ventures
- Investor Connect – Tim Hoerr of Serra Ventures
- Investor Connect – Janine Yorio of Compound Asset Management
- Investor Connect – Ash Kaluarachchi of StartEd Accelerator
- Investor Connect – Bradley Rotter of Entanglement Institute
- Investor Connect – Sajol Ghoshal of Advanced Telesensors
- Investor Connect – Arthur Veytsman of Immerss
- Investor Connect – Anu Shukla of Botco.ai.
- Investor Connect – Moshe Shadmon of AnyLog
- Investor Connect – Amos Schwartzfarb
- Investor Connect – Gabriel Wyner of Fluent-Forever
- Investor Connect – Lance Dietz of KB Partners
- Investor Connect – Marc Michel of Runway Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – Tomas Martunas of Iron Wolf Capital
- Investor Connect – Daniel Ibri of Mindset Ventures
- Investor Connect – Mike Jones of Science
- Investor Connect – Felipe Luna of Omniscient
- Investor Connect – Edward Corona of FinTech Merchant Accounts
- Investor Connect – Dan Conner of Ascend Venture Capital
- Investor Connect – Karen Rands Author of Secrets to Angel Investing
- Investor Connect – Bob Bridge of Southwest Angel Network
- Investor Connect – Hélène Thibieroz of We Grow Green Tech
- Investor Connect – John Cooper of Minimelife
- Investor Connect – Patrick Juthberg of Carable
- Investor Connect – Paul Van Kleef of Nannocare
- Investor Connect – Damon Torgerson of Alludo
- Investor Connect – Eric Smith of AppBrilliance
- Investor Connect – Shawn Flynn of TechCode
- Investor Connect – Josh Cohen of City Light Capital
- Investor Connect – James Wang of Creative Ventures
- Investor Connect – Rodolfo Bellesi of Ikove Capital
- Investor Connect – Flavio Lobato of Ikove Capital
- Investor Connect – Mendy Ouzillou of MMOmentum Consulting
- Investor Connect – Rita Sudheer of Asa Ventures
- Investor Connect – Nathan Low of Raanana Ziontech Partners
- Investor Connect – Dougal Cameron of Golden Section Ventures
- Investor Connect – Skyler Fernandes of Venture University
- Investor Connect – Chris Fisher of Click Ventures
- Investor Connect – Jay Joshi of MD Angels
- Investor Connect – Steve Shapiro of eHealth Ventures
- Investor Connect – Chris Rawlings of JudoLaunch
- Investor Connect – Lawrence Lerner of Pithia
- Investor Connect – Jake Moilanen of Seraph Group
- Investor Connect – Nicole Quinn of Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – John Pope and James Walker of WellDog
- Investor Connect – Kalman Saffran of Summa Management
- Investor Connect – Mick Connors of Anytime Pediatrics
- Investor Connect – Donald Stalter of Global Founders Capital
- Investor Connect – Jon Glesinger and Leslie Ackerman of Comprindeo
- Investor Connect – Yoon Choi of Forest Ventures
- Investor Connect – Michel Wendell of Nexit Ventures
- Investor Connect – Mary Ann Azevedo of Crunchbase
- Investor Connect – Bill Leake of Apogee on Moving from a Startup to a Growth Company
- Investor Connect – Brooke Waupsh of Swoovy
- Investor Connect – John Fein of Firebrand Ventures
- Investor Connect – Nathan Scripps of Common Sense Growth
- Investor Connect – Andrii Zamovsky of Ambisafe
- Investor Connect – Eric Rosenblum of Tsingyuan Ventures
- Investor Connect – William Chu of SparkLabs FinTech
- Investor Connect – Terry Koehler, a Golf Industry Entrepreneur
- Investor Connect – Mike Krilivsky of RageOn!
- Investor Connect – Kim Folsom of Founders First
- Investor Connect – Jorge Azpe and Samuel Gutierrez of Schok
- Investor Connect – Michael Zavet of Hyperion Exchange
- Investor Connect – Travis Farese of Offerd (formerly Real AI)
- Investor Connect – Ben Bennett of Omnitude
- Investor Connect – Douglas Raggio of Bias and Blind Spots
- Investor Connect – Yash Thukral and Sam Yaffa of TRITON FUNDS LLC
- Investor Connect – Jason Cahill of McCune Capital
- Investor Connect – Matthew Jordan of Limitless Crypto Investments
- Investor Connect – (Part 2) – William Santana Li of Knightscope
- Investor Connect – (Part 1) – William Santana Li of Knightscope
- Investor Connect – Aaron Michaels of 1984 Ventures
- Investor Connect – Christian Kameir of Sustany Capital
- Investor Connect – David Mes of OTG Ventures
- Investor Connect – Paul McNeal of CryptoMarket 360
- Investor Connect – Andrey Voronkov of Voronkov Ventures
- Investor Connect – Tim Enneking of Digital Capital Management
- Investor Connect – Brett King of Moven
- Investor Connect – Eric Bahn of Hustle Fund
- Investor Connect – Allan May of Life Science Angels
- Investor Connect – Sarah E Brown of Power to the Startup People
- Investor Connect – Michael Berolzheimer of Bee Partners
- Investor Connect – Michael Smerklo of Next Coast Ventures
- Investor Connect – Brent Martin of InFocus Brands
- Investor Connect – Brenda Irwin of Relentless Pursuit Partners
- Investor Connect – Michael Noel of Blockchain Weekly
- Investor Connect – Eric Desai of Greenhouse Capital Partners
- Investor Connect – Duke Rohlen of Ajax Health
- Investor Connect – Wayne Wu of VMG Partners
- Investor Connect – Anish Sheth
- Investor Connect – Michael Gord and Rasheed ElHindi of MLG Blockchain
- Investor Connect – Lisette Tellez of Ocean Azul Partners
- Investor Connect – Matthew Sullivan of QuantmRE
- Investor Connect – Daniel Cawrey of Pactum Capital
- Investor Connect – James Sowers an Angel Investor, and Co-Host of Exploring the Block.
- Investor Connect – Nikolai Oreshkin of Elysium Venture Capital
- Investor Connect – Wendy Nunnelley Angel Investor
- Investor Connect – Abe Minkara of Mark Cuban Companies
- Investor Connect – Pedro Anderson of Winding Tree
- Investor Connect – Glenn Argenbright of Quake Capital
- Investor Connect – Brian Axelrad of Beyond Capital
- Investor Connect – Jonathan Heiliger of Vertex Ventures
- Investor Connect – Miles Lasater of Purpose Built Ventures
- Investor Connect – Fraser Hall of VFF
- Investor Connect – Alexander Varvarenko of ShipNEXT
- Investor Connect – Mark Mullen of Bonfire Ventures
- Investor Connect – Justin Newton of Netki
- Investor Connect – Andrew Gaiziunas of Turbadium
- Investor Connect – Robert Crea of KL Gates
- Investor Connect – Jonathan Crowder of Intelis Capital
- Investor Connect – Jeff Stewart of Urgent VC
- Investor Connect – Breanna Faye of Rloop Incorporated
- Investor Connect – Paul Foley of Smart Capital
- Investor Connect – Amos Schwartzfarb of Techstars
- Investor Connect – Daniel Curran of Silicon Valley
- Investor Connect – JP Bauman of Altira Group
- Investor Connect – Shruti Gandhi of Array Ventures
- Investor Connect – Erica Duignan Minnihan of 1000 Angels
- Investor Connect – Cain McClary of kdt Ventures
- Investor Connect – Andrey Morozov of FInhub VC
- Investor Connect – Cliff Hinrichs of Steele VC
- Investor Connect – John Hinckley of Modern Message
- Investor Connect – Morgan Simon of Candide Group
- Investor Connect – Gaurav Chakravorty of qplum
- Investor Connect – Don Plotsky of Uinta Partners
- Investor Connect – Navroop Sahdev – Connection Science Fellow at MIT
- Investor Connect – James Donnellan of Lusso Capital
- Investor Connect – Andrew Heintzman of InvestEco
- Investor Connect – Isaac Baabs of Handmade Ventures
- Investor Connect – Mark Casady of Vestigo Ventures
- Investor Connect – Mark Peter Davis of Interplay VC
- Investor Connect – Tamim Abdul Majid of OCA Ventures
- Investor Connect – Jouko Ahvenainen of Grow VC
- Investor Connect – Craig Cummings of Moonshots Capital
- Investor Connect – Jefre Outlaw of Sprout Tiny Homes
- Investor Connect – Jorge Newbery of AHP Servicing
- Investor Connect – Nicholas Smith of SMU
- Investor Connect – Venk Shukla of Monta Vista Capital
- Investor Connect – Vic Pascucci of Lightbank
- Investor Connect – Erika Hersh of PeopleFund
- Investor Connect – Jake Ryan of Tradecraft Capital
- Investor Connect – Brad Zapp of Connetic Ventures
- Investor Connect – Gleb Davidyuk of iTech Capital
- Investor Connect – David Arcara of Laconia Capital Group
- Investor Connect – William Davis of LDJ Capital
- Investor Connect – Rob Schultz of Serra Ventures
- Investor Connect – Praveen Varshney of Varshney Capital
- Investor Connect – Henry Yoshida of Rocket Dollar
- Investor Connect – Nathan McDonald of Keiretsu Capital
- Investor Connect – Marius Ghenea of 3TS Capital Partners
- Investor Connect – Tamim Abdul Majid of OCA Ventures
- Investor Connect – Clint Korver of Ulu Ventures
- Investor Connect – Kari Sulenes of Project Atlas
- Investor Connect – David Gold of Access Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – Graham Foreman of Edovate Capital
- Investor Connect – Greg Beaufait of Dundee VC
- Investor Connect – Sarah Millar of City Light Capital
- Investor Connect – Adam Draper of Boost VC
- Investor Connect – Nate Nead of Investmentbank.com
- Investor Connect – Allison Baum of Fresco Capital
- Investor Connect – Brian Parks of Bigfoot Capital
- Investor Connect – Paul O’Brien of Media Tech Ventures
- Investor Connect – Roger Chen of Silverton Partners
- Investor Connect – Art Shectman of Elephant Ventures
- Investor Connect – Tahira Dosani of Accion Venture Labs
- Investor Connect – Matthew Le Merle of Keiretsu Capital
- Investor Connect – Andrew Goldner of GrowthX
- Investor Connect – Lou Doctor
- Investor Connect – Magdalena Yesil of Broadway Angels
- Investor Connect – Jonathan Nelson of HACK Fund Liquid Venture Capital
- Investor Connect – Jaap Dekter of Amsterdam Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – Daniel Carter of Windmill Investments
- Investor Connect – Kyle Samani of MultiCoin Capital
- Investor Connect – Greg Bohlen of Union Grove Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – Craig Vaughan of Vaughan Capital Advisors
- Investor Connect – Thomas Hawes of Sandbox Industries
- Investor Connect – Michael Falcon of Bandgap Ventures
- Investor Connect – Christopher Mirabile of Launchpad Venture Group
- Investor Connect – Julie Smith of Medici Ventures
- Investor Connect – Chris Marks of Blue Note Ventures
- Investor Connect – Randy Goldsmith of Rapamycin Holdings
- Investor Connect – Brett Hurt of data.world
- Investor Connect – Vaughn Blake of Autochrome Ventures
- Investor Connect – Ryan Pollock of Iron Gate Capital
- Investor Connect – Jeremy Arendt of Cottonwood Venture Partners
- Investor Connect – Candice Landry of 10e5
- Investor Connect – West Monroe Partners
- Investor Connect – Andrew Romans of Rubicon Ventures
- Investor Connect – Bill Feldott
- Investor Connect – John Shaw of CTAN
- Investor Connect – Doreen Lorenzo of UT School of Design
- Investor Connect – Duncan Davidson of BullPen Capital
- Investor Connect – Charlie Carr of PwC
- Investor Connect – Andrew Goldner of GrowthX
- Investor Connect – Jeff Pomeranz of Right Side Capital Management
- Investor Connect – Erica Lill of Keiretsu Capital
- Investor Connect – David Orandella of ORIX
- Investor Connect – John Backus of PROOF.VC
- Investor Connect – Tony Rimas of Fraser McCombs Capital
- Investor Connect – Nathaniel Houghton of NextGen
- Investor Connect – Ross Blankenship
- Investor Connect – Alessandro Piol
- Investor Connect – Howie Diamond of Ranch Ventures
- Investor Connect – Sammy Abdullah of Blossom Street
- Investor Connect – Austin Childs of Bay Angels
- Investor Connect – Saurabh Khetrapal
- AngelConnect Investory Podcast
- 30 – Interview with David Wieland of the Irish Angels
- Investor Connect – Will Szczerbiak of Greycroft Partners
- 28- Jay Zeidman discusses the Digital Health Space with Hall Martin
- 27 – Chris Burney of the San Antonio Angel Network
- InvestorConect – Mike Troy
- 25-InvestorConnect-FamilyOffices
- 21- Due Diligence with William Morgan
- Exit Strategies with Best Fit Capital
- Victor Elgohary
- David Reid talks about the Baylor Angel Network
- 18–Pat Horner on Launching an Angel Network at a University
- 17–Ed Fikse shares his 7 criteria for an angel investment
- Bob Knorr talks about Angel Investing
- 15–Barrett Woods talks about Tech Investing
- Thomas Williams talks about Investing in Restaurants
- 13–Shane Kelly talks about the Wolverine Angel Network
- 12–Jared Slosberg talks about finding good deals
- Episode 11 of ANGEL CONNECT PODCAST: Vinod of PeachTree from TieCon Silicon Valley 2014
- 10 – Dick Benckendorf Talks about TIPS Investment
- 09–James Comeaux talks about Execution and Simplicity
- 08–Mihesh TiECon South 2014
- 07–Nick Mysore of TiECon South 2014
- 06 – Nilech Necht at TiECon South 2014
- 05- George Brodie at TiECon South 2014
- 04–Suhas Patil of TiECon Silicon Valley 2014
- 03–Naren Bakshi of TieCon SV 2014
- 02- Interview with Keith Larson
- 00- Welcome to Angel Connect.mp3
- Keith Photo and book
- Keith Larson interview at TiECon 2014.mp3
- Keith Larsen
- What is AngelConnect
- Interview with Subu at TieCon 2014 Silicon Valley – 01