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Successful Startup Founders Invest In Their Own Ventures 0742d64fd6a698c3cfa409e71c3cc4e5620a7e7299f434f1380bb4cde9bc488a

I want to start investing in the tech industry (seed stage and/or stock market investing). What resources are good for evaluating a company in this niche and learning more about the industry?

The two possible approaches mentioned in the question are very, very different from each other. Investing in public technology stocks in the stock market (such as Google, Apple, and many smaller companies) is something that anyone can do, can be started with a very small amount of money, can be experimented with before committing (by establishing a ‘shadow portfolio’), […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
20 Oct 2013
Successful Startup Founders Invest In Their Own Ventures 0742d64fd6a698c3cfa409e71c3cc4e5620a7e7299f434f1380bb4cde9bc488a

I want to start investing in the tech industry (seed stage and/or stock market investing). What resources are good for evaluating a company in this niche and learning more about the industry?

The two possible approaches mentioned in the question are very, very different from each other. Investing in public technology stocks in the stock market (such as Google, Apple, and many smaller companies) is something that anyone can do, can be started with a very small amount of money, can be experimented with before committing (by establishing a ‘shadow portfolio’), […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
20 Oct 2013
What Founders Should Consider Early Exit Offer 601e498501579f6bfb2b1c25ae3ca66095ba6d7760710e7efe27246998f9eed7

How does a startup replace an executive?

This is one of the trickiest situations, and for a tech-based startup where the Founder/CEO is not him- or herself a tech person, it may well be THE trickiest situation. In large part it comes down to the integrity and personality of the CTO, and the quality of the relationship with the CEO. If both […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
17 Oct 2013
Startup Strategies: The Strategic and Financial Significance of Intellectual Property

Investors Look First At The Founder, Then The Idea

Investors are people too. They evaluate you like you should assess a possible co-founder or first employee. What are your credentials? What have you done that would convince me that my money is safe in your hands? Only after they see you as fundable, do they want to assess your plan for fundability, not the […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
14 Oct 2013
Five Key Metrics You Need 2897bd925f8d3d54dc1b7ff249b491be390df00f154f4ff6f8957679883dd8c0

What’s the best financial structure for an active Angel investor in the US?

I believe that you’re over-complicating the issue. In the US, taxes are taxes, and the only question about income is whether you have held the asset for over one year, in order to qualify for capital gains treatment. So unless you have other complications (such as generation-skipping gift tax issues) just go and take it […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
13 Oct 2013
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