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IPOs, M&As, Liquidity, & You. (the entrepreneur)

In the “good old days,” angels invested in seed-stage startups and teed up promising companies for subsequent venture capital financing. If the company was successful, this quickly led to an IPO – a very happy ending for the entrepreneur, the angels, and the venture capitalists. My, my…how the world has changed. The two major differences in […]
Bill Payne
Bill Payne , Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund
28 Dec 2011
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Entrepreneurs: Due Diligence on Investors is Smart

Due diligence should always be a two-way street. A while back, I published an article on “Startup Due Diligence Is Not a Mysterious Black Art,” describing what investors do to validate your startup before they invest. Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
27 Dec 2011
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Outside capital: do or die?

A gigantic percentage of startup literature concerns how to raise capital.  But before you start on that PowerPoint, let’s ask this: do you really have to? Or is it still possible to bootstrap and build a company organically? Strategically, the advantage outside capital provides is obvious: you can go faster.  And since speed of iteration is often the […]
Bob Rice
Bob Rice , MANAGING PARTNER , Tangent Capital
23 Dec 2011
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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Having covered all the bases to ensure that your corporate name is available, the domain name can be acquired, and the name doesn’t infringe any existing trademarks (as we discussed here), now is a good time to look at the categories of intellectual property (IP) that are […]
Antone Johnson
Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group
22 Dec 2011
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There Is Only ONE Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is a very special place – the nucleus of high-growth, high technology entrepreneurship in the US, indeed, in the world.  The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula.  The Valley has been a unique place for over […]
Bill Payne
Bill Payne , Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund
21 Dec 2011
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