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Knowledge Is Power: Convertible Note Financing Terms, Part I

The most successful serial entrepreneurs in the world may found three or four, perhaps even eight or ten venture-backed startups over the course of their careers. By contrast, venture capitalists and angel investors typically make scores or even hundreds of investments over the course of their careers. It should therefore come as no surprise that an asymmetry […]
Antone Johnson
Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group
29 Sep 2011
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The World of Gust

Today’s unveiling of Gust, the global infrastructure for early stage entrepreneurial financing, is a milestone that has been seven years in the making. When we originally conceived of a single platform tying together the world’s entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and supporting organizations, it quickly became apparent that the biggest challenge had nothing to do with technology. […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
13 Sep 2011
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5 Things I Look For When Investing in a Startup

Since this is my inaugural post here, I decided it would fit the occasion to list the five things I value most in an startup investment proposal. What I say here is my opinion and mine alone. It’s the result of several decades in high tech, three years as an investor in a local Oregon angel […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
13 Sep 2011
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“AirB&E” and Disaster Response for Consumer Startups

Amid the remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks this past weekend, much was made of the voluminous 9/11 Commission report, which described in excruciating detail countless ways in which the United States homeland security and emergency response infrastructure failed to respond adequately to a disaster of unprecedented proportions. The “system” as it existed […]
Antone Johnson
Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group
13 Sep 2011
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Gust: Venture Forward

Most of us love the idea of a new beginning, a makeover, and a fresh start. Yet, despite the tremendous amount of innovation in our space, there is still a huge amount of, (excuse the graphic word), regurgitation going on in our blogosphere. I’m not referring to the use of viral media to spread good […]
Ilana Grossman
Ilana Grossman , Chief Marketing Officer , GUST INC.
13 Sep 2011
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