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New Startups Around the World – Q1 2014

Thousands of entrepreneurs continue to create new startup profiles on Gust each month. Take a look below to see which industries, countries, and company stages had the most activity in Q1.
Ilana Grossman
Ilana Grossman , Chief Marketing Officer , GUST INC.
15 May 2014
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How do angel investors typically deal with the legal agreements and similarly how would they help deal with legal issues for a startup they’ve invested in?

All investments by angels (and everyone else) in a company are made according to detailed legal documents that specify everything about the relationship among the various parties, the terms of the value exchange and the various rights and responsibilities of everyone involved. The paperwork can range from 5-10 pages for a pretty straightforward convertible note, […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
15 May 2014
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What’s a typical day like for a full-time angel investor?

There is no such thing as a full-time angel investor (or if there is, I’ve never met one.) If you mean someone investing mostly other people’s money through a seed fund, they are venture capitalists, and their days are spent like other VCs, meeting with prospective investments, mentoring portfolio companies, raising money from limited partners, negotiating […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
11 May 2014
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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
11 May 2014
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How do venture capital firms make money by investing in startups?

The venture capital fund itself makes money… …by investing early in a startup company’s life, when success is not at all assured. In exchange for investing capital to help the company grow, the fund receives an ownership interest in the company. Because in the early days a company will not be worth very much, the fund’s ownership […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
8 May 2014
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