By VStart, on March 29th, 2010
Senator Dodd’s current financial reform bill is designed to address financial reform and regulation of the big banks, including the “too big to fail” issue. But it may have unintended consequences by reducing the number of angel investors while at the same time putting regulatory hurdles in place. These hurdles will increase the time it takes (yes, even more!) for entrepreneurs to raise money, and put more bureaucracy in the way further discouraging angel investors.
There is a post on VentureBeat today that has more details and discussion. That post also has some good summary information on the SEC rules that relate to all Read More »»
By VStart, on March 3rd, 2010
Gold Standard Diagnostics, Inc. of Davis has just raised a Series A round from private investors. The company started in 2007 and bootstrapped its way by generating revenue from the very beginning. The capital infusion will be used for a major product launch this spring. Investors included Roger Salquist and other angels.
Gold Standard will be participating in the SARTA’s Med Tech Showcase on March 30th at CSUS and has been able to raise its local profile with the assistance of SARTA’s MedStart, a sister program to our VentureStart.
By Dan Koellen, on July 14th, 2009
Does anyone really know? Looking back on all of the pitches I have heard many entrepreneurs certainly don’t and probably many investors don’t either. Is this a Mission Impossible?
Should you decide to accept this mission your first task is to have the investors take notice by presenting a succinct summary of what problem you are solving, why it is important to solve, that you can make money by solving it, and you (and your team) will execute. This needs to be done in the first few slides or it is truly a Mission Impossible! Notice I did not say anything about technology, science, or software. These are means Read More »»
By VStart, on July 13th, 2009
DFJ Gotham Ventures & Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati gave a Venture Capital Bootcamp at Columbia University on June 3, 2009. Much of the content is good for Angels as well, and be sure to look through the entire slide presentation; there is some good material in the latter half. (You can also apply to a local FREE bootcamp entitled “Angle for Angels: A Primer for Entrepreneurs on Raising Capital“ put on by the Foothills Angels.)
You can see the video and slides at the Gotham site, but here are the slides that were posted on Slideshare.
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By VStart, on July 11th, 2009
Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for almost twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, & internet marketing nerd. Here is an interesting presentation from SlideShare on the current investment climate for (web) startups.
By VStart, on July 9th, 2009
There are many sites, documents and videos on the web about pitching a startup to investors. Here is one video that stands out. It is by David Rose, an angel investor, and serial entrepreneur. He is also the founder of Angelsoft (the platform used by most angel groups to manage entrepreneur applications, and deal flow).
Hope you enjoy it!
