Tag: Venture Capital
I wanted to try something new.
I am making available a few pages of advice I put together from leading venture capitalists and angel investors on how entrepreneurs should prepare for an investment pitch. In the spirit of Seth Godin, I am calling this PitchMonster. Hopefully I'll create some additional e-bookish resources also under the PitchMonster name when I have time.
Download Pitch Monster Here (http://tinyurl.com/652b8o)
These are notes that combine my own personal thoughts and experiences, along with those of the best minds in...
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The New York Times writes about companies running on angel investors, loans, or even credit cards.
When Seth J. Sternberg and two colleagues started Meebo, a Web-based instant-messaging service, they didn’t go looking for venture capitalists. Using their credit cards, they financed the company themselves to the tune of $2,000 apiece. It was enough to cover their biggest expense — leasing a few computer servers at $120 a month each.
Within a month of its introduction in September 2005, Meebo was getting as many as 50,000 log-ins a...
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In the first three quarters of 2006, $455 million was raised for Web 2.0 companies—more than twice the amount that had been raised in the first three quarters of 2005, according to Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young, which released the figures Tuesday.
Some of the hottest consumer internet sectors are, not surprisingly, video sharing and social networking. Internet gaming and entertainment are also on the rise, according to notes for a Dow Jones Consumer Technology Ventures conference held this week at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.
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