Sources of Money for Technology Startup Businesses and Growing Tech Companies - Blogs

  • The Shitake Hits the Fan | Redfin Corporate Blog
     The value of a great lead investor can make a huge difference as you build your business. Learn how Glenn found a the help he needed.
  • A VC: Continuous Feedback
     Suggestion on how to improve Board meetings. Ask what 3 things are we doing well and what 3 things could we be doing better.
  • Ron Conway Explained // ben's blog
    When looking for a great angel investor, one question to ask is what is their network. Ron Conway brings an enormous network to bear when he invests in your business. This will effect your exit …
  • Term Sheet Negotiation Tells | Permanent Record
     Termsheet negotiation is a good indication of what is to come with an investor or entrepreneur.
  • Elevator Pitch
    Getting your story down to one sentence is an art, and everyone has their own way to do it. Here's an engaging video and technique developed by funder Adea Ressi, using the old favorite game, …
  • Streamline Your Product Pitch
    As always, Guy Kawasaki gets straight to the point: your investment pitch should have 10 slides, last 20 minutes and be in 30 point font. But it's good to read the article by Guy to …
  • Truth is Sometimes In the Middle
    This is an article to read before your answer your first phone  call from a VC. The end of the article warms us: "Is there a lesson here for other entrepreneurs? It may be that no …
  • Internet Startups and Venture Capital
    Here's a thought provoking article: is it time for Internet Startups to just go it on their own, and not engage with Venture Capitalists? The author makes an interesting argument that …
  • Assessing Risk
    intro could highlight the 4 types of risk spartina thinks you should focus on eliminating As a business entrepreneur, you might want to know how your investors are thinking about risk. Jay Turo …
  • The Phenome Project
    How can you tell if your business is really on target? Created in June of 2008, the Venture Phenome Project, was designed to be an open source methodology for identifying which key business and …
  • Practical Approach for Developing Annual Letter to Shareholders
     Good template for what to include in an annual shareholder letter.
  • Acquisition Blues
    What could be more disheartening than "almost" being acquired, and then having the process breakdown? Backblaze went through the process, all the way through due diligence, …
  • Allocating Shares
    As you allocate shares in your new business among the founders, there are some equity issues (pun intended!). That is, how do you allocate the equity when one of the founders is investing money, …
  • Liquidation Preferences
    Be  careful how you create the liquidation preferences in your offerings. They are getting a closer scrutiny these days because of the markets. Here's a thoughtful article from the Wall …
  • Raising Venture Capital
    Here are some fascinating questions to consider when you are raising venture capital. They were asked by VCs to Redfin, and really make you, the entrepreneur, think about your company. Good to …
  • A Valuation Method
    Here's another valuable resource when you are looking at valuation for your company. Dave points out 5 key areas that should add value to your company, that are not direct sales numbers, but …
  • FRFund Incubator
    If you are interested in another excellent resource for getting your startup on the map, consider FBFund. In this article on TechCrunch, they point out that now the FaceBook fund includes a …
  • Ventrue Capital Blogs
    As an entrepreneur who wants to raise money for your business, it's important to stay on top of the trends in the VC world. One way to do that is to subscribe to a few of the really good blogs …
  • Presenting your Product and Company- Part 2
    In the second part of his email, Jason Calacanis gives more insights on the best way to present your product and company. Given his expertise, and then number of presentations he has sat through, …
  • The Company and Product Pitch
    In his helpful newsletter item, Jason gives great tips on presenting your company and the new product. I particularly like his opening point: a great product can be demoed in 5 minutes, and that …