The early stage investor behind the Crosspring Incubator gives the BitcoinWednesday conference his investor’s view of the scene for Dutch digital currency startups.
Mentor, rådgiver eller samtalepartner? @ First Tuesday BergenFirst Tuesday Bergen
Mentor, rådgiver eller samtalepartner?
Christian Erichsen - Gründer og mentor
Når det stormer som verst, hvem skal du spørre til råds? Hvem kan gi deg svarene på det du skal gjøre - når ingen har gjort det før? Mest sannsynlig kan ingen gi deg rett svar, men flere kan dele historier fra egne erfaringer i tilsvarende situasjoner - og ikke minst være en samtalepartner og aktiv lytter for å diskutere med noen som har vært i lignende situasjoner tidligere.
Christian Erichsen. 20 års erfaring med teknologiledelse fra større offentlige og private IT prosjekter til mindre oppstartsselskaper. 14 år som grunder og de siste 4 årene som tidligfase investor og rådgiver for flere teknologiselskaper. Har selv vært med på hele reisen fra ide til internasjonal suksess, iblandet opp og nedturer, finanskrise og ymse kriser. Siste prosjektet er etableringen av Bergen.Works, et privat co-woriking space for vekstbedrifter der erfaringer, kompetanse og ressurser deles blant likesinnede.
How to work with startups if you are a corporate? What are the necessary steps I have to undetake if I want to work with startups?
Here are a few tips in a 101 collection how to move forward as the gorilla among the monkeys.
As a startup with a great idea you are always looking out for investors and funding. However, "just" an idea might not cut it and you have to step up your game. Why investors are always looking for more...
Scoring angel investment for startups in New Zealandnzangels
How can you get investment from angel investors in New Zealand? This presentation covers the basics for how to prepare your business, how to approach investors, and what you can expect from the process
5. how to choose your investor startups.beStartUps.be
Find out how to choose an investor that adds value to your business: track record, partners and which are the red flags you should pay attention to. Learn more and get investor-ready: www.startups.be/fundraising
You are currently preparing your financing round and want to get an overview of a VC's Investment criteria? This checklist contains the main questions we want to touch base on in financial models for your Seed- and Series A round.
Mentor, rådgiver eller samtalepartner? @ First Tuesday BergenFirst Tuesday Bergen
Mentor, rådgiver eller samtalepartner?
Christian Erichsen - Gründer og mentor
Når det stormer som verst, hvem skal du spørre til råds? Hvem kan gi deg svarene på det du skal gjøre - når ingen har gjort det før? Mest sannsynlig kan ingen gi deg rett svar, men flere kan dele historier fra egne erfaringer i tilsvarende situasjoner - og ikke minst være en samtalepartner og aktiv lytter for å diskutere med noen som har vært i lignende situasjoner tidligere.
Christian Erichsen. 20 års erfaring med teknologiledelse fra større offentlige og private IT prosjekter til mindre oppstartsselskaper. 14 år som grunder og de siste 4 årene som tidligfase investor og rådgiver for flere teknologiselskaper. Har selv vært med på hele reisen fra ide til internasjonal suksess, iblandet opp og nedturer, finanskrise og ymse kriser. Siste prosjektet er etableringen av Bergen.Works, et privat co-woriking space for vekstbedrifter der erfaringer, kompetanse og ressurser deles blant likesinnede.
How to work with startups if you are a corporate? What are the necessary steps I have to undetake if I want to work with startups?
Here are a few tips in a 101 collection how to move forward as the gorilla among the monkeys.
As a startup with a great idea you are always looking out for investors and funding. However, "just" an idea might not cut it and you have to step up your game. Why investors are always looking for more...
Scoring angel investment for startups in New Zealandnzangels
How can you get investment from angel investors in New Zealand? This presentation covers the basics for how to prepare your business, how to approach investors, and what you can expect from the process
5. how to choose your investor startups.beStartUps.be
Find out how to choose an investor that adds value to your business: track record, partners and which are the red flags you should pay attention to. Learn more and get investor-ready: www.startups.be/fundraising
You are currently preparing your financing round and want to get an overview of a VC's Investment criteria? This checklist contains the main questions we want to touch base on in financial models for your Seed- and Series A round.
Most investors ask startups to send a pitch deck over before a meeting, a lot of them pass and say no on the strength of that pitch deck.
We do things a little bit differently and we've actually made a pitch deck to sell ourselves to startups. We're Founder first and we see ourselves as privileged to be buying some equity in your company.
CEO of the startup & innovation studio Launcher, Viktor Mikulasek, presented at the Mobcon conference in Bratislava, Slovakia. The aim was to clarify what should a startup consider before approaching an investor.
Investor readiness: 99 questions from investors by Startups.beStartUps.be
Sharpen up your pitching skills: how to talk about your product, metrics, business model, team and more! Want to get investor ready? Visit www.startups.be/fundraising
Key learnings and insights from successful collaborations between corporate innovators and startups entrepreneurs.
This presentation was part of the Lean Startup Night Luxembourg and aimed at kickstarting the panel discussion on the subject "Corporate Innovation Meets Tech Startups".
You are currently preparing your financing round and want to get an overview of a VC's Investment criteria. This checklist contains the main questions we want to touch base on in Seed- and Series A pitch meetings.
Dive into Startups.be overview of the fundraising process, prepared by Thibau Claes (thibaut@startups.be). Learn more and get investor-ready: www.startups.be/fundraising
Most investors ask startups to send a pitch deck over before a meeting, a lot of them pass and say no on the strength of that pitch deck.
We do things a little bit differently and we've actually made a pitch deck to sell ourselves to startups. We're Founder first and we see ourselves as privileged to be buying some equity in your company.
CEO of the startup & innovation studio Launcher, Viktor Mikulasek, presented at the Mobcon conference in Bratislava, Slovakia. The aim was to clarify what should a startup consider before approaching an investor.
Investor readiness: 99 questions from investors by Startups.beStartUps.be
Sharpen up your pitching skills: how to talk about your product, metrics, business model, team and more! Want to get investor ready? Visit www.startups.be/fundraising
Key learnings and insights from successful collaborations between corporate innovators and startups entrepreneurs.
This presentation was part of the Lean Startup Night Luxembourg and aimed at kickstarting the panel discussion on the subject "Corporate Innovation Meets Tech Startups".
You are currently preparing your financing round and want to get an overview of a VC's Investment criteria. This checklist contains the main questions we want to touch base on in Seed- and Series A pitch meetings.
Dive into Startups.be overview of the fundraising process, prepared by Thibau Claes (thibaut@startups.be). Learn more and get investor-ready: www.startups.be/fundraising
Slides of my presentation at the keynote debate on Digital Scholarship of ED-MEDIA 2011. The debate followed an Oxford-style 'competitive debate' format, where a motion is put forward and two debaters argue, one in favor of the motion and the other against it. Martin Weller, from the Open University, UK, had the task of arguing for the motion. I had the task of arguing against it. Following our presentations, we have briefly responded to each others' arguments, after which the debate has been open to questions and comments from the floor. At the conclusion of the session, the votes from the audience have been cast. The results have been as follows: For the motion - 33%; Against the motion - 67%. I will be blogging about this debate very soon, and I'll keep you informed.
Apresentação no "Ciclo de Seminários em Educação a Distância e eLearning" do Laboratório de Educação a Distância (LE@D) da Universidade Aberta, 2.º Semestre de 2011/2012, Palácio Ceia, Lisboa, 12 de Maio de 2012
How do I Raise Capital? - Lecture at University of OxfordSia Houchangnia
Dr Ricardo Schäfer and Sia Houchangnia from the Seedcamp investment team, were invited to give a lecture at the Oxford University Saïd Business School, as part of its flagship lecture series Building a Business. The lecture was given to 200 students interested in learning more about starting a business and the key principles of how to do so. The topic of this lecture is on How to Raise Capital.
The lecture was filmed and you can watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/KWjtRikKDLE?list=PLtXf43N26ZiefSYP5o2GmMnN6V_WYkUe3
Dr Ricardo Schäfer and Sia Houchangnia from the Seedcamp investment team, were invited to give a lecture at the Oxford University Said Business School, as part of its flagship lecture series Building a Business. The lecture was given to 200 students interested in learning more about starting a business and the key principles of how to do so. The topic of this lecture is on How to Raise Capital.
Investors historically sit through pitches and evaluate early stage startups on three primary metrics: 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling presentations, and 3) a strong team. Steve Blank, the Godfather of the Lean Startup movement said in his Customer Development Manifesto: “There’s no formal way for an investor to assess project maturity or quantify risks. Other than measuring engineering progress, there’s no standard language to communicate progress.”
What has been missing is a common language to communicate objectives and data that investors and entrepreneurs can use to communicate startup readiness.
Fortunately, the principles developed in the Lean Startup movement can be utilized to help entrepreneurs assess their Investor Readiness Level in a way that allows them to demonstrate “evidence” of their readiness. In this session, Max Green and Heath Naquin, both of the IC2 Institute, will share this new method for entrepreneurs to gauge their own investor readiness using the principles of Steve Blank's Investment Readiness Level and LeanLaunchpad.
Entrepreneurs attending this session will learn a valuable approach helping their start-up team prove their competence and validate their ideas by showing investors “evidence” that there’s a repeatable and scalable business model.
Heath Naquin serves as Executive Director for the SW I-Corps Node at The University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the Managing Director for a multi-university NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) the Center for Next Generation Photovoltaics. Heath was a founding member of three different start-up business initiatives across sectors. He has helped companies raise more than $30 Million in funding from private and government sources.
Heath actively works on international commercialization initiatives and efforts focusing on industry collaboration, new project development and deployment along with building linkages between industry, government, academia and the venture capital community. Heath has worked in more than 20 countries on international commercialization and entrepreneurship initiatives in countries such as Colombia, Jordan, Iraq, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Armenia, and Turkey. Heath has extensive experience with the NSF, EPA and NIH SBIR programs as an active commercial reviewer for many years. Heath also currently serves as Faculty for the Concordia University Executive MBA program.
WeWork provides small businesses, startups, and freelancers with beautiful workspace, inspiring community, and meaningful services. With weekly events, personalized support, flexibility, and access to thousands of like-minded entrepreneurs around the world - WeWork is the perfect place to grow your business in 2015.
The WeWork Congress location sits in the heart of downtown Austin at 6th St. and Congress Ave. To learn more about joining the community, email joinus@wework.com or call 855.593.9675.
Business West held a workshop in Swindon on the 6th October to shocase to SME Businesses some of the programmes they have to help businesses grow through Innovation and Internationalisation.
Some insight into what information VCs are looking for from early stage companies, and why startups themselves should be gathering and focusing on this self-same information
A live update on where we are at and where we are heading with Monefly as well as some handy tips and tricks for personal users
Discover the online personal finance platform that allows you to monitor, manage and continuously improve your financial position. With Monefly you can track your money, property, assets & more. Go to: www.monefly.com to sign up free today.
Topics include:
- Different cloud storage services and how to choose the best one
- All about web hosting
- Open-source technologies
- Emarketing integration
- Cybersecurity
Dash Presentation - 7 October 2015 - Evan Duffield, Daniel Diaz, Robert Wieck...Bitcoin Wednesday
The creator of the cryptocurrency Dash, Evan Duffield, and a few of his team members, discuss the latest developments of Dashpay and talk about their upcoming release called Evolution at Bitcoin Wednesday.
See
http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/event/bitcoin-wednesday-28/
Presentation by Joseph Krug from Augur at Bitcoin Wednesday in Amsterdam on 4 March, 2015.
See a video of the presentation here:
http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/augur-video/
Factom ' presented by its founder Peter Kirby - 4 February, 2015 at Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam.
For a video of the presentation see: http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/factom-video/
For Peter's profile see: http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/profile-peter-kirby/
Presentation ' Ledger wallet ' By Eric Larchevêque - 4 February 2015
For the actual presentation see:
http://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/ledger-wallet-video/
Codius, Where Smart Programs Live at BitcoinWednesday #19 in AmsterdamBitcoin Wednesday
Presentation by Evan Schwartz of Ripple Labs given at the BitcoinWednesday conference in Amsterdam
Codius is a blockchain-agnostic platform for distributed applications and smart contracts. Evan talks about how Codius can be used to design decentralized programs that interact directly with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchains.
Eris, Deciding on the Blockchain, Project Douglas by Casey KuhlmanBitcoin Wednesday
Eris, Ethereum-Based Decision-making Project for Distributed Autonomous Organizations presentation given by Casey Kuhlman on Bitcoin Wednesday's First Anniversary Meeting in Amsterdam
See: http://www.meetup.com/BitcoinWednesday/events/169955532/
Acorn Recovery: Restore IT infra within minutesIP ServerOne
Introducing Acorn Recovery as a Service, a simple, fast, and secure managed disaster recovery (DRaaS) by IP ServerOne. A DR solution that helps restore your IT infra within minutes.
Have you ever wondered how search works while visiting an e-commerce site, internal website, or searching through other types of online resources? Look no further than this informative session on the ways that taxonomies help end-users navigate the internet! Hear from taxonomists and other information professionals who have first-hand experience creating and working with taxonomies that aid in navigation, search, and discovery across a range of disciplines.
This presentation by Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota), was made during the discussion “Competition and Regulation in Professions and Occupations” held at the Working Party No. 2 on Competition and Regulation on 10 June 2024. More papers and presentations on the topic can be found out at oe.cd/crps.
This presentation was uploaded with the author’s consent.
This presentation, created by Syed Faiz ul Hassan, explores the profound influence of media on public perception and behavior. It delves into the evolution of media from oral traditions to modern digital and social media platforms. Key topics include the role of media in information propagation, socialization, crisis awareness, globalization, and education. The presentation also examines media influence through agenda setting, propaganda, and manipulative techniques used by advertisers and marketers. Furthermore, it highlights the impact of surveillance enabled by media technologies on personal behavior and preferences. Through this comprehensive overview, the presentation aims to shed light on how media shapes collective consciousness and public opinion.
Sharpen existing tools or get a new toolbox? Contemporary cluster initiatives...Orkestra
UIIN Conference, Madrid, 27-29 May 2024
James Wilson, Orkestra and Deusto Business School
Emily Wise, Lund University
Madeline Smith, The Glasgow School of Art
0x01 - Newton's Third Law: Static vs. Dynamic AbusersOWASP Beja
f you offer a service on the web, odds are that someone will abuse it. Be it an API, a SaaS, a PaaS, or even a static website, someone somewhere will try to figure out a way to use it to their own needs. In this talk we'll compare measures that are effective against static attackers and how to battle a dynamic attacker who adapts to your counter-measures.
About the Speaker
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Diogo Sousa, Engineering Manager @ Canonical
An opinionated individual with an interest in cryptography and its intersection with secure software development.
3. Investment criteria
– Team (knowledge)
– Team (complementary)
– Team (drive)
– Concept (Problem/ solution)
– Time to market
– Scalable (concept)
– Deliver
9. Benefits of launching
- Validate early hypotheses
- Social proof / traction
- Feedback from real
customers
- Evidence team can ship
- Develop “bootstrapper”
mentality
- Easier to raise capital 9
Launch and Learn
FUCK IT
LAUNCH IT
10. Sources of funding
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Teams time and energy
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Friends, family, fools
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Government
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Crowd funding
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Informal investors business angels
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Debtors
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Creditors
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Banks
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Venture capital
11. 11
Questions to ask an investor
(today;-)
What are the next steps in the process?
What concerns do you have?
How much time do you typically spend with your companies?
Can you walk me through your decision making process?
How do you think you can help our company?
Do you lead and / or follow?
What’s your typical investment amount?
How does your firm think about follow on investments?
Is there any additional information you’d like to see?
Which investors do you enjoy working with?