The document discusses an early stage investor who has invested in a startup for nearly a decade without significant revenue growth or progress. While the startup continues requesting more funding, promising progress, the investor has lost faith in management's ability to deliver. The investor questions when VCs should acknowledge a mistake rather than throwing good money after bad. It discusses how over-optimism and arrogance can lead VCs to invest far more than startups are ultimately worth or sold for.
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Startups are small teams, most often between five and 100 people. They’re backed by intelligent investors and led by visionary founders. They’re innovating, experimenting, growing, and most importantly for you—they’re hiring. (ALL the time—often even if they don’t post job listings.)
Raising your first $1mm to $5mm a view from both sides of the tableStartupWeekDallas
Presentation at Dallas Startup Week from Lee Blaylock, Founder and CEO, Who@
Lee Blaylock, a former Oracle exec and current serial entrepreneur and investor, offered up a multitude of advice for founders on Tuesday at Dallas Startup Week.
First, the Who@ founder started with his definition of entrepreneurship.
dallasstartupweek“It’s the undertaking of a business enterprise with a complete, total, utter lack of respect of the resources you currently control,” Blaylock said.
Blaylock listed a bevy of investing lingo that every entrepreneur should understand when trying to raise that first $1 million to $5 million. Among them:
- Fiduciary
- Traction
- Term Sheet
- Debt
- Equity
- Warrants
- Option Pool / Vesting / Cliff
- Capitalization Table
- Accredited Investor
- Due Diligence
- LTV / CaC
- Burn Rate
- Fume Date
- Making money and good investments concept
He then offered a “6 Things Before You Pitch” guide.
Talk by Ariel Poler at the Universidad de San Andres in Buenos Aires, Argentina. About entrepreneurship and fundraising. During the Geeks on a Plane trip to Brazil, Chile & Argentina.
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Startups are small teams, most often between five and 100 people. They’re backed by intelligent investors and led by visionary founders. They’re innovating, experimenting, growing, and most importantly for you—they’re hiring. (ALL the time—often even if they don’t post job listings.)
Raising your first $1mm to $5mm a view from both sides of the tableStartupWeekDallas
Presentation at Dallas Startup Week from Lee Blaylock, Founder and CEO, Who@
Lee Blaylock, a former Oracle exec and current serial entrepreneur and investor, offered up a multitude of advice for founders on Tuesday at Dallas Startup Week.
First, the Who@ founder started with his definition of entrepreneurship.
dallasstartupweek“It’s the undertaking of a business enterprise with a complete, total, utter lack of respect of the resources you currently control,” Blaylock said.
Blaylock listed a bevy of investing lingo that every entrepreneur should understand when trying to raise that first $1 million to $5 million. Among them:
- Fiduciary
- Traction
- Term Sheet
- Debt
- Equity
- Warrants
- Option Pool / Vesting / Cliff
- Capitalization Table
- Accredited Investor
- Due Diligence
- LTV / CaC
- Burn Rate
- Fume Date
- Making money and good investments concept
He then offered a “6 Things Before You Pitch” guide.
Talk by Ariel Poler at the Universidad de San Andres in Buenos Aires, Argentina. About entrepreneurship and fundraising. During the Geeks on a Plane trip to Brazil, Chile & Argentina.
Everybody negotiates. Some people like it, others hate it but all agree that the ability to negotiate well is a valuable business skill and therefore it’s something worth doing well.
To be successful in negotiations with venture capitalists, you have to be tough, but it also helps to have a strategy. Fortunately, Game Theory provides us with insights that can lead to practical results.
Creating value that can be captured is the essence of business. Added value equals total value created with the startupper in the game, minus total value created without the startupper in the game. One idea that we emphasize is working with what we term "complementors." A complementor is the opposite of a competitor.
This is my presentation to the ASAP Chapter meeting September 2011. The main intent to broaden awareness around forming strategic alliances between organizations and the venture capital community
Notes from an angel investing seminar conducted with a panel of experienced angel investors in June, 2000.
I've added some notes from experience over the past 13 years but for the most part, the information is as applicable today, as back then. This information should be helpful to not only angel investors but also entrepreneurs seeking their investment.
Contented mooing 9.12% from those Newbies.
StockTakers UUOOPPsiesTM gives small investors means to grow their wealth with our Risk Price driven 'likeables'.
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The mooing is now 8-10% stronger as the herd turns.
StockTakers TaxCharityTM gives small investors means to grow their wealth with our Risk Price driven 'likeables'.
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Accredited investors can Buy A Slice of StockTakers 12% Bond to earn investment income by leaving that work to us.
Because We Do.
The herd returns to mooing 4-10% stronger again .
StockTakers TaxCharityTM gives small investors means to grow their wealth with our Risk Price driven 'likeables'.
Enjoy another slice of our Risk Price method to earn investment income for yourselves.
Because You Can.
Accredited investors can Buy A Slice of StockTakers 12% Bond to earn investment income by leaving that work to us.
Because We Do.
CoolTrade is an automated trading platform, also known as a robotic trading program, algorithmic trading software or online stock trading system. There are many terms used to describe the online stock trading systems that can help you grow your investments. CoolTrade is the only stock trading program for individual investors that is fully robotic.
CoolTrade was founded in 2004 by CEO Mr. Ed Barsano after years of actively trading and not finding software that could trade the market more efficiently. As a former Microsoft developer, Ed created the CoolTrade platform and marketed it to several brokerage firms. Today, CoolTrade users can use this algorithmic trading program to trade with E*TRADE, Interactive Brokers, TDAmeritrade, MB Trading and Options House.
Real or folklore - an advertisement for Sir Ernest Shackleton's "Antarctic Expedition":
"MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES,
BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS,
CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOR AND
RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS."
What similarities exist in the "Startup Expedition"?
Everybody negotiates. Some people like it, others hate it but all agree that the ability to negotiate well is a valuable business skill and therefore it’s something worth doing well.
To be successful in negotiations with venture capitalists, you have to be tough, but it also helps to have a strategy. Fortunately, Game Theory provides us with insights that can lead to practical results.
Creating value that can be captured is the essence of business. Added value equals total value created with the startupper in the game, minus total value created without the startupper in the game. One idea that we emphasize is working with what we term "complementors." A complementor is the opposite of a competitor.
This is my presentation to the ASAP Chapter meeting September 2011. The main intent to broaden awareness around forming strategic alliances between organizations and the venture capital community
Notes from an angel investing seminar conducted with a panel of experienced angel investors in June, 2000.
I've added some notes from experience over the past 13 years but for the most part, the information is as applicable today, as back then. This information should be helpful to not only angel investors but also entrepreneurs seeking their investment.
Contented mooing 9.12% from those Newbies.
StockTakers UUOOPPsiesTM gives small investors means to grow their wealth with our Risk Price driven 'likeables'.
Enjoy another slice of our Risk Price method to earn investment income for yourselves.
Because You Can.
Accredited investors can Buy A Slice of StockTakers 12% Bond to earn investment income by leaving that work to us.
Because We Do.
The mooing is now 8-10% stronger as the herd turns.
StockTakers TaxCharityTM gives small investors means to grow their wealth with our Risk Price driven 'likeables'.
Enjoy another slice of our Risk Price method to earn investment income for yourselves.
Because You Can.
Accredited investors can Buy A Slice of StockTakers 12% Bond to earn investment income by leaving that work to us.
Because We Do.
The herd returns to mooing 4-10% stronger again .
StockTakers TaxCharityTM gives small investors means to grow their wealth with our Risk Price driven 'likeables'.
Enjoy another slice of our Risk Price method to earn investment income for yourselves.
Because You Can.
Accredited investors can Buy A Slice of StockTakers 12% Bond to earn investment income by leaving that work to us.
Because We Do.
CoolTrade is an automated trading platform, also known as a robotic trading program, algorithmic trading software or online stock trading system. There are many terms used to describe the online stock trading systems that can help you grow your investments. CoolTrade is the only stock trading program for individual investors that is fully robotic.
CoolTrade was founded in 2004 by CEO Mr. Ed Barsano after years of actively trading and not finding software that could trade the market more efficiently. As a former Microsoft developer, Ed created the CoolTrade platform and marketed it to several brokerage firms. Today, CoolTrade users can use this algorithmic trading program to trade with E*TRADE, Interactive Brokers, TDAmeritrade, MB Trading and Options House.
Real or folklore - an advertisement for Sir Ernest Shackleton's "Antarctic Expedition":
"MEN WANTED FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES,
BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS,
CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOR AND
RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS."
What similarities exist in the "Startup Expedition"?
The European Unemployment Puzzle: implications from population agingGRAPE
We study the link between the evolving age structure of the working population and unemployment. We build a large new Keynesian OLG model with a realistic age structure, labor market frictions, sticky prices, and aggregate shocks. Once calibrated to the European economy, we quantify the extent to which demographic changes over the last three decades have contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate. Our findings yield important implications for the future evolution of unemployment given the anticipated further aging of the working population in Europe. We also quantify the implications for optimal monetary policy: lowering inflation volatility becomes less costly in terms of GDP and unemployment volatility, which hints that optimal monetary policy may be more hawkish in an aging society. Finally, our results also propose a partial reversal of the European-US unemployment puzzle due to the fact that the share of young workers is expected to remain robust in the US.
BYD SWOT Analysis and In-Depth Insights 2024.pptxmikemetalprod
Indepth analysis of the BYD 2024
BYD (Build Your Dreams) is a Chinese automaker and battery manufacturer that has snowballed over the past two decades to become a significant player in electric vehicles and global clean energy technology.
This SWOT analysis examines BYD's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats as it competes in the fast-changing automotive and energy storage industries.
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Shenzhen, BYD started as a battery company before expanding into automobiles in the early 2000s.
Initially manufacturing gasoline-powered vehicles, BYD focused on plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles, leveraging its expertise in battery technology.
Today, BYD is the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer, delivering over 1.2 million electric cars globally. The company also produces electric buses, trucks, forklifts, and rail transit.
On the energy side, BYD is a major supplier of rechargeable batteries for cell phones, laptops, electric vehicles, and energy storage systems.
The Evolution of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in India: Challenges...beulahfernandes8
Role in Financial System
NBFCs are critical in bridging the financial inclusion gap.
They provide specialized financial services that cater to segments often neglected by traditional banks.
Economic Impact
NBFCs contribute significantly to India's GDP.
They support sectors like micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), housing finance, and personal loans.
What website can I sell pi coins securely.DOT TECH
Currently there are no website or exchange that allow buying or selling of pi coins..
But you can still easily sell pi coins, by reselling it to exchanges/crypto whales interested in holding thousands of pi coins before the mainnet launch.
Who is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone who buys pi coins from miners and resell to these crypto whales and holders of pi..
This is because pi network is not doing any pre-sale. The only way exchanges can get pi is by buying from miners and pi merchants stands in between the miners and the exchanges.
How can I sell my pi coins?
Selling pi coins is really easy, but first you need to migrate to mainnet wallet before you can do that. I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with.
Tele-gram.
@Pi_vendor_247
how to sell pi coins effectively (from 50 - 100k pi)DOT TECH
Anywhere in the world, including Africa, America, and Europe, you can sell Pi Network Coins online and receive cash through online payment options.
Pi has not yet been launched on any exchange because we are currently using the confined Mainnet. The planned launch date for Pi is June 28, 2026.
Reselling to investors who want to hold until the mainnet launch in 2026 is currently the sole way to sell.
Consequently, right now. All you need to do is select the right pi network provider.
Who is a pi merchant?
An individual who buys coins from miners on the pi network and resells them to investors hoping to hang onto them until the mainnet is launched is known as a pi merchant.
debuts.
I'll provide you the Telegram username
@Pi_vendor_247
how to sell pi coins in South Korea profitably.DOT TECH
Yes. You can sell your pi network coins in South Korea or any other country, by finding a verified pi merchant
What is a verified pi merchant?
Since pi network is not launched yet on any exchange, the only way you can sell pi coins is by selling to a verified pi merchant, and this is because pi network is not launched yet on any exchange and no pre-sale or ico offerings Is done on pi.
Since there is no pre-sale, the only way exchanges can get pi is by buying from miners. So a pi merchant facilitates these transactions by acting as a bridge for both transactions.
How can i find a pi vendor/merchant?
Well for those who haven't traded with a pi merchant or who don't already have one. I will leave the telegram id of my personal pi merchant who i trade pi with.
Tele gram: @Pi_vendor_247
#pi #sell #nigeria #pinetwork #picoins #sellpi #Nigerian #tradepi #pinetworkcoins #sellmypi
where can I find a legit pi merchant onlineDOT TECH
Yes. This is very easy what you need is a recommendation from someone who has successfully traded pi coins before with a merchant.
Who is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone who buys pi network coins and resell them to Investors looking forward to hold thousands of pi coins before the open mainnet.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with
@Pi_vendor_247
Introduction to Indian Financial System ()Avanish Goel
The financial system of a country is an important tool for economic development of the country, as it helps in creation of wealth by linking savings with investments.
It facilitates the flow of funds form the households (savers) to business firms (investors) to aid in wealth creation and development of both the parties
If you are looking for a pi coin investor. Then look no further because I have the right one he is a pi vendor (he buy and resell to whales in China). I met him on a crypto conference and ever since I and my friends have sold more than 10k pi coins to him And he bought all and still want more. I will drop his telegram handle below just send him a message.
@Pi_vendor_247
how to swap pi coins to foreign currency withdrawable.DOT TECH
As of my last update, Pi is still in the testing phase and is not tradable on any exchanges.
However, Pi Network has announced plans to launch its Testnet and Mainnet in the future, which may include listing Pi on exchanges.
The current method for selling pi coins involves exchanging them with a pi vendor who purchases pi coins for investment reasons.
If you want to sell your pi coins, reach out to a pi vendor and sell them to anyone looking to sell pi coins from any country around the globe.
Below is the contact information for my personal pi vendor.
Telegram: @Pi_vendor_247
how can I sell pi coins after successfully completing KYCDOT TECH
Pi coins is not launched yet in any exchange 💱 this means it's not swappable, the current pi displaying on coin market cap is the iou version of pi. And you can learn all about that on my previous post.
RIGHT NOW THE ONLY WAY you can sell pi coins is through verified pi merchants. A pi merchant is someone who buys pi coins and resell them to exchanges and crypto whales. Looking forward to hold massive quantities of pi coins before the mainnet launch.
This is because pi network is not doing any pre-sale or ico offerings, the only way to get my coins is from buying from miners. So a merchant facilitates the transactions between the miners and these exchanges holding pi.
I and my friends has sold more than 6000 pi coins successfully with this method. I will be happy to share the contact of my personal pi merchant. The one i trade with, if you have your own merchant you can trade with them. For those who are new.
Message: @Pi_vendor_247 on telegram.
I wouldn't advise you selling all percentage of the pi coins. Leave at least a before so its a win win during open mainnet. Have a nice day pioneers ♥️
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#pinetwork
how can I sell pi coins after successfully completing KYC
They shoot-horses-dont-they
1. “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” By Tom Tierney
8 April 2013
One of the hardest decisions for any early stage investor in a startup is when to stop “putting good
money after bad”, when to finally disengage from an investment.
One of my investments will soon be entering its second decade of life as a company, with limited
“revenue traction” to date. I stopped doing follow on investments a few years ago because I saw a
reoccurring pattern of over promising and under-delivery, in my viewpoint, very unrealistic
management.
Now, it may well be that I’ve grown too cynical and jaded over the years and my latest response to a
follow on round will be seen as a major mistake in the not too distant future, should the company
succeed. I won’t hold my breath.
This is my actual email response to another follow on convertible financing request from this company,
names and other identifying information redacted:
From: Tom Tierney <tierney@XXXXXXXXXX.com>
Date: April 8, 2013 2:32:27 PM PDT
To: XXXX XXXXXXX <XXXX.XXXXXXX@XXXXXX.com>
Subject: Re: Action requested: XXXXXX bridge financing
Hi XXXX,
| As you may already know, XXXXXX is in the process of closing a $X.XM Convertible Debt
| Bridge Financing.
Every year since I first invested in XXXXXX in 20XX or 20XX in the first round, and follow on investments in the B, C, C-plus
etc., we are told by the CEO-of-the-day (from XXXX, to the other XXXX, to XXXX and now XXXX XXXX) that you've:
1. Fixed the last major problem.
2. Have something new and great coming.
3. Customers lined up and production/break even in sight.
4. Need additional funding to production/break even.
...and each following year we get #5:
5. Had problems, but things look good, GOTO #1
In software, we call this an "infinite loop". If XXXXXX were a race horse, it would have been shot by now.
I realize the promise of XXXX in XXXXXX for XXX and beyond but at some point after having what, $XXM->$XXM sunk
into the company and no real ongoing traction, isn't it time to say in the words of Roberto Duran: "No mas!" (no more)
There is no company apparently breaking down your door to buy this technology as part of an M&A transaction, even if they
have nibbled, the value has been peanuts? Isn't that telling you something?
If I were a limited partner invested in one of your VCs, I'd probably be reminding them of their fiduciary responsibility after all
the money poured into this thing over time – why pour any more in?
2. As Kenny Rogers sings in the "Gambler":
"You gotta know when to hold them,
Know when to fold them,
Know when to walk away,
And know when to run."
I think the time "to run" was probably many convertible rounds if not full rounds ago.
Please put this company out of its misery, so venture capital that would have been wasted here is put to use in some other
promising technology or start-up.
Tom Tierney--
Tech Coast Angels - San Diego
It’s been a long time. VCs have put in a lot of money. Why do they continue to do this, one may ask?
A VC has “reserves” in a fund and may well use other funds to invest where they see opportunity.
But at what point does it take a VC to decide to finally throw in the towel and come to the realization
that maybe this once, they’ve made a mistake and must move on? Do they use what is left of a fund
reserve like a “Hail Mary” pass at the end of a football game, hoping to pull a win out of what is looking
to be a loss?
They shoot horses don’t they? This company, this “race horse”, seemingly “can’t find the race” yet the
VCs are still betting on it … to win!
The litany of VC failure to “pull the ejection handle” on a startup investment and stop pouring “good
money after bad” grows every year and includes companies (and total investment loss) like “Webvan”
($800M), and “Amp’D Mobile” ($350M), never mind the more recent “Solyndra” ($800M+).
How does this happen? Is it arrogance on behalf of the VC? Is it naivety in continually believing the
company management’s opinion of “success just around the corner”? Is it a combination of both?
I truly hope this company succeeds in the end for all the employees that invested blood, sweat and tears
over the years. Early stage investors know the odds of success going into an investment, only risk
money and can write off losses. Some employees stake their careers on their management’s opinion on
future direction for the company, a much bigger “investment” that you can’t write off.
What’s the lesson here? Whether you’re the horse, the jockey or the person who is placing the bet, at
least make sure your “blinders” aren’t on in the “early stage investing race”.
UPDATE: (Summer, 2015: Company sold for a small fraction of total angel/VC investment.)
Tom Tierney lives in Southern NH and is a member of Tech Coast Angels (www.techcoastangels.com).
Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_coast_angels for more background information on the TCA.