The “Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act” which will allow startups to offer and sell securities via “crowd funding” sites like Kickstarter, as well as social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, passed the House in November. The bill is in the Senate where its future is uncertain. Crowd funding is relatively new concept. As [...]
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EACA: Crowdfunding bill
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged angel investor, Regulation, VC, Venture Capital on December 30, 2011 |
Startup Legal Costs
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged startup, VC, Venture Capital on December 30, 2011 |
New statistics from Silicon Valley’s top law firms show that new startups spend around $80,000 on legal costs. AttorneyFee, a website that compares lawyer’s fees, recently surveyed Silicon Valley’s most prominent law firms and determined that new startups spend an average of $80,000 on legal costs. With an average VC round now averaging $4 million, [...]
New IPO Market
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Growth Capital, tagged IPO, VC, Venture Capital on December 28, 2011 |
I’m traveling today with lots of time to catch up. Interesting observations about the current state of the IPO market from AVC.com here. Here are some of his observations…”Pandora, LinkedIn, Groupon, Zynga, and TripAdvisor…are all trading for north of $1bn market cap… [These] five companies…are carrying a combined market cap of $33 billion… [and] they [...]
The Truth About What Your Business Is Worth
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged valuation, VC, Venture Capital on December 28, 2011 |
NY Times reporter and business broker Barbara Taylor writes that there is a sizable “valuation gap” between what most small business owners believe their company is worth and what the market is willing to pay. Her insights are summarized below. “Businesses tend to be valued at much less than the seller had anticipated…In the world [...]
Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail
Posted in Entrepreneurship, tagged small business failure, VC, Venture Capital on December 28, 2011 |
Jay Goltz, the You’re the Boss Columnist for the New York Times and entrepreneur, made one of the best observations about small business failures earlier in 2011. His insights are summarized below. The full article is here. “The usual suspects that the owners tend to blame are the bank, the government or the idiot partner. [...]
A venture capitalist’s thoughts on America’s economic growth initiatives (Part 2)
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Uncategorized, Venture Capital, tagged VC on December 15, 2011 |
“The vast preponderance” of America’s job needs are satisfied by companies that are younger than 5 years old. The Kauffman Foundation has shared that pertinent information in Sketchbook video form. Even if their message becomes trite, it must not be ignored. Statistics abound regarding the importance of America’s true job creators: entrepreneurs. In the midst [...]
StartUp America
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged angel investor, Regulation, startup, VC, Venture Capital on December 9, 2011 |
The Obama Administration put forth draft regulations allocating funds to their widely promoted StartUp America plan. The proposal will allocate capital to “early stage” businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) who will lend the funds to Small Business Investment Companies (SBIC’s), essentially federally licensed VC funds who can borrow from the federal government. [...]
Revolution Growth Fund pushes for VC resurgence in DC
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Growth Capital, ROVA, Small Business, Venture Capital, tagged startup, VC, Venture Capital on December 1, 2011 |
Former AOL Executives look to spark VC activity in the not-Boston-or-NYC parts of the East Coast. The Revolution Growth Fund is the match that they hope lights a startup fire in DC and the surrounding areas. Steve Case, Ted Leonsis and Donn Davis, all former executives that pushed AOL–both to its rise and fall–have closed [...]
Another win for ROVA: The University of Virginia Investing Conference
Posted in Entrepreneurship, ROVA, Small Business, tagged ROVA, Small Business, Venture Capital on November 28, 2011 |
As an attendee of the fall’s semiannual University of Virginia Investing Conference (UVIC), I can attest that the event is yet another step in the right direction for the small business and entrepreneur-rich Rest of Virginia (ROVA). An assemblage of some of America’s best investing minds, the UVIC is an appreciated boon for business in [...]
Anti Venture Capital
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, tagged angel investor, entrepreneur, VC, Venture Capital on November 23, 2011 |
I stumbled across the Anti Venture Capital website and found it both humorous and informative. Here is an opening tidbit of advice from the site: “There is nothing tougher than trying to raise capital in the Financing Valley of Death….Have you made tens of millions for previous investors who will vouch for you? No? Then [...]
Va Cap Partners’ Twitter
- Nick Beim, GP at Matrix, discusses VC environment and outlook for Internet startups. "http://bloom.bg/z0MWvM 3 months ago
- Great interactive map of US showing shadow housing inventory by county. bit.ly/wKRtFk 3 months ago
- BB&T filing says Dodd-Frank may materially adversely affect BB&T’s business, financial condition or results of operations 3 months ago
Fred’s Twitter
- In Seattle for series of meetings with Matt Austin 2 months ago
- Classic Hemingway quote: "How do you go bankrupt? Two ways, gradually and then suddenly"...reminded me of Greece. 2 months ago
- Attending Diabetic Complications Consortium symposia in Boston. So out of place I feel like Forest Gump. 2 months ago
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