I’m kicking off a new series on this blog: detailed notes on events of interest to the investing and technology community. Conrad Wadowski, Business Development at Xamtech, is initiating with his detailed notes on the inaugural panel of the new Enterprise Tech Meetup. Livestream video here. —————————– In startup land, consumer internet startups have gotten...
[Continue Reading]How Startups Should Report Financial Results
I asked Rick Eaton, CFO of Hashable, to write for you a sanitized version of some of the detailed reports that Hashable provides to its investors (which includes us). He’s provided below a template for both the cover email and the detailed report. Rick was previously CFO of ffVC portfolio company Quigo, sold to AOL for...
[Continue Reading]Free Publicity for your Company
As a startup, the ability to create publicity for your business at minimal to no cost can be invaluable. We’ve listed below some of the more creative ways that we’ve seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media. MAJOR CONFERENCES SEEKING STARTUPS TO FEATURE (AT NO CHARGE) Conferences are a great venue for educating...
[Continue Reading]Disruptive Companies in Asset Management
We recently hosted an idea dinner on “Disruptive Companies in the Asset Management Industry”. The most attractive industries to disrupt are highly profitable ones, and asset management is traditionally a highly profitable industry. IMHO, the most successful disrupters in this area to date have been Vanguard (who popularized index funds) and the ETF industry. We...
[Continue Reading]Ten Tips for Entrepreneurs when Working with Lawyers
David A. Boillot, Susan Klein, and Ed Reitler of Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt did a great job representing me in finalizing the terms of my joining ff Venture Capital. However, I definitely have to admit that executing the agreements took much longer than I had hoped. Although fortunately my cost was capped, it still cost...
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