While their simplicity is attractive, convertible notes are not necessarily the best option. Kicking the can down the road with respect to valuation ultimately benefits neither the founder/entrepreneur nor the angel investor.
Aspiring entrepreneurs embarked on their dreams of success in business with a single idea for a product or service which they believed will be the next big thing. However, in many cases, the execution of the idea fails to meet the expected results.
Of Immigrants, Entrepreneurs and the Road to Serfdom – Part IV As promised in the concluding paragraph of part three, we begin with a candid look at the StartUp 2.0 Act, introduced June 5, 2012 in the House of Representatives as H.R. 5893 and in the Senate May 22, 2012 …
A House Divided In this, the final segment of the series, we examine developments in social media platforms, the future for developers in social media and finally, the ramifications diminished developer participation may have on the ecosystem. As of November 2012, the top five social media sites were Facebook, Twitter, …
Startup Mistakes That Drive Angel Investors and VCs Away! Part 2 In part one, we began an examination of the many mistakes entrepreneurs can make when pitching to angel investors and/or venture capitalists. That examination and analysis continues here, in part two. Delusions of grandeur Even if they concede that …
Developers beating a retreat from Twitter’s platform In our first article, we focused on Facebook and Twitter as examples of companies that have wreaked havoc on entrepreneurial companies dependent on those platforms. We spoke of Facebook tweaks that resulted in companies like Virtue, Context Optional and Buddy Media practically forced …
When’s the best time to start your startup? Right now! Yes, that’s right, you heard me the first time, now’s the best time to start your startup! While you’re still young, while you still have all the time in the world. If you wait until later, it might be too …
There are countless reasons for business failure but if you examine each response, however varied the responses may be, the root cause can invariably be traced back to a failure in execution at some level.
The immigration policy concern is not that the issue of immigration is being debated; rather the concern is that the extremists in the debate are not being honest with regard to the facts. The public and public policy makers cannot make honest appraisals in the absence of honest facts.
While their simplicity is attractive, convertible notes are not necessarily the best option. Kicking the can down the road with respect to valuation ultimately benefits neither the founder/entrepreneur nor the angel investor.
Histories involving real entrepreneurs and how United States immigration policies failed them.
Aspiring entrepreneurs embarked on their dreams of success in business with a single idea for a product or service which they believed will be the next big thing. However, in many cases, the execution of the idea fails to meet the expected results.
Of Immigrants, Entrepreneurs and the Road to Serfdom – Part IV As promised in the concluding paragraph of part three, we begin with a candid look at the StartUp 2.0 Act, introduced June 5, 2012 in the House of Representatives as H.R. 5893 and in the Senate May 22, 2012 …
Of Immigrants, Entrepreneurs and the Road to Serfdom – Part III In part two, I spoke of the need to amend our approach to immigration. As France begins to self-destruct under the medieval tax policies of President Francois Hollande, Canada’s predominantly French speaking province of Quebec has an initiative in …
America’s Brain Drain In part one, I alluded to the reluctance of the Senate to bring the STEM Jobs Act to a vote and it is certainly unlikely that the Senate will consider H.R. 6429 until the soap opera that is the “fiscal cliff” has played out. This is unfortunate. …
This series of articles will focus on the immigration policy of the United States as it relates to our economic growth, particularly through entrepreneurial enterprise. While this is the intended focus, I may necessarily stray into other, seemingly unrelated, areas of the topic in question. It is my sincere hope …
A House Divided In this, the final segment of the series, we examine developments in social media platforms, the future for developers in social media and finally, the ramifications diminished developer participation may have on the ecosystem. As of November 2012, the top five social media sites were Facebook, Twitter, …
Startup Mistakes That Drive Angel Investors and VCs Away! Part 2 In part one, we began an examination of the many mistakes entrepreneurs can make when pitching to angel investors and/or venture capitalists. That examination and analysis continues here, in part two. Delusions of grandeur Even if they concede that …
Developers beating a retreat from Twitter’s platform In our first article, we focused on Facebook and Twitter as examples of companies that have wreaked havoc on entrepreneurial companies dependent on those platforms. We spoke of Facebook tweaks that resulted in companies like Virtue, Context Optional and Buddy Media practically forced …
The biblical parable tells the story of two builders. One of whom built a house on sand, and the other who built on rock. The outcome was predictable. Less predictable, but certainly possible, is the collapse of a company built on a platform it does not own. In this, and …
Startup Acquihires—the Latest Alternative to Monster.com? It sounds insane doesn’t it? The very idea of starting a company with no goal beyond making it an attractive target for acquisition is anathema to me, and for what … a job! Are venture capitalists and angel investors complicit or victims themselves? Let’s …
When’s the best time to start your startup? Right now! Yes, that’s right, you heard me the first time, now’s the best time to start your startup! While you’re still young, while you still have all the time in the world. If you wait until later, it might be too …