fund Founders: Stay out of Fundraising Prison Founders: Soon, you'll be able to publicly raise money from accredited investors. But the SEC's proposed rules assume you'll be raising money the way institutions did 20 years ago. This means that you will be required to: Notify the SEC 15 days before you publicly discuss raising moneyFile documents with
Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos was a Nastyass Honey Badger at fundraising If you haven't seen the hilarious viral honey badger youtube video, check it out before you read this. I just read this awesome passage from TheNextWeb from Jeff Bezos when he was starting Amazon: “I’ve been optimistic about Amazon since the early days,” says Bezos. “I was most pessimistic
fundraising Fundraising Panel at TechCocktail's Startup Mixology Event Props to Frank Gruber and his entire TechCocktail crew for a great event in DC last week called the Startup Mixology conference. Steve Case gave the keynote, followed by a variety of panels and presentations. I was on a fundraising panel that explored various aspects of raising money for a
fundraising Fundraising Cribsheet: Stephen DeBerry of Kapor Capital on deal structures & more This is another in a series of blogs covering our experience raising $1MM for AppMakr. You can find all the posts at Fundraising Cribsheet: Guide To The Fundraising Manifesto. I sat down today with Stephen DeBerry, a partner at Kapor Capital. Stephen has been my main point of contact for
fundraising Fundraising Cribsheet: Guide To The Fundraising Manifesto In 2010 I started writing a series of blogs titled "Fundraising Cribsheet" describing our experience raising a $1MM round for AppMakr.com. My goal has been to allow other entrepreneurs to raise money more efficiently than the 14 weeks it took us. Brendan Baker, an MBA student at Oxford University,
