fund Founders: Stay out of Fundraising Prison Founders: Soon, you'll be able to publicly raise money [https://angel.co/help/general-solicitation#gs] 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
Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos was a Nastyass Honey Badger at fundraising If you haven't seen the hilarious viral honey badger youtube video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg], check it out before you read this. I just read this awesome passage from TheNextWeb [http://thenextweb.com/media/2012/11/29/in-the-early-days-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos-attended-60-investor-meetings-to-raise-1m-from-22-people/] from Jeff Bezos when he was starting Amazon: “I’
fundraising Fundraising Panel at TechCocktail's Startup Mixology Event Props to Frank Gruber and his entire TechCocktail [http://www.techcocktail.com/] crew for a great event in DC last week called the Startup Mixology conference [http://startupmixology.techcocktail.com/2011-dc/]. Steve Case gave the keynote [http://techcocktail.com/live-from-the-startup-mixology-conference-startups-across-america-2011-06] , followed by a variety of panels and presentations. I was
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 [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/appmakr-iphone-apps/]. You can find all the posts at Fundraising Cribsheet: Guide To The Fundraising Manifesto [http://go.danielodio.com/manifesto]. I sat down today with Stephen DeBerry, a partner
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 [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/appmakr-iphone-apps/]. My goal has been to allow other entrepreneurs to raise money more efficiently than the 14 weeks it took us. Brendan
