I’m a guest lecturer for an executive MBA class at Denver University later today. I was asked to talk about Internet business models (among other things), so I thought I’d take a look at the 39 companies that have been through Techstars to give them a sense of the relative popularity of various business models. …
UPDATE: Funding Universe posted a response to this post and has now waived pitch fees nationally as a result. Funding Universe is expanding their presence in Colorado and they are presenting a CrowdPitch event on September 30th in Denver. It costs $125 to present your company there, and it’s free to attend otherwise. Some of …
Two days ago, I lamented about how much of a pain LLCs can be for investors. The comments were lively. Many people pointed out the “double taxation” issue involved with C corporations. C Corporations pay taxes and then when money is removed from the corporation to the investors or founders, another round of taxes is …
I received this question today via email: … I am a young entrepreneur… I am currently involved in a… start up… We are currently in the process of raising a friends and family round of funding, and right now we are struggling with the valuation. I am looking at the Techstars framework (a $300,000 post-money, …
I was on the selection committee for this years Venture Capital in the Rockies conference. We had some really interesting companies to choose from this year, and it took a few more conference calls than normal to get down to the final group this year. Here’s the list of companies that will present. Alliance Health …
The deadline to submit an application for your company to present at Venture Capital in the Rockies in early March is December 20th. Here’s my previous post on what they’re looking for. All that’s required to submit is a 4 page (or less) executive summary. Both seed stage companies (<$1M) and those seeking later stage …