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Eoin McMillan
October 17, 2012
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Eoin McMillan
October 17, 2012
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500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups
@paulsinghɾ
[email protected]
ɾangel.co/paulsingh
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! 500 STARTUPS GETTING TO KNOW BECAUSE WE’RE KIND
OF A BIG DEAL PAUL SINGH @paulsinghɾ
[email protected]
ɾangel.co/paulsingh
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE THE
BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT FOUNDERS:
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! WRITE CHECKS AND ADD VALUE INVESTORS:
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! MAKE LIFE EASY FOR INVESTORS & FOUNDERS GOVERNMENT:
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! VENTURE CAPITAL IS OPEN TO ATTACK BY DISRUPTIVE
NEW BUSINESS MODELS AND TECHNOLOGY. “ -- NAVAL RAVIKANT (@naval)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! (R)EVOLUTION IN THINKING
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE STARTUPS HAVE CHANGED
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! STARTUP COSTS LOWER THAN EVER BUT SCALING STILL
COSTS MONEY CLOUD, OPEN SOURCE AND ONLINE DISTRIBUTION DRIVING
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! WEB GETS BIGGER. WORLD GETS SMALLER.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! TRACTION IS THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PLATFORMS (SEARCH,
SOCIAL & MOBILE) PRIMARILY DRIVING THE CHANGE. NO LONGER “GOOD ENOUGH” TO DEPEND ON TECH DIFFERENTIATION.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! CAPITAL INCREASINGLY COMMODITIZED RISE OF THE ANGELS, YO!
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! NEW REALITY: MONEY FOLLOWS FOUNDERS
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! EARLY STAGE VC IS CHANGING HAS CHANGED
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! STATE OF THE ART IN EARLY STAGE INVESTING
IS NOT VERY SOPHISTICATED TRUST REFERRALS. MOVE FAST. KEEP LEGAL/FINANCE SIMPLE. BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER INVESTORS, SYNDICATE EVERYTHING.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! DIFFERENTIATE VIA ACCESS TO FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE 500 METHOD:
FOCUS ON DESIGN, DATA, DISTRIBUTION. INVEST IN DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS TO CONNECT FOUNDERS AND MENTORS.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! PRO TIP FOUNDERS NEVER CALL A VC “JUST”
TO ASK HOW THEY’RE DOING FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT, THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! THE MANAGEMENT TEAM ISN’T THE DECISION MAKING TEAM.
IT’S A SUPPORT FUNCTION. “ -- JOEL SPOLSKY (@spolsky)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! API TO VENTURE CAPITAL & FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE THE
BIG OPPORTUNITY IN EARLY STAGE TECH INVESTING: (FOR FOUNDERS. FOR INVESTORS. FOR GOVERNMENT.)
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! 500.co/challenge
500.co/challenge #acceleratorsFTW! ACCELERATORS AS AN API PAUL SINGH 500 Startups
@paulsinghɾ
[email protected]
ɾangel.co/paulsingh