From Zero To One Hundred Million: TheLadders.com CEO Marc Cenedella (Part 2)

SM: Were you able to have the entrepreneurial finance role you had hoped for? MC: I had some good experiences but overall, it was not what I wanted. I was there for two years and I realized that in private equity you are really just a finance guy. Private equity definitely has its function, it

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Roundtable Recap: May 27 – Is The Venture Worth Your Time?

Today quite a variety of entrepreneurs presented their business ideas.  Several times I brought up how precious our time is and we need to treat it as such.  So many people become enamored with technology and the building of the product before they ever think to validate that this is a business service or product

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Paul Olliver, Wider Wake Networks (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the third interview in our series on seed financing and angel investing. Today we are talking to Paul Olliver, cofounder and CEO of Wider Wake Networks, Inc. and Steve Stratz, Wider Wake spokesperson. Wider Wake is headquartered in New York City, its member network is

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Bob Aholt, Pasadena Angels (Part 10)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: And what do you think angels could do to be more successful? Bob: There’s a couple of things – fantastic question, thank you for asking that. One of the things I think that we can do better is not filter out the companies that we invest

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Bob Aholt, Pasadena Angels (Part 9)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What about your investment type? Bob: Generally we’ll do a convertible debt into an equity instrument, but that equity instrument is usually preferred stock. We have done common stock deals. Maybe 25% of the deals we do are common stock. Some members are okay without the

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