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Monday, January 24, 2011
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jason Stoffer, Principal at Maveron (Part 1) | Sramana Mitra
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By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold
This is the fifty-first interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Jason Stoffer, principal at Maveron, a venture fund founded in 1998 by Howard Schultz, the founder and CEO of Starbucks, and Dan Levitan, the banker who took Starbucks public in 1991. (The name “Maveron” was coined from the words “maverick” and “vision.”)
With offices in Seattle and San Francisco, Maveron manages $750 million in capital and invests only in consumer-facing business, mainly in Web-enabled consumer services, education, and health and wellness.
Irina: Hi, Jason. Why don’t you start with your background?
Jason: I went to the University of Michigan for undergrad. I was in consulting for nine months at Deloitte.
It was the Internet bubble, and I was in Detroit working on a project for General Motors, so I decided to leave and move west. I joined a small venture capital firm and was an analyst there for three years.
I went to Wharton to grad school. I think one of the more important things I saw as an analyst at a VC firm is that to properly assess the potential of young companies with incomplete business models, I thought it was really important to be in an operating role within a growth environment. So, I joined a company called Career Education Corporation.
At the time, it was the number two player to the University of Phoenix in the post-secondary education market. Their online group grew from zero to over half a billion [dollars] in four or five years. This was a parent company [with] a $6 billion market cap at its apex.
I joined in an amorphous strategy role, the first fresh-out-of-an-MBA recruit they ever had, and turned it into a number of interesting roles. The first thing I did was implement social networking technology on top of their proprietary campus to make the campus experience more social.
I co-founded the company’s online design school, IADT (International Academy of Design and Technology), which offers associates’ and bachelors’ degrees in Web design and graphic design.
I was in charge of admissions and marketing for that and then helped to restructure a 2,000-person call center.
After being there for almost three years, I wanted to move back into an investing environment and was connected to Maveron through some folks in my network.
Essentially, Maveron is a venture fund founded by Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, and Dan Levitan, the banker who took Starbucks public. We were started in 1998 and invest only in consumer-facing businesses.
So, offline businesses, such as Pinkberry, Potbelly, Lucy, and Cranium, and online businesses, I think our best-known exits are eBay, Shutterfly, eHarmony and, more recently, Zulily, Trupanion, which is pet insurance, Altius Education, and Capella University.
We have $750 million under management, we’re on our fourth fund, and we are relatively stage-agnostic in terms of investing in everything from a PowerPoint up through a point where a company has significant revenue.
Irina: Where do you get your deal flow?
Jason: We get a good amount of inbound of deal flow from people who know of us, whether they are our entrepreneurs or our unlimited partners. Second, we have a sector focus here. We have three major sectors of interest.
One is Web-enabled consumer services. That focuses on transaction-focused Web businesses. To bring that home, it’s e-commerce, marketplaces, and financial services. We focus much less on content-oriented businesses and much more on businesses where the acquisition cost is less than lifetime value.
The second area of focus is education, which is where I come from. Capella, which is a $1 billion publicly-traded company, is our biggest success in that area. We have a number of young companies doing well.
A third focus area is health and wellness, broadly defined. Clearly, if you look at healthcare as a percentage of GDP [it was 17.6% in 2009, according to government reports], rising costs, and rising rates of obesity and diseases such as diabetes, there’s a growing market and increased consumerization of that market.
So, those are focus areas. Within those focus areas, we’ve worked to both develop a network of angel investors and entrepreneurs and proactively reach out to companies we find to be of interest. We have a good combination of proactive and reactive types of deal sourcing. I think the other thing we’ll do – and we’ve done this a couple of times – is work with a great entrepreneur and incubate a company within our offices. That’s a model which we’re increasingly turning to over the years.
This segment is part 1 in the series : Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Jason Stoffer, Principal at Maveron
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Deborah Jackson of Golden Seeds Angels Profiled
Deborah Duresh Jackson, the Managing Director at NY-based angel investment club Golden Seeds, was profiled recently by We Are NY Tech. In a Q &A, Jackson was asked how the angels could have enough expertise to invest in the wide variety of opportunities they do –from tech to diapers. Her answer: the club’s investors tend to be older and have had successful careers in various industries including tech, internet, consumer products, media and publishing, medicine and finance.
She added that it’s a good idea as an investor to to diversify between asset classes so if one sector tanks there are other opportunities. Golden Seeds recently helped raise $4.5 million for a cloud computing company by syndicating with “tech coast angels” and other early stage investors.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
Financing Your New Start-Up « MyCorporation's Weblog
Once you have an idea for a business, the next step is trying to raise money to make your dream a reality. One of the biggest challenges facing a prospective business owner today is financing. Where do you find the money? How do you get it? For the business savvy owner, there are many different options for finding the money you need to start your own business.
1) Friends and Family
This is the most obvious place to look for financing options. Many loyal friends and relatives are more than happy to put some money into a start-up business when asked by someone they love and trust. Remember, though, to expand your friends and family circle, and don’t just look to your immediate family members and best friends. Make a list of everyone you know, including acquaintances that you see infrequently, and then follow up with those people too. You never know who shares your interests and might want to put some money into a business they believe in.2) Internal Financing
Personal loans and credit cards are great ways to get your start-up business off the ground with your own money. Some retirement funds will let you either borrow money from your account to be paid back like a loan or even let you roll over those retirement funds you have accrued over your lifetime into your new business’s retirement funds, to be redirected as you want.3) Make the Money You Already Have Work for You
If you need a building for your business, consider leasing instead of buying or if you need to buy, finance the amount of the building over a long-term period. If you buy the building, you can even use the property value as backing for a loan. Also look at the suppliers you use for financing. Equipment suppliers may be willing to let you purchase equipment with a loan from the manufacturer or short-term credit may be available from suppliers who have seen you pay your bills on time before.4) Small Business Loans and Grants
While not always a viable option, especially in the current economy, the government and many banks will provide loans or loan programs to small businesses. The United States Small Business Administration is a good place to start looking for loan programs that are backed, but not provided, by the government. The banks in your neighborhood may have similar programs where the bank provides the loan itself. Government and private grants are another way to raise money for your start-up but can be industry specific, such as healthcare or hi-tech. Make sure you do your research and apply for the grants that are best for you.5) Partners and Investors
Finding a few partners and/or investors that share your interests and you get along with can be the key to successful financing. Not only do partners and investors give money, finding a couple of partners or investors can make you money in two other ways. First, they involve themselves in the business and have a vested interest in the business doing well. They may bring other types of experience to the business and this is helpful for getting your start-up going in the best possible direction. The second way partners or investors help make the company money is that many other financing entities (including banks, grants, trade associations, and venture capitalists) feel more comfortable giving money to a business that has partners and investors. Getting involved with trade associations that apply to you, attending conferences that invite people who share your interests or expertise, and subscribing to industry journals are three great ways to finding compatible partners and/or investors.6) Look for Associations that are Looking for You
Some business associations specifically look for a certain type of owner or product to invest in and if they’re looking for you, you should be looking for them. For example, there are some organizations that give small business loans to women and minorities. Others look for very small companies with lower financing needs, while still more organizations seek out small business owners in certain industries. Many of these resources may not apply to you but looking out for the opportunity that does is still a good way to obtain financing for your start-up.7) Angel Investors and Venture Capitalists
Finally, angel investors and venture capitalists are important if you are looking for substantial amounts of money and can expect high revenues in a relatively short period of time. Venture capitalists are institutional investors who pool money together into one investment in a company. Angel investors are essentially individual venture capitalists who use their own money to invest in companies. To find angel investors and venture capitalists, prepare your business plan and submit it to venture capitalist firms or clubs, angel groups (sometimes found by contacting your Chamber of Commerce), and institutions such as universities. Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t typically invest in many businesses a year so applying to many different places is your best bet.Now that you’ve got your financing, you’re ready to start running your company. Remember that incorporating will protect your hard earned assets! Incorporate your business HERE!
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund hits $2.5M in start-up financing - Innovation America
There isn't much that's small about the work performed by the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund in 2010. The start-up financing fund distributed $2.5 million worth of loans to dozens of companies in Michigan, many of which are in the Ann Arbor area.
The $11.6 million fund has given microloans, about $50,000 each, to 52 start-ups, such as U-M spinoff and Accelerate Michigan winner Armune BioScience. These companies mostly use the cash to help commercialize their first products. These companies employ 285 people and have since attracted another $16.4 million in outside investment.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
New funding source available for startups: MicroVentures | VentureBeat
Are you finding it difficult to raise money to grow your company? A new online investment service called MicroVentures might be the answer to your credit crunch troubles.
Austin-based MicroVentures matches companies seeking capital with investors looking to invest anywhere from $250 to $5,000 or more. The online investment service gives companies access to investors across the country and to accredited investors who don’t take the large equity stakes venture capitalists typically demand.
MicroVentures helps companies by facilitating the investment – from creating the proper funding documents, to guiding the securities registration process to handling the end transaction.
To get started, interested companies complete a funding request and pay $100 for an initial review to see if MicroVentures can help raise the capital needed. If MicroVentures determines that it can help with funding, the company moves to the second stage, where a more detailed review, including due diligence, is performed. Following the detailed review, suitable companies are listed on MicroVentures for investors to view and fund.
The investment service is different from crowdfunding sites because investors get equity for their investment – they aren’t just loaning a company money. Investors fill out a questionnaire to join the service and aren’t charged any sign up fees.
For the first 100 VentureBeat readers and companies interested, MicroVentures is waiving the initial $100 fee charged to companies. Simply use “VentureBeat” as your promo code when filling out the funding request.
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Why You Should Join An Angel Group | 9to6 Blog
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Saturday, January 15, 2011
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Ustrategy is a boutique consultancy specializing in helping companies understand their customers’ psychology in today’s Social world. Whether you’re an individual looking to build your personal skill-set in social media, an executive looking to grow your team’s ability to understand the new digital customer, or a company who seeks new ways to engage with your customers–Ustrategy has proprietary frameworks, processes, and implementation plans to meet your needs in a proven, measurable way.
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Ustrategy is a boutique consultancy specializing in helping companies understand their customers’ psychology in today’s Social world. Whether you’re an individual looking to build your personal skill-set in social media, an executive looking to grow your team’s ability to understand the new digital customer, or a company who seeks new ways to engage with your customers–Ustrategy has proprietary frameworks, processes, and implementation plans to meet your needs in a proven, measurable way.
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For European Startups, New €6 Million Seed Fund Is A Step In the Right Direction
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Convincing Angel Investors Your Business is Worth the Risk | Venture Capital
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Five Reasons to Use LinkedIn
Here are five ways LinkedIn can make a difference to you and your real estate business.
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Never heard of Google Profiles before? Then you're missing out on a great opportunity to influence how you appear in Google's search results.
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Angels were generous in 2010 - ABJ Entrepreneur
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Private Equity Advise ala Hal Spice: To get Funded – Learn to Listen
Private Equity Advise ala Hal Spice: To get Funded – Learn to Listen: "Last week I attended a meeting with an early stage venture CEO presenting her business opportunity to a potential investor. This CEO was wel..."
Sunday, January 9, 2011
10 Local Content Ideas for Your Website
Along with previously sold listings, agent information and market statistics, good real estate websites also need to have a strong focus on their local area.
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