article thumbnail

Celebrating 2023 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

Similarly, we fought to keep the accredited investor definition from revisions on Capitol Hill that would serve to exclude more angels from participating in the startup space. In April, I traveled to DC alongside North Coast Ventures Founder and ACA member Clay Rankin to continue discussions about the accredited investor definition and QSBS.

article thumbnail

A Founder’s Playbook to Raising in a Down Market

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Snippets of advice, tactics, and tools I used to raise an oversubscribed round during an economic downturn Image: Author I’m writing this blog post on the heels of closing our oversubscribed round during what’s been described as the worst time in history to raise capital. Equity: Yeah, but is that venture backable?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Curve Ball

Entrepreneur's Handbook

(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) This is the definition of asymmetric warfare. So, where oh where shall Japan get the money to pay for US oil?

energy 96
article thumbnail

Max Bidding

Entrepreneur's Handbook

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. If you ascribe to the textbook definition of a recession, as taught by “proper” economics programmes?—?i.e.,

financing 143
article thumbnail

The 3 Newest Companies on YC’s Top Revenue List and What They’re Doing So Right

Y Combinator

Any advice for founders just getting started? " Any advice for founders just getting started? Grant: I think YC’s advice is among the best, which is: build something people want, and then keep talking to your users. Alfonso: We got as much advice from YC portfolio companies as possible. Nothing else matters."

advice 96
article thumbnail

A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee

Entrepreneur's Handbook

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. All the dominant economic “-isms” assume never ending growth. Sir Powell, mount up!

energy 135