Startup Angel

CES Alumni Entrepreneurship Bootcamp This panel covers how an entrepreneur should determine which source of capital is best suited for their venture and how to check references on potential investors. Pete Flint, MBA 05 Mark Jung, MBA 87 Amanda Reed, VC, Palomar Ventures Don Hutchison ; Moderator: Jim Ellis, MBA 93

I am developing a way to develop software 1000x faster
and investors are skeptical. So now I’m competing with eBay
to self fund myself. What are my chances of defeating eBay?
What does eBay do poorly?
The software development problem will take years.
I’m starting the web site to compete with ebay
because I hear nothing but bad things about ebay. I have recruited MBAs and the business plan is nearly done. I’m coding the site in php and mysql right now.
The point is to succeed in competing with eBay so that I can then put money into the software project that is unrelated that will simplify and speed up programming.

Talk Title: Why Venture Capitalists Still Matter and Why We Need Women Ann Winblad is the co-founder and a Managing Director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (www.humwin.com) is a leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on software investing and manages over $1 billion in cumulative capital. Since Hummer Winblad Venture Partners’ inception in 1989 the firm has launched over 100 new software companies. Ann has over 30 years of experience in the software industry as a successful software entrepreneur, strategy advisor, technical author and venture capitalist. Her background and experience have been chronicled in many national business and trade publications. Ann has a BA in Mathematics and in Business Administration. She has an MA in Education with a focus in International Economics from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. Ann also has an honorary Doctorate of Law degree from the University of St. Thomas. Ann has served as a Director of numerous start-up and public companies. Ann currently serves on the Boards of Ace Metrix, Karmasphere, MuleSoft, Sonatype, Star Analytics and Voltage Security. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of St. Thomas, co-chair of SVForum and serves as an advisor to many entrepreneurial organizations. AboutTEDx? In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a …

Panel discusses the latest investment trends with a focus on maximizing your investment potential. Learn what investors look for in funding opportunities and how to prepare your company to close funding once you have generated interest. Optimize your team, your pitch and your business plan.

i’m looking for a sponsor to help me with my great idea its a really great idea on the internet and i dont have enough money to make it successful and i am looking for a venture capitalist / sponsor.
can any one help me to find one hot how to find one and more information on it.

And not so much your education. Please don’t answer if you don’t know.

what is the method followed by both the parties?
i mean what is there style of investing?

Ann Miura-Ko shares the origin story of FLOODGATE Fund, where she is a co-founding partner with angel investor Mike Maples. In this poignant clip, Miura-Ko shares how she decided to step into investing when she saw that FLOODGATE could make a meaningful and innovative impact on the venture capital industry. Miura-Ko also shares some important value-driven moments from her career, and her ingrained need to be world class at every possible turn. View more clips and share your comments at ecorner.stanford.edu

This short video from one of the FundingPost.com early-stage events explains to you how investors wish to be followed-up with or what they expect of you after a meeting in their office. Meet these and other investors at www.FundingPost.com