Cost of Success

Jun 09 2008

Posted by Jay Dia in Angel & VC View, Entrepreneur's View, Rocketing to an Exit, Startup Guide |

A front-page article in this week’s Mass High Tech (MHT) highlights the costs of filing for an IPO for Boston-area startups. In it’s listing of IPO filings, MHT noted IPO issuance costs ranging from $500K to as much as $4.2 million for these startups.
MHT quoted Janice DiPietro of Tatum LLC, a CFO services firm, [...]

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Are You In The Top 5%?

May 29 2008

Posted by Jay Dia in Angel & VC View, Entrepreneur's View, Getting Funding, Startup Guide, Tales from the Front, The World of Startups |

Last Thursday, I attended the networking event organized by The Capital Network (TCN) and New England Venture Network (NEVN). There must have been close to 300 attendees at the event, with a good mix of VCs, Angels, and Entrepreneurs, with a smattering of lawyers and accountants. All in all, a fantastic event to catch [...]

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No Barney Deals

May 21 2008

Posted by Jay Dia in Hitting Milestones, Startup Guide, Tales from the Front |

The other day I met up with the VP of Marketing of a startup that is a portfolio company of a client. He cut his teeth in business development while at Microsoft and clearly knows what he is doing. Under his watch, the startup company has blossomed, signing several revenue-generating deals with [...]