Venture Capitalists Videos

HubSpot is an inbound marketing system helping small and medium sized businesses get found on the Internet by the right people and convert them to new sales. Rob Theis, Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners just invested in HubSpot and joined their Board. He talks about what he feels is so special about his new investment. Related posts:Venture Investing in the Social Media Space: Sharon Wienbar of Scale Venture PartnersSharon Wienbar of Scale Venture Partners on 2009 VC Investment in Social MediaVenture Capital and Social Media Marketing Perspective

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Three hundred of New York's most interesting tech entrepreneurs and investors mingled Tuesday evening at a hip shindig hosted by nextNY. Sponsored by New York Angels, recruiting firm

Three hundred of New York's most interesting tech entrepreneurs and investors mingled Tuesday evening at a hip shindig hosted by nextNY. Sponsored by New York Angels, recruiting firm

The final chord was sung. The noise from the crowd became a roar. The lights came on. But there was still hope still a chance that he might appear again. And then there was the voice, saying ___ ___ Elvis has left the building. You re probably familiar with those famous words. It made us think: Elvis always knew how he was leaving the building. If he was an entrepreneur, he would surely know how he was leaving the business. Learning from the pros Bankers and venture capitalists know at least two ways that they re going to get their money back (plus the return they need) before they invest in our business. Shouldn t we know at least one? It s one of the lessons we can learn from these professionals. Why you should know how you ll exit In 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey taught us to begin with the end in mind. We should know how we re getting out of our business before we get into it. Know your exit. Elvis did. Professional investors do. Yet many entrepreneurs never think about it. That may be a reason why studies show that a majority of entrepreneurs don t expect their business to kick in any money for their retirement. It s crucial to consider your exit because small businesses are highly illiquid by nature. Unlike shares in a public company, there is no marketplace where you can go to sell it immediately. Another reason to know your exit perhaps a more important reason is that it your exit should be one of the drivers of your business strategy. How you plan to get out affects everything from how you structure your business, where you get money from as well as a number of other things. 3 common exit strategies Sell your business outright Just like selling a house or any other asset, you exit the business by giving up any claims to ownership in exchange for an agreed-upon price. On your way out, just say, Thank you thank you very much! Redirect cash flows Let s say you invest $25,000 to start a business. Let s also assume that you make $25,000 after-taxes in your first year in business (after fully compensating yourself for your time). Further, let s stipulate that you don t need that money for your existing business. Take that $25,000 out and invest it somewhere else. You invested $25,000 and you took out $25,000. Essentially, you have no money invested in the business. Yet you still own the business! Get your money out and say, Thank you thank you very much! Recapitalize You still own the business with this strategy as well. Let s say that you invested $25,000 to start your business. You got your business started, built it up and are making money. You may be able to go to your banker and borrow against your business. Let s say your banker agrees to a $25,000 loan which you can pay back from the cash flows of your business. It s likely that you ll need a good use for the money to get your banker s okay. For example, maybe you have an opportunity to buy a piece of real estate that will house your company. In essence, you ve cashed out of your business because you now have that original $25,000 invested somewhere else. Repeat this strategy over and over until you have enough money to fund the life of your dreams. That s bigg success! Thank you thank you very much for reading our post today. ___ Would you like more tips and tools to live your life on your own terms? Subscribe to the Bigg Success Weekly it s FREE! ___ Please join us next time when we ask some questions about work life balance. Until then, here s to your bigg success! Subscribe to The Bigg Success Show in iTunes. Subscribe to the Bigg Success feed. Direct link to The Bigg Success Show audio file: http://media.libsyn.com/media/biggsuccess/00424-062509.mp3 Related posts Lone Wolf or Lead Wolf How to Start a Business 6 Factors to Help You Succeed When Opportunity Knocks (Image in today s post by btafly)

Going green is the future. Millions, even billions of dollars are being spent on developing novel ideas to solve problems in energy, transportation, manufacturing and consumption. They call it clean tech. And where do we begin to study this trend? Where we are often admonished to begin by following the money. Today, we go to the root of the money: venture capitalists. Why are they chasing the promise of clean tech so fervently? And how is the economic downturn changing things?

Everyone wants to know what venture capitalists are investing in and why in the social media space. Spencer Tall, Managing Director of Allegis Capital tells Jennifer Jones just what it takes for a company to make the grade and why. Tall and Jones talk about the ebb and flow of a deal and the process of evaluating a deal that can make returns of 5x or more. Related posts:Keynote Podcast: John Doerr and Michael Moritz, Live at the National Venture Capital AssociationVenture Investing in the Social Media Space: Sharon Wienbar of Scale Venture PartnersVenture Capital and Social Media Marketing Perspective