Business & Finance | Business & Finance

3 Things About Roku Stock That Smart Investors Know

This streaming specialist has some tantalizing growth prospects.

Business & Finance | Business

5 Things Your Startup Needs to Land Angel Investors

Here are the top five things angel investors will want to know before investing in your startup.

Business & Finance | Business

9 Things Every Founder Should Include in Their Pitch to Investors

If you're seeking an investor for your startup, make sure your pitch deck is focused, quantified, and centered around your unique "secret sauce."

Business & Finance | Business

How to Attract Angel Investors in 2021 | Inc.

As an active angel investor, here's what I recommend you do to raise funds this year.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

Justworks’ Series B pitch deck may be the most wonderfully simple deck I’ve ever seen

It may be tough to remember, but there was a time long ago when Justworks wasn’t a household name. Though its monthly revenue growth charts were up and to the right, it had not even broken the $100,000 mark. Even then, Bain Capital Venture’s Matt Harris f

Business & Finance | Business

These are the 3 things I look for in a pitch deck as an investor

VCs swim in a small pool and regularly swap tips and forward contacts; make a good impression and it could lead to a game-changing introduction.

Business & Finance | Business

3 reasons why almost every VC investor passed on Zoom

When Zoom was raising a Series A round back in 2012, dozens of institutional VC firms passed on it. What can entrepreneurs learn from these reasons?

Business & Finance | Business

Building Your Own AngelList: 4 Expert Tips on How to Network to Find Investors for Your New Business

Investors aren't in short supply, but the investment opportunity that fits you is harder to come by. Make sure you're in the right spaces and talking to the right people.

Business & Finance | Business

Painful Lessons for Getting an Investment Deal on 'Shark Tank'

You can learn the easy way or hard way.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

This Wall Street legend's 10 rules for investing are very applicable to this bull market

Bob Farrell's 10 rules for investing are still passed around on Wall Street today and ring true for the current bull market.

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

All You Need To Know About Pre-Seed Funding For Startups

Pre-seed funding also known as pre-seed capital or money is the first funding round for startups and one of the most crucial funding stages.

Business & Finance | Startups

The alternative to VC investing everyone has been waiting for? | Sifted

It is no secret most VCs aren't profitable. So is this members-only blockchain token-based intestment club a better alternative?

Business & Finance | BUSINESS

3 Ways to Get the Funding You Need for Your Startup | Inc.

You can't get your business off the ground without some cold, hard cash. Here's where you can find it.

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israeli entrepreneurs less prone to 'tantrums' than Americans: Tusk Ventures CEO | The Times of Israel

Bradley Tusk, often called the 'fixer' as he helps startups navigate the quagmire of regulation to grow their businesses, is recording a podcast on Israeli startups

Business & Finance | Business

What to Look For When Choosing Your Investor, a Decision That Will Affect Your Chances of Success | Inc.

When raising capital, don't fall into the trap of taking the first money thrown at you because you will pay the price later on.

Business & Finance | FINANCE & INVESTMENTS

Why It's Hard to Find Angel Investors for Startups

There are requirements on both sides. For the angel investors, there are things they require a startup to have for them to invest and to the startups, they also have their requirements of an angel investor

Science & Technology | Social Media

Pinterest Is a Unicorn. It Just Doesn’t Act Like One. - The New York Times

The company rejects Silicon Valley’s aggressive, hype-driven way of doing business. But its slow and steady approach has frustrated some investors and employees.

Investors: this can be Moptu. Our vision is conceptually different than Pinterest's, but our approach to the market has been very similar. We absolutely believe in quality growth. Parroting the Silicon Valley model never made sense to us either, and now that seems to be a wise approach. Pinterest is aspirrationally focused and we are informationally focused - so our target market isn'tidentical: Pinterest can't become us, and we have no desire to try to be a new Pinterest. We need investors to fulfill our ultimate vision for Moptu. If you are interested in hearing more, please get in touch: joshn@moptu.com.

Business & Finance | Business & Finance

7 Ways For Entrepreneurs To Find Investors And Raise Millions

No matter how great your product or business idea, how lean you can operate, and how big you’ve grown already, more capital and financial leverage will almost inevitably be a necessity.

Politics | Politics

Immigrant Investors Create Jobs For American Workers

President Trump has advocated reforming America's immigration laws to focus on "merit-based" immigration. Merit-based means immigration for those who will benefit America and its economy.

Business & Finance | Startups

This Young Founder Built a Multimillion Dollar Business by Rejecting the Silicon Valley Ethos and Being True to Herself

Laura Behrens Wu came to the U.S. as an outsider, and admits she's still trying to find her way.

This is inspiring. We're going through a similar thing with Moptu. Right now, 100% of social media users who want to read articles, have to do so while also dealing with memes, selfies, status updates and all of the other social noise that interferes with the efficacy of sharing content. We solve that problem. We haven't met with 125 investors or had 115 rejections, but we've had enough that it gets very discouraging sometimes. If you're an investor and interested in hearing more about our vision for Moptu, get in touch! joshn@moptu.com

Business & Finance | Startups

Bedrock Capital raises $122M to fund startups that reject conventional wisdom | TechCrunch

Most investors don’t like to admit that they’re chasing the latest buzzwords or fads or hot companies, but a new firm called Bedrock Capital says it’s on a mission to do the exact opposite — founders Geoff Lewis and Eric Stromberg told me they’r

We've solidly rejected conventional wisdom with Moptu in favor of common sense. So articles like this make us happy! If you're an early stage investor and want to learn more, please contact me: joshn@moptu.com.

Business & Finance | Startup News

30 Under 30 Venture Capital 2018: Meet The Young Investors Finding The Next Great Tech Companies

These young investors of the 30 Under 30 Venture Capital are helping to disrupt tech industry stereotypes, one savvy deal at a time.

Business & Finance | Startups

A Guide To Understanding VCs

My goal is to provide early-stage entrepreneurs with accessible & “no bullshit” insights to understand what VCs do, how they think, what they want...

I am the co-founder of Moptu. This guide made me, and our other founder, very happy. Our deck reflects the excellent advice here. Hopefully we're on the right track. I you are a VC PLEASE contact me and take a look (joshn@moptu.com)! We are a much more efficient way of sharing articles and the ONLY social network designed specifically to do that!

Entrepreneurs: I hope this helps you too!

Business & Finance | Business

How to Win Founders and Influence Everybody

For two and a half decades Margit Wennmachers has quietly shaped the public image of the world's hottest startups. Now she must reckon with the new era of big tech.

Business & Finance | Startups

The Most Important Tech Trends Of 2018, According To Top VCs

From saving energy to helping humans help machines, this year’s investments will try to help startups make more progress in areas that already matter.

If you are an investor, WE are a "niche social network." And: we need funding. We have a fantastic deck. If you are interested in taking a look, please contact me! joshn@moptu.com

Business & Finance | Startups

Want to Invest in a Startup? Here's What You Need to Know.

Invest in founders first, and ideas second.

We're looking for investors. "We" is Moptu, I am its co-founder. If you REALLY want an outstanding idea and team of founders - please contact me. Almost everyone says that, but the we can back up that claim. For one thing, how many startup founders have already been friends for more than 30 years? If anyone is interested in learning more: joshn@moptu.com

Business & Finance | Business

5 VCs Share The Worst Ways Founders Botch Their Pitches

From offensive lingo to off-base metrics, investors have heard it all.

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israel’s Spy Agency Mossad Launches VC To Invest In Cutting-Edge Startups

The clandestine spy agency will invest in technologies including flexible robotics, biomimetics and miniaturized systems.

Science & Technology | Tech

LinkedIn now lets you choose when comments appear in long-form articles | VentureBeat | Social | by Ken Yeung

LinkedIn is rolling out additional features designed to maintaining the collaborative and professional spirit of the professional social network. On Wednesday, it began rolling out the ability for users to manage comments on their long-form articles. So d

Moptwo did this first. We did it before Instagram. Now LinkedIn is doing it. We have done a lot of things first. So investors: CONTACT ME if you want to know more about ideas that we haven't implemented yet. Only two people run Moptwo, so given that, we have accomplished an incredible amount. We also are in the midst of a serious re-design. But to really take this to where it can go-we need a Series A, and what we are asking for is modest. Contact me: joshn@moptwo.com.

Business & Finance | Business

A top VC firm just put together a striking presentation on what it was like for startups in 2016

First Round surveyed 700 startup founders to find out what it's like to run a startup in 2016.

We're certainly optimistic about Moptwo and will be rolling out HUGE design/branding/marketing changes next summer. So, for any investors who see this: we are the ONLY social platform designed specifically to share/organize links to information. The potential is enormous, we have a stellar team, and all of our IP is proprietary. Contact me (joshn@moptwo.com) if you want to know more. We have an exceptional deck that lays out our plans in detail!

From the article:

"Now that it's approaching the end of 2016, startups aren't quite as concerned as they used to be — and 9 out of 10 founders think the time is better than ever to a start a new company."

Business & Finance | Abundance

How to Pitch to Investors - Ivanka Trump

Five tips from the experts for pitching to investors.

Business & Finance | Business

7 Ways An Angel Can Tell If An Entrepreneur Will Be Truly Effective - Forbes

Almost every startup will need investment money at some stage, and more often than not, will have to ask for it. Angels can be a boon to your company, but what traits are they looking for in an entrepreneur that will give them confidence to invest generou

Business & Finance | Abundance

New Rules Give Startups Access to Main Street Investors

A new law, which goes into effect Monday, will allow small businesses and startups to sell shares to Main Street investors on crowdfunding portals.

Business & Finance | Business

What To Do If Your Lead Investor Asks For ESOP

As valuations continue to rise, early stage VCs are getting more “creative” with their deal structuring. In particular, I’ve seen a rise in requests for..

Business & Finance | Business

This reaction to a venture capitalist's rejection proves that some start-ups have lost their minds

It's probably easier now than ever to raise money for your start-up. One Silicon Valley investor even said he hears start-ups complaining when they can "only raise $1 million seed rounds."

Really? Because Moptwo IS looking for funding and we will not act this way. We definitely have NOT "lost our minds." We are adults, meaning that we would be grateful and appreciative. So...if you are interested in talking more, please contact me, I am the co-founder of Moptwo: joshn@moptwo.com.

Business & Finance | Business

8 Questions That Will Help Set the Right Expectations With Investors

You need to seek an amount that is just right, based on your real needs, and consistent with the capabilities and interests of the investors you are addressing.

This advice is really basic, but it's solid.