How Fast Do You Have to Grow to be Fundable?
Startups ask me daily if they are fundable and I tell them one of the key factors is their growth rate. To raise funding you must be able to tell a growth story to the investors. Seed stage companies are…
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Blockchain on the Gartner Hype Curve
There are many parallels between the blockchain/crypto world of today and that of the Dotcom era of the 90s. I often hear comments such as “It’s 1994 and it’s deja vu- all over again”. The hype, hysteria, and ultimate bubble…
How to Invest in an ICO
Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) continue to attract large sums of investment dollars. With investor interest comes a volume of deals to sort through. My four rules for investing in an ICO are: The team is always the first criteria. The…
The TEN Consumer Product Goods (CPG) Syndicate
At TEN Capital we continue to see a strong flow of consumer product good investments. The shifting landscape in the food and beverage industry brings new opportunities for investors. Food and beverage predominate but health and beauty products and other…
The GDPR- “They’re here”
Just as the little girl in the Poltergeist movie stared into the TV screen of white noise and proclaimed, “They’re here.” so now comes the long awaited regulation from Europe on data protection. As a user, it’s great to have…
The TEN ICO Syndicate –Search for the Proven and Dealing with the SEC
In 2017, two guys with a whitepaper could raise substantial funding through Initial Coin Offerings. As the dust settles on those days we now find over 40% of the ICOs from 2017 are already dead. As the ICO market matures,…
5 More Blogs for Cryptocurrency Investors
If we are learning anything about the crypto world, it’s that it is continually evolving and growing, and that we always have more to learn. Previously, we shared the Top 5 Blogs for Cryptocurrency Investors, but with so much information…
TEN Investors Income Syndicate
Angel groups in the 1990s were based on the sponsor model. In the 2000s they moved to the membership model. Today, they operate on the syndicate model. Investors line up around deals by sector and stage to share the funding…
TEN Investors- The Healthcare Syndicate
I receive calls daily about the TEN Investor Syndicates- in particular the healthcare syndicate. For those raising funding or interested in investing in healthcare startups and growth companies, here’s more information about their investing criteria. Revenue- The company needs to…
Blockchain and ICOs on the Crossing the Chasm Curve
Crossing the Chasm teaches us that the initial users of a new product (called innovators and early adopters) are separated by a gap from the majority of users and what works for the users on the left side of the…
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