Posted by Ilana Grossman on May 15th, 2014
Thousands of entrepreneurs continue to create new startup profiles on Gust each month. Take a look below to see which industries, countries, and company stages had the most activity in Q1.
Posted by David S. Rose on April 24th, 2014
From a completely biased perspective, I’d nominate the nascent and not yet completely visible rise of online equity investing platforms.
While Gust is generally flying under the radar, and currently accounts for an infinitesimally tiny fraction of the marketplace, the actual numbers may be a bit surprising.
Posted by David S. Rose on April 13th, 2014
SIIA (the US Software and Information Industry Association) named Gust the Best Collaboration Solution of 2013, at the gala during the All About The Cloud annual conference in San Francisco on Thursday.
Posted by David S. Rose on April 6th, 2014
When you create a profile on Gust, you immediately get emailed a link for a free download of Bill Payne’s excellent book “The Definitive Guide to Raising Money from Angels”, which is an excellent overview of the whole process. Good luck!
*original post can be found on Quora @ http://www.quora.com/David-S-Rose/answers *
Posted by David S. Rose on March 2nd, 2014
The rating system provided by Gust on the investor side is not intended to be used as any type of objective or standardized measurement. That’s because it was designed to be completely customizable for each angel group or venture fund using the platform.
Group administrators have the ability to turn ratings on or off, show or hide them, establish the
Posted by David S. Rose on February 27th, 2014
There are surprisingly few such conferences, for the very good reason that there are actually relatively few such people (venture capitalists and ‘professional’ angel investors) to attend them! But that said, here are the biggest (i.e., “only” 🙂 events of their type):
Business Angels Angel Capital Association (US) Annual Summit This is the big one, which rotates among different cities
Posted by Ilana Grossman on February 25th, 2014
The Raise: Fundraising Tips from Investors and Entrepreneurs The 85-Percent Thursday, February 27, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST) New York, NY
Navigating the fundraising process can often seem daunting, like you’re trying to make your way through a labyrinth of investors, lawyers, and business advisors. Join Women In Music and The 85-Percent on February 27th for an
Posted by David S. Rose on February 23rd, 2014
The answer is no, yes, and it’s irrelevant. 🙂
Back in the days of the dinosaurs, my first software company was in the wireless communications space (when that meant “pagers”, not “smartphones”), and our product let you type a message on your computer and send it to a pager, using a very simple protocol known as “TAP”. We were—by far—the market leader in
Posted by David S. Rose on January 16th, 2014
Boy, do I wish there was a magical Gmail extension to let me manage my startup deals! Unfortunately, there isn’t (and since Google hasn’t fixed Gmail yet, if you’re actually a paying customer for Google Apps, instead of a free customer, you have strictly limited Gmail mail storage, and are not allowed to purchase more, at any price!) But I
Posted by Ilana Grossman on January 13th, 2014
If you could pick the top five countries with the most newly created startups, which countries would you choose? The United States? What about India, or Brazil? With thousands of new entrepreneurs creating startup profiles on Gust each month, we’re excited to share with you some of the major findings that are happening in the startup world. To
