Vicinity Views
News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
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Turning Passion into Profit
We’re not saying this blog will cure your post-Olympic blues, but we do have something golden for you. This week we chatted with Alek…
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You’re Special… Sort of.
“You’re special, just like everyone else.” Unfortunately, this is as true in business as anywhere. Specialize or die – in a world of investing…
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A Twist on Buffett’s Advice
Today we’re taking a new look at one of Warren Buffett’s most quoted lines: “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” While we…
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Is Real Estate Really “Location, Location, Location”?
At the end of 2020 Chapel ran a successful campaign on Vicinity’s portal to fund a multi-tenant facility in the Poe Mill area. For…
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What Robinhood got wrong (& right) in their Super Bowl commercial
I was about ready to let the whole Robinhood/Gamestop wildness go… and then I saw the commercial. You’ve probably seen it by now –…
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Doubling-down on Democratization
While trust in the gamified giant has become as volatile as a short squeeze on an outdated retail chain, now might be a good…
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What’s the difference between microinvesting and crowdfunding?
While crowdfunding serves a purpose, there are some glaring differences between it and investment crowdfunding, also known as microinvesting.
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An Alternative to Fighting Manipulation with Manipulation
There’s a good chance you’ll come across a BFF or “soul sister” at some point in life, but you’ll have better luck finding good…
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What have you assumed?
Assumptions are all those little (and BIG) things we expect to be true in the future around our business, its market, or the customers…
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5 Questions for the Capital Seeker
There comes a point in nearly every business’s life when getting funding is a necessity. At this fateful moment, there may also be a…
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4 Investor Insights from 4 Years of Reg CF
Four years old… this is the age you can expect recognition of shapes and colors, and a love for rhyming words. Also for some…
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Double Duty Diversified Income
It’s trivia time at Vicinity! Which of the following headlines from the past year are real? Aliens in hiding until mankind is ready, says…
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VentureSouth 2017 Summit – why?
Having finished our October angel group meetings and all our kids’ Halloween candy, we are preparing hard for our final group meeting of the…
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VentureSouth August Newsletter
We’re proud of the connections being made and the work being done between angel investors and early stage companies in the VentureSouth portfolio. Our…
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Welcoming Erin Ouzts as leader of VentureSouth Spartanburg
We are very pleased that Erin Ouzts is joining the VentureSouth Spartanburg team as local leader of the group. Below is more on the…
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Upstate Business Journal articles in July
In case you missed it, here are the five things that Matt Dunbar looks for in a startup – thanks to the Upstate Business…
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Announcing VentureSouth Piedmont
We are very excited to be working with Matt Bailey and Malay Shah on the development of VentureSouth Piedmont. Below is the announcement sent…
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Why we don’t sign NDAs
Approximately once a week we’ll be asked something along the lines of: “Could I also ask if you would be willing to signed an…
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Back to basics: valuations – how do you work it out?
Now you know what a valuation is, how do you figure out what your valuation is? The short answer to this question is simply…
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Back to basics: pre- vs. post- complications
Four, more complexity between “pre-money” and “post-money” Imagine a company that has previously raised a $100,000 convertible note whose terms require it to convert…
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Back to basics: pre- vs. post-money valuation
Third, the “pre-money” vs. “post-money” confusion Angels speaking in terms of “pre-money valuations” can lead to some confusion. Entrepreneurs often think in terms of…
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Back to basics: pre-money valuation
Second, what is “pre-money valuation”? Angels talk about “pre-money valuation.” This simply means the valuation (that we talked about last time) before this round…
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Back to basics: what is valuation?
Continuing our “back to basics” snippets (like here on the types of angel groups), we are going to have a few posts about the…
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Other myths
Here are a couple more misconceptions and myths. I don’t have time to be an angel investor. False. Members of our group attend a…