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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Small Business Report: A Brick and Mortar Graveyard?
The retail landscape is changing faster than the drive-thru line at Chick-fil-A. And the future for brick-and-mortar, in particular, might seem unclear.
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Campaign Page Walkthrough
Malcolm gives us a general overview of how campaign pages are setup. If you have any questions email us at [email protected] – thanks!
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Risky Business?
We’ve all heard this stat as a warning to both would-be founders and investors. A shot across the bow about the supposedly near-guaranteed failure…
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We’ve Got a Message for Warren Buffet
“It’s an economic war.” Warren Buffet delivered this mic drop moment on his recent CNBC interview with Goldman Sachs’ CEO, David Solomon. During the…
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Going Private, Publicly
Building a portfolio of private investments can feel like sailing out on uncharted waters. “I’m not a financial planner” you might say, why would…
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A Crowdfunding Christmas: It’s A Wonderful Life
“Few movies have aged like It’s A Wonderful Life, the iconic Christmas classic most of us grew up watching. As of December 2, 2020…
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How a Rev Share works…
If you’ve been browsing our campaigns you might have come across a few structured as rev share agreements. It’s a term that gets thrown…
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Breaking into SAFEs
At risk of getting flagged by the FBI, I’m going to lay out the easiest path to break into a SAFE. This method is…
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The Local Business Report: Gyms Are Doing Extra Reps
2020 has been a tough year for most businesses. We’re beginning a Local Business Report series through which we will highlight different industries and…
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Survey Insight
Some of our most common feedback responses were deal-specific questions about the terms, structure & potential returns of an offering.
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Over The Moon About Microinvesting
And while most small businesses aren’t trying to break into the space travel market, they’re still shooting for the stars. These businesses need capital…
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3 Investment Topics for Thanksgiving Table Talk
Happy Thanksgiving! Food, fellowship, football. There are so many reasons to enjoy your Thanksgiving feast. But what about that window of time after you’ve…
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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…