Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble. The Funding Problem. Today’s Normalization.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

generalist focus, operator background). The first is the fund that you would ideally raise if LP capital was not a constraining factor. Given this, LPs today are focused on the depth of the investing experience of a new GP and any emerging manager should address this heads-on in their deck and LP communications.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I asked for the responsibility of setting out the firm’s future strategy and our daily operating tasks. I laid out the following goals: Hire investment partners with operating experience combined with investment experience and deeply committed to LA Tech, but with strong relationships in SF, NYC and beyond. I sat on panels.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. Just before the IPO, I had a far-reaching conversation with co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong as he approached this major milestone for the company he co-founded back in 2012.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

So I would start by sharing with the fund an institutional LP due diligence checklist , and ask them to share their data room with you. Bloomberg Beta open-sources their entire operating manual on Github, where their website lives. These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital. Union Square Ventures ( [link] ).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. ► 2012. (1).

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