Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Legendary venture investor and General Partner at Austin Ventures John Thornton told us, “Social content has tremendous potential to drive a new level of consumer engagement on media, entertainment and retail properties – but the market needs a startup with expertise in both social and enterprise tech in order turn the promise into reality.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

DataSift was never built on a single platform and never desired or expected to be Twitter’s re-syndication provider as its sole business. Never mind that Twitter in writing specifically asked us to build this re-syndication product with them and that every step of the way encouraged us to build out the service. billion people.

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Agile VC

MARCH 30, 2012

Lots of people more forward-thinking than me have rightly said that data is a powerful asset and aggregating, mining, and making it useful will be a core element of many businesses currently being built. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. So is “data” now a new business model, as some suggest?

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

In the asset management industry, the norm is that the General Partner puts in 1-2% of the total assets under management. In aggregate, angels are significant investors. Disruptable Pattern #4: Most investors put in only a modest amount of their own money into their funds.

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A Crowded Space

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

And yes, AngelList syndicates are trying to kill VC firms. Typically, partners or sales reps in the firm might acquire clients and then assign the work to other professionals. . » Marketplaces do an excellent job at aggregating demand. Contently is killing off some marketing firms. . More thoughts on that here. .

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

They are fully fungible for hard currency through Safaricom’s network of retail partners for either the sender or recipient of an M-Pesa mobile payment. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. The product seemingly never evolved to what it could have been. What’s Your Favorite Future? Previous Entries.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. DataSift is one of only two companies today that has the rights to re-syndicate the way it does.

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