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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. Sources like Crunchbase , Angel List , and Seed Invest even give this data away for free or very low cost. 1) Market fund. 6) Negotiate deal.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

New business are hard: 50% succeed in the first 5 years Startups are hard: 10% succeed?—?only only 1% ever receive outside capital (and not all businesses are built for outside capital) Marketplaces are hard Raising money for a women-led startups is hard: only 2% of all venture funding is invested in (white) female founders (.02%

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. 2) Market . 3) Raise capital.