David Teten
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks.
David Teten
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. Just like me, they’re distressed about the poor economy and jobs situation.
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Up and Running
JULY 2, 2014
We had personally invested $70,000 of our own money at this point, and we were hoping to raise at least another $250,000 to help us hire a team, launch our company, and begin to build our product. We had a beta product launched, 20 beta testers, and lots of interest from different investor groups. We were on a roll.
Austin Startup
JUNE 30, 2017
A founder who gets into a top accelerator, however, gains access to a vast, well-curated network of other founders, mentors, potential hires, etc. But outside of the true elite, the traditional format and cost of accelerator programs is likely not sustainable. I’ve written before about law firms that pitch magical access to investors.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Investors are also mining for leads such sources as: – product crowdfunding sites ( Indiegogo *); – tech communities ( Producthunt ); – angel group platforms ( Gust ); – expert networks (e.g.,
David Teten
JANUARY 28, 2019
The video game and Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality industry actively hire for people with design, screenwriting, and other visual arts skills. Some AI companies hire people with comedy-writing and script writing experience. NYU just widened the door for more people to benefit from and contribute to their network, at nominal cost.
David Teten
JANUARY 21, 2021
Versatile has built out a suite of no-cost portfolio acceleration services to help its companies succeed. The fund specializes in “micro-SAAS,” often investing to help the founder go from part-time to full-time on their business or make a key hire. Details here. He writes periodically at teten.com. .
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