David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

A few additional venture funds and angel groups have also begun targeting the emerging domestic economy. These groups include Astia Angels, a global network of angel investors focusing on women-led ventures, and the Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, which focuses on minority entrepreneurs. Cross-posted at Forbes.

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Venture Capital Los Angeles Cofounder Technical Review 114

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

We have four non-US portfolio companies , many of which have or will soon have employees in the US. - Creating angel groups with other alumni organizations, using Harvard Business School Angels as a model , e.g., alumni of major NY schools (Columbia, NYU) and institutions (McKinsey, Goldman Sachs). Details to come.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Teaching and research on entrepreneurship : SOM’s Program on Entrepreneurship , Kyle Jensen’s courses. Mentorship programs : Association of Yale Alumni Mentorship Program , Yale Office of Career Strategy Workshops. Yale has one of the best drama programs in the world. the world’s largest country, Facebook).

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Investors have taken notice, which means there are more proactive programs as well as angel groups that have a specific mandate to focus on women. You can’t deny what the data says: When there’s more diverse teams, they do better financially.

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Technical Review North America Cleveland Austin 49

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts). We had a lovely time in Northern Ireland.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 30, 2017

In some ways, the resources that top accelerators give founders have upped the ante on what “value add” from institutional investors really means , and has put some traditional VCs in the same category as prominent angels or well-coordinated angel groups: checks, perhaps with a few intros, but not much more.

Curation 48

Curation Startup Cofounder Equity 48

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. Build a specialized outbound origination program. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts. Acquirer/ Investor. ff Venture Capital. 2009) [ii].

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

And we are just starting our first year in Seattle.”…” Of the Boulder companies there have been 41 companies that have gone through the Boulder program and there is some mortality…” “I guess it’s 5 or 6 that have failed. On the Startup Visa Program. National Venture Capital Group endorsed it. Some Angel groups endorse it.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Gust

JUNE 25, 2014

AngelList is known to work very well for companies that already have some fundraising traction from known investors or accelerators; Gust provides a very powerful tool set for a company to bring together all of its investor materials and manage its fundraising program. Both are useful additions to the early stage entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

In December 2010, Richard Kane, then-President, Harvard Business School Club of New York , asked me if I’d like to found an HBS alumni-affiliated angel group in NY. Since then, we have grown to be the 2nd largest angel group in NY, with 130 members (vs. about 150 for Golden Seeds in New York, the largest group).

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New York Connecticut Angel Groups Florida 114

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Bryce Roberts, Indie VC Founder, has stated “on average, the companies we’ve backed have increased revenues over 100% in the first 12 months of the program and around 300% after 24 months post-investment. Their 2016 Fund was the first and largest fund so far using this structure, with $25M AUM. He writes periodically at teten.com. .

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Austin has it’s own draw and it has “emerged as one of the hottest startup hubs in the country” according to Hugh Forrest , Chief Programming Officer for SXSW (and one of the angel investor backing this competition). The Central Texas Angel Network is one of the most active angel groups in North America.

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Silicon Valley Austin North America Texas 54

David Teten

MAY 3, 2019

I have presented at universities including Columbia Business School, UC Berkeley Haas, National University of Singapore, New York University, Technion Israel Institute of Technology MBA Program, Wharton School, and Yale School of Management. Informally advise some university-based angel group initiatives.

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Artificial Inteligence Angel Groups Private Equity New York 60

David Teten

JULY 3, 2013

I hope you can join me for this program, cosponsored by Empire Angels ; HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York ; and the The Young Venture Capital Society. So You Want to Be an Angel? 8 – 8:30 pm: Meet other angels. 6:30 – 7 pm: Check-In, Drinks, hors d’oeuvres.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Yes, I’m biased on LivePlan because it’s our product, but I see it used as a business summary now in the programs of several of the most prestigious business plan competitions, and my angel group is now using it to summarize some of the companies that submitted for our annual community event.

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Lean Business Plan Angel Groups Curation 182

Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

I spent a few days in March in Ann Arbor Michigan as a guest of Professor Thomas Zurbuchen , Associate Dean for Entrepreneurial Programs, and Doug Neal , Director of Center for Entrepreneurship in the Engineering School at the University of Michigan. The Center for Entrepreneurship in the Engineering School is akin to Stanford’s STVP program.

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Michigan Silicon Valley Venture Capital Incubator 307

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Heivly is part of LaunchBox Digital , kicking off its third year as business accelerator program in Durham this fall. LaunchBox is one of several Y Combinator-like startup programs in the area. Others include Joystick Labs , an accelerator program aimed at indie gaming startups that launched this summer.

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North Carolina Raleigh United States Angel Groups 151

David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

Informally advise some university-based angel group initiatives. I view Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York , now the largest angel group in the NY tri-state region by headcount, as a template for what other schools and organizations can build. If you have ideas, we’d love to hear them.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Angel Groups Private Equity New York 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

There will also be a constant stream of programming including official SXSW panels. If you’re newer to angel investing, angel groups are a great avenue to build your understanding and confidence as an investor. How will crowdfunded investments impact your portfolio? Will SAFE agreements replace convertible notes?

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

How to make the most out of angel group participation. How to collaborate effectively with other angel groups. We will also discuss the latest trends in angel investing and where the industry is headed next. For a preview of the discussion, see “ Introduction to Angel Investing ”. Thursday, February 28th.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

In fact, early stage investing in general is in the dog house for many investors, both angels and VCs, as they are still remembering the pain from the collapse of the Internet bubble. Founders came in, pitched a bunch of angel investors, got ask a bunch of questions, went away, but rarely ended up with any investment. What is it?”

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Angel Investor Cofounder Denver Angel Groups 70

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The program, overall, is a top 25-ranked entrepreneurship program in the country, right up there with our UT Austin and Texas A&M brethren. Encore Vision, by former Alcon industry executive Bill Burns, was an especially sweet exit for the Cowtown Angels group mentioned earlier.

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Dallas Austin Texas Cofounder 60

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley. One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. Steve Bennet. at 4:21 PM.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2015

Ask an angel investor: Targeting a particular angel investor can be a good tactic, as they are often willing to evaluate your pitch. Tim advises checking out Gust, which lists regional and local angel groups. From there, you can reach out to an angel in your area. Not currently a student?

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Pascal's View

JUNE 11, 2009

Phil Wickham , CEO of the Kauffman Fellows Program , has a constructive perspective on this topic, which he expressed in his CEO recap in the Kauffman Fellows Program eBulletin that was published on June 2. There is plenty of ink flowing with speculation on the future of the venture capital industry.

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Venture Capital Programming Angel Groups Government 31

ReadWriteStart

MAY 6, 2011

First up, Sumit Jha from New Delhi, India, presented EduMark , a real estate education program for the nascent Indian market that Sumit is already selling successfully, and wondering how to take to the next level of scale. And you can sign up for the 1M/1M premium program here. Anirudh wants to bridge this gap.

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India Vertical Entrepreneur Connecticut 115

ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Before I close today's recap, I want to point readers to a blog post from last week explaining how 1M/1M differs from YCombinator and other such programs. Most incubators, accelerators, or angel groups won't be willing to work with the smaller TAM businesses. We are very happy to help you build such businesses.

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PPC Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Incubator 114

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

There have been a number of thoughtful "early warning sign" posts in the past few days including one from Fred Wilson ( Storm Clouds ), one from Mark Suster ( What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common ), and Roger Ehrenberg ( Investing in a frenzied market ). We'll do follow on investments in 10 of them.

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Florida Venture Capital Angel Groups Angel Investor 137

The Next Web

AUGUST 5, 2012

Try to find cities that offer a low cost of living and lots of access to local talent through decent universities and graduate programs. Do your research about Angel groups, private investors, VC’s and other locally funded businesses, as this will help you determine the strength of the investor community.

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Angel Groups Affiliate Incubator Boston 146

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

I also advised Antonio to defer his investor road show and even customer acquisition programs until this basic positioning exercise is in place. Rick is looking at Medi-Code as an investment opportunity from his angel group, and Rohit is the entrepreneur. IDES Technologies. And a very large one at that.

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2016

I work hard on mine and you work hard on yours and we all win (entrepreneurs, angels, and upstream VC's). I went back to look at a few twitter exchanges I had at the time and clearly had some issues with the program. In looking at how syndicates have developed, there have been a lot of positives for both angels and entrepreneurs.

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Up and Running

MARCH 30, 2015

Yes, I’m biased on LivePlan because it’s our product, but I see it used as a business summary now in the programs of several of the most prestigious business plan competitions, and my angel group is now using it to summarize some of the companies that submitted for our annual community event.

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Elevator Pitch Lean Oregon Angel Groups 60

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Within the past week I have learned about two new programs to help entrepreneurs raise funding from individual or angel investors. Importantly latent angel investors represent the vast majority of the 265,400 individuals* who funded privately held companies last year (* according to the Center for Venture Research).

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Angel Investor United States Angel Groups Early Stage 94

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I’m clearly on the side of not charging entrepreneurs to pitch to investor groups – reputable events of this nature can attract sponsor dollars and/or the angel investors involved should be footing the (relatively small) bill.

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Venture Capital Angel Groups Angel Investor Reputation 52

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

I’m clearly on the side of not charging entrepreneurs to pitch to investor groups – reputable events of this nature can attract sponsor dollars and/or the angel investors involved should be footing the (relatively small) bill.

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Venture Capital Angel Groups Angel Investor Reputation 52

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group. Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.Needless to say, you should never do this. Deal terms with angels vary a lot. As in families, relationsbetween founders and investors can be complicated.)

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

These accelerator programs, these incubator programs, universities, colleges. There’s a lot of angel groups and venture groups all over the world who have funding. I know because we here, our executive team and even Peter who is on our team, he goes, he’s a mentor. Don’t be afraid to make an ask.

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