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

David Teten

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #18: The strength of natural network effects

Austin Startup

When we consider investing in SaaS startups at Hurt Family Investments (34 SaaS startups and counting in our portfolio ), we always look for natural network effects. In investing in B2C, we also look for network effects but usually those are created rather than natural. and they are both natural, like Facebook’s or LinkedIn’s.

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Monetisation is Key to drive The Second Renaissance in the Creator Economy

VC Cafe

Creators that are able to grow a community while keeping engagement levels high have a greater opportunity to make a living from their craft more than ever before in history. pic.twitter.com/xtdInea3Tk — Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) April 26, 2021. Creator Funds. Finally, a small plug to Remagine Ventures.

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Seven critical lessons learned in angel investing

Austin Startup

And I hope these lessons have an impact beyond Austin angels and startups as well. These seven lessons are distilled from angel investing since 2010. Very few angel investors I’ve met are that disciplined as greed can get the best of you. This is why we are investors in both CAVU Funds.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. Venture capitalists "bury their dead very quietly," Mr. How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. Consumer Services (B2C).