Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 31, 2018

I’m a big fan and long-time friend of Eric’s so I hope he’s ok with our using the same conceptual labeling approach from the evolution of the Startup Communities concept to a much broader audience than just startup communities (Eric – if you aren’t, tell me and I’ll adjust …).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Saying “we chose to use this tool” or “I raised a smaller fund” misses out on the part that makes your story more widely applicable to the audience—the “because” part. The people in the audience are taking notes. 2) Think about the “Why” behind moves you make. 5) Be as specific as possible, without going into the weeds.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get a venture capital analyst from a brand name firm who has just recently taken his job talking about what makes a company successful. Sometimes, I see people on venture capital panels that aren''t even VCs! To me, the absolute minimum criteria has to be that you work for a venture capital fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had called on Chamillionaire from the audience and asked him to provide some views on how artists view social media, why they use it and where it’s heading. Cham studied early in his career how to hold the microphone, how to project his voice, how to watch the audience and pay attention to what interested them.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s become fashionable among some entrepreneurs, and even some venture capitalists, to badmouth the venture capital industry. But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, venture capital is the worst method for financing scaling startups except for all the others. All seven raised venture capital.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

Dave Mendlen is a General Manager at Microsoft and he is one of those gifted speakers who have the magic to capture entire audiences and inspire everyone with his vision and stories. AGENDA: 5:45pm – 6:30pm – Networking reception. 6:30pm – 7:45pm – Speaker program. 7:45pm – 8:15pm – General networking. Dubbed “Ms.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 8, 2023

In my experience, I follow different resources, for instance, the Andreessen Horowitz blog , one of the top venture capital funds reporting trends in their newsletters, and INC.5000 Aside from venture capitalists, following Twitter personas or subscribing to newsletters is another way to utilize industry information.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

David Frankel, formerly a Senior Associate at ff Venture Capital, observed that all investor-backed companies struggle with the fact that they have to serve multiple audiences: management, employees, outside investors, and media/the outside world. For further reading: Agile Budgeting for Startups: Cash is King.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2012

I particularly urge you to review SpeakerNetNews ; it contains a tremendous amount of curated wisdom from professional speakers: how to be a more powerful speaker, deal with distracting audiences, etc. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Here are eight key questions that will you get in the right ballpark with the right investors: Who is your investor audience? On the other hand, venture capital organizations typically look for needs that exceed $2 million. Every type of investor has comfortable ranges and limits.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Afterward, I met the CIO from one of our law firm clients who was in the audience. For the past four years Ryan has been a senior associate with late-stage venture capital firm Next Level Ventures. by Ryan Gerhardy, CEO of Pitchly. I gave a presentation at a legal technology conference last week.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Venture capital and other forms of seed funding have been crucial for the development of the best online colleges. Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms. By Estelle Shumann*.

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. Entrepreneurs should know their audience, and most importantly, how savvy it is about the company’s particular market segment.”

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

For more information, visit atxstartupcrawl.com SXSW Pitch (formerly SXSW Accelerator) SXSW Pitch is the official SXSW platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. What gives? What did we miss?

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The $130 million Series D investment round was co-led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners and Hanaco Venture Capital. Hanaco Venture Capital is a fund located in New York and Tel Aviv that invests in developing and late-stage startups from across the world.

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Private Equity Developer Venture Capital Merger 142

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

.” Let’s meet in the virtual world – Even as IRL events return, expect these virtual destinations to continue as a way to make events more accessible to a global audience, according to Ketchum. From virtual concerts to conferences, art installations and shopping events… this is the beginning of the metaverse.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Collectively this allows me to generate enough awareness to keep myself top of mind for my target audience. I have a tiny audience compared with the B2C influencers, but my audience are overwhelming businesspeople in tech and finance.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Medium – Venture Capital
. Mattermark started there, then committed to producing the best asset every day for their audience, building trust with them to grow the company’s reach, influence, and, yes, customer base. Here’s their approach: Sites to Discover Content from VCs:
. Nuzzel.com
. Venturenews.co
.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We run a series of best practice workshops where we put top VCs in front of audiences of new junior professionals at funds and accredited investors looking to start angel investing—and we intentionally seek out underrepresented people to join. I generally accept any invite to speak or answer questions in front of a public group that I get.

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Venture Capital Community Accredited Investor Deal Flow 94

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2010

Social Proof in Action … Yesterday I wrote about the benefits of using social proof and authority in raising venture capital. If you didn’t read that yet it might be worth having a quick skim as a primer. This is where heroes come in.

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Customer Marketing Technical Review Iowa 294

Hunter Walker

MARCH 15, 2018

Reflecting on Jennifer’s assertion, I thought of our experience with theSkimm , one of the most dynamic audience companies out there today and a startup we were fortunate to first back in 2013. Over the past five years, I’ve witnessed theSkimm be underestimated by the venture capital industry, by pundits and press.

Technical Review 71

Technical Review Cap Table Venture Capital Finance 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2020

Here are eight key questions that will you get in the right ballpark with the right investors: Who is your investor audience? On the other hand, venture capital organizations typically look for needs that exceed $2 million. Every type of investor has comfortable ranges and limits.

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Startup Preferred Stock Exit Strategy Equity 337

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I asked what the audience most needed to hear. This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It’s what I love about entrepreneurship and about venture capital. I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. Why I will still be investing.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

It was not large enough produce more efficiently and price more cheaply, was not that much different a style, nor was it aimed at a certain subsegment audience. As the venture capital space matures, I see a similar pattern emerging. In many ways, the beer market of the 90’s is like the venture market today.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

In the venture capital world, it’s similarly staggering, with 4.2% of deal-making partners in venture capital and 3% of venture-backed company CEOs being women.” - Letter from the Founding General Partner, 09/1/2015. Currently, they’ve raised $19.1m for their fund, and plan to invest in 12 companies.

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Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

After checking out The Information's "open dataset" on diversity in venture capital , I felt pretty disappointed. I went back and calculated the number of companies in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures portfolio who have at least one founder who is female, from an underrepresented minority group, or LGBT.

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Venture Capital Portfolio Deal Flow Curation 60

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2014

With the author staying close as an advisor, they build a real, cashflow positive business and start to think about where they could go with some outside capital. Venture Capital & Technology' They find a kick ass, experienced content person to advise them for six months and help them build out a team around this.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

A new flock of startups has launched to support content creators to craft (videos, art, newsletters, music, games, courses, etc), find an audience, generate income (subscriptions, tipping, ecommerce, NFTs, etc) and engage their communities. The creator economy market map, Singalfire.

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Startup Social Media Venture Capital Audio 207

Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

This will engage your audience right out of the gate. If you can relate your story to your audience, even better! This will not only impress your audience, but it will help you think more strategically about your roll-out plan. Remind the audience why your management team is capable of managing their investment for growth.

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Hockey Stick Exit Strategy Technical Review Angel Investor 164

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

It’s simple; know how to spot potential and use your area of expertise to identify whether or not this startup’s product or service will become a lucrative asset to its audience. With over a decade of hands-on experience in venture capital, Emmanuel is also an expert in M&A and deal structuring.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Evaluate your target audience. Depending on the size and goals of your venture, you may need to seek financing from an “angel” investor or from a venture capital firm. Investment and lending options include: Venture capital. Angel investment (similar to venture capital). Commercial (banks).

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VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

As consumers are becoming creators new tech tools & platforms are providing opportunities to create direct relationships with audiences/fans and monetize these. . NFTs provide another opportunity to monetise creator skillsets directly with an audience and continue earning from their increasing value over time. Source: Rex Woodbury.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 6, 2020

She covers tech, Silicon Valley, and venture capital. At Axios, I regularly go ahead and write stories that I know are important for our audience, and get an editor to work their magic on the draft before publishing it. Kia Kokalitcheva is a San Francisco-based technology and business reporter at Axios.

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Technical Review San Francisco Silicon Valley Venture Capital 76

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Not all businesses are a fit, or require venture capital. But for fast scaling tech startups, to attract venture capital, they will need more than greeat tech and a strong founding team. Venture Capital investors look for ‘Big markets’, ideally multi billion Dollars in size and growing.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 1, 2019

That value for me has been not only in distilling and consolidating my thoughts – but also reaching and engaging with a much broader audience than I would be able to otherwise. Well, I’ve been working on the long term future for Forward Partners and continuing to build on our ambitions to revolutionise the world of venture capital.

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