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

David Teten

Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. Later stage investors are using for sourcing private company marketplace services focused on more established companies, listed below under “Step 11: Exit”. Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences.

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Why Agency Owners Should Invest In Other Businesses

Duct Tape Marketing

This episode is brought to you by Business Made Simple hosted by Donald Miller and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals hosted by Donald Miller Business Made Simple takes the Mystery out of growing your business. John Jantsch (09:02): And now let's hear from a sponsor.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

I apologize for the audio quality – we did this in a rush because we found a last minute studio and recorded in San Francisco. He says they are just as selective on seed investments as they are in later stage deals. Here is the link to this week’s TWiVC with Mike Hirshland.

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Lessons Learned: Work in small batches

Startup Lessons Learned

The sooner you pass your work on to a later stage, the sooner you can find out how they will receive it. This is actually a hard case to make, because most of the benefits of small batches are counter-intuitive. Small batches mean faster feedback. Expo (and a call for he.

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

Later stage, public companies are right-sizing their teams, so there are many opportunities out there. So just keep an eye out; depending on your growth stage, it could be reasonably attractive. There are billion-dollar startups that have a later stage of maturity than the $10 billion company, right?

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The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part three

Startup Lessons Learned

In order to prevent people from bunching up in the later stages of the work pipeline, those leaders need to be focused on automation and continuous improvement. Between cycles, put some pressure on those later teams to do more with fewer people. Make sure you keep track of whether thats happening.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

What about video and audio capture of family or digital albums? In these more mature funds, the money remaining to be invested is more likely to go to later stage companies that are more likely to yield earlier returns, so the money comes back before the fund closes. Do you know anyone that took pictures prior to 10 years ago?