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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking? Would you modify any of this if you had a B2B product instead of a B2C product, where every potential customer is also a potential competitor?

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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. The majority of funds are using the popular B2C websites and services for basic due diligence, e.g., Linkedin, Twitter, HackerNews. ExitRound helps early stage companies identify buyers in smaller exits. .

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Introducing NextView III and Our Focus on the Everyday Economy

View from Seed

Others take bets on certain verticals or business models, such as marketplaces, SaaS, or enterprise technology. While our lens on the Everyday Economy is focused on our actions as individuals, it’s not constrained to B2C companies. Early-stage investing is still the only thing we do.

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Why Your Startup's Name Matters

mashable.com

Naming can be one of the most difficult challenges in the early stages of a startup. Generally speaking, a name is more valuable to a B2C (marketing-driven) company than a B2B (sales-driven) counterpart, so allocate your efforts accordingly. But whatever the case, there are simply no excuses for having a bad name.

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