David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. I don’t have bandwidth to engage in substantial conversations on Twitter. . Distributing content. Tech stack. I’ve listed below my current social media toolkit.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

The app had made communicating with the team much more efficient and high bandwidth for me. I am pleased that I/K9 Ventures got to lead the Pre-Seed round of financing for Pragli. Alas Doug and Vivek were determined to not raise capital yet, and so we decided to just stay in touch.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Venture Capital Guerilla India 127

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

There were instances of, "I want to offer 10 times the performance, or 10 times the storage, or 10 times the bandwidth, or 1/10 the latency," and if you could actually deliver on that in the timeframe proposed, you could feel pretty confident that you would build a big business. It's literally impossible. That sounds ideal.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 159

Austin Startup

AUGUST 1, 2017

TL;DR: In a market that has historically idolized huge, splashy financings and exits, an increasing number of entrepreneurs are realizing that everyone else’s definition of success — particularly among certain large VCs — isn’t necessarily aligned with their own. Understand the tension between “Portfolio” v. One Shot” incentives.

Liquidation Preference 48

Liquidation Preference Common Stock Valuation Silicon Valley 48