Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Silicon Valley is a very special place – the nucleus of high-growth, high technology entrepreneurship in the US, indeed, in the world. The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula.

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Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Their late stage deals outside of the venture centers outperform by ~5% vs. those in the venture centers; early stage deals outperformed by ~4%. Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done! Angel groups using Gust.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

billion to work across 738 financing deals with U.S. billion jump in funding over the same quarter of 2010 with a similar number of deals, so it clearly shows a trend to larger deal sizes for fewer startups. To me, this indicates that venture capitalists (VCs) are looking for business, but not from first-time startups.

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Venture Capital Revenue Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley 233

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Specifically, K9 only invests in startups where the entire team is located in the SF Bay Area. I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. I get a lot of push-back on this point. Technical experts.

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Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Specifically, K9 only invests in startups where the entire team is located in the SF Bay Area. I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. I get a lot of push-back on this point. Technical experts.

Silicon Valley 112

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Rob Go

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Even though we are a seed-focused VC fund, we were very excited to help organize this event because of our belief that increased angel activity is critical to keep propelling the Boston startup ecosystem (and the local economy) further. SAFE docs are on the rise. It was a great even overall, and I learned a ton.

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