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In 2017, GE Will Buy More Tech Startups Than Google

Hunter Walker

The total value of these deals might look higher than when a tech company makes an acquihire but the premium tends to go to retention rather than the cap table (especially since (a) the acquirer might not be seen as an ‘attractive’ place to work and (b) there’s assumption of less equity upside post-acquisition).

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

David Teten

A tool like Quuu identifies relevant, shareable content to keep your social media channels active. . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk.

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Should you raise money or bootstrap?

Hippoland

I would raise more than $250k if I had a company that: 1) Was growing 30%+ MoM in sales and my operations could not keep up to fulfill those sales I’ve noticed for operationally-heavier companies (i.e. But you still need tons of money to manufacture a lot of vehicles.

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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

Whilst there are numerous custom solutions for PE/VC funds, we found that most funds nonetheless rely on more generalist CRM and sales funnel solutions like SalesforceIQ , Streak and Pipedrive. The most frequently used channel to research people is unsurprisingly Linkedin , followed by Twitter.

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Should you raise money or bootstrap?

Hippoland

I would raise more than $250k if I had a company that: 1) Was growing 30%+ MoM in sales and my operations could not keep up to fulfill those sales I’ve noticed for operationally-heavier companies (i.e. But you still need tons of money to manufacture a lot of vehicles.

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Level Setting and Career Goals for VCs: What level are Midas List VCs actually performing on?

This is going to be BIG.

That’s how it feels when your hot deal from two years ago winds up running low on cash and gets into a pay-to-play round that wipes out the cap table. Your Series A and beyond companies are generally hitting their stride right out of the gate, especially around sales, gtm and hiring top tier candidates. You have outcomes.

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Quantum of Social

This is going to be BIG.

Twitter has lots of revs, b/c they've been about broadcast since the day they hid @ replies--and when you're a broadcast channel, you're going to get business presence and revenues. Foursquare was always about connecting to commercial establishments--not that they're doing tons of revenue yet, but at least you could see where they're going.

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