Cofounder Deal Flow Email Entrepreneur 
Haystack
OCTOBER 2, 2019
It feels like a tsunami of deal flow , and for me, I’ve outlined how I pay attention to inbound flow in terms of what gets priority. And one of the sources of that flow are the new accelerators (I’m lumping incubators, accelerators, etc. ” And, surely, it “can” work.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
I sent out a few emails to mentors of mine who had been VCs in the 1980s. Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. As I waited for reactions, I saw Jerry’s post get widely read and passed around.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
We make a point of keeping our records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry, e.g., CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dow Jones , Mattermark , Palico , Preqin , Pitchbook , and ThomsonReuters , since they are a source of data to LPs and to potential co-investors interested in us. . 4) Manage deal flow.
Version One Ventures
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures, posted a brilliant analysis on why VCs have to look for billion dollar companies (“unicorns”) to deliver acceptable returns, and how rare it is to invest in one: “The odds are somewhere between catching a foul ball at an MLB game and being struck by lightning in one’s lifetime.”. Be thesis-driven.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
I started this series in part to help entrepreneurs but also to help newer investors because I’ve know with so many new companies you have so many new board members and many people are trying to figure out there respective roles. I always try to establish my sense of “founder psychology” between board meetings.
Hippoland
JANUARY 1, 2017
Those trips are a blast to be able to meet so many amazing driven entrepreneurs, but I realize it’s my family who ends up picking up the slack at home in order for me to do this. In the beginning, I started the blog, because writing was cathartic for me and was a way for me to write down what I was advising founders already on a 1:1 basis.
A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks
MARCH 11, 2014
Welcome back to Smart Bear Live … the show were Jason speaks with entrepreneurs looking to improve their businesses. Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster.
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