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The Importance of Proprietary Deal Flow in Early-Stage VC

Both Sides of the Table

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? There is one source that was always problematic for me – intros from investment bankers. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. What kind of deals should I be doing?

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Why Early-Stage VCs Should Be Careful About Intros from Bankers

Both Sides of the Table

Should I trust my instincts for founders and products or should I be more focused on the market size or business plan? There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. What kind of deals should I be doing?

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? Similarly, customer introductions are invaluable in the early days, but become less valuable once a company has a fully-formed go to market function.”. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC

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Helping Entrepreneurs Buy And Sell Their Agencies

Duct Tape Marketing

Helping Entrepreneurs Buy And Sell Their Agencies written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Amanda Dixon. In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast , I interview Amanda Dixon. Amanda is the Co-founder at Barney an M&A firm that specializes in the digital marketing space.

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Do VC’s with “Operating Experience” Add More Value

Rob Go

Nick Beim (Gilt, The Ladders, JBoss) was a consultant and investment banker. The simplest example is negotiating future financings (assuming you and your investor are relatively well aligned). A few examples from our portfolio: Boundless Learning: John Katzman (Founder of Princeton Review and 2Tor).

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29 Seriously Inspiring Interviews For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere – Show No. 16: Wayne Sutton and Dave Kashen

Steve Blank

The show follows the journeys of founders sharing their experiences of what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Joining me this week at the Stanford University studio were: Wayne Sutton , co-founder of BUILDUP VC. Dave Kashen. We had this mission.