Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

Looking back, I believe that Jeff is one of most iconic, successful founders and CEOs of all time. Jeff is also one of the few founders I know of who sets OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) for his board members. What I say is only speculative, but hopefully helpful and insightful. You can listen to the entire podcast here.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship: While the exact title and contents of this class may vary depending on the business school you attend, as a first time founder, it’s incredibly important to understand all of the legal considerations around starting your own company (e.g., See Also How to Find a Business Partner.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 26, 2013

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder. Both ways are great, I’ve tried both, but personally I wouldn’t try to start something again without partners. Before you start talking to large VCs, find some early stage investors. 60-70% for founders.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. Most importantly, we have regular meetings with later-stage VCs and enterprise clients both in the US and internationally to discuss our companies which fit their investment mandates. For example, consider public relations.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Network.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. The importance of reputation is why, for example, Andreessen Horowitz invested early and heavily in their own PR, adding PR guru Margit Wennmachers as a Partner. . – Network.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

I know that some founders feel uncomfortable with this as though they might somehow be sharing something so confidential that it ultimately hurts you. Many VCs will have a distribution curve where they’ll do a small number of early-stage deals (say $1.5–3 Why shouldn’t most founders just name a price? After all?—?we

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. Entrepreneurs with early stage companies typically look for local funding before going out of region to pursue other funding sources.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2012

“Vinnie was amongst the most popular and valued mentors on the bootcamp we operated earlier this year,” says Hugh Mason, co-founder and CEO at JFDI.Asia. “Golden Gate Ventures’ links to later stage investors and Silicon Valley can add most value once start-ups launch products and prove market traction.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

In announcing these finalists, David Teten, Founder and Chairman of HBSAANY, and Partner at ff Venture Capital ( ffvc.com ), said “VCAP has introduced us to entrepreneurs looking at opportunities which would otherwise have been invisible to us. domestic market.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Lindel Eakman led the discussion with Fred and Andy.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

In announcing these finalists, David Teten, Founder and Chairman of HBSAANY, and Partner at ff Venture Capital ( ffvc.com ), said “VCAP has introduced us to entrepreneurs looking at opportunities which would otherwise have been invisible to us. domestic market.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I’m a female founder. I don’t have a technical co-founder. These are all of the things I heard from a founder that I recently backed. So what about all of the above statements—things that founders widely hold to be true barriers to fundraising? It’s the “hook” that gets a team noticed in a partner meeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

It is with this backdrop that I was really happy to learn from my friend Ethan Anderson (HBS alum & founder of RedBeacon) about an awesome program at HBS run by Tom Eisenmann called Launching Technology Ventures. I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2018

Of these rounds, nearly every one was classified as a Series B or later-stage round, with the exception of a few debt and equity financing rounds. A trend towards larger, later-stage companies typically means investors are looking to take on less risk and invest in more established companies.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

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View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

And that product is a highly engaged seed-stage investment where we are usually the lead or co-lead in a round and will often take a board seat. I’d also question a founder who asks his or her investors to comment falsely on something — that puts the investor in an awkward spot.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Richard Witten , special advisor on entrepreneurship to the President of Columbia University ; and Kathryn Minshew , co-founder of the popular online career platform TheMuse.com both joined me in Sirius’ New York studio and shared their version of being knocked down and coming back stronger. If you can’t hear the clip, click here.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

So many had names of partners (Kleiner Perkins) or local favorite identifiers like trees (Sequoia). You could argue that choosing the name “first round” paints them into a corner in case they want to ever do a late stage fund, but I suspect they named it FRC precisely because they wanted to excel at early-stage investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. First, if the VC does 15-20 of these under one partner then it is certain he can’t spend any time with these investments.

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Ben's Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

When speaking with founders and private growth investors, we hear countless references to “multiples paid” on current or near-term revenue; both obsess over this because a higher multiple translates to a higher valuation. But Wall Street expects Incredible Software Co. On a growth adjusted revenue multiple basis, Solid Software Co.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. The reality today is that capital is more available than ever and entrepreneurs have become more sophisticated, so founders are looking for more than just cash from their venture backers.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 15, 2019

funding round alongside Unlock Venture Partners and Maveron. . Most importantly, we loved the vision that Mike Howell , Dolly’s co-founder and CEO, has for the company and the kind of world-class culture he has created. We are excited to announce our investment in Dolly , where we participated in a $7.5M

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thebarefootvc

MARCH 8, 2012

While the initial fund is $120M we will have access to ru-Net’s (the Russian LP) $700M of capital to support growth of portfolio companies and opportunistically invest at later stages where we can add value beyond capital. With RTP, I plan to help portfolio companies across the US access the fast growing emerging markets.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 11, 2020

My Blitzscaling co-author and friend Chris Yeh helped me record a Greymatter podcast episode where I share some of the great memories of and learnings from working with Jeff. I met Jeff through one of my other partners at Greylock , James Slavet , who had worked for him at Yahoo. How did Jeff become CEO at LinkedIn?

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?).

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Investors with dedicated, large-scale sourcing teams are almost all top-quartile performers across stage, vintage, and sector.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

VCs With Multiple Stage-Specific Funds Are Likely To Rewrite The Existing Etiquette. And What This Means For Founders. Maybe restrict the conflict to what a company is currently doing now, not what the founder says is on their roadmap five years down the road. So what’s a founder to do?

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. At this stage, you need a true founder who fervently believes they’re going to make the company successful. No, no, no. No, no, no.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I normally look to invest my first money below a $20 million valuation and when deals get to lofty prices I normally bow out to later-stage investors who have deeper pockets. We co-led the A-round with IA Ventures. We co-led the next round with IA Ventures without even asking other VCs to participate so we did an A-1 round.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

A good example of this is Peter Boyce at General Catalyst, who seemed to be everywhere and seemed to know everyone when he was a senior at Harvard (in addition to having been a cofounder of Rough Draft Ventures, HackHarvard, and working at a USV funded startup, among other things). Many very successful investors got their start in this way.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 17, 2018

This meant hiring someone who had experience with much bigger organizations, the idea being that their experience would come in handy at a later stage. The Darwinian competition is so fierce that your organization needs to be all-in on the current stage of scaling. In today’s startup world, this rule no longer applies.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 22, 2018

Some of the best later-stage investors walk founders through an institutionalized “reverse” pitch. If you find yourself in the fortunate position of being oversubscribed, you’ll likely look to build the best investor base and find the right partners for your journey. How do all the partners of the fund feel?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. So the multiples paid by publics matter and when they drop, the late-stage markets drop, too. Many founders don’t understand why inside rounds are so difficult. This is how VCs feel. Why Inside Rounds are Difficult?

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