ReadWriteStart

JULY 18, 2011

Jeff Clavier was the first tech investor I ever met; he was introduced to me years ago by some hip engineers in a bar as "one of the few cool VCs." Clavier began his presentation at the beginning of a company's lifecycle, asking how many co-founders a startup ought to have. Are all co-founders equal, Clavier asked?

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Investment Bankers Technical Review Cofounder Due Diligence 153

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Co-founder Naval Ravikant explains that 18 pilot companies in the program, including Transcriptic, Double Robotics and Tred, received $6.7 million in commitments from 620 investors in the past four months, with about $2 million raised per month on average. Investors included Founders Fund, 500 Startups and Marc Cuban.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

When he realized that the technology the company had built could potentially be used to test for COVID-19, he jumped in feet first. The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good.

Curation 60

Curation Government Los Angeles Partner 60

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. Investors see a lot of pitches. Because unlike Google search or other means, it involves people you already trust. we had no revenue. Why is it valuable? How is this different?

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done! But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Detailed due diligence.

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