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David Teten
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. A lot of these challenges became grossly apparent in 2020: social instability, climate crisis, public health crises, national security crises, disinformation. Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
At the outset, it is worth noting that when it comes to the world of venture funding, I am a bit of an outsider. Until a handful of years ago, I didn’t even know what venture capital was, let alone anything about the complicated process of actually acquiring VC funding. percent of venture capital deals, and received.33
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YoungUpstarts
MARCH 14, 2016
by Keith Smith, co-founder and CEO of Payability. As an entrepreneur, though, you should look no further than Fab.com as a cautionary tale of venture capital. It made risky bets in untested markets and tried to grow bigger than its customers were ready for. The Drawbacks of Venture Capital.
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 31, 2022
This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. This is not meant to be a negative post, but rather a temperature check of today’s market environment and the levers founders can pull on to survive this period.
The Startup Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Real estate has long been considered a sound investment, and has become even more popular in recent years as historical data has shown the market’s relatively low volatility. On the other side of the spectrum, the idea of finding a unicorn has attracted many investors toward the much riskier venture capital and emerging technologies.
Up and Running
MARCH 11, 2015
This is the home of Jason Cohen, software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor. Jason does an excellent job explaining the math behind more complex subscription forecasting, but also touches on topics like marketing and company culture. As co-founder of Y Combinator and co-founder of the Viaweb which sold to Yahoo!
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly.
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