David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

Our meetup is focused on how to use technology to enhance investing in private markets, including VC, growth, buyout, and distressed. Founders/C-suite executives at technology companies primarily focused on working with investors in private markets.

Private Equity 113

Private Equity Equity Cap Table Venture Capital 113

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation. The schedule of panels in New York is: Monday, January 14 th : Angel Investing Best Practices – 9-11AM, Edwards Wildman offices (750 Lexington, 8th floor; at 59th Street).

Tunisia 114

Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. But startups can shoot themselves in the foot when founders use consultants at the wrong time or in the wrong way.

Fractional CTO 248

Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Bigfoot Capital.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language.

Miami 114

Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. What are some of the unique benefits and constraints from the point of view of a founder? .

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

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. I decided to sit on it for a while and continue to ponder the history of VC in the 1980’s and the current era we are experiencing to see if anything new appeared after Jerry’s post.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. as in pro wrestling?—?you’re you’re going to take some hits.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. New York ›. View More in New York › ›. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. New York Events ›.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. It basically means like a senior statesman in country … without portfolio.

Wiki 120

Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

David Teten

JUNE 3, 2014

For the third year in a row, ff Venture Capital is co-sponsoring the New York Demo Day for Georgia Tech’s Flashpoint Accelerator, along with HBS Alumni Angels of NY. We met Ionic Security, one of our portfolio companies, at their first Demo Day a few years ago. New York, NY 10022.

Georgia 114

Georgia New York Atlanta Venture Capital 114

David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

In my research on how private equity and VC funds source investments , one of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the Bay Area. I hope to see you on April 25 in New York!

New York 60

New York Africa Cofounder Egypt 60

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Values – who and what founders and customers hold dear – were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Lane Merrifield.

Cofounder 145

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 145

David Teten

APRIL 16, 2012

ff Venture Capital is creating a new, spin-off business from an existing company, and we need a team to take the reins. Initially you will likely be working out of our co-working space on West 36th St., alongside our team and a few other portfolio companies, but will move out as the company grows.

Cofounder 133

Cofounder New York Venture Capital B2C 133

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Values – who and what founders and customers hold dear – were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Lane Merrifield.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. How to build a portfolio of startup investments. How to add value to a portfolio company. What to do when your portfolio startup pivots. Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. How to source great deals.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

Scalable Startup

MAY 29, 2012

A few things have happened recently to cause me to look a little closer at NY for the next amazing companies in Internet technology. to New York; Second, I caught the recent live stream of the Disrupt NYC Hackathon; Third, A New York Times article about how NYC’s “allure” is increasing.

Silicon Valley 22

Silicon Valley New York Startup Software Engineering 22

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

Another case in point, Spark Capital just hired Kate Bolin --someone that had been interviewed at a portfolio company of theirs that had made a good enough impression that they labeled her as someone to stay in touch with. And no, analyzing startups is not a portfolio company benefit. Venture Capital & Technology'

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Early Stage Cofounder Angel Groups 114

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Attendance is complimentary and exclusively for senior capital markets professionals exclusively focused on emerging trends and technology companies impacting the asset management industry. Carrie Jaquith , Lazard – VP, Digital Product Manager & Head of Emerging Technology Group. Mazy Dar , CEO of OpenFin.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Cofounder Aggregator Equity 60

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?

Equity 78

Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

Rob Go

JANUARY 7, 2013

As a founder, it feels like a long time, but it’s really a blip on the radar in the scheme of things. This is why I’ve made a habit of profiling our portfolio quantitatively and why we write summaries announcing pretty much all of our new investments. So, here is our annual quantitative summary of our portfolio.

Portfolio 49

Portfolio Seed Stage Cofounder B2B 49

Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Playing with new technologies. Managers in this area have to take a portfolio approach, promoting ideas that work and might make good candidates for further investment. Some companies and founders refuse to serve existing customers, and are always lurching from one great idea to the next. Seeing whats possible.

San Francisco 88

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 88

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. This is another joint event between HBS Angels of NY and the HBS Club of New York. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 23, 2020

(Written by both my Bolster co-founder Cathy Hawley and me). So we started planning a 2-day offsite together in New York. Foundry did a great job of getting everyone’s attention for a few hours every day, for more days than a normal in-person conference Plan your technology.

Indiana 71

Indiana Colorado Cofounder New York 71

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

When he entered the industry he caught the tail end of the dot com bubble and then was immediately thrust into a 3-year period of “triage&# where VC’s had to deal with problems in portfolio companies. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Formerly known as Fonelet Technologies. This lasted from about 2001-2004.

San Francisco 230

San Francisco Los Angeles Cofounder SMS 230

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

universities labs are being turned into commercial products and life saving drugs and devices thanks to an act of Congress – and the efforts of technology transfer offices in schools like Stanford and Columbia. Orin Herskowitz , executive director of Columbia Technology Ventures. Orin Herskowitz.

Government 120

Government Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Silicon Valley 120

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

You’ve got a great idea and domain expertise, but limited money and insufficient technology resources. Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? incubators, e.g., the many options in New York. intrapreneurs, e.g., the employee of GE who is tasked with launching a new business.

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 22, 2012

Guest author Arie Abecassis is co-founder of AppStori, a crowdfunding startup for entrepreneurs of mobile apps, and a Venture Partner at DreamIt Ventures. He’s been actively involved in the New York tech community as an entrepreneur and investor, and currently sits on the boards of SeatGeek, Adaptly and BiznessApps.

Startup 133

Startup Portfolio Metrics Bootstrapping 133

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2010

In the past, I've heard lots of arguments about how New York City needs its own [insert something national]. "We I pretty much thought the Google of the New York tech scene was, in fact, Google. The world is a global place, made even smaller by technology. Did you talk to the co-founders?

New York City 92

New York City New York Venture Capital Cofounder 92

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. One of the highlights of my trip was a startup dinner which included Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson, the founders of 37signals. Now I have.

Cofounder 175

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Term Sheet Startup 175

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 23, 2020

(Written by both my Bolster co-founder Cathy Hawley and me). So we started planning a 2-day offsite together in New York. Foundry did a great job of getting everyone’s attention for a few hours every day, for more days than a normal in-person conference Plan your technology.

Indiana 48

Indiana Colorado Cofounder New York 48

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

An innovator in technology, especially monetization. For me Silicon Beach doesn’t quite encapsulate the wonderful, dynamic, creative, large, thriving community that is the 13 million proud Angelinos any more than Silicon Alley captures the bustling 2012 community of New York City. Don’t you think? Not derivative.

Community 304

Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Rather than explain how it began on a whim, I tell them that our namesake was a great American artist during an era of unparalleled technological, social and political disruption and change. And fun we’ve been having crossing the the country helping companies communicate better with their customers and co-workers. 7- While on vacation.

Naming 104

Naming Entrepreneur Social Media PR 104

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68