Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

Of course we have to believe that there is a viable market, a differentiated product offering and a chance to build something defensible but if you do those basics right you still get crushed without an amazingly talented founder. He was steadfast.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 30, 2013

To increase your chances of venture capital financing, you’ll need to lower the risks as much as possible, such as: Bootstrapping as long as you can to get a working prototype into the market. For example, Softtech and True Ventures funded FitBit. Following an iterative manufacturing process. Patents versus traction.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 27, 2011

10 things VCs can do to differentiate themselves and provide more value to potential investments – based on feedback from dozens of entrepreneurs. Despite the VC’s obvious disadvantage in the early stages, marketing and differentiation of venture capital funds is limited today. Have nothing to tweet about?

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Venture Capital Differentiation Incubator Angel Investor 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited angel investors. The amounts from angels start as low as $25K, while minimum venture capital amounts usually start in the $2M range.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

The software is not difficult to build and the hosting element has become a commodity; the hard part is building a community. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. Jeff Atwood had a community of people built up from his blog. Building Communities. Distinct Communities.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 3, 2013

ff Venture Capital just invested in Tackk , a new platform which allows you to creatively share anything on the web with no barriers to creation. And building a differentiating user experience starts with an outstanding designer or team of designers. Contributed Articles ff Venture Capital Recruiting'

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VC Cafe

MARCH 22, 2021

Hila spent 12 years as the VP Marketing for Israeli venture capital fund Viola before embarking on an independent CMO career for startups. There’s a rise in community led startups. What best practices have you seen in Israel when it comes to community building? Is there a marketing talent crunch?

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

Not yet profitable but invaluable to developers worldwide, the decade-old company bootstrapped, differentiated from formidable competitors GitLab and Atlassian’s BitBucket, weathered leadership upheavals, and eventually ingested lots of venture capital which helped them weather the challenges they faced.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2020

If you want to follow two great Black executives who work at the intersection of technology and venture capital make sure to click on those links and follow them on Twitter. As Kobie says, he didn’t have a “magical database” of great Black talent, so he set out to build a solution not just for himself, but also for the community.

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Founder Database United States Networking 314

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

I am so proud and humbled to be able to formally announce that Upfront Ventures has raised its 6th venture capital fund in the past 21 years. A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations. This brings our combined funds under management to nearly $2 billion.

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Los Angeles Las Vegas Venture Capital San Francisco 287

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Along with some friends from Yale (my alma mater), I recently brainstormed some ideas to accelerate a university’s campus tech community. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2014

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited Angel investors. The amounts from Angels start as low as $25K, while minimum venture capital amounts usually start in the $2M range. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Investor Entrepreneur Venture Capital IRR 266

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Step 3: Brand and differentiate yourself. Whether you’re looking to stand out in an already-crowded marketplace, or to simply be a memorable company, figuring out how to brand and differentiate yourself is key. However, we have been able to differentiate [ourselves] and also excel by making enterprise software fun and enjoyable.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Hunter Walker

MARCH 25, 2015

Since talent attracts talent, it’s not surprising Kirsten built a small community around her that also shines, notably Eurie Kim. Forerunner represented the best of both worlds to me – an opportunity to invest in new and innovative consumer businesses combined with an opportunity to build a new and innovative venture capital firm.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

You really have to be able to differentiate yourself when you’re sitting across the table selling someone an insurance policy. Will : Yes, and that was my first brutal intro into the difficulties of raising venture capital where I lived. . Steve : There is probably is no venture capital for 50 miles, if not 500 miles.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I know we romanticize the LGBT entrepreneur making an app for the LGBT community, but too many of our ideas are “ghettoized” and not seen as “big ideas”. For later-stage companies, I suggest the Association for Corporate Growth online community, Axial , and Preqin. Don recommends: Don’t just do startups “for us”.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share. Prabhdeep Singh: We become their learning partner and they become part of a special and vast community of professionals.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. The expectation around customer service these days is very high, especially for brands that are heavily leveraging Facebook and Instagram communities. Don’t be afraid to try completely new campaigns with different brand language and color schemes.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

He used the Central Park Five to differentiate himself from his political opponent. I fear for African American communities who have been victimized by police brutality and aggression and whose only tool to fight this oppression has been the smart phone video coverage showing the world their inequities. Keep your mouth shut.” (yes,

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2016

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited Angel investors. The amounts from Angels start as low as $25K, while minimum venture capital amounts usually start in the $2M range.

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Angel Investor IRR Valuation Startup 120

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

As a result, he thought that many people in Silicon Valley aren’t as invested in the community or focused on making it better for their children and their neighbors. A great job is the start, but also a great home, a great neighborhood, a great community they feel a part of. How different that is than the feeling in Austin right now!

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Some members of the “urgent care” community are intelligently rebranding their services as “convenient care.” Our venture capital firm, Benchmark, has made four investments consistent with the “customer-first” theme. Clearly the market is speaking. healthcare market. The timing can be tricky, however.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

If you choose your name well and it represents what your customers value in you then it will be memorable, differentiated and meaningful. We are trying hard to live up to the guidelines we laid out for our investors, our portfolio companies and our community. We have a few portfolio companies going through brand changes.

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Ireland Jordan Portfolio Flash 324

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. We do this not just because it’s the right thing to do but also we believe it will help drive large and differentiated returns.

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Term Sheet Los Angeles Open Source Portfolio 284

Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

billion multi-stage venture capital firm focused on IT-related investments… I also serve on various investment committees, including for the St. Jude Children’s Cancer Hospital and the Stanford Medical Center, and teach entrepreneurship and venture capital at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. To ensure U.S.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Riverside defines proprietary as any sale less than ~3 buyers involved Kinderhook looks for the “broken” auctions that didn’t get the right attention of the PE community. Question : How do generalist PE funds differentiate and get in the advisers list? Question : How do PE funds differentiate in the LOI phase?

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Hunter Walker

MAY 20, 2018

The idea was to build a publishing-focused brand with events as a revenue base while we figured out our own differentiation in a crowded market — and then added business lines around advertising, custom content and now subscriptions. We’ve built Digiday without venture capital. So I find Cheddar interesting.).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. They achieved all of this before they raised even a penny of venture capital. Blog to your community. Blog on that topic.

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Startup eCommerce Audience Community 373

www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

A warm intro from a friend or participating in events and communities that specifically frame “finding a co-founder” (not just “startup happy hour”), you will — and I did — have better results. They are building more functionality into the site, a great community resource! Community Service.

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Cofounder Technical Review San Francisco Founder 47

Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 25, 2011

Q&A communities have become grown in popularity in recent years with consumer and business offerings being developed at a blistering pace and established players emerging with their own offerings. I am most interested in the generalized Q&A communities, not the expert networks. Search and Q&A are Different.

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Community Search Social Network Social Media 51

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

When I started in venture capital in the late 1990s VCs were regularly lambasted for taking long summer holidays and spending too much time on the golf course. I remember one enterprising journalist judging VCs on the basis of how much their handicaps had gone down. Low handicaps weren’t good!

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Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

Venture Chronicles

MAY 26, 2010

This is the “tastes great, less filling&# debate that recurs on a regular basis in the venture capital and entrepreneur communities. The law of accelerating returns kicks in when companies and markets go through these stages, simply put, the more you have the more you get.

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Lean Early Stage Valuation Startup 40

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 12, 2017

We are glad that Capital Factory is in Dallas and thrilled to see that they are also community builders who grow through collaboration.” According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active investor in Texas since 2013. Perot Jain, LP is an early stage venture capital firm founded by Ross Perot Jr.

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Mucker Lab

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Most brilliant “Internet of Things” ideas are quicksand for capital unless you have the branding, vertical integration and customer lock-in that Apple achieved. 20 years ago, a majority of “Sand Hill” venture capital went into enterprise-focused startups. The iPod model will separate IoT platforms from fads.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 29, 2010

Ex: “As Community Manager, I would get Modcloth on Tumblr because their users are already talking about the company there and it’s the right demo.” It’s an indication of how well networked you are, and what the community thinks of your ideas. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology. Same thing with Twitter.

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Startup Venture Capital Hiring Early Stage 158

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2017

So break out that guitar, crack open your book of advanced differential equations, start practicing making a souffle, and bring out the genius inside you. Good insights and ideas here from @mkapor and @TheRealFreada … Can Venture Capital Be Saved? Will be fun to watch them grow. cc @loganlahive [link].

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Small Business Design Idaho Entrepreneur 52

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 1, 2017

Why is your differentiation also a competitive advantage? Look, fundamental change doesn’t happen fast in a community that’s as homogeneous and closed as venture capital. People might think on a sheer numbers game that that’s a disadvantage because you’re excluding a number of talented teams.

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IPO Cap Table NDA Vietnam 75