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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself. .

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business). And a third firm “pressure tested” (i.e. link] dazhi chen.

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Announcing Techstars AngelList Funds for Mentors and Alumni

Feld Thoughts

A key ingredient of Techstars accelerator programs is our experienced and engaged mentor community. Our global network now consists of over 5,000 mentors, including many successful Techstars alumni. It provides an outlet for mentors to engage in their local startup communities and keep a pulse on emerging technologies.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda. The Pocket Negotiator is very early-stage attempt to aid in the negotiating process itself.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. There is no sub-prime market in early-stage investing.