Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

To draw titular inspiration from a New York Magazine article entitled Ellen Pao and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove (we’ll talk more about Pao later on), I entered into this topic less with the desire to try to “prove” a specific point, but rather to explore an issue that continues to rise to the top of conversation in the entrepreneurial space.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Founders First Capital Partners : “Founders First Capital Partners, LLC is building a comprehensive ecosystem to empower underrepresented founders to become leading premium wage job creators within their communities.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019. Only California and New York have a few more, and maybe not for long. As a standalone economy, Texas would have the ninth largest country in the world with a GDP of almost 1.9

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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.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2013

Still, I came into contact with some of the largest names in the private equity world--partners from top PE firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, and TH Lee, top venture firms like Summit and Accel--and even debt/distressed funds like Cerberus and Apollo. Venture Capital & Technology' That''s pretty damned interesting.

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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. Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. New York has an extremely active Meetup culture; almost every night there are 3-10 tech-focused events.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. Clint Korver, Partner at Ulu Ventures , remarked: “I’d compare this technology transformation as akin to what happened in public company investing. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions. Private equity investing is a relationship business. Additionally, MCM uses the blog to place new contacts into its CRM (Microsoft Dynamics).

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2020

28:12) The pandemic as a moment to invest in people and technology, have a plan and execute. 44:25) Parallels between the pandemic and previous crises, and Carl's thoughts on some of the new norms that will arise. (45:28) It became brand building and culture building moment for the company. (21:41) Stanley McChrystal's Team of Teams.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

artpapas : CEO and founder of Bullhorn, @artpapas is an authority on recruiting technology. sethpriebatsch : “Chief Ninja” of SCVNGR Seth Priebatsch discusses SCVNGR developments, technology, and more. corbett3000 : Peter Corbett, CEO of iStrategyLabs discusses engaging communities through innovation on @corbett3000.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

And now I know exactly where I want to spend my time" "This internship truly provide me an entry point into the private equity world. I've learned more in the three months working with a real-life entrepreneur on a new venture than in all 5 years of Community College and my BA. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. 3 hours ago.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2011

HBS Angels of New York is holding its first full investor meeting Monday night, June 13. For more information on HBS Angels of New York and how to join, visit hbscny.org/angels. IvyDate is a highly private, matching based community which does not place member information in a browsable database.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 21, 2011

For 78 straight weeks, my " This Week in the NYC Innovation Community Newsletter " enjoyed industry leading metrics. What's even more bizarre is that this is a list that goes out to 4,000 people in the New York Tech community and no one seems to care. Near 40% opens, almost 15% clickthroughs, and almost 4,000 subscribers.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

But, if this is the case, why don’t investors in private equity diversify? Unfortunately, most individual investors in private equity significantly under-diversify their portfolios -- investing in one or only a handful of companies. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

But, if this is the case, why don’t investors in private equity diversify? Unfortunately, most individual investors in private equity significantly under-diversify their portfolios -- investing in one or only a handful of companies. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley.

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David Teten

MAY 3, 2019

My main goals are: to understand the cutting edge of new disciplines; meet potential founders/employees; and also to help the broader technology and research community. The main ways I am interested in working with the academic world: Invest in new ventures founded by students. Present on campus as a guest speaker.

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The Next Web

MAY 7, 2013

In an interview with The New York Times, Mr. Bisnow said, “Instead of calling them and trying to get a meeting, I decided to convince them all to come to Utah with me. In late 2011, Summit rallied the community to raise nearly $1 million to create a marine reserve the size of Manhattan in the island chain that hosted Summit at Sea.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area. New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs.

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David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

Our main goals are: to understand the cutting edge of new disciplines; meet potential founders/employees; and also to help the broader technology and research community. We published the paper in the Journal of Private Equity and numerous other influential media. If you have ideas, we’d love to hear them.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I sold the first company I founded, a computer technology integrator, to private equity in 2002. But I decided to “go all in” on a new company. I saw the article in The New York Times about the sale of your company. Your value to our community. Here’s the problem. We’ll get to that in a moment.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

And oddly it took an investor in New York to highlight to me Cornerstone OnDemand – one of the most successful software company in my home town of Los Angeles! It is company 500px who has a beautiful product and a burgeoning community on the iPad and web. – and why it would become a powerhouse. 500px is in Toronto.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Many Israeli companies build technologies which could be very valuable to the broader Middle East region, particularly in water tech, agriculture technology, and cybersecurity. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. I thought others might be interested in my list.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 23, 2020

I’ve had a private practice for the last 30 years and I’ve had a corporate consulting practice for the last 28 years. And so I’ve been working with multinational companies around the world, I have assisted startups, I work with private equity funds and hedge funds, family businesses on succession planning.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

There are actually a lot of tools and technologies available now to really streamline your day and as I said earlier it’s amazing. The most obvious place that businesses and or accountants turn to for their small business clients is generally banks, big banks, community banks, you name it. Four, technology. Three, taxes.

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