Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Marketing, recruiting, building data products & tools, event management, analyzing the portfolio, etc. Listen, I think most of us if you gave us a choice would prefer “just” to be great investors and to spend all of our time on portfolio work. And all the platform stuff. And that Greg Bettinelli chap? What’s he doing?

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View from Seed

JANUARY 27, 2021

You enjoy meeting new people and have a healthy appetite for conversation. . You will also spearhead internal initiatives to help support the success of our 100+ exciting existing portfolio companies. You have an authentic passion for technology, startups, and a deep respect for entrepreneurship. You act as an “ invited guest.”.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2023

A Strong Portfolio of Your Previous Work After getting accepted in the Shopify Experts Marketplace, you will have a page to list your portfolio items, experiences, locations, and rates. Therefore, you should have your site on WIX, Weebly, or WordPress to build your portfolio.

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VC Adventure

JUNE 14, 2022

Indeed, many firms even institutionalize the practice of providing help to portfolio companies through extensive platforms that may include PR, talent, marketing, technical, and other help (sometimes offered for free, sometimes offered ads a pay-for-service, but often at below-market rates for those services).

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You enjoy meeting new people and have a healthy appetite for conversation. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. What The Job Will Be Like.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Not only do SEO and CMS skills stand out on a resume, but they can also be demonstrated in a portfolio to further impress recruiters. Ideally, digital marketers can optimize PPC marketing campaigns so the conversions (sales) from the ad nets more revenue than the cost of the campaign. How do marketers promote a company’s content?

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. We were discussing both sides of the table and the relationship between founders and VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. So it’s about 20%. This translates to about 12–15 investments.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

However, sound investors would do well to remember that although their prevalence has certainly made these industries a popular topic of conversation, they are by no means the only viable option for significant returns. Private equity investments offer access to growth in more scaled businesses. Photo by Tiger Lily from Pexels.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You resonate with the NextView mission to “design the future that we want to live in” You enjoy meeting new people and have a healthy appetite for conversation. You have an authentic passion for startups and a deep respect for entrepreneurship. What Will The Job Be Like. You will be based in the NYC office. About NextView.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 5, 2021

From there, it is a hop, skip, and a jump to, hey, am I getting all the credit I should for the Conversions being driven by my marketing tactics? Right then and there, your VP of Finance steps in with a, hey, how many of these conversions that you are claiming are ones that we would not have gotten anyway? AKA: Attribution! Absolutely!

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

While a lot of the focus is on getting the initial ‘IN’, if the startup progressed to next level it’s important to keep everyone engaged on the conversation/ round. Most of these can sound like common sense, but you’d be surprised how many founders skip this initial research. Weeks to launch?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 5, 2019

A planner who’s a fiduciary has multiple ways to reduce sequence-of-returns risk by allowing the portfolio to stay ahead of inflation. You utilize other income-producing vehicles in the portfolio. It’s vital to have a tax plan that can fit into your portfolio. Prioritize a tax plan. Create an estate plan.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

After my board meeting I had to do an interview with a CFO candidate that one of my portfolio companies asked me to speak with. Why “In Person” is Everything) was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. But it’s only Tuesday.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 3, 2022

Maybe there’ll even be a screencap of their pass email, or similar ‘proof’ that they were in conversation with the founders during their fundraises. For those who’ve been around a while, it’s fair to read this post and assume I’m slagging on Bessemer Venture Partners, as far as I can tell the originator of the public anti-portfolio concept.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We’re particularly proud and excited for this development, as it’s two portfolio companies joining forces! It is a community dedicated to live, spoken conversation online. Their aim is to create a space for intelligent, empathetic conversation (which we all know can be hard to find on the Internet today). Placenote SDK 1.6.6

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 21, 2021

Not only do SEO and CMS skills stand out on a resume, but they can also be demonstrated in a portfolio to further impress recruiters. Ideally, digital marketers can optimize PPC marketing campaigns so the conversions (sales) from the ad nets more revenue than the cost of the campaign. How do marketers promote a company’s content?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 24, 2020

SEO goes beyond ranking, and is, in fact, about increasing conversion. Even if a website ranks at the top but performs poorly in conversion, it counts as an SEO failure. In its place, invest in reliable SEO services with glowing reviews, proven track record, and impressive portfolio. You Do Not Need SEO Services. Conclusion.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Bitcoin Allocation – Growing the role of bitcoin in investment portfolios. Social Hybrid AI x human communities – messaging & social apps where bots are treated as equal citizens. Bots should be able to join chats with you and friends, and weigh in or spark discussions.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Nowadays nearly every online shop utilizes some sort of product recommendation engine, which is no wonder, as these systems, if set up and configured properly can significantly boost revenues, CTRs, conversions, and other important metrics. Popular Products. Similar Products. Similar product boxes can be based on very different logics.

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View from Seed

MARCH 11, 2020

Conversely the VC is able to benchmark the maturity of your data and analytics function against other similarly staged companies as well. This includes things like: Making intros to portfolio companies that are potential customers. Having conversations with your existing investors. Meeting with other members of your team.

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David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

I regularly meet with other VCs, and based on their criteria, I share with them whichever portfolio companies fit their areas of interest. . Subject line: Relevant Portfolio Companies . name], I enjoyed our conversation. The post Marketing Your Portfolio Companies to Other Investors appeared first on David Teten.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Ada won Tech Breakthrough’s “Best Overall Conversational Marketing Company” award. . Jobber was recognized as one of Canada’s top growing companies by Globe & Mail for the second year in a row. It ranked as the 2nd fastest growing software provider in the $50-75M revenue category. . Select Product Updates.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In addition to building transformative companies that we’re lucky to have in the portfolio, Data.World and OJO Labs respectively, they’ve helped with introductions, investment diligence, and broader portfolio support. On the entrepreneur side, founders like Brett Hurt and John Berkowitz have gone above and beyond for Breyer Capital.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 17, 2020

In a train ride home, he’s ‘enlightened’ in a conversation with a passenger (Charlie) who makes him understand that being a CEO might be challenging, but it shouldn’t be complicated. Avoiding tough conversations or conflict with direct reports is a sign of choosing popularity over accountability.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

Freshbooks and Zoho are the best-known examples from past decades, but an increasing number of start-ups are joining that effort (among others, our portfolio company Headout). Sequoia, Accel, Lightspeed, Nexus, Matrix and Elevation came up in conversations all the time.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2018

A key question my post didn’t consider was what the ideal venture portfolio might look like in the face of these data. . The robust dinner conversation we had back in 2006 essentially asked the question: “If venture outcomes are Black Swans, what does the optimal venture portfolio construction look like?”

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is important as you want to hire an agency that knows how to design conversion-focused websites. Take a Look at Their Portfolio. One of the things you should consider when hiring a web development agency is its portfolio, showcasing their past work. User Experience Should Be Their Top Priority. Final Words.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In other words, these computers might not be great at identifying market sentiment from one individual financial report, but they are great at making predictions for an entire portfolio. Conversely, the algorithm could just send signals to the trader if it reports any scores within a certain range.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

As an industry veteran and owner and CEO of PartnerCentric, I started in affiliate marketing over 16 years ago, personally managing some of the largest programs in the PartnerCentric portfolio today. You know your brand and if something seems off with the conversions you’re seeing, feel empowered to do some investigating on your own.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Last week our portfolio company, JumpCloud - who is deep in the DevOps market with their automated cloud server management product – hosted the first annual DevOps conference here in Boulder. Later, the full group headed to Bacaro for more casual conversations around DevOps. We are huge fans of the DevOps movement.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

It helps you pick the right partners and service portfolio for your business. Conversely, you can seek their advice to upgrade right after partnering with them so that the systems are easy to manage. Check the service offerings of the provider to ensure they cover your current and long-term objectives. Ace your communications.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

When you’ve been playing the game a bit longer or when you have responsibilities at the fund level you start thinking more about “portfolio construction.” So if you truly want to be great at investing you need all the right skills and access AND a diversified portfolio. You’re thinking about one bullet at a time.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 24, 2022

Challenges of scaling Jeff and Jay share conversations about growing and scaling subscription businesses with a customer first approach, check out all the episodes. And if you think about your life, you're balancing your portfolio of S curves where you've got your career. So you're putting together that portfolio.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

Id reached out to him not because I was looking for information on how to pitch an investor, but because of the nature of his investment portfolio: of the six startups Boris invested in thoughout 2014, three are led by women. From the outset of the conversation, Boris was careful with his words, collected.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 11, 2018

That's when I had a conversation with Max Ventilla, the founder of AltSchool, who at the time was running Aardvark. Add to that having that conversation in a way that's about the code and the people, not about recruiting, even if you know they're actively hiring. When I was a startup founder, I had this same issue.

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