Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. Growth, again. Grow or die. million and then $5.9

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Typically these outside resources are paid only on a success basis, so the marginal cost is low. . All of the strategies above have very modest fixed cost. This requires a real financial sacrifice.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Of course, that was not 100% true, with innovative startups and large outcomes occurring in Europe, in Asia, and other parts of the USA. Will the Bay Area’s cost structure compress the precious runway these newco’s have? Will folks be able to buy a house and raise their families here?

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. I gave a talk, titled “What in the World?”, You can view the full presentation here. There’s another post on immigration reform in the US here but I won’t digress.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

Prasanna Krishnamoorthy, Managing Partner, Upekkha Value SaaS Accelerator, said, “We are the first fund which combines an Angel List rolling fund structure for making LP access widely available, while using the variable VC model of giving founders the option to buy back their equity at a later stage, ensuring founder optionality.

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Babbling VC

JANUARY 7, 2011

I decided to make a blog post out of this since my answer over on Quora to a similar question seems to have quite a bit of resonance: "Differences in Entrepreneurial Mindset between the US and Europe". We keep hearing about lean start-ups and how much costs have dropped when launching and growing a business.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

He said that Western Europe is the most behind in the world at realizing this. And while we feel a bit uncomfortable, we still engage because the cost of non participation is currently higher than the price of privacy. It’s ironic that the cost of transport (both time & financial) has brought us closer together again.

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