The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. Our product is designed to give people a nudge in the right direction, and through using it, reach homeownership sooner than they expected.

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

You might hire a really amazing designer, and perhaps even charge companies for their service for cost recovery purposes. However, the designer is a non-scaleable service; you’ll have to hire more people like her as your portfolio grows. . John Maeda, formerly Design Partner, KPCB; formerly President of Rhode Island School of Design.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2010

Business plan competitions perpetuate everything that is wrong about trying to make plans that were designed to be used in large companies fit startups. Venture Firms use the contests as another source of deal flow and talent. Schools can get Venture Firms to fund prizes for the best business plan. There is no alternative.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

I am very happy to announce today a new program I’ve been working on designed to support women and diverse entrepreneurs, particularly those in the technology sector. The Marathon Foundation (TMF) is a business development network dedicated to entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. competitiveness.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The first is that repeat founders tend to be further up the learning curve on team building and organizational design and culture. This mismatch can create challenges for some investors, especially ones with fairly disciplined models and who have great deal flow.

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ConversionXL

JULY 25, 2017

The Mobile Website Design Problem (B2B Saas Edition). The issue with mobile website design is twofold: 1. 5 Mobile Website Design Tactics for B2B SaaS. The term “gradual engagement” was coined by Luke Wroblewski on his influential A List Apart article (from his excellent book Web Form Design ), and his follow-up blog post.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The film gives several examples of where not having women included in product decisions has led to poor design by not truly understanding 50%+ of the ultimate consumers. She gives examples ranging from poor auto air bag design (female body types being different) to “Clippy,” the Microsoft assistant that many women found creepy.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. For our content creation, we use tools such as Canva (graphic design) and GoToStage (webinars platform) to create and share content for prospects to find.”. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow.

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ConversionXL

JULY 25, 2017

The Mobile Website Design Problem (B2B Saas Edition). The issue with mobile website design is twofold: 1. 5 Mobile Website Design Tactics for B2B SaaS. The term “gradual engagement” was coined by Luke Wroblewski on his influential A List Apart article (from his excellent book Web Form Design ), and his follow-up blog post.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

That means they spend a lot less time actively seeking out new deals than they do responding to inbound deal flow. VCs therefore use whatever heuristics they can in order to triage the deal flow. Choose one from our large library of thematic and designer backgrounds or, even better, upload your own.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. engineers, designers, business developers). Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 4, 2011

The site even integrates social media features, allowing visitors to rate deals and even fellow professionals, share information about deals and network with one another. A built-in deal management tool, MyOffice, allows investors, firms and investment clubs to store, manage and share deals.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. The results were more diverse inbound deal flow, and which we assessed using a neutral filter. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2023

After finishing his military service, he moved to the US and started his own business designing commercial kitchens. I learned that ultimately, greatventure capital firms have a powerful reputation which leads to differentiated deal flow. My grandfather Ygal introduced me to the Israeli entrepreneurial attitude.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

" Here are some key attributes of CFOs who fit the dream team definition, based on an old article by Mark Macleod from StartupCFO: “It’s all in the details” - A professional accounting designation (CA, CPA) is the foundation. A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. 4) Manage deal flow. 1) Market fund.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

These take considerable time to design, build and populate, and require regular use and “feeding of the beast”, as we call it. What tools to VCs use to manage their deal flow and internal processes? In addition to off-the-shelf products, many VCs talk about their own proprietary systems.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Design, development, and digital media shops, sometimes just a few years old, are doing bigger and bigger projects and come bearing cash flow and that scarcest resource, talent. Making good (development) investments requires all the deal flow generation and evaluation work of a professional investor; the alternative is poor selection.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

He’ll usually go first because oftentimes he receives a deal flow through a friend who’s already committed. He looks for artists in their craft programmers, graphic designers and UI folks (tends not to do hardware). But Thomas is comfortable being anywhere in the continuum from first to last and depending on the situation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

" Here are some key attributes of CFOs who fit the dream team definition, based on a definitive article by Mark Macleod : “It’s all in the details” - A professional accounting designation (CA, CPA) is the foundation. A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 18, 2019

1/ Consumer feels dry: I can’t prove this but simply based on how our deal flow has changed and frankly what is getting funded by the top institutional funds, consumer is increasingly harder to get right. So, what makes these types of startups both possible and hot today?

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I’m also a fan of focused investment strategies – they allow you to build expertise resulting in better investment decisions and better deal flows as entrepreneurs seek out your expertise. We are all about well designed products and services that connect deeply with consumers as the foundation for building great brands.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Angelrounds are their whole business, as online video was for YouTube.Whereas VCs who make angel investments mostly do it as a way togenerate deal flow for series A rounds. [ These conventions werent designed to drag out the funding process,but thats why theyre allowed to persist. In this case the super-angels are the invaders.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

.” Here are some key attributes of CFOs who fit the dream team definition, based on an old article by Mark Macleod from StartupCFO: “It’s all in the details” - A professional accounting designation (CA, CPA) is the foundation. A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

" Here are some key attributes of CFOs who fit the dream team definition, based on a definitive article by Mark Macleod : “It’s all in the details” - A professional accounting designation (CA, CPA) is the foundation. A few years ago it was all the rage to have MBAs in the top finance role.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

And Gripne’s paper, Laying the Groundwork for the National Impact Investing Marketplace , makes the case that the reason we do not have $1B impact funds for nonprofits, immigrants, and women, is not because we do not have $50M of institutional quality of deal flow. This conference is not just about Coloradans.

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View from Seed

MAY 12, 2015

Even if an individual is designated by title as being more senior than another, the individual with a longer tenure always yields more soft influence to get a deal done given his or her deeper relationships, organizational know-how, and established trust with colleagues. Sometimes it’s better to go to a more senior partner.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In case you’re wondering how to amp up your business ideas, Udemy is offering a course designed to help, called How to Come Up with Killer Business Ideas: Complete Workshop. His popularity is largely rooted in his personal success—he originally worked as a VC and was in charge of deal flow in Silicon Valley.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

” So I’m looking at it, and the first thing I think is the design is simple. Edwin: Would I be able to attract other people if the design would be different? Jason: Some people think the design matters a lot more than that. I think this looks like no designer made this, right? And that’s probably good.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

You should come along for the ride if you are interested in investing more in Texas technology and disruptive commerce companies and want to develop relationships with local investors who can be your deal flow. Venture Capitalists and Family Offices from around the U.S. and around the world.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

You know… things like branding, graphic design, copywriting, digital development, UX and UI design (really, just all the ‘design’ types), architecture, creative direction, strategy, audiovisual production, storytelling. In design, awards often reward beauty without really evaluating whether the design worked.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 28, 2016

Bizly takes advantage of the vast supply of conference space in some of the best and coolest designed hotels in the world, as well as the top notch staffs that run them. I got the space through Bizly , a company that I invested in that just launched to the public today.

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I found myself doing a lot of design work. There was really a need for designers at the time, so I figured “hey, I’m ok at this. I opened Triest Group a small design boutique and moved to NYC. I continued to do more branding and design work for clients and over time found myself working for mostly cool tech startups.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. Blog at WordPress.com.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor is the original designer of Lotus 1-2-3 and former CEO of Lotus Development. When you get a Chris Sacca, or a Dave Morin, or a Chris Dixon on board first, it’s going to lead to a lot of deal flow.&# YouTube Hits 1 Billion Subscriptions, View More » Dev & Design 10 Intermediate and Advanced Tips fro.

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

I continue to contend there are potentially four stages of seed — pre, seed, second/extension, and post — and that as a manager I designed my fund to be able cut a meaningful check at any phase. Ask 101 seed investors for their definition of “pre-seed” or the various phases in seed and you’ll get 101 answers.

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