Haystack
JULY 13, 2018
About a month ago, I wrote a post about how the Bay Area seed ecosystem is generating deal flow levels that are nearly impossible to keep up with. To set the context, all new inbound deal flow comes to me via text message (20%) or email (80%). That said, cold emails done well can and do work.).
Haystack
JULY 4, 2019
If a founder I’ve backed simply sends 5-7 bullet points per month with some key stats, metrics, and requests for specific connections and help, then over time I follow their “story” and it becomes a part of my daily vocabulary.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
An investor had few hard metrics other than the actual financials, and little technology to make the process scaleable. Over the past few decades, better metrics became available, and investors could take a more analytical, data-driven approach. 4) Manage deal flow. She is a model for us all! .
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. Warning sign? At best. ~
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Another provider which identifies email addresses of strangers is Contactout. Her answer? ‘I
Haystack
JULY 12, 2019
Now that there are so many new companies started, so much money in the ecosystem, and new types of funds out there, deal velocity is increasing. To find signal in all the noise of that deal flow stream, “who” the source is certainly matters. But, then again, introductions can be a dime a dozen.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 7, 2017
Proposals get written, pitches are pitched, reputations are googled, emails are sent, and returned, and sent again. Because labor is highly specialized and skill levels are all over the place, if you plan to make a living from your work deal-flow is often slow and manual. We can change it. Protect the integrity of the work.
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