Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Large companies were acquiring technology startups just to get in the game at the same absurd prices.

Silicon Valley 223

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 223

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

Last month the National Venture Capital Association released a survey which reflected investor’s optimism on high-risk startups, and gave every indication that VCs would continue to invest, particularly in IT, mobile, and cloud-based technologies. Startups will sustain domestic employment.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 29, 2010

The Internet might be truly global then, but the world of startups still revolves much around Silicon Valley. To my surprise, the ideas and technology behind that startups were not superior to the ones we have in Finland. Silicon Valley is an unfair advantage for startups.

Silicon Valley 156

Silicon Valley Finland Sweat Equity Entrepreneur 156

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. 4/ Orthogonal Competition – I recently tweeted about a new breed of early-stage technology investor that has its roots in public equities (hedge funds, long/short, etc.)

Seed Stage 108

Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Part 2 discussed the need for domain knowledge since merely “joining the right club deal&# will in no way determine success. But VC is also a very important part of the technology ecosystem – like it or not. That’s what he knows best. Obviously I agree.

Angel Investor 284

Angel Investor Early Stage Cap Table Deal Flow 284

aweissman.com

JULY 31, 2007

It is not the time sink of the deal and diligence process, but maybe the lack of quality deal flow, too much LP money in the system, everyone wanting in on the Internet boom (again!), One could argue what really causes the compromise.

Venture Capital 20

Venture Capital LP Technical Review Deal Flow 20

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Part 2 discussed the need for domain knowledge since merely “joining the right club deal&# will in no way determine success. But VC is also a very important part of the technology ecosystem – like it or not. Not everybody agreed. Obviously I agree.

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

North America 337

North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

BeyondVC

JUNE 8, 2005

We have gotten many a referral using this methodology and it has helped us develop our own investment thesis on certain markets where we can look ahead far enough into the future but not so far ahead that we invest in just another technology looking for a problem to solve.

Demand 60

Demand Venture Capital Early Stage Silicon Valley 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

dedicated deal sourcers for every generalist investment professional. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors. Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Data from OpenVC shows that VCs typically focus on 2 technology classes. Out of 125 funds in the database, 33 state they invest in 1 type of technology (e.g. We think not. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 23, 2019

You’re that sales prospecting they actually welcome into their life versus running, screaming buying technology to avoid etc. I want to create deal flow for years, not just today because man, that’s really hard. Tom Martin: When you help them see that, a little lightbulb goes on. When you do, it’s beautiful.

Sales 58

Sales Conversion Social Media Networking 58

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. This is one reason I always suggest getting talented angels involved in deals – whether it’s exclusively an angel round or whether you combine them with VCs.

Angel Investor 302

Angel Investor Cofounder Southern California .Net 302