Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Every entrepreneurial program provides a cadre of mentors. In most programs I’ve been associated with, we’ve had more willing mentors than we could accommodate, and those not selected went away unhappy. If you are a real estate tycoon and have the urge to mentor, the odds are that Dreamit will have deal flow of interest to you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

The thesis is that before investing in an early-stage startup it is close to impossible to know which of the deals you did will break out to the upside. It’s therefore important to have enough deals in your program to allow for the 15–20% of amazing deals to emerge. Don’t rush to do deals.

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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. One of the primary ones is the referral source. If they’re legitimate, they will.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.” despite having lots of competitors.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

The Assistant Director will manage the deal flow process and lead our due diligence efforts to admit new members. The Assistant Director will also work directly with the startups that are supported by these programs and support UT-related startups that are part of the IT, Wireless, Clean Energy or Bioscience incubators.

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David Cohen

JUNE 18, 2022

So the freedom we’re seeking often ends up as a dream deferred because we don’t have access to any of the stages of capital required to grow and scale, and we don’t have a seat at mainstream tables where deals flow. This is our country’s core work for some time to come if we are serious about freedom for all.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Here are a few suggestions I have, keeping in mind their goals of being good stewards of their constituents’ capital: Rethink Emerging Manager Programs : I’m invited to many “emerging manager” conferences, where limited partners build relationships with new fund managers. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. So we started building out the partner program.”. HotJar is planning on launching their Agency Partner Program in the future, and they are already doing their homework. A little prep work like this can go a long way, especially for a new Partner Program.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

These are actual results a startup Ringadoc got from their partner program. So we started building out the partner program.”. HotJar is planning on launching their Agency Partner Program in the future, and they are already doing their homework. A little prep work like this can go a long way, especially for a new Partner Program.

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Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

With SXSW starting later that week, the companies will be fresh out of the Techstars Austin program, ready to leverage the SXSW event as well. For more information about the Techstars Austin accelerator program, see here. “I Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 14, 2012

They end up on the calling (now emailing) lists for a bunch of VC firms who have an outbound deal flow program. Recently, I’ve been forwarded a few of these emails from CEOs of companies I’m an investor in with the question “how do I deal with this?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This helps create diversified deal flow and closed investments. Share a database of elite fellowships/support programs appropriate for alumni, comparable to the fellowships database that Harvard maintains for undergrads. Coro Fellows Programs . Harvard Business School Young American Leaders Program.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Database Florida America 60

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Why VC’s who have “dial out&# programs to early-stage startups damage their reputation. - My blog and what it’s done for my deal flow. - . - Talked about the roles of partners, venture partners, associates and principals in a VC. - and much more.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. that’s a full third of our deal flow in our first full year of operation. The money is flowing in Dallas too?—?our Texas entrepreneurs shouldn’t need to fly to the coasts to raise funding or meet customers.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 5, 2018

As a lawyer I had been discovering France’s tech ecosystem and deal flow to see how technology commercialization works in France?—?with We meet every month for socials or programs. was a form of French foreign policy known as “economic diplomacy.” Come check us out at French Tech Austin’s French Tech Tuesday.

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France Technical Review Texas Austin 48

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 18, 2019

Not only that—these people are doing all sorts of different kinds of deals—and you don’t do deals without deal flow. By being full time in the community—they can make connections to help market various programs and opportunities.

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Prospectus Startup .Net Deal Flow 124

David Teten

JULY 10, 2017

This matching structure takes advantage of the industry knowledge, proprietary deal flow, and network of senior executives. Adam Carver of AngelList observed that this is parallel to late-stage funds’ scouts programs, some of which have 50-150 scouts (e.g.,

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

I suggested that Andrew tap into some family offices and corporate CSR programs to inject some liquidity to the exchange, otherwise entrepreneurs would not engage. Andrew also asked how he could partner with the 1M/1M program. Well, we have a well-developed affiliate program , and I encouraged him to join. Quipu Applications.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. 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.

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ReadWriteStart

MARCH 28, 2011

This becomes more important as deal-flow gets more and more competitive and investors try to proactively discover these startups. Earlier this month, TechCrunch covered a new program by Google Ventures to basically turn all 25,000 Google employees into scouts for deal-flow.

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Stealth Deal Flow Reputation Lean 126

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. Today, the Indian scenario has improved greatly, but still the issue of lack of a mature deal flow remains. This way we can stay in touch and it will help you to decide if 1M/1M is a program for you.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

At the event, there will be an interactive panel moderated by Trevor Boehm, Techstars Program Director and lead writer of “Get Backed,” a best-selling book on fundraising. Investors connect with Techstars to gain access to quality deal flow. The book comes out next Wednesday, Sept.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Andrew Wong, CEO of MAD, has been working with us for almost a year, and we have made a mutual choice to deepen the partnership by making MAD a premiere value-added reseller partner of the 1M/1M program. This, we believe, will create a strong downstream deal flow for all of you - incubators, angel investors, and VCs.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The stock answer from most investors is that they get most of their deal flow from referrals. Great referrals comes from having a great product, and so the most important part of effective deal flow is having a great “venture capital product” that fits the needs of founders and exceeds their expectations.

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Deal Flow LP Channel Software 28

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

We should be willing to go through the firehose of crappy deals in their inbox for the money we make. Warm intro or not, no VC has the magical stream of only quality deal flow with nothing stupid added. Heck, most of the worst deals I see are from intros to perfectly nice people with perfectly awful startups.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

Have domain expertise in an emerging area that the VC cares about and wants to develop more authority and deal flow around. An alternative path for people very early in their career is to join a firm that has a structured analyst sourcing program. ” That’s pretty much it. That’s pretty much it.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Deal Flow Early Stage 28

Hippoland

JANUARY 1, 2017

Newer VCs, who don’t yet have a lot of deal flow, then eventually fill this void and the cycle repeats itself. But, because these investors don’t yet have a brand, entrepreneurs often don’t know they exist, and funding at this “pre-seed” level is very difficult to come-by. At first I felt guilty. (I

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Rob Go

MARCH 10, 2012

We try to maintain a pretty steady investment pace each year, although it tends to ebb and flow a little bit based on our deal flow and valuations in the market. But our intention is not to let things swing too much. One of the most overlooked kinds of diversification is diversification of time.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 10, 2012

This entry in my "deal flow" journal records my first, inauspicious impressions of Twitter when I initially heard about it. I love the passion the entrepreneurs are exhibiting in all of the venues and the education they’re getting by being a part of these programs. My entry for Twitter, as recorded in early 2007.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Build a specialized outbound origination program. The largest practitioners of these programs – including Battery Ventures , Great Hill Partners , Insight Venture Partners , Platinum Equity , Summit Partners , TA Associates , and TCV — typically have between 0.75 They are typically among the top quartile performers.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

I Love Business Plan Competitions I had a breakfast with a friend who has founded a few companies in Thailand and started the New Ventures Program at one of their universities. In exchange, these VCs/companies get early looks at new deal flow and offer aspiring entrepreneurs feedback and advice on their business plan.

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Business Plan Silicon Valley RSS Venture Capital 143

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 24, 2014

Every single topic about running a company has been written about ad nauseum, there are incubators, accelorators, mentoring programs, events, talks, etc. So what about a Techstars-like program for new VCs? In particular, I''m always trying to improve as a board member, but their aren''t any programs or classes for that.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2016

Most active syndicate member investment total: $905k across 41 of our 42 FG Angels deals. % Our plan was not to generate investment deal flow for us to follow on with our main funds. of investments with a female co-founder: > 20%. We decided to continue making FG Angels investments through 2015 at about the same pace.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 23, 2019

I want to create deal flow for years, not just today because man, that’s really hard. Tom Martin: Then if they really want to go down the pipe, they can sign up for more individual coaching and smaller master class type programs that we’ll offer, but those will probably trail the initial launch of the course.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Deal Flow Of course the question of how to choose startups presumes youhave startups to choose between. But once you prove yourself as a goodinvestor, the deal flow, as they call it, will increase rapidly inboth quality and quantity. 60,000is less than a lot of graduate programs. How do you find them?

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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. API : application programming interface, a way of accessing structured data for additional uses by other people. But Thomas is comfortable being anywhere in the continuum from first to last and depending on the situation.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

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.&# .&# If, however, you choose to go after funding, he says, “Look for a lead — someone who’s got a lot of street cred and can build a network.

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