Definition Limited Partner Management Reputation 
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. Because this is all VCs do and if we intend to work with all of our fellow VCs and entrepreneurs when the rain ends and the sun shines again our reputations matter greatly.
David Teten
AUGUST 18, 2017
In descending order of importance, they are: Reputation. At HOF Capital , we try to manage these layers to be “ MECE ” (Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive). Specifically, the content for the 7 layers are: Reputation. Jeff Bezos said, “A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. Email templates.
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David Teten
JULY 12, 2017
First, a formal definition: According to Capital Dynamics , “Co-investments are direct investments in a company made alongside and on the same terms as a lead [General Partner]. We see our potential coinvestors in four primary buckets: 1) HOF Capital ’s own limited partners. 2) Investors with very specific value-add.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest. By definition, companies that receive venture capital cannot fund their businesses from operations, and thus need to seek outside capital.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2010
I’m on the record as saying I’m 70% management, 30% market. But when I’m looking to invest the dollars that my Limited Partners have entrusted my firm with I’m going with my view. His logic was, “when I invested the management team knew that I wanted a multi-hundred million dollar exit so they shouldn’t be surprised.
This is going to be BIG.
JULY 8, 2013
When you''re out on the road pitching, and getting people to believe in you, you feel a deep sense of responsibility to your limited partners--and there isn''t a day when you don''t wonder why you didn''t just take some easy corporate job where no one would notice if you weren''t working productively. 9) Sometimes, it''s just luck.
David Teten
MARCH 2, 2013
Second, credibility (fund reputation) is a huge confound. Secondly, none of the VC return studies to date, including the ones we discuss here, are definitive. At a macro level, after all, LPs are definitionally invested in all funds. Therefore, the claim won’t extrapolate to any specific brackets.
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