David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. The early traction may be interesting, but investors fear that demand is driven by a relatively small niche with idiosyncratic tastes or needs. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 12, 2015

I once showed a company to another VC for an investment we were syndicating. The early traction may be interesting, but investors fear that demand is driven by a relatively small niche with idiosyncratic tastes or needs. The post The Market Size Fallacy for Seed-Stage Startups appeared first on The View From Seed.

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Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Startup outcomes tend to be very binary. Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now. AngelList (which I remain a big fan) also recently launched a syndicate program. The other investor could''ve certainly lobbied to get me an allocation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

We used the Y Combinator open source term sheet. We signed the term sheet within 48 hours and had funded in under 2 weeks. They were grateful for the extra money as their launch was overwhelmingly successful and they had to rapidly hire staff to support customer demand. If you accept my terms you’re done.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Want to start a startup? A typical startup goes throughseveral rounds of funding, and at each round you want to take justenough money to reach the speed where you can shift into the nextgear. Few startups get it quite right. 1 ] A startups life will be more complicated, legally, if any of theinvestors arent accredited.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. 2) Market . 3) Raise capital. An example of a tech-enabled VC is Corl.

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