Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Erin’s main points: “As a former tech sales executive, I agree with many of [Mark's] lessons — when applied to later-stage, post-traction point startups. However, I advocate a more nuanced approach for early-stage startup teams” 1.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

For example, if you’re an early stage company dealing with complex regulation (think Uber in transportation, Oscar in healthcare, LendingClub in finance), we have people who can help. We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that. David Teten: How do startups sign up?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

There has been a preponderance of early-stage deals that have seen quick exits. And the best early-stage investors know this. It’s one thing to exit early in good times and early M&A markets. There is a strategic differentiator in the ability to find VC followers. So where are we now?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

When we talk about cloud computing we have to be careful to differentiate between open cloud (services the are provided solely to for the economic purpose of building a cloud business) and the “platform cloud&# where certain service providers offer cloud services wrapped around their core product.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

There has been a preponderance of early-stage deals that have seen quick exits. And the best early-stage investors know this. It’s one thing to exit early in good times and early M&A markets. There a strategic differentiator is the ability to find VC followers. So where are we now?

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Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2023

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited angel investors. Angels are more likely to fund new entrepreneurs, and early-stage or seed rounds, while VCs tend to focus on entrepreneurs with a successful track record, and later stage rounds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2020

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited angel investors. Angels are more likely to fund new entrepreneurs, and early-stage or seed rounds, while VCs tend to focus on entrepreneurs with a successful track record, and later stage rounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

Upfront VI is our latest core fund and is $400 million to invest in early stage entrepreneurs. LPs (the people who invest in VC firms) have clearly voted in favor of LA with the creation of 15+ new early-stage venture firms and the continued growth is size and team of the great larger firms that are well established.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 14, 2019

It’s a great quote, but saying that your company has a high-performance culture of “A” players doesn’t provide enough useful differentiation. Generalists play an important role, even in large companies, but early-stage startups in particular should focus almost entirely on hiring generalists. What is an “A” player?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2014

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited Angel investors. Angels are more likely to fund new entrepreneurs, and early-stage or seed rounds, while VCs tend to focus on entrepreneurs with a successful track record, and later stage rounds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2016

Too many entrepreneurs tell me they are looking for an investor, and can’t differentiate between venture capital (VC) investors versus accredited Angel investors. Angels are more likely to fund new entrepreneurs, and early-stage or seed rounds, while VCs tend to focus on entrepreneurs with a successful track record, and later stage rounds.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

What's been the challenge of getting, of changing people's thinking that oh no, it's 50 tools and it's, you know, it's a, in fact, I think you even called it an online visibility platform as, as a differentiator. They want a path to grow themselves. They want, obviously we want to earn, but people wanna be engaged, you know? Has that been.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As, as a differentiator, is that Mo moving the definition of what your company is? They want a path to grow themselves. They want, obviously we want to earn, but people wanna be engaged, you know? Now what's been the challenge of getting of changing. Has that been. Andrew Warden (11:57): A challenge?

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Despite, the negative trends noted above in terms of overall volume and the later-stage nature of IPOs, the good news is that we have seen areas of innovation and progress in the market over the past few years. Importantly as well, the positive implications of the 2012 JOBS Act cannot be understated. To ensure U.S.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

For early-stage founders, I suggest AngelList and Crunchbase. For later-stage companies, I suggest the Association for Corporate Growth online community, Axial , and Preqin. That point of differentiation is a plus not a minus, because it means that he has access to networks you don’t.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders. link] Matt Merriam It’s been clear for sometime that the venture model, particularly early stage venture, is not the best approach for funding tech startups, but the hangover from the Internet days still lingers.

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Up and Running

MAY 13, 2015

The Banana Stand differentiates itself by being a healthier alternative than ice cream treats, it’s not as dangerous for your teeth as candied apples, and it’s really easy to eat with minimal cleanup. Noah describes this as this idea of like if you’re early stage you need some money to get off the ground.

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