Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

8- Property management Photo Credit: Jaden Oh Property management is a good way to make money, especially if you already know how to run a business or are good at making software for property management. It's just that many homeowners in this city don't have the time to manage multiple properties.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur 118

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As opposed to other dividends that are distributed on a quarterly or semi-annual basis, monthly dividends are paid out to shareholders each month. The company focuses on managing well costs and reducing its costs per barrel. It also offers debt financing to middle-market companies making anywhere from $150 million to $1.5

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Dividend Stock Finance Private Equity 89

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed. Yet in the face of all this change, traditional firms continue to embrace a management ethos that values efficiency over innovation. To manage these employees companies create metrics to control, measure and reward execution.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5 Due to its success, today that program (AHL Dimension) manages $5.1

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

” So for the deal, investors on both sides converted to common, we split the combined company 55/45, Matt became CEO, and Greg led a new Series A financing into the combined company. .” I answered, “Deal.” Twenty years later, we sold the business, a $100 million, profitable company, to Validity. Matt was still CEO.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 6, 2018

6 portfolio companies raised Series A financings including Manifold , Hypr , and 4 unannounced, 1 raised a Series B (unannounced), and Security Scorecard raised a $28mm Series C. Expect this trend to continue and what this means is that CIOs will take a portfolio approach, make some bets, and double down on their winners.

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Cloud Cofounder Portfolio Advisory Board 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. Too often, investment structures force the management team to make decisions between misaligned growth and investment (return) objectives. Early liquidity.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. Distribution.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Transformify

MAY 24, 2018

In this role you will work closely with the senior management and executive board, supporting in the businesses planning and strategy.

Finance 40

Finance Carried Interest Forecast Valuation 40

View from Seed

DECEMBER 7, 2017

It includes, but isn’t limited to, what is traditionally referred to as personal finance. In its first two decades, the internet brought significant change to many aspects of personal finance — particularly retail banking, retail brokerage and asset management, payments, and consumer lending. Digital Insurance.

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Finance Distribution Seed Stage Government 185

Feld Thoughts

MARCH 15, 2015

Headquartered in San Francisco, AppDirect makes it easy for businesses to find, buy, manage, and monitor cloud services from a central location. They also give providers and developers an easy way to distribute, sell, and market cloud services. Well, not always, and the process of managing multiple cloud services can be a mess.

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Finance San Francisco Hiring Silicon Valley 70

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

High-potential prospective employees of portfolio companies. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. Mailchimp.com **, to manage my mailing lists, which people join by registering on Teten.com or PEVCTech.com. Google My Business , which helps me manage my Google presence. .

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. BitSight - Risk Management (backed by Flybridge and Menlo). Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). Plastiq – Payments (NextView Portfolio Company).

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Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

Version One Ventures

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Some of our particular themes and areas of interest include (* indicates a Version One portfolio company): . EnergyOS / Energy Management. As the impacts of climate change begin to manifest, industries like finance and insurance will need to better assess risk profiles from rising sea levels, stronger storms, floods, and wildfires.

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Artificial Inteligence B2B Finance Portfolio 88

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Portfolio construction favors early-round capital allocation vs. company life-cycle allocation. Startups are now able to produce real meaningful early business traction which yields genuine valuation increases, not just a prototype or proof-of-concept which yields merely a ticket to another round of dilutive financing.

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Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

View from Seed

DECEMBER 11, 2019

But even at the Partner-level, the amount of transition in Venture Capital is much more than you perhaps would expect… especially in a business which should have a long term orientation with portfolio investment-hold periods and Partnerships lasting more than a decade. Venture is a field with a power-law distribution of outcomes.

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Venture Capital Cap Table Partner LP 204

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

Too many lenders to keep track of makes it hard to manage the various people who have a stake in your venture and their different expectations. Lorien Strydom , Executive Country Manager, Financer.com No, Beware the Double-Edged Sword Crowdfunding is a double-edged sword because of its public nature. However, they are time-consuming.

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Startup Campaign Cofounder Venture Capital 141

VC Adventure

MAY 5, 2022

In markets like this, funds that deploy quickly generate markups on their full portfolio; those that show more patience suffer from an IRR perspective as a larger portion of their fund is yet to be marked up by subsequent financing rounds. management fee). Recycling hurts IRR. Some of those companies will be successful.

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IRR Metrics Valuation LP 116

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Let’s start with a short definition: [the creator economy] is defined as the class of businesses built by over 50 million independent content creators, curators, and community builders including social media influencers, bloggers, and videographers, plus the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetization.

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Startup Social Media Venture Capital Audio 207

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. They are operators, through and through.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

By that time investment bankers were on a roll privatizing assets as far flung as Chilean Electricity Distribution Rights, Montreal’s container port, parking meters in Chicago, sections of the Pennsylvania turnpike, the London City airport, and (the proposed) CA & FL Lottery systems. Ironically, given the U.S.’s municipal bond market.

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Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

My original climate post had a lengthy list of our areas of interest: new electricity providers, EnergyOS/energy management, carbon footprint assessment, climate risk assessment, new natural capital markets, zero emission mobility, wildfire detection/containment and bitcoin mining. . And, of course, where there’s finance, there’s crypto.

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Green Technical Review Distribution Software Review 78

Occam's Razor

JULY 24, 2018

Analyzing these metrics not only fundamentally changes marketing strategy (think tens of millions of dollars for large companies); their insights can change your company’s product portfolio, your customer engagement strategies and much more. Following them is the layer for managers, who make even more frequent, tactical decisions.

Analytics 93

Analytics Framework Metrics Algorithm 93

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. 1) Manage the firm . This is harder than it sounds.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Steve Blank

AUGUST 31, 2009

Every startup has some methodology for product development, launch and life-cycle management. Yet startup companies have traditionally used this model to manage and pace not only engineering but also non-engineering activities. customers aren’t buying it, the cost of distribution is too high, etc.) It’s a big idea.)

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Customer Development Developer Customer Silicon Valley 238

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. We could for example, find warning signs in popular literature about e.g. finance suggesting rapid maturation in bond trading. What Do VC’s Do? Warning sign? At best. ~

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. And to be clear I split my time between Boston, New York, and SF and I’ve seen this across a broad swath of startups and individuals… both outside NextView’s portfolio and occasionally within it.

Startup 188

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 188

Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

TechCrunch’s Kate Clark has done a round-up of the largest “private VC” rounds of 2018, and there’s a whole other list for just $100M+ financings led by Softbank’s Vision Fund. Samir Kaji of First Republic has chronicled the unbelievable rise in the number of new funds. Money has been coming into the U.S.

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IPO Private Equity Valuation Acquisition 76

Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Brian joins Lightspeed as our Partner in charge of executive level talent for Lightspeed and our portfolio of companies. We recognized their high IQ and EQ immediately, and we’re excited to see our portfolio companies put both to good use. He received his MBA in finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Advisory Board Flash Pennsylvania 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The best case I’ve seen is our portfolio company Osmo who had already built the product but used crowd-funding to handle inventory management, supply-chain logistics and perfecting the final version of the product. The reality is you must be great at HR, PR, finance AND product.

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PR Venture Capital Hiring Seed Capital 319

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. There are a lot of dark, hard days. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

View from Seed

JUNE 17, 2015

I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. And to be clear I split my time between Boston, New York, and SF and I’ve seen this across a broad swath of startups and individuals… both outside NextView’s portfolio and occasionally within it.

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Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 120

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

But as you build your empire, it’s important not to neglect other areas of your finances – namely your pension and savings. Because if you can generate an income from your investment portfolio it can fulfil a number of roles. And when it comes to our personal investments high yielding assets can also be a good strategy.

Dividend 145

Dividend Portfolio Equity Government 145

finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

Now Fortune has obtained more granular data, including returns for dotcom-era funds managed by such firms as Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, General Catalyst Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners. We agreed to withhold the name of the fund-of-funds manager and to not post the source documents, as a condition of receiving the materials.

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Naming Term Sheet Private Equity Equity 49

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. These design houses do a phenomenal job, but it is up to the founders to choose the right firm for their product, and then manage the cost and timeline for the design process.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

I started off as a product manager and while I never actually slept over at the office, there were frequently late nights. And to be clear I split my time between Boston, New York, and SF and I’ve seen this across a broad swath of startups and individuals… both outside NextView’s portfolio and occasionally within it.

Startup 100

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 100

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

San Antonio has Geekdom with USAA and Port San Antonio with the Air Force Cyber Command; Houston has The Ion with Rice University, Microsoft and NASA and The Cannon distributed across the city; Dallas has Pegasus Park with UT Southwestern and Lyda Hill Philanthropies; and Austin has Capital Factory with the Army Futures Command.

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