David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For example, one LP told me she prefers customized emails from fund principals, as opposed to a bulk-mailed quarterly update. Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Also note, many institutional investors don’t really allocate to VC asset classes directly due to the size of their portfolios.

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Rembrandt Communications

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The secret side to publicity uncovered… You get an email every other day about a new press release service… “Your competitors are using us. Probably not, so… Do your due diligence when it comes to press releases and publicity. Do your due diligence. Why aren’t you?” These marketing messages sound great.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Kiwi inventory forecasting software StockTrim achieved international sales in the UK, Australia and US immediately after launching in 2017. In early 2020, Sutton set up meetings through cold and warm outreach over email, LinkedIn, and networking through angel and tech start-up groups.

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David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

As Greycroft said in an essay : “Since we were a small fund, it would have been overwhelming to us and our small administrative staff to set up the meetings and follow ups, fill out questionnaires (which for the most part fall into a dark hole), and respond to the myriad of questions which occur during the due diligence process.

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Up and Running

JULY 24, 2017

For example, with an existing company, that information might be as simple as adding recent annual sales or number of employees to the basic company information in the first bullet here. For a startup, it might be a brief description of aspirations, such as a sales goal for the next year or three years from now.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence.

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America Technical Review Advisory Board Due Diligence 60

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

You can sell products and services online without fancy face-to-face sales pitches, you don’t have to rent out an expensive physical storefront, and best of all, you can make sales while you sleep! In fact, it’s estimated that online sales will hit $4.8 The most critical part of the online sales process is payment.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 3, 2013

A “deal room” is an electronic or physical space dedicated to storing the massive amounts of data to be used in due diligence by a buyer, lender or by an investor. Email readers, continue here.] That’s a comprehensive piece on a company for use by a buyer in determining fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” So junior analysis of your company is also often where initial due diligence goes to die unless you can be sure that the investment partner is also willing to engage. It felt like heresy.

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Cap Table Due Diligence Forecast Churn Rate 336

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. I always made them commit in an email to the day they would ship documents and then I’d hold them too it. I’d send them their email and point out the docs were late. Any deal.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Email readers, continue here… ] The Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the USA. There is a rather new term for those large, individual investors who are usually former entrepreneurs made rich through sale of their previous ventures. How many angel groups are there?

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Owners of corporations also pay taxes when they are paid dividends or profit from sale of the stock, which is why it is common to say that corporations are “double-taxed.” While this isn’t an impossible task, it can be an expensive hassle and force you to wait longer for the sale to be completed. Verdict : Corporation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. . Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? Remember again that the three major steps to a sale are: Why buy anything?

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

All parties need to perform due diligence to ensure that the assumptions are correct, that neither partner has financial issues which could affect the partnership, and that the opposite partner has the skills to contribute to the partnership. Email readers, continue here.] How will decisions be made and by whom?

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Technical Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy Partner 81

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

If outward facing, they will attend important sales calls and speak to the technology strategy and vision. They will manage the steps necessary to identify, select, and integrate your software and IT vendors, including third party product dependencies, email, network, wiki, intranet, project management, and telecommunications.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

My favorite part of pitching to them was the due diligence process. This will definitely change company dynamics, so it’s important to conduct your due diligence on any investors who are interested in investing capital into your company. I was the CEO of both startups, so it was my job to pitch to the angels.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2019

You should expect live, in-person support via chat, email, or phone, on top of detailed website information and tutorials. Support shouldn’t only be forthcoming during sale and set-up; it needs to be ongoing. Do your due diligence before signing up. Get entrepreneur articles by email once a month.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. In sales there are also three rules: Qualify, qualify, qualify.

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Term Sheet Due Diligence Campaign Sales 332

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the sales podcast, hosted by will Barron brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. Look, if you work in sales, wanna learn how to sell or just peek at the latest sales news. What does your sales and marketing team look like?

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. is an AI bot which helps companies refine their sales pitch to VCs. Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. 5) Due diligence.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 7, 2021

Differences between the verbal offer and the provided termsheet; unacceptable clauses added; lots of noncommittal language ‘pending due diligence’ etc. Addendum: When is a verbal or email offer as good as a termsheet? When would I prefer a termsheet to an email, even with a Tier 1 fund? Or it was pulled for no reason.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Outbound Squad, hosted by Jason Bay, and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. There was, uh, this time I was, had a business for sale. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please!

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Instead of funding, you pay the investors a structured royalty, which is a portion of the sales. One can also proactively reach out to investors by sending them emails with the teaser document and follow up for a meeting. Royalty based investment. A royalty based investment is an exciting mode of funding. It has to be the right fit.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

It’s hard for angels to assess whether or not to invest because they often have day jobs and can’t commit to the kind of due diligence that most VCs go through. The emails we all get on the AngelList get say something like, “New gaming platform invested in by Dave McClure, Chris Yeh and Jeff Clavier.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2021

Your role as the dropshipping business is to market the products and manage the customer and sales process. The startup risk is significantly less than a traditional eCommerce business that manufactures, purchases, and stores its own inventory prior to sale. Your dropship supplier will handle the inventory, packing, and delivery.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). For those of you who fit that description, nice work. There is a lot to say about retaining control.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Every question below has been asked via email, comment or Twitter over the past four weeks. Could you talk a bit about the diligence you did during the acquisition? How long into the discussion before you commenced diligence? I added prominent calls to actions on the most visited pages to funnel people into the sales flow.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MARCH 10, 2011

This article picks up from that point onward, discussing the challenges we ran into once we went into operation mode, the invaluable lessons that only first-hand experience can teach, the exit strategy which was the $250,000 sale of the website, and finally my overall concluding thoughts on the entire experience.

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Technical Review PPC Due Diligence Exit Strategy 71

The Startup Toolkit

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Intercom – tasteful chat and help widgets for your site, plus good automated email triggers. Drip – email courses and signup widgets for your site. Slack – chat and messaging to reduce internal email load, with one room per major project. Mailchimp – newsletters and decent signup widgets. Crowd funding.

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Software Review Founder Widget SMS 56

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 17, 2013

Good reminder from Fred Wilson that your instincts should sometimes guide you when due diligence does not – [link]. 4 Ways to Get Customers to Open Your Emails | Entrepreneur – [link]. 4 Ways to Get Customers to Open Your Emails | Entrepreneur – [link]. Quora – [link]. ” – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Technical Review 94

Scott Edward Walker

MAY 22, 2015

Last week, my client closed the sale of his company for approximately $65 million. Indeed, we started the sales process nearly two years ago — so when the wire hit, he was a happy man. Below are three significant tips for entrepreneurs that I learned from the sale (and from my 20+ years of doing M&A transactions).

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Another assumption is that you’ve actually conducted due diligence on your own business, and these are the areas of your team, financials, your competition, your IP, market trends, because the best pitches I’ve ever delivered were when investors were raising their hands and asking me questions about, “How is your IP protected?”

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. But for B2B sales, meeting people in person is often mandatory. Superhuman **, my email client. Harbinger – B2B Sales & marketing.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 9, 2010

A month ago I received a sales inquiry via email for my invoicing software package. After a few more emails back and forth it became obvious that not only might our system not be a good fit, but this prospect was very well not a good fit for our company. It takes several emails to figure it out. Early Detection is Key.

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Software Review Customer Australia Due Diligence 78

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Having developed a relationship with FE International over the past several years, I chose them to assist with the HitTail sale. Here’s the official announcement about the HitTail sale. Take note: if you acquire an app be sure to make an announcement like this and email every email list you have.

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Software Review Due Diligence Thailand Acquisition 27

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Having developed a relationship with FE International over the past several years, I chose them to assist with the HitTail sale. Here’s the official announcement about the HitTail sale. Take note: if you acquire an app be sure to make an announcement like this and email every email list you have.

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Software Review Due Diligence Thailand Acquisition 27