Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Tested platform on San Francisco’s Live 105; then scaled out for national syndication with positive audience uplift.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
2) Marketing. See How Private Equity and VC Investors Are Using Social Media. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . We also have created a proprietary tool, Oasys, which programmatically identifies very high-caliber technical teams. 3) Raise capital. 5) Manage deal flow.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
2) Marketing. See How Private Equity and VC Investors Are Using Social Media. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . We also have created a proprietary tool, Oasys, which programmatically identifies very high-caliber technical teams. 3) Raise capital. 5) Manage deal flow.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Tim O’Reilly, CEO, O’Reilly Media, argues , “Blitzscaling isn’t really a recipe for success but rather survivorship bias masquerading as a strategy.”
Up and Running
JUNE 14, 2010
This was before the great recession, but in the middle of the explosion of web apps and social media. VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars. About three years ago I attended a Web 2.0
ReadWriteStart
NOVEMBER 19, 2010
I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things.
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