Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2011

Specifically, the guy who wrote me this email. I received an email last week from an entrepreneur (let's call him Mike) Now to begin, I was pretty impressed with Mike since he used a nice technique to get his email in my inbox (due to the volume of emails I receive, they are screened by others before they get to me).

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Yeah, my email address is Brad@Feld.com. was starting.

Technical Review 288

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2015

This raises an interesting question: is the credibility of female entrepreneurs in the eyes of New York VC’s something about the venture firms, or is it about the industries they are funding? One can make the case that New York venture capital industry is rooted in the 21 st century not the 20 th. Lessons Learned.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Pre-seed investing should be super simple, so any signs of pro-rata rights, tranched financings, charging the company for value-added services, etc. As an inexperienced founder, you are very likely to take at least two rounds of financing before a series A, so the round to try to skip is any sort of second seed. should be avoided.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2018

Note: If you enjoy or are learning from this series please subscribe by entering your email below?—?it Most VCs lead one round of financing in your company and are looking for other VCs to lead subsequent rounds. Will these milestones be enough that a VC would pay a higher price in the next round of financing?

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View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

At NextView Ventures we have written many pieces about venture capital — how to raise it, build your business, engage with investors, iterate your product, navigate expanding industries, etc. Updating Your Seed Investors: Board Deck and Update Email Templates. I’ve Been in Venture Capital for Two Months.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 27, 2018

If you know of any others, please put links in the comments or send me an email with the info. Accelerators and Crowd-Funding: Complementarity, Competition, or Convergence in the Earliest Stages of Financing New Ventures? Accelerators and the Regional Supply of Venture Capital Investment , Fehder and Hochberg, 9/14.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

However, as a condition of financing they may require annual audited financial statements. If there is insufficient cash, then the company should have a plan to obtain sufficient capital. For many startups this results in a need to raise additional financing through debt or equity arrangements.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

In addition to the P2P deals covered below, on the show we also talked about some of my favorite financing startups ( Wonga in the UK run by Errol Damelin , who is a superstar) and Affordit.com run by serial (and I mean serial!) Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. In business you spend your life in email.

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Venture Capital Social Network Angel Investor Chad 265

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2010

Last week at an angel investor forum I was privileged to meet Stephanie Spong, who is a Principal with EPIC Ventures, an increasingly rare early stage VC firm. Marty: What events led you to your commitment to venture capital investing? Tags: entrepreneurs Stephanie Spong venture capital business. Marty Zwilling.

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www.seriesseed.com

MARCH 2, 2010

SeriesSeed.com Series Seed Financing Documents Blog Home Documents Blog Archives Subscribe 09/02/2010 Version 2.0   That’s because there are not that many issues to negotiate in a simple equity financing. Let’s imagine that using the more simple documents saves 10% of the time and money involved in a seed financing.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. 4Degrees helps leverage your network for sourcing.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Bates: Good morning and welcome to our CEO panel, “How to Fine-Tune Your Small Business Finances From Funding to Growth” which I think is the direction that we would all like to be going. I’m here with some really phenomenal CEOs who are going to talk to us today about small business finances from funding to growth.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will be eating the world. Some examples: AI will be the new mobile.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

List brokers sell mailing or email lists based on demographic attributes. If you will be seeking outside financing, a business plan is a necessity. Depending on the size and goals of your venture, you may need to seek financing from an “angel” investor or from a venture capital firm. Pablo Picasso.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Jason Klein , Founder & CEO, On Grid Ventures LLC, Mr. Thomas Wisniewski , Partner, Rose Paul Investments, , Mr. Douglas Libby , Member of the Board of Directors, ELMC Group, NYC, Mr. Neil Wyant , Family Office Venture Capital, Dr. Long Phan , CEO & CTO, Top Flight Technologies, Ms.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. But we never lost the finance bug. has about ~40 employees and has raised $9M in venture capital. We were infatuated with tech. Factom, Inc.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Austin 48

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

I received a Silicon Flatirons email from Phil Weiser this morning in his role as Silicon Flatirons Founder and Executive Director. Brad is currently studying finance instruments used in startup investment and has two forthcoming articles on this topic. Why do people contribute without knowing what they might get in return?

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 15, 2018

While reading Brotopia, we were also helping theSkimm finish up their new financing , with Google Ventures and Spanx founder Sara Blakely joining the cap table. Over the past five years, I’ve witnessed theSkimm be underestimated by the venture capital industry, by pundits and press.

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Technical Review Cap Table Venture Capital Finance 71

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Instead of email, they’ve grown up with QQ instant messages. The motivations are the same – profit – driven by entrepreneurs and venture finance. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

The minute your company reaches its peak acceleration in terms of growth is when all of the sleeping giants wake up to compete with you and will spend massive amounts of money to keep you from capturing a growth market and other talented entrepreneurs will raise large amounts of venture capital as people start to see value in the market.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Two particularly important roles include the chief venture capitalist, because the investment philosophy for invention is different than traditional finance, and the chief internal ambassador “who connects the two [functions] and builds bridges.” “So that gives us two different management structures for these two different portfolios.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Has written a book on venture capital.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Whether you’re wondering what site search you should use or what is the best email marketing tool, knowledge is power. Email Integration. Email marketing. Sendgrid : Need to send email out to users? About VC Cafe. VC & Startup Resources.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

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. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

I told him that I had observed every LP on their computers doing email and that clearly they were bored, to which he replied, “We like boring Powerpoint presentations. It’s important that we stay current in and debate others on what is actually happening: In late-stage financings, in IPOs, in M&A, in crowd funding, etc.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

Under this category, you have the angel investors who would invest their own money and Venture Capital or VC firms, who manage funds aimed towards specific startup sectors and stages. If you are facing any problem you can always check out this: Business Loan vs. Equity Financing. Equity investors. Debt investors.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Juno provided a free email service. Free email providers (like gmail or hotmail) didn’t exist, and you had to pay a separate fee to dial up companies like AOL to access the internet. Juno used your modem to to download and send email, and it was paid for by placing ads in the email client. Working at Juno.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 25, 2013

The confusion arises because we fail to make a distinction between the growth strategies that are relevant to venture backed startups as opposed to the strategies that are relevant to bootstrapped startups. You can grow without money, but only if you stop imitating the startups that have closed a round of financing.

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Venture Capital Bootstrapping Distribution Conversion Ratio 71

Haystack

JUNE 2, 2018

If you read yesterday’s post, you can see just how insane the proliferation of seed financings have been. There are four things my eyes scan for when reviewing emails and attachments — to be extra clear, this is for cold emails, lukewarm intros, and investor referrals from VCs I don’t know well.

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Deal Flow Early Stage Email Technical Review 70

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. But few businesses grow into the sweet spot of $20 million to $30 million in worth to an ultimate buyer without the injection of outside capital.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

bonforte : CEO of Xobni Jeff Bonforte discusses how people can email and communicate smarter. hamlesh : As CEO of Peritus Group, Hamlesh Motah talks about tech, finance, motorbikes, and pulling up troubled businesses. CEO_INGDIRECT : Peter Aceto, CEO of ING Direct Canada offers insight on finance, business, and even learning online.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The sudden rise of prominence of the super angels has shaken the very foundations of the venture capital industry, according to Graham.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. The sudden rise of prominence of the super angels has shaken the very foundations of the venture capital industry, according to Graham.

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