VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

While Metaverse rose to fame initially due to Facebook’s name change into ‘Meta’ to express their ambition to become a Metaverse company within 5 years (and perhaps deflect some of the negative PR), there are now many large companies, startups and brands working on their metaverse strategy. What opportunities do we see in the Metaverse?

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – Personal Quest. As an entrepreneur I launched air events global to fill a gap in the marketplace, connecting clients and event staff. Thanks to Nicole Reaney, InsideOut PR ! #10 Image Credit: Serena Pau. Image Credit: Nicole Reaney.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

Next, there is the wonderful PR quote about the SBIC that says “Since the program’s inception, SBIC “success stories” include the funding of companies such as Apple, Costco and FedEx when they were burgeoning small businesses.” The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. So I spend an inordinate amount of time with entrepreneurs focused on payback. End of story.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Are you trying to build buzz, but don’t have the cash to launch a full-fledged PR campaign? I emphasize that the best PR you can build is through satisfied customers with high Net Promoter scores. In other words, you should focus first on a great product/service, and only after you’ve achieved that worry about PR.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

About seven years ago, I wrote a post on breaking into venture capital and I continue to point the five or six people a week who ask me how to break into venture. Like lefties out of the bullpen, VC firms now have recruiting partners, pr and marketing experts, technologists-in-residents--and USV even has an on board activist.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2013

When an entrepreneur doesn't blog--it makes me wonder if they understand what investing in the long term really means. If you understand anything about PR, it's not about placing a story--it's about seeding a story early and nurturing it long before you need it. That's a good thing for any entrepreneur, not just one who blogs.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

based venture capital investors, by deal stage. 5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Slopestyle - crowdspring.co/NteRRZ. Most active venture capital investors of 2013 in the US by stage – pic.twitter.com/cfCFXWmpbH. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. The Paradoxical Traits of an Entrepreneur | by Jody Porowski – crowdspring.co/1piN6X6. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Why Introverts Make Great Leaders – crowdspring.co/1yhmaS5.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2014

All young entrepreneurs should read … My Last Day At PivotDesk | Kelly Taylor’s Blog – crowdspring.co/1sZar6P. C’mon Illinois … Interactive Map: Where The Venture Capital Dollars Are Going | WSJ – crowdspring.co/1wpmKKa. Candid & raw.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

Legendary tech entrepreneurs, startup celebrities, and even the creators of Twitter itself are on the service. missusP : Christine Perkett, CEO of PerkettPR shares her view as the head honcho of one of tech’s best PR companies. jamescaan : James Caan is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of the Hamilton Bradshaw private equity firm.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 13, 2014

9 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Their Customers – crowdspring.co/1loBthB. Guerilla tips for raising venture capital | VentureBeat – crowdspring.co/P6hM3O. Good read for entrepreneurs & startup employees on liquidation preferences – crowdspring.co/1neVvzy. Thinking about buying some online ads?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. source: Capital IQ. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. I believe that. Why I believe we’re in a bubble.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W. The Rags-To-Riches Tale Of How Jan Koum Built WhatsApp Into Facebook’s New $19 Billion Baby | Forbes – crowdspring.co/MeyWd3. DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them – crowdspring.co/1jOeA6v.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 13, 2014

Gallup: The 10 Qualities Of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs | Forbes – crowdspring.co/1v4fSjE. Entrepreneurs Need a Better Way to Cash Out | Kanyi Maqubela – Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/SKltNW. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Michael Moritz About Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1kLoGb1.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

These Guys Launched A Startup For Entrepreneurs And Then Got Turned Away By Entrepreneurs – [link]. Venture capital investing hits 10-year peak, sparking bubble talk – [link]. Why Startups Shouldn’t Hire PR Firms – [link]. You’re Mentoring the Wrong Way – [link]. – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 19, 2011

o Huge on PR, “Be Everywhere” is his motto – fly to NY, proactively everywhere he could get press. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. To make PR big you need to find a way to “make news”. On Entrepreneurship: What makes a great entrepreneur? combination of factors –.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

Any success as an entrepreneur? He hasn't founded or built either a successful, let alone innovative company, and he hasn't raised $ to invest in those entrepreneurs. "Charlie is a nice guy, but his company failed.". what has this guy done? How about as a VC? Just tired of people with no track record getting respect.". "He

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2011

Monthly small group lunches with leaders in the innovation community--like venture capital firms and successful entrepreneurs. - An opportunity for visibility--press & PR, community awareness, networking connections. This can include classes, training, books, conferences, Meetups., Run two nextNY events (e.g.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

7 Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs | – crowdspring.co/1q9cIqW. The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market - crowdspring.co/1xaoN3x. Why More Entrepreneurs Need To Make Health and Wellness A Priority | by @sujanpatel - crowdspring.co/1Gmyl1h. Tony Robbins… The CEO Whisperer – crowdspring.co/1sSkuW5.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 5, 2015

Raising venture capital at any stage of company growth requires tremendous effort from entrepreneurs. That drive to focus on helping customers and growing their companies is even more commendable than the ability to raise capital. Click to download your copy of the Post-Seed Checklist for Entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. And so is venture capital. Most entrepreneurs I encounter seem to make their decisions more on perceived brand, past successes and ability to intro. Connections? Commitment.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. Boldstart uses both Zapier and Catalytic for this purpose.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together (you want contrasting opinions) – crowdspring.co/1o1YA2b. Google Ventures’ Bill Maris on Venture Capital in Silicon Valley | Re/code – crowdspring.co/1v00G51. The Importance of Understanding Your Best Users – crowdspring.co/1o21ZOj.

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Jason Ball

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

So, these are some of the things that are good to start with: 1) Be an entrepreneur. Being a wildly successful entrepreneur turned awesome VC is clearly the preferred route. 3) Work in the industry - Accelerators, PR, HR, Design, IP – whatever. Venture Capital' Successful or failed. Then transition.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

Why the Best Entrepreneurs and Creators are Humble | The Next Web - crowdspring.co/1e9b5t3. “38% of venture-backed founders are over 40 years old” - crowdspring.co/1hywYgv. Five Reasons Not To Raise Venture Capital, by Rachel Chalmers | Model View Culture - crowdspring.co/1lIlpYH. 1lL9b4b. .

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Business Plan Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This is true for early stage funding as well as venture capital funding. Furthermore, when faced with adversity only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. Below are some tips for aligning the startup team with the capitalization strategy.

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 26, 2013

“So many folks in the venture capital business are sheep that just want to follow the herd. Q1 Venture Capital Spending & Number Of Deals Down, M&A Activity Drops 44 Percent And Pre-Money Valuations Plummet – [link]. 10 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From High School Seniors – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

In our industry we applaud the efforts for entrepreneurs to have tried and we know that today’s failure can bring the experience for tomorrow’s success. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

But a couple of people replied with responses of such lack of comprehension that I thought it was worth expanding on for first-time entrepreneurs. Successful entrepreneurs achieve much through their personal leadership traits that inspire others to do great things with them – sure. VENTURE CAPITAL. Not possible.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

They’ll share entrepreneur success stories, but the details of how exactly they achieved that success is frequently vague and unhelpful. The team at First Round Capital describes their blog as “a blend of stories and actionable advice. Now he runs AppSumo.com, a website that promotes tools and content for entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

It also allows entrepreneurs to create awareness around their product or service and provides an opportunity to engage a larger audience of potential customers. Founders should consider other fundraising possibilities, such as traditional venture capital or angel investment, as well as non-dilutive funding sources such as grants or loans.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 24, 2009

While I love TechCrunch, the post and the quote about the PR agency (“one PR firm has discovered a dynamite strategy, throw ethics out the window&# ) left me wondering; how do PR agencies interact with TechCrunch and other blog and review sites? Is this behavior an outlier or is it the norm in the PR industry?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

We will accomplish this through demand-creation activities (advertising, PR, tradeshows, seminars, web sites, etc.), The same was true for PR. And the results weren’t the traditional PR metrics of number of articles or inches of ink. The Potrero benchmark strategy was one component of this creating end user demand through PR.)

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 12, 2012

Some days in Silicon Valley it feels like there are more investors than there are entrepreneurs. There is simply too much capital chasing too few good deals. Although it certainly doesn’t feel that way when you’re an entrepreneur trying to raise money for your own company. It is a tool.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Handling PR with VCs. I recently got a phone call from an entrepreneur whom I respect and who runs a company that I hope will do great things one day. To update me on your PR? Entrepreneurs get so used to friends and family congratulating them on their press coverage that they forget sometimes that this isn’t real.

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