David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. Lowering that failure rate would be highly impactful on venture capitalist returns, if we could figure out how to do it. Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc.

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Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 370

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Partners leave the industry. Here’s my take: 1.

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LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Today billions of dollars that companies could have invested in innovation are sitting in the hands of private equity funds. We legalized robbing the corporate treasury.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 329

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC.

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Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. Bigfoot Capital. Earnest Capital : Earnest is not technically RBI.

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We’re Hiring. What Start-ups Should Know About Hiring a Lawyer. Hiring and working with a lawyer is often confusing and daunting, especially if you’ve never done it before. What should new entrepreneurs look for when hiring a lawyer? Hiring employees. Raising capital. Get Involved. Meet the Team.

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Hiring LLC Intellectual Property Private Equity 56

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. . But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . 1) Manage the firm . 2) Market .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 184

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

You incorporate expected company returns, mortality rates, and fee structures to try to predict how a venture capital fund works from a cash in, cash out, and NAV standpoint. And no, the numbers don't exactly add up--but they're more than close enough for venture capital. Toss in a few acqui-hires in the $6-8mm post seed.

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Transformify

MARCH 4, 2018

Most companies are shifting to in-house hiring, but sometimes using the services of a staffing agency saves time and cost. Temporary, temporary-to-hire and permanent placement services are provided each week to over 100,000 people. They provide temp-to-hire , temp, direct hire, and contract work solutions. Insight Global.

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Hiring Finder Canada Australia 61

OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. Brad’s visceral response in this conversation was a very clear, “you should hire Jenny.” What about the middle?

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cap Table Early Stage 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 232

Up and Running

AUGUST 17, 2015

Whether you plan to hire an accountant or depend on QuickBooks, there are some basic principles around understanding your working capital, cost of goods sold (COGS), gross margins, and so on, that are critical to all types of businesses. See Also How to Find a Business Partner. It allows for rapid idea validation.

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David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. And even the firms that hire a placement agent almost always still have to run their own internal process. . Instead, they hired an outside assistant – not a placement agent – to help in the process. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

It looks as though you’ve built a very interesting business, and I’d love to spend some time getting a better understanding of your future plans for the company and if there is an opportunity to partner with [My Firm]. They are at the tops of their classes and want to get into private equity or venture capital some day.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. Never say never – GRP Partners is actually looking very closely at a company in its A round that is raising a large sum of money. my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). I’m sure others have, too.

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Silicon Valley Technology Los Angeles Southern California 290

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

TL:DR : This post aims to recap significant changes in the venture capital industry over the past ten years, and then make some [biased] predictions as to major forces at play in the next five years. However, all three shifts are related and can be summed up simply as: Geeks are Taking Over Venture Capital.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. V: Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). High Road Capital Partners Deal Sourcing Keynote. Fitzsimmons, High Road Capital Partners.

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Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

David Teten

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Should you hire an investment banker? Here’s how to replicate a banker, even if you don’t have any relationships with potential investors: Hire a consultant to make your deck persuasive, thorough, and attractive, and your data room professional. See the tools at What type of capital should you raise, and from who? .

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Investment Bankers Database Private Equity SEC 60

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 28, 2015

This challenge has many dimensions - from receivables and cash flow, to commercial banks (in spite of the strong economy) still mostly on the sidelines, to the availability of private equity and other forms of risk capital to fund growth initiatives. And this is what CEOs really want, isn''t it?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Acquirer/ Investor.

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 12, 2011

This includes keeping an eye on venture capital, private equity, and the public markets, as well as where clients (mostly IT and marketing departments) are spending their dollars and what kinds of people they are hiring. Pay attention to where money gets invested and spent.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Architecture Social Media 85

David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

According to Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, about 10-15% of the 1,000 active venture capitalists in the U.S. Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions.

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Private Equity Social Media Equity Media 114

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2012

Learn how to raise capital from angel investors and venture capitalists (and how to decide who you should target). Startup Hiring : How to attract, hire and retain the best people. Social media marketing for startups : How to use social to launch, position your messaging and get distribution. Khan Academy.

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Artificial Inteligence Founder Private Equity Ruby 156

Small Business Force

DECEMBER 15, 2012

For the purposes of our discussion, my definition of outside capital is that from professional investors, beyond friends and family. That means capital from angels, venture capital and private equity firms. Fifth, they invest in the jockey, not the horse.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. We typically do this by partnering with graduate student teams. Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation.

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David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

I meet with a lot of people from the academic world, so I thought it would be helpful to summarize how ff Venture Capital works with universities. Partner with students to execute research on topics of mutual interest. We published the paper in the Journal of Private Equity and numerous other influential media.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

So hiring more people and being around more people and getting more things done is not actually one of the reasons. But assuming it’s a fair exit, a venture capitalist, and I’m explicitly not saying angel because we could talk about angel and they’re sort of special so that might work out. For venture capital, right?

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Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. We're also joined by Red Sea Ventures and the founders of Seamless, as well as a bunch of angels and limited partners from my fund.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

These folks are accessible across any industry and are particularly useful for entrepreneurs who have moved beyond the seed stage of financing, but don’t yet have the significant revenue needed to court venture capital funding. Solid Organizational Processes. Driving sponsorships for your startup is a numbers game.

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Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 25, 2012

this week with the hiring of Marissa Mayer. These are the grey haired white dudes that show up as Operating Partners on Private Equity fund pitch books. Hiring in general is a problem in a turnaround situation. There's been a lot of talk about turning around Yahoo!

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Web Acquisition Private Equity Bandwidth 94

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2014

“LumaScapes”, the one-pager infographicscreated by consulting firm Luma Partners, provide a quick snapshot of the various parts of an industry and the logos of the companies playing in that space. Check out the Digital Capital LumaScape below. Imagine you could hire a consulting analyst. 4) VentureScanner.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Amelia Investments – “Amelia Investments is a private equity fund creating economic opportunities throughout the Middle East region. 50/50 Startups – “We’re an incubator for equally owned tech ventures by Palestinian and Israeli entrepreneurs.”. Siraj Capital. Apply here. Takwin Labs.

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