David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP© Addresses the Gap between Venture Capital and Funding for Women and Diverse Entrepreneurs. VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital. .”

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Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. For example, we created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to our funnel.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Further down the financing path, VCs will ask for additional information, known as due diligence materials. If a VC offers you a term sheet, expect their lawyers to ask you for more information like capitalization tables, contracts, material agreements, employment agreements, and board meeting minutes.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Technical Review Due Diligence 100

Steve Blank

APRIL 4, 2023

Simultaneously, new startups are forming, and venture capital is already pouring money into the field at an outstanding rate that will only accelerate the impact of this generation of AI. Goldman Sachs economists predict that 300 million jobs could be affected by the latest wave of AI. Welcome to our brave new world.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 12, 2014

In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. At Version One Ventures, we look for “founder fit” rather than the gender.” You cant dissociate that. The post Got "Founder Fit?"

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . To deal with such conflict, the venture group cannot be buried in the corporate structure.

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Building on my post on ‘ Advice for startups in a downturn (May 2022 edition) ‘, this week I continued to follow with interest the impact of the current correction on startups and venture capital, particularly in early stage. How much of the slowdown in venture capital is real vs. ‘doom and gloom’ headlines.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

I’ve heard a lot of people question whether there is too much money in venture capital chasing too few great deals. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. We’re in a new tech bubble!” some have pronounced. Follow the money.

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VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

All we can do is keep ourselves informed, learn from our mistakes (and occasional successes) and remember it’s the journey, not the destination, that counts. So, without further ado, I present to you the Ten Commandments of Being a Great Venture Capital Investor. Venture capital investing is a long-term game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2023

If you are approaching a recognized venture capital group, or even an accredited angel investor, a non-disclosure agreement is counter-productive. Unsolicited proposals or requests for information.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor 254

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

It’s not hard to find people willing to write the narrative that “venture capital is not an asset class” or “venture capital has performed terribly.” Having worked through the data with Glenn I am even more optimistic about venture capital than I was even a year ago.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2011

So, Mike tells me he wants to raise a first round of venture capital based on a $100 million valuation. Now, anyone who knows anything about venture capital will literally laugh when they read a line like that. And how most likely, the chance of him raising venture capital with just an idea was zero.

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Venture Capital Valuation NDA Non-disclosure Agreement 109

David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

All venture capital and NIH funding data for CY 2010 – 2014 in USA. Ideally, we’d include other healthcare funding sources (corporate R&D, university, and private foundations), but haven’t found a comprehensive source for this information. Source: NIH, CB Insights. Previously posted in PEHub.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Non-Compete Philadelphia 60

ithacaVC

MAY 24, 2014

Hello Friends and Colleagues, We are pleased to pass along to you our recent paper “Entrepreneurship in New York: The Mismatch between Venture Capital and Academic R&D”. Relative to venture capital, the good news is that the state’s share of venture investment nationally rose from 4 percent ($1.2B

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New York Venture Capital Technical Review New York City 79

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The risks of sharing some sensitive information with remote workers. Let us face it, most startups are cash-strapped and are focused on producing a marketable output of their activities until their venture capital runs dry. Can staff members take some information home to think about it during their free time?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2022

EI rates a person's ability to recognize emotions, to understand their effect, and to use that information to guide your next move. If you need venture capital, maybe you need to spend more time in Silicon Valley or Boston. Fortunately, you can develop this skill. Location and luck: right place at the right time.

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Silicon Valley Angel Investor Technical Review Boston 325

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

If you are approaching a recognized venture capital group, or even an accredited angel investor, a non-disclosure agreement is counter-productive. Unsolicited proposals or requests for information.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor 399

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2023

Seed venture capital firms can make more significant follow-on investments to keep or increase their equity stake in the company. Investors buying a stake percentage in the firm want to be assured about the quality of their investment to make an informed decision. How does the funding for the seed stage work?

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2019

We should also point out that angel investment is different from venture capital. People often use “ venture capital ” as a bucket term to include angel investment, but that’s unnecessarily confusing. Angel investment usually comes before venture capital, at earlier business stages.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Myth #1: Venture capital is a growing opportunity for funding businesses. Actually, venture capital financing is very rare. I’ll explain this more later, but assume that only a very few high-growth companies with high-power management teams are venture opportunities. Venture capital.

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SBA Venture Capital Angel Investor Technical Review 161

Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s Never Been More Important to Understand Your Capital Provider’s Business Model [Charles Hudson/Precursor] – Charles is just a wonderful human and his posts about venture capital are essential for anyone who considers themselves part of the startup community.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. There’s another issue I can add to your list of things to be aware of – information rights. You betcha.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

When Netscape went public, it unleashed a frenzy from the public markets for anything related to the internet and signaled to venture investors that there were massive returns to be made investing in anything internet related. After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. Then one day it was over. IPOs dried up.

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Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Their realm fits between crowdfunding and venture capital sources. Most share expertise as well as money.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Morning in VC.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. Public investors, cross-over investors, and even traditional private equity firms have taken notice, further blurring the lines of what constitutes true venture capital. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 5, 2018

We want entrepreneurs to understand all the issues and to make the most informed decisions they can. That was one of the motivations for Jason and I to write Venture Deals. It’s also why Jason co-teaches the venture capital course at CU Boulder. We believe that access to information is a good thing.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In a contracted venture capital environment, where external funding is more difficult to raise, founders know that they need to make due with less, and extend the runway further.

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Retention Conversion Churn Rate B2C 109

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 30, 2022

Of course this is why a lot of investors choose to hedge their bets and avoid having to make the tricky decisions regarding which startups to back themselves by putting their money into angel investment or venture capital (VC) funds. A degree of diversification can go a long way to protecting you from startup failures.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Angel Investor Startup 142

The Equity Kicker

JULY 30, 2013

Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger wrote a post yesterday about the disruption of venture capital which lists the changes afoot: Information about VCs on the internet. Today there is much more transparency.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. Venture capital is a very rarified atmosphere of high-end startups and emerging businesses with experienced management teams, high potential growth, secret sauce, and so on.

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Software Review Due Diligence Venture Capital Elevator Pitch 124

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Hacker News.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 26, 2021

The post How To Set Up A WFOE in China: An Informative Guide appeared first on The Startup Magazine. And, the same goes for someone who has previously worked in the Chinese business environment. Therefore, if you think that the task of building WFOEs is too demanding for you, feel free to reach out to an expert!

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 1, 2014

We all have our inherent biases and what I am not arguing here is that the venture capital world is a fair playing field for anyone. I repeat: I AM NOT ARGUING THAT VENTURE CAPITAL IS FAIR TO ANYONE. billion went to women-led ventures.". billion went to women-led ventures.". Sounds awful, right?

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Venture Capital Founder Portfolio Conversion 115

David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

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David Teten

MAY 29, 2013

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital, and The Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York are once again co-sponsoring Flashpoint’s upcoming New York Demo Day, on Friday, June 14, 2013, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The event will be held at SUNY Global Center, 116 East 55th Street, New York, NY.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 26, 2022

It’s not just “modernize the old world” but rather digitalize and accelerate the way buyers and sellers exchange information. You can directly connect with the manufacturer and supplier’s contact information. — Gaurang Pancholi ; Sales and Sourcing; Rasayanconnect.com; a B2B Chemical Sourcing Marketplace.

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