IRR Management Operations Partner 
David Teten
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. They provide retail clients with sophisticated risk management tools that previously only ultra high net worth investors could access. . Why is that?
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. As two fund managers employing Flexible VC, we think it is a healthy addition to the ecosystem and will yield more predictable and stable healthy returns for investors. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog.
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Steve Blank
MARCH 31, 2014
In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed. The question for all of you is … “ What will it take to inspire and manage this kind of innovation?”.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). Average Angel Returns Over Time. Time Period. Total Investments. Exited Investments. 1994 – present. Band of Angels Website FAQ. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 25, 2013
The better way to think about VC returns is, do the firms consistently beat alternative asset clases on an IRR basis to adjust for the increased risk and lack of liquidity? I’ll admit that I do know one VC firm who’s strategy is not to call their entrepreneurs and not to be involved in operations. It is changing.
David Teten
JULY 10, 2017
Why couldn’t a large company offer 1:1 or greater matching of the angel investing of their senior management? Angel investing is an exceptionally high-return asset class; I have collected twelve studies on angel returns in the US and UK, which show median internal rate of return (IRR) between 18 and 38 percent.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 5, 2014
I loved what he was working on (thanks to perspective in data management from my large company experience here—that prepared mind thing). Don’t be afraid to take a step down (Oracle was a $1 Million business, I had been marketing manager for a $100 Million business). I was on the way to my lifetime IRR of 90%.
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