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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 9, 2014
David is also the CEO of Gust , which is an online platform for startup financing used by over 50,000 accredited angel investors, 1000 angel groups and venture capital funds, and 250,000 entrepreneurs. This is called the “portfolio approach,” which counts on hitting only a couple of big winners, while the others return very little.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 5, 2015
David is one of the most active angel investors in New York, and also the CEO of Gust , which is an online platform for startup financing used by over 45,000 accredited angel investors, 1000 angel groups and venture capital funds, and 200,000 entrepreneurs. billion collected in 2014. What ends up, usually went down first.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.
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. As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. Think about this; 7 years ago Nokia owned 50% of the handset market. Apple owned 0%.
David Teten
APRIL 8, 2013
My coauthors and I just published in the Journal of Private Equity the first-ever research study on best practices of venture capitalists in creating portfolio company value through operational support, exploring exactly these questions. And does it really produce better returns for their investors?
David Teten
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Projections were based on dozens of operational assumptions related to pricing, production, marketing spend, etc. Finally, financial assumptions such as capital structure and taxes had to be considered. If a third of those, or about 10% of the portfolio, work out then you have home-run returns. Participa.me
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