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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Keren Moynihan, CEO, Boss Insights , said, “Last week at an industry function, we asked a high rolling VC, “how’s your lead gen?” So we probed, ‘Oh, so you don’t need a qualified lead generation tool then?’ 2) Market . Her answer? ‘I

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

He has done incredibly well financially on his past two startups, and he’s now building his 3rd company. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. And if you do the math of VCs buying roughly 20% of a startup, valuations can be upwards in the $50m+ range for today’s series A rounds!

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Pre-seed is the new seed

Hippoland

He has done incredibly well financially on his past two startups, and he’s now building his 3rd company. Or even doing pre-sales or lead generation well before having a product. And if you do the math of VCs buying roughly 20% of a startup, valuations can be upwards in the $50m+ range for today’s series A rounds!