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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. Similarly, firms like my alma mater ff Venture Capital and Andreessen Horowitz have executed this strategy in VC. – Network. – Incubating companies.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

a “Bitcoin Fund”, a “Social Media Fund”, a “Nanotech Fund”), you’re going to raise capital from Limited Partners who are very focused on Theme X. Similarly, firms like my alma mater ff Venture Capital and Andreessen Horowitz have executed this strategy in VC. – Network. – Incubating companies.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

These vectors work for a lot of celebrities, and for some businesspeople and politicians, but I’m uncomfortable with them and it will impede my ability to do the rest of my job. They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Plus, my wife doesn’t let me date celebrities. .

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas. in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.” Each city has its own special character.

Texas 90
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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 2]

Agile VC

1) Self-Awareness & Humility - These are of course virtues that transcend venture capital or even professional pursuits broadly. This is true not only in a firm’s dealings with entrepreneurs but also with it’s limited partners and even within the firm among its partners.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

These are the objective criteria; the rest is subjective and often comes down to a gut call. This new $40M fund is backed by several high quality institutional limited partners including university endowments, foundations, family offices and fund of funds and key individuals.

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Announcing K9 Ventures II – A $40M technology-focused micro-VC fund

K9 Ventures

These are the objective criteria; the rest is subjective and often comes down to a gut call. This new $40M fund is backed by several high quality institutional limited partners including university endowments, foundations, family offices and fund of funds and key individuals.