Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 12, 2019

” here’s a fun video to get you started along with a deeper explanation of the technology. As an LP in USV, we are small indirect investors. We’ve ordered 50 hotspots and, with your help, will set up a LongFi network throughout Boulder. If you are asking, “What’s Helium?”

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2014

Last week displayed the best of LA last week for a gala event of all of Upfront’s portfolio companies + the CEOs of many of LA’s top technology companies + 75 VC firms from LA, SF, NY & Boston + 25 LP Funds + the Chairman of Yahoo! I’ll try to publish some video from the event when we get a chance to edit some of it.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2016

As I sat in my warm office catching up on email from the week, I sent links to our Foundry Group videos to a friend that had never seen them. If you see Jason in the next few weeks, tell him that it’s time to make Video #3 so we can get Lindel in the mix. Maybe the next one will be called “I’m an LP.”

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

But as an LP you can’t count on that any more than VCs can. The goal of an LP is to get into the top decile. When it went to raise its fund 10 years ago the rumor was that many LPs were disappointed with recent returns and did not re-up. In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. I create videos.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

In digital video between Maker Studios (where I am an investor), Machinima, Zefr, BigFrame & FullScreen we have added around 1,000 jobs in the past 3 years and this should continue, as video becomes an important part of the infrastructure of the Internet. To attract LP money to local VCs.

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The Next Web

JUNE 26, 2013

As part of the Young Entrepreneur Counci l’s #StartupLab initiative, a virtual mentorship program, Arjun will appear live via video chat broadcast on this site. Arjun also serves as a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council, an LP at 500Startups, and is an angel investor and advisor to multiple Silicon Valley startups. ET (12 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. The Funding Problem. THAT is disruption.

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Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

It’s virtually mandatory to develop a detailed, data-backed deck, and ideally a video pitch. For example, one LP told me she prefers customized emails from fund principals, as opposed to a bulk-mailed quarterly update. See How Emerging Venture Capital Fund Managers Should Think About Their LP Fundraising Strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2013

I’ve done a lot of video interviews. Avoid the stupid mistake I made (and talk about in the video): raising too much money too quickly. This is one of my favorite if not my favorite outright. TechCrunch interviewed me and asked me to talk about failure. I prefer the opposite. I prefer realism in startups. believing our own hype.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Of our early-stage deals we do 33% Seed, 66% A’s) Why recycling is important, but why without exits you might even be forced to stop paying management fees for a while What Will Happen with LPs in this Economic Market? Harry asked me whether I thought LP “defaults” (not funding the VC commitments it made) would go up.

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Marketing Valuation Churn Rate Balance Sheet 263

Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 30, 2020

With the stock price off since IPO and the need to “rollup” enterprise chat + video MSFT takes a swing at solving a huge b2b problem with a startup friendly platform. The 13 year bull run ends, and we go into a decline/recession scenario. Money printer goes brrrrr 7/ Microsoft buys Slack. No, but Salesforce bought slack. 9/ Hubs vs.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Skype and Zoom are useful for video/audio conferences.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 4, 2011

Sales recorded music sold on a physical transportable device (Tapes, CD’s, LP’s et al) have declined 76.3% Long distance and overseas has equally been decimated by Skype which comes at peoples favourite price point – ‘free’ – with the added benefit of video. DVD, Game & Video rental.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Pitching your startup in person is always better than over a video-screen. If you’re invited to present at the annual LP meeting (which is a good signal), spend time schmoozing with the growth equity team or the clean-tech side of the house.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

He immediately programmed me into the content for Wednesday (LP/GP day) and Thursday ( entrepreneur day ). My understanding is that Mark / Upfront are going to post the content online and I’d encourage you to watch many of the videos when this happens. The coordination and organization was first class.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2012

I could make a video recreationally, include a digital copy of a song, and it was up to the rights holder to decide whether or not they wanted me to take it down. Since the DMCA, we’ve basically operated in an environment of “ask forgiveness rather than permission” when it comes to copyright and IP online.

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Babbling VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

This is very personal in terms of my experience but the team needs to be in one office or at least sit together weekly, physically in one location (not video or conf call). This is the majority of what you have to do to stay in the face of LP's (plus attend relevant events). Have to be information junkies. Some people hate it.

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Rob Go

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” Surprisingly, this isn’t just an LP kind of question, I actually get this a lot from founders or even just friends who are not directly involved in the startup community. I’m still waiting for this year’s First Round holiday video. Some companies also do broad based TV brand advertising.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 18, 2015

Here is the video recording of the talk I gave at 500 Startups ‘ PreMoney Conference in San Francisco on 12 June. . Seed Is The New A: What The Seed-Stage Explosion Means For Founders, GPs & LPs. And the deck from my talk. Thanks to 500 Startups #PreMoney. As always I welcome your thoughts and feedback.

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conversionxl.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Only after you’ve picked the mood of the page do you look at things like colors, fonts, photography & video. Step 7 – Should We Create an Explainer Video? For Brookdale – a community for senior citizens – sticking with video would have cost them $108,000 in monthly revenue. image source. image source.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

In a discussion I had with Fred Wilson at the Invesco LP meeting Fred said the same about the influence of Clayton. By the way, if you want to watch Clayton Christensen’s other video from Startup Gring where he speaks about Innovator’s Dilemma it is here. He was interesting, as usual.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

If you want to watch the video version summary of my advice on fund raising it’s here. I once had an LP tell me that when Sequoia fund raises they place the first call and say “we’re closing in 6 weeks – you need to decide quickly if you want an allocation.” Fund raising is bloody hard. Tell a friend!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

And actually if you have ADD you may just want to watch the videos I’ve embedded below because it’s easier to concentrate on that than reading a blog post. ” So if you – or a friend or loved one – think you have ADD please take the time to watch the videos below and/or read brief texts that follow them.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Maker Studios, the largest producer of online short-form videos (content) recently sold to Disney for nearly $1 billion. Our fund has more interest from potential LP investors than our fund needs. It was always more likely that auto industry commerce prowess would come from LA or Detroit. All great communication companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

I remember when seed funds first started (they were being incorrectly called “super angels” and then Micro VCs before Seed Funds stuck) and every LP (who invest in VCs) told me they weren’t convinced about Seed Funds (too small, too hard to pick winners, would they be able to follow on?). Explosion in Seed Funds. Where does that leave us now?

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firstround.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

We decided on a list of perks and put them on our website: free lunch, good health care, public transportation reimbursement, unlimited vacation, a budget for workstation and peripherals, and a video game-related plushie hand-delivered from Tokyo. Unfortunately, defining these perks was the easiest thing about them. Platform Team. Categories.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2021

Tuesday I had hoped to work out in the morning but an LP from the Middle East asked for a call and given time zones 7:30am was the best time so once he asked I mentally switched gears and told myself I would run later in the day. I now have committed to 3 days / week of video discussions on italki with native French speakers.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

I told him that I had observed every LP on their computers doing email and that clearly they were bored, to which he replied, “We like boring Powerpoint presentations. When we were rebuilding our LP base one of the single most helpful person to me as a friend, sparring partner and reference was Dana Settle of Greycroft.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

So do brands and so do the video forums we live on – like Youtube – whose annual review is really our annual review. Maybe it is the soft crackle of an LP record that has enabled vinyl LP sales to increase year on year for the past 19. The silver screen has met the tiny screen. We are all creating our own story live.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Are they going to be able to build real true relationships at work and have friendships and be able to learn from their colleagues, if it's all just video conference? Due to their bylaws and LP agreements and things, they can only hold public securities, like in the traditional sense. Have those sparks of innovation?

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”. I was previously a Partner at two different VC firms, neither of which had any contractual LP mandate to invest in diverse companies. They want to raise capital because they are highly qualified, period.

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