View from Seed

JULY 6, 2020

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support. .

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

We engage intimately with businesses and their assets, understanding their operations, aspirations, and the hurdles they face. The increasing inflow of capital into private credit necessitates rigorous underwriting standards and disciplined risk management. You’ve called this era of private credit the “Reformation Age.”

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have 5-10 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, and/or investor. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees. Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

Most firms have “associates” and “partners” and some have an additional role called a “principal.” Usually there roles are a combination of: Deal sourcing for partners. Deal support / analysis / quant / legal for deals a partner is seriously considering. Portfolio community building.

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Jordan Technical Review Portfolio Partner 365

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. In addition, in light of increasing competition in the startup funding space, a methodology for helping portfolio companies consistently is a strong competitive advantage. I’ve also posted this at Betabeat.). View more presentations from David Teten.

Portfolio 144

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You will spend the rest of your time working alongside the partners throughout the investment process – analyzing investment opportunities, assisting in market research and diligence, and post-investment portfolio support.

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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. – StratiFi is the first low-cost, intuitive, and scalable portfolio hedging SaaS platform for investors. Are you politically active? Who hasn’t?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 21, 2014

My other partner, Steven Dietz, was on the board of my second company. Stuart Lander has joined Upfront Ventures to help us run operations. Stuart was a co-founder at my first startup company and ended up running global operations. Mafias matter a lot to me, as well. In a way my firm at Upfront is mafia.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 28, 2022

It helps you pick the right partners and service portfolio for your business. When you collaborate with an outsourcing partner to handle your IT functions, you must invest in excellent back-and-forth communications with them. You can do the best by deploying new systems and letting the support partner operate and maintain them.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

State Regulation In addition to federal laws, each State has its own regulatory environment that applies to businesses operating within the state in areas such as land-use , zoning, motor vehicles, state banking, building codes, public utilities, drug laws, etc. Eventually you’ll need to build an in-house team to manage regulatory affairs.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The information in this post was provided and fact checked by AWS managers Moran Nir and Jonno Southam. AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS.

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

As your organization grows and you hire senior staff where you are no longer managing every employee directly the issue of how to manage people that are not your “direct&# reports arises. As a content management system we had lots of write activities and went with Postgres. Senior management feels undermined.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Instead of budget approvals, monitor key metrics and give managers more flexibility. How should a growth company manage their budget? So here’s the solution I have recommended to some of my portfolio companies: “ agile budgeting ”, i.e., monitoring a few key variables while giving managers significant flexibility.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and.

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The relevance of strategic risk management becomes paramount. Engaging with risk management companies has emerged as a trusted approach for financial institutions to safeguard themselves against the inherent challenges of the sector. Risk management consultancy plays a crucial role here.

Security 148

Security Management Forecast Finance 148

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . 5) Manage deal flow.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. Just as with any company, the most important issue is the team; see “ How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm “ . 5) Manage deal flow.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

The Innovation Portfolio. Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. Often they have brought in an operating executive as the new CEO. Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

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Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 333

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2015

—– Lean Innovation Management. Companies pursuing innovation can Buy, Build, Partner or use Open Innovation. Each horizon requires different focus, different management, different tools and different goals. Product management for Horizon 1 uses existing product management tools such as StageGate ® or the equivalent.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Running a company is distinctly different from simply having operating experience – (working in bus dev, sales or marketing.) Every potential early-stage Venture Capitalist should take a year and do it before he or she makes partner. Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). Here’s why.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. I suggest there are a number of ways to scale a VC fund.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. And the JAIC can’t run them because we’re not an operational software organization.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

David has twenty years’ experience in the healthcare construction industry with a background in construction project management. Our digital platform (ICAS®) is designed for healthcare operators on a mission to modernize the way they design, build and operate their healthcare facilities. But we’re learning to adapt!

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Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 128

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Katina served as a Senior Executive and Management Committee Advisor at Bridgewater Associates. Reporting directly to the CEO, Katina managed various departments including Back and Middle Office, IT, Recruiting and Talent, Client Service Reporting, Fund Legal and Compliance. However, this is about to change.

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Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

(Almost) everything you need to know (but are afraid to ask) before you wistfully ask a product manager to coffee so they will help you find a job. TL;DR Product management is a unique and poorly understood discipline, especially as it applies to software and other tech-related companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. Rob Bailey is the CEO of DataSift. You should read it.

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Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2021

One major reason is that unless you don’t put effort into hiring the right talent, the operational functions suffer. Not to mention, today’s workforce is already gearing up to operate 100% remotely and still perform their best. Eventually, that impacts the organization’s performance. Consider Remote Hiring.

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Hiring Technical Review Software Review Startup 159

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 19, 2015

Below are some key metrics to track when managing accounts receivable and planning to receive payments on invoices: Days Sales Outstanding (DSO). The lower the DSO is, the more cash is available for business to reinvest in marketing, sales and operations. Your customers make up your portfolio of business. Credit Risk.

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Metrics Software Review Portfolio Software Developers 100

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2017

by Andrew Durlak, Co-Founder & VP of Operations at Scout RFP. Internal business operations, on the other hand, are a different story entirely. Andrew Durlak is Co-Founder & VP of Operations at Scout RFP. He previously worked at Prospect Partners doing due diligence and portfolio management.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Finance Software Review Due Diligence 124

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

It is with great pleasure that I can finally announce that we have added Greg Bettinelli as a partner at GRP Partners. So I started introducing him to portfolio companies. This is exactly the brand that GRP Partners wants to embody. We knew he had to be an investment partner. You won’t regret it.

Partner 360

Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles San Francisco 360

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In our last post, we addressed the six key questions that senior management should address to determine if an Innovation Outpost makes sense for a company. In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. Startups, entrepreneurs, and management teams.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Incubator Acquisition Business Model 120

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

Ron is a managing partner of Schaffer Consulting , and is currently serving as an Executive-in-Residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. First, he says, the focus of an established firm is to execute an existing business model — to make sure it operates efficiently and satisfies customers.

Business Model 333

Business Model Technical Review Business Plan Search 333

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners.

Partner 340

Partner Los Angeles South Africa Cap Table 340

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. Alternative Capital. “

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