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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

Genuine VC

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). There is some correlation here, but not complete alignment, to check size (i.e.

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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. .” Across our partnership we will do 10-12 deals per year and with 5.5

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16 PR Strategies Every Small Business Should Stop Using Right Now

Up and Running

PR can do wonders for your startup or small business, but not all strategies have proven to be effective. Below, 16 entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) share the one PR strategy they think all startups and small businesses should stop using, and why. Over-the-Top Self-Promotion. Press Release Avalanches.

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Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Syndicate Funding on AngelList – A Company’s Perspective – crowdspring.co/Sl0HEA. 21 free tools for perfecting your portfolio | Webdesigner Depot – crowdspring.co/1lDrOSB. Process Is Being Told What to Do by Someone Who Has Less Information than You – crowdspring.co/SkUrN3. Do Entrepreneurs Get Better With Age? |

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12).

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A VC Walks into Your Pitch Meeting Biased

Genuine VC

This includes both his perception that it’s “hot” through PR or VC scuttlebutt, as well as if he believes the investment opportunity has been “shopped around.” Where the company would “fit” well into the firm’s existing portfolio, filling in gaps from a stage or sector standpoint.

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Accidental VC: When Should Startups Announce Seed Funding?

View from Seed

It’s a common question that every VC fields from founders — and founders field from other founders, and marketers field from founders, and PR people field from founders. So, when should they — or any seed-stage startup — think about drumming up some PR and making noise around funding? You get the idea.

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