View from Seed

JUNE 11, 2019

At this point, founders find themselves in a luxurious situation of being able to build the best possible syndicate. I believe it’s more important to optimize on the right lead investor vs. the highest valuations at the seed stage (within reason). It’s not necessary to nail down every element of your syndicate simultaneously.

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Syndicate Syndication Seed Stage Lead Investor 202

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well. Time will tell. Total raised: $29.5mm.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), Detailed SaaS Spreadsheet (Valuation and CAC benchmark). SaaS 13 Index Valuation. sales and marketing. (10). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. My Investments. anecdotes. (13).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Rob Go

MARCH 10, 2012

Valuation Discipline. We have a pretty strong sense of what realistic valuation ranges are and aren’t for seed stage companies. We try to maintain a pretty steady investment pace each year, although it tends to ebb and flow a little bit based on our deal flow and valuations in the market. Syndicate diversification.

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Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Marketing 49

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. Many VC funds rely on general-purpose CRM and sales funnel solutions like Copper , Pipedrive, Salesforce , Streak , and ZenDesk. She is a model for us all! 5) Manage relationships (CRM). If you have one, please contact me.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. We basically automated that and then the business grew over eight years to do a bunch of different things that were related to sales and marketing for car dealerships.

Kansas City 40

Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 40