David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Another critical design consideration is your tech stack. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity. We also have created a proprietary tool, Oasys, which programmatically identifies very high-caliber technical teams. 6) Due diligence.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Another critical design consideration is your tech stack. On Copper (our deal board), a due date of two business days is automatically set for us to review the opportunity. We also have created a proprietary tool, Oasys, which programmatically identifies very high-caliber technical teams. 6) Due diligence.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Private Equity Management Cap Table 60

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A few tech-savvy startup companies are taking advantage of the situation to gain new email newsletter readers, many of whom would never have otherwise signed up for mass mailings. This is due at least in part to privacy issues on top of the fact that they often feel any newsletter they can sign up for will be nothing but sponsored content.

Technical Review 140

Technical Review XML Startup Syndicate 140

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. Tech stack. I record here the books I’ve read, not as diligently as I should. Goodreads. I’m not active there.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

Technical Review 241

Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2016

By Trevor Sumner, Chief Technology Officer of LocalVox. Additionally, it is critical to make sure to syndicate out descriptions rich with keywords. 88% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations 2. Yelp (the most popular local review app and powers Apple Maps). com (mostly service industry).

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Search Fractional CTO Small Business Syndicate 100

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Once the search engine finds files that match a search request, the search engine can display the full text of the files with highlighted hits for easy review. They can also sit on a shared network drive or an online-access web site, enabling instant multiuser concurrent queries. What kind of searching can your search engine support?

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Metadata XML Azure New Jersey 147

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

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Hearpreneur

MAY 18, 2022

And then I had this life-changing opportunity that required my entrepreneurial background from my family, passion for marketing , and skills in technology to serve a not-for-profit close to my heart. I founded CEO Quest to help CEOs in Tech be the best at their job. 14- To assist businesses to adopt advanced technologies.

Technical Review 141

Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review Jordan 141

View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

But in the grand scheme of things, 10 years is a blip, and one that had a continuous bull market in tech. Today, multiple rounds are often raised, due to the atomization of the seed space. Even the “oh s**t” moment of Covid lasted 1-2 quarters for most tech startups not servicing the travel or hospitality industries.

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Dilution Later Stage Portfolio Technical Review 399

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Go public.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Technology-centric businesses. Minimum requirements.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

These two startups had problems they could not solve on their own due to lack of resources—time, people, money. Interestingly the four founders of teams whose ideas “won” argued over which team would get the students with the most advanced technical skills. Customer Discovery in the Real World.

Lean 334

Lean Customer Development Startup Silicon Valley 334

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. 4:32] Is that was that the initial vision was to just make it easier to get those shows syndicated? [5:48] 12:02] What are your current feelings about the technology that you’re using? [15:48] More About Todd Cochrane: Blubrry.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we review Walter’s hectic weekend putting in long hours at a startup event. we review Walter''s hectic weekend putting in long hours at a startup event. I explain what Angel List is, what syndicates are and which people''s syndicates I have joined so far. Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes.

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Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Startup 92

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Dharmesh Shah’s “Avoiding Undue Diligence: My Strange Approach to Angel Investing” Scott Belsky’s angel investing diagram.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Dharmesh Shah’s “Avoiding Undue Diligence: My Strange Approach to Angel Investing” Scott Belsky’s angel investing diagram.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2014

Once you have reviewed that resource and you have your bearings on what it takes to get started, you can start thinking about streamlining and implementing extensions of your business (think accounting and payroll, apps, ecommerce, etc). Appsbar enables anyone to create a professional, personalized app for FREE.

Management 167

Management Software Review eCommerce Entrepreneur 167

Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. All VCs make decisions by drawing on the data we have at hand, information gleaned through our diligence process, and our own experience and judgement. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Making Good Decisions Still Means You’re Sometimes Wrong.

Seed Stage 185

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 185

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Zendesk offers tech industry people a concise description of how Zendesk can benefit their company. Your primary audience is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who has the spending power to buy your product. Finally, include the marketing technology you’ll be using to measure and optimize your marketing efforts.

Campaign 149

Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Detailed due diligence. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors. Deal origination is a slow, labor-intensive, frustrating process. Target Selected.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

In Moscow, we attended the twelfth annual Congress of the European Business Angel Network , held April 23-24, at the Digital October technology entrepreneurship center. On May 2nd and 3rd, I led workshops for about thirty Estonian investors on syndication, due diligence, valuation and the post-investment relationship with entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I was an early user of Quora and like all new technologies they take a bit of playing with them for a while, discussing them with others and reflecting on them to let them sink in. I wish every blog used Disqus and I wish every website that syndicated content would create an integrated commenting thread the way that Business Insider does.

Silicon Valley 301

Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 23, 2014

Tech Start-Ups: Take the Money and Build | by @tullman – crowdspring.co/1jvoIEu. 29 Tips for Entrepreneurs & Women in Tech | Tech Cocktail – crowdspring.co/1oj9QIU. Syndicate Funding on AngelList – A Company’s Perspective – crowdspring.co/Sl0HEA. 5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Superheroes!

Social Media 93

Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

The shortage of startup technical talent, especially in New York City, has been well-documented. With more than 40 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific news site reporting breaking web news, providing analysis of trends, reviewing new Web sites and services, and offering social media resources and guides.

Equity 74

Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. You can learn as much from these cautionary tales as you can from the enduring successes, plus studying a broad sample of firms helps avoid drawing false conclusions due to survivorship bias. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. July 11, 2012.

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles. They have deep insights into how technologies and markets are moving.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

It would take an article in itself to fully compare the benefits of these (and other popular ecommerce site providers), but suffice it to say they both offer options for businesses that do not wish to manage the technical aspects of their ecommerce storefront. Tech & Gadgets Highlights. The “Mom and Pop” Effect. Top Stories.

eCommerce 101

eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Social Media 101

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

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. I still plan to keep more normal pace of investment which is 1-2 deals per year.

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Our growth started in Silicon Valley and our users were still predominantly from the tech world for the first year or two. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178