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On Funding?—?Shots on Goal

Both Sides of the Table

You need shots on goal as not every one will go in the back of the net. Another 3–5 could return in aggregate $300–500 million. Early-stage venture capital is about extreme winners. So if you truly want to be great at investing you need all the right skills and access AND a diversified portfolio.

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All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces

abovethecrowd.com

Aggregating suppliers is a necessary, but insufficient step on its own. You must also organically aggregate demand. Great marketplaces do not simply aggregate a market; they enhance it. Wow” moments lead to word-of-mouth viral growth and high net promoter scores. Aggregating demand is much harder and more critical.

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Lean vs Fat Startups: The Disrupt Debate

Venture Chronicles

This is the “tastes great, less filling&# debate that recurs on a regular basis in the venture capital and entrepreneur communities. I’d be willing to bet that more investors lose a great amount of aggregate capital here than at any other stage.

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Management Carve Out Plan

ithacaVC

Note that MCOPs are rare when the company is young and has only raised a limited amount of venture capital – no need yet for the carve out as the founders still own a large chunk of the company (thankfully). As the investors’ aggregate liquidation preference (ALP) increases typically the need for a MCOP also increases.

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

Angels : Angels are individual investors, who are investing their own capital and doing so on a part-time basis. The limited partners may themselves run the gamut from individuals, family offices, venture capital funds to institutional LPs. <$50K in aggregate. Most angels will usually invest under $50K per investment.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . Fund/SPV management services specifically are provided by Assure Services and Proteus Capital. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

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Entrepreneurs Need to Find the Best ‘Curators’

Startup Professionals Musings

These days, we all have to rely on a few trusted sources to digest and filter information, net out the relevant messages, and steer us with links to accurate details. Mark is a serial entrepreneur who is now active in the venture capital community for early-stage startups. Both Sides of the Table , by Mark Suster.

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