2012 Algorithm Early Stage Finance 
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
As an early-stage VC I love this phase. Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. We have developed a proprietary machine learning algorithm that assesses the risk and return profile of the business and determines whether to invest in the business. “ You qualify if you have $5k+ MRR.
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Up and Running
JUNE 14, 2017
Early stage idea validation can be accomplished without building an application. Back when I was junior in college in 2012, I had an idea for an app called Recycler Spotter, a platform that rewarded users for their eco-friendly actions. Here’s what I learned from launching my first app, Recycle Spotter: 1.
Professor VC
JANUARY 27, 2011
I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. Instead, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. ► 2012. (1).
Professor VC
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. Labels: entrepreneur , seed investing , venture capital , venture financing. ► 2012. (1). I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Newer Post. Older Post.
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