David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NEW YORK, June 22, 2012 – Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York (HBSAANY) and The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) today announced the finalists for their inaugural Venture Capital Access Program (“VCAP©”). Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program.

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

Having a great idea is just the beginning, the execution, network, funding and the support are key. The venture aims to empower young people with the knowledge, resources and necessary network that will enable them to start, run and grow a business. Mbwana Alliy Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund.

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David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NEW YORK, June 22, 2012 – Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York (HBSAANY) and The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) today announced the finalists for their inaugural Venture Capital Access Program (“VCAP©”). Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

July 9, 2012 at 10:21 am by John Cook Leave a Comment. million of what partners hope will be a much larger fund. According to the Dow Jones research, 43 early-stage funds raised $3.1 Madrona’s new $300 million fund — while the largest in the firm’s history — certainly qualifies in the early-stage group.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

In 2019 we partnered with several revenue-based lending providers, effectively creating a marketplace. “. We collect more data on an individual business than, to our knowledge, any other RBI investor, through our application process, data partners, and various public sources online. Bigfoot Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2019

After all, I proudly wore my super hero cape through fifteen years of risk taking, innovating, stumbling and expanding before selling my business in 2012 for a very nice profit. Then, add to that list your social and professional network and your network’s network. Write them down. You will be surprised.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2012

As you may know from reading prior posts on the subject the two days that comprise the Glue Conference (May 23rd and 24th, 2012) are some of the most information packed and interesting days of my year. Thanks to ALU, we’re doing it all again for 2012 with another great batch of companies: Ducksboard. Mortar Data. RapidEngines.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

by Marek Danyluk, managing partner at Space Executive. billion across 283 deals in the first three quarters of 2017, nearly three times that of in 2012. Venture capital fundraising can be divided into three stages: seed, early stage, and later stage. Drives development in technology.

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David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In early 2012, my HBS Alumni Angels colleagues and I launched the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP), an initiative to help women and minority-led businesses to raise capital from the Harvard alumni angel community. Several key partners include HBSAANY, New York Angels, and others to be announced. .

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2012

As you may know from reading prior posts on the subject the two days that comprise the Glue Conference (May 23rd and 24th, 2012) are some of the most information packed and interesting days of my year. Thanks to ALU, we’re doing it all again for 2012 with another great batch of companies: Ducksboard. Mortar Data. RapidEngines.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Every year or so my partners and I at Foundry Group create a new company, or start a new project, that we believe had the potential to change the way something works in our world, while simultaneously helping the entrepreneurs we work with, and the entrepreneurs we aspire to work with. For example, in 2006, we co-founded Techstars.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

July 11, 2012. Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 28, 2013

On December 12 and 13, we’re partnering again with Lean Startup Machine for two additional (and intense) days of applied learning. This year, we’ll not only provide a useful app to help with just that problem, but we’re also baking into the program interesting networking and mentoring sessions. If that''s you, apply here.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Thursday, January 12, 2012.

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dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up. The firm’s development team must be able to integrate primitive, early-stage technologies. ► 2012. (2). Varieties of Social Networking: FaceBook, LinkedIn. Post a Comment.

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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. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

March 8, 2012. What are the implications for other late-stage private companies thinking of making the transition to public markets in the near to midterm future? What’s the impact for early-stage startups? Active Network – 2.4x 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

Shortly after that conversation (either the same day or the following day) my partners at Foundry Group (Seth, Jason, and Ryan) all committed to invest in the fund. We were starting to experiment with corporate partners through programs like Techstars Cloud, which we did with Rackspace. On day around 2012 I got a call from Mark Solon.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. While focus is essential in early startup days, we live in a hyperconnected world, and a global network and perspective is becoming essential to startup success.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. While focus is essential in early startup days, we live in a hyperconnected world, and a global network and perspective is becoming essential to startup success.

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Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. April 4, 2010 8:34 AM. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

When we intentionally or unintentionally hurt our relationship partners, we apologize.” ( Estrada-Hollenbeck & Heatherton, 1998 ). Kuppuswamy and Bayus (2013) analyzed all Kickstarter projects from 2009 to 2012. Share It With Your Personal Network. Yet they incentive people to donate, even in the early stages of a campaign.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

My partner in Menlo Incubator , Gary Kremen , and I had a recent debate on which one of us hates convertible debt more. ► 2012. (1). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Thursday, April 7, 2011. May 14, 2011 2:39 PM. Newer Post.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

I think this same concept plays into what Ive seen happening a lot more in the venture community: partners at VC firms jumping back into entrepreneurial ventures. or one or more exits as a start-up founder, you were enticed to become a partner on Sand Hill Road, or as some call it, jumping over to the dark side. ► 2012. (1).

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Once the point is reached where you want to move ahead, we put the sales hat on and convince our partners about the incredible opportunity that we are lucky enough to be able to invest on the ground floor. As early stage investors, our goal is to eliminate as much risk as possible with the least amount of cash spent. Newer Post.

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

However, for most of the rest of us, the analytical skills honed in college or grad school, along with the opportunity to network and explore different fields prove invaluable later. If you have a reputation for cutting corners, not treating employees or partners right, it will become very difficult to do business. ► 2012. (1).

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Conference 2012. Then, what’s missing — clearly an engineer — and why do I want a partner? Lead Gen: I utilized my friends, professional contacts, and Harvard networks by sending out emails to list serves, reaching out to people, and getting referrals. I attended engineering-focused Meetups and networking events.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. I think there are some real virtues to that, however, when I talk to my business partner, Ishan [Sachdev], about it, I use a slightly different metaphor: I talk about Jiro [Ono], Nobu [Matsuhisa], and Benihana. On Sushi and VC.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

2012 Events. Social networking. July 12, 2012 12:01 PM. The Bing Fund will invest $50,000-$100,000 in early-stage startups, through standard convertible notes (loans that convert to equity at Microsoft’s option). Skip to secondary content. what’s hot? Ouya Console. MobileBeat. Singularity University.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

Stage: We call ourselves a “DEDICATED SEED FUND” This means a few things: We are concentrated. We make 2-4 investments per year per partner. We don’t do chip-in investments – each investment is a full-allocation of partner time. Each investment matters. Surprisingly few seed funds operate this way.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’ll likely organize a Harvard Business School Angels of NY event on this topic in 2012. - Studying best practices of VCs in supporting portfolio company operational improvement. Organizations like Worldwide Investor Network and the US-Israel Business Council are helpful in this area. HBS Angels will likely execute this in 2012.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Through a network of Delivery Partner organisations, the Start Up Loans programme provides pre-loan support to help applicants to develop a business plan, a fixed-interest loan of up to £25,000 to start or develop their business, and mentoring to support new loan recipients throughout the early stages of their business journey.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

I spent most of the time with the reporter talking about Sand Hill Angels and how we add value to the start-ups and entrepreneurs that we partner with, which is why I just have a small mention in the article. Labels: angel groups , angel investing , CFO , early stage investing. ► 2012. (1). Email This BlogThis!

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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. My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. Seed stage investing is all about the team, so there may be something to this idea. ► 2012. (1).

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