David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page. We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. – Aggregation, ranking, and discounts from service providers.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Although the data is public, the startup may not have been able to manually aggregate that data on its own, or the owner of the website may expressly prohibit use of the data outside of the services the owner offers.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

The solution I’m exploring is a just in time learning methodology that accelerates founders’ learning curve by aggregating relevant content, peers and mentors.&#. Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. Hmm, now I’m getting intrigued. I wondered where he got his MBA from?

Technical Cofounder 333

Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 333

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

View from Seed

MARCH 1, 2016

As an adult, I know the world operates on story first and logic second. Tiny Speck decided to sunset Glitch and began winding down its operations. Are you aggregating and leveraging a competitive dataset none will be able to reproduce? As a child, I believed logical arguments were enough to convince anyone of anything.

Founder 120

Founder Technical Review Cofounder Non-Compete 120

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

By opening fewer stores you decrease costs in renting real estate, distributing products to your stores, and hiring employees for every location in every area you’re operating in. Who should look into finding affiliate marketing partners? Customers don’t need to actually visit one of your offline stores.

Affiliate 134

Affiliate Revenue Internet Marketing 134

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Jonathan is a speaker and advisor managing director of Resilient Growth Partners and a board member at Frost & Sullivan. He's a speaker and advisor managing director of resilient growth partners and a board at frost and Sullivan. And they fit into four buckets, financial, operational, external change and strategic change.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Networking United States Artificial Inteligence 62

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m an Ashley Mayer superfan so beyond the affinity, have been fortunate enough to also bring her into Homebrew as an advisor to our portfolio companies, and invest in Coalition , a venture firm she founded along with three other amazing female operators. Every milestone was an opportunity to tell the biggest possible story.

IPO 91

IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. 2010 Operating Income: $16 million. Led by Oak Investment Partners with participation by General Catalyst, Sequoia, & Accel and others.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

David Teten

JULY 14, 2014

Katina Stefanova : The government is looking for effective ways to increase transparency in the aggregate risk of the system and hold investment managers accountable. Asset managers are looking for partners who can help them navigate the increasingly complex space of regulatory requirements more efficiently than they can do themselves.

Management 114

Management Portfolio Institutional Investors Government 114

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

 —  @saltycloudhq Gordon Daugherty , President at Capital Factory, offered stakeholders a better understanding of the startup operating system as well as some best practices for how to work with startups effectively. He started off by explaining that startups don’t all necessarily think or act alike.

SBIR 48

SBIR Government Venture Capital Startup 48

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

We collect the complete narrative of what they discovered talking to customers as well as aggregate interviews, hypotheses to test, invalidated hypotheses and mentor and instructor engagements. We track each team’s progress as they test their business model hypotheses. You can see the entire presentation here.

Incubator 310

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 310

View from Seed

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis.

Leadership 214

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 214

VC Adventure

APRIL 30, 2020

We will continue to aggregate learnings as we expand the network and try to use them to both influence policy as well as to accelerate and expand our ability to help businesses that continue to struggle through the Covid-19 induced economic crisis. Seth Levine is a partner at the Foundry Group. Please join us by registering at [link].

Small Business 79

Small Business SBA Colorado Finance 79

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The proposed equity crowdfunding rules allow your business to fundraise up to $1 million per 12 month period in its aggregate equity crowdfunding campaigns. This critical and influential narrative operates as a magnet, retaining and attracting people to your business’s network. Set a Fundraising Goal.

Equity 125

Equity SEC Technical Review Security 125

David Teten

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Although any given early-stage company is quite risky, when aggregated across a large portfolio, returns are very attractive. From the point of view of a limited partner, the great challenge is scaling the business. What was striking was what an attractive asset class it was. They’re also inflation-hedged.

Early Stage 148

Early Stage Private Equity Portfolio Aggregator 148

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

The International segment appears to have similar profitability as the North America business though as it accounted for roughly the same proportion of adjusted operating income. Keep in mind Yipit is an indirect competitor in the daily deals space (essentially a meta aggregator of deals sites), but the analysis is sound IMO.

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) These types seem dangerous, yet are often the ones needed on board to get the fund to invest in the first place, seeing that the younger partners naturally have less pull during the Monday round-ups. I find the same still going on with a few firms and partners.&#

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Genuine VC

MAY 5, 2015

One of my first mentors in venture capital explained to me that the key role of a VC is to “aggregate talent.” When we thought there may be a match, my partners and I would introduce someone who we knew was looking for a new job straight to a portfolio company. And we know many top individuals exist outside a circle even that wide.

Portfolio 100

Portfolio Startup Boston Seed Stage 100

Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In conversation with a16z managing partner Jeff Jordan (and former CEO of OpenTable and former GM of eBay among other things) — so, from all sides of investing, operating, life — Annie shares tips for decision makers of all kinds making decisions under uncertainty… really, all of us. Jeff: Yeah. That resonates a lot.

San Antonio 36

San Antonio Aggregator Jordan Stock 36

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Bloch was previously a partner in Jerusalem Venture Partners and an active member of the board in the Israeli startup Wix. Another interesting company operating in the space is Alice.com , which enables users to buy FMCG directly from manufacturers.

Venture Capital 98

Venture Capital Aggregator eCommerce Partner 98

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

This typically involves a CRM system or tool that helps automate and aggregate various customer touchpoints. Provide employees with the information and processes necessary to know their customers, understand their needs, and effectively build relationships between the company, its customer base, and distribution partners.

Management 116

Management Customer Software Review Technical Review 116

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Along with Greycroft Partners we were the first investors in Maker Studios 3 years ago when the company had no revenue and limited infrastructure. If you’re thinking about building an online video network today you need to think about: Producing your own content (not just aggregating).

Networking 366

Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Agile VC

JUNE 13, 2019

The company launched in 2011 and then was acquired by PetSmart for over $3 billion in 2017 (PetSmart itself owned by PE firm BC Partners), but Chewy is now preparing for life as a standalone public company. Chewy helpfully provides some cohort data on both aggregate $ revenue, active customer spend, and LTV/CAC basis.

Leadership 100

Leadership .Net Revenue Acquisition 100

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

It means relying on your own savings and revenue to operate and expand.”. It is also important to realize that, statistically speaking, most startups become operational without any venture capital or external funding sources. Partner with a professional business services company. And, most startup owners are also solopreneurs.

Bootstrapping 85

Bootstrapping Global Startup Hungary 85

YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2014

In the letter, Buffett advised, “Put together a portfolio of companies whose aggregate earnings march upward over the years, and so also will the portfolio’s market value.” You can have the best operations. In fact, Buffett has said his favorite holding period for stocks of outstanding companies is “forever.” He cares about longevity.

Stock 157

Stock Memphis Balance Sheet Analytics 157

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Currently in R&D mode and working with select partners. ineze search dissects the content of each page caught by its web-crawler – Physical, Technical, Environmental, Operational and other characteristics. Its founding team includes pre-eminent experts in the domains of computational linguistics and web-scale data mining.

Stealth 80

Stealth Cofounder Matching Artificial Inteligence 80

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

Our digital platform (ICAS®) is designed for healthcare operators on a mission to modernize the way they design, build and operate their healthcare facilities. This way we can make sure that we deploy a targeted approach that will not disrupt the customer’s operations. But we’re learning to adapt!

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 110

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Partnering with the United Nations’ School Feeding initiative, the company blends business and activism by selling merchandise and donating the profits to Latin American, Asian, and African children in need. Rather than fad chasing, take away from his story a lesson in noting more permanent consumer desires and catering to them.

Entrepreneur 231

Entrepreneur Cofounder Washington Bangladesh 231

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Currently in R&D mode and working with select partners. ineze search dissects the content of each page caught by its web-crawler – Physical, Technical, Environmental, Operational and other characteristics. Its founding team includes pre-eminent experts in the domains of computational linguistics and web-scale data mining.

Stealth 75

Stealth Cofounder Matching Artificial Inteligence 75

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

When the NVCA or PriceWaterhouse surveys come out at the end of year I’m not saying they will necessarily will show aggregate $$$ or deal numbers up. The fact that Twitter recently raised money at more than $1 billion valuation in just 4 years of operations energizes VC’s to believe that there is money in them thar hills.

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

An example of that would be aggregating supply instead of building it. We then decided to bring in other partners instead of trying to do this ourselves. I’m typically an operations person so if I could choose I’d prefer to be a COO, but I’m the best at being a CEO and that requires selling. That’s a big part of us.

Startup 48

Startup Cofounder Elevator Pitch Bootstrapping 48

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

I didn’t set out to write a book but as we looked around the market for an operational playbook for sales, we couldn’t find one, so I tapped into my 20 years of sales experience and my network so that we could create a valuable resource for founders everywhere,” said Schwartzfarb. Find Amos Schwartzfarb on Twitter and LinkedIn.

Austin 48

Austin Management Los Angeles New York City 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Arnie Gullov-Singh (ex-EVP of product, technology and operations for MySpace) also joined as CEO, as Sean Rad will assume the role of President. currently has 70,000 publishers reaching 45mm readers. Rumored to be appox.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 25, 2018

When you’re juggling all of the many priorities that come with operating a business, it can be easy to lose track of leads. Maybe what you learn is that there’s a local architect who’s partnered with your biggest competitor, and as a team, they’re going out and winning the majority of bathroom and kitchen renovations in the area.

Sales 62

Sales Sales Cycle Architecture Aggregator 62

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

They have access to all the information we put out, all the information our competitors put out and all the information shared by customers and partners about us and the industry in general. Today’s salesperson needs to get very good at helping the prospect aggregate, filter and condense the mass of information.

Marketing 72

Marketing Social Media Sales Cycle Aggregator 72