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

David Teten

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. I said we had a lot of deal flow. 2) Market . Her answer? ‘I

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Relationship Science makes it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “ Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 4) Manage deal flow.