David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. At least 12 months of customer history, generally 20+ enterprise customers or 200+ SMB customers. Founders First Capital Partners defines these high performing organizations as Zebra Companies.”.

Revenue 60

Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

VC’s invested their limited partners’ “risk capital” in a portfolio of startups in exchange for illiquid stock. Most of the startups they invested in either died by running out of money before they found a scalable business model or ended up in the “land of the living dead” by never growing (failing to Pivot.).

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 302

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Not interested in me-too businesses. Direct Revenue : The company must have a way of getting direct revenue from its customers (“I deliver value to you, you pay me”). No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies. The advisors for K9 Ventures (with a special mention for Liam Donohue of.406

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

K9 Ventures

JULY 19, 2012

Not interested in me-too businesses. Direct Revenue : The company must have a way of getting direct revenue from its customers (“I deliver value to you, you pay me”). No three-way business models and no content, media, advertising-based companies. The advisors for K9 Ventures (with a special mention for Liam Donohue of.406

Technology 132

Technology Seed Stage San Francisco Limited Partner 132

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the startup, it's time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Reinventing the board meeting may offer venture-backed startups a more efficient, productive way to direct and measure their search for a profitable business model. Here's how.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest. At the end of the period, all profits and proceeds are distributed to the various partners on a pre-determined split. For most companies, it is simply a non-starter.

Angel Investor 112

Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This provides us more time to develop meaningful relationships with prospects and customers. A more efficient approach to fundraising than haphazard networking is to mine the data exhaust from the limited partner universe to identify those LPs most likely to find your fund attractive, and focus all your energy on them.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

Direct Revenue : The company must have a direct revenue model. No advertising, content or media businesses which may have a three-way business model, but rather companies which deliver direct value to paying customers.

Seed Stage 61

Seed Stage San Francisco IP Portfolio 61

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

The CDROM content business in the early 1990’s was one of the many of the long line of venture capital fads. Reply steveblank , on July 2, 2009 at 12:22 pm Said: Aamir, The game business is different from the tech business in some obvious and non obvious ways. - Make game, market, sell, profit? Not all VCs are equal.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel. Any advice you would give to entrepreneurs and business owners?

Founder 91

Founder Miami Cofounder 91

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our proprietary data science tool cumulatively looks at 100+ factors within 6 macroscopic categories: Team, Financial Performance, Customer and PR traction, Industry and Competition, Product and Brand value, Valuation, and Exit probability, to quantify an investment “Merit Score”. How do funds use tech to monitor and report investments?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

VC Cafe

JANUARY 15, 2024

Instead of purely chasing high-growth ventures, many PE firms focused on companies with robust business models and clear paths to profitability. Those who survived the last two years learned a great deal about proper management and also saw the other and less pleasant side of investors and customers.

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IPO Valuation Private Equity 89

Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

one company running out of cash and another with cash but searching for a business model). Both companies were relatively well capitalized, building peer to peer payments businesses and spending a significant amount of their funding on customer acquisition. At the IPO, Musk held a 14.2%

Merger 28

Merger LP IPO Redemption 28