Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 28, 2012
Another VC called the co-founder & tech head – Parker Harris. They want to see your cap table, your legal documents, your major contracts, your full financial model, etc. They can get at the most important information early on by simply asking you : How much of the company do the founders own?
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. Our categorization is not a technical one. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc.
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This is going to be BIG.
JANUARY 18, 2024
These are people that didn’t make their money through a tech startup or startup investing. Some of these folks are founders and CEOs, but not at high-growth tech startups. Role When I was a lowly Analyst at Union Square Ventures, I had so many ideas for the founders we worked with. Perhaps they inherited it.
David Teten
AUGUST 19, 2019
RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. For background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control. Bigfoot Capital.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.
ithacaVC
DECEMBER 9, 2013
So our diligence and exploration process took us 4 months. The diligence involved us learning a great deal about Company X’s industry because we have not done a deal in this space previously. It involved Company X finding a technology lead during our process. First, the process: 1. It is now mid December.
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.
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