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New Meetup on Building Tech Tools for Private Equity+VC Investors

David Teten

I’ve just launched a new Meetup and online community I’m heading up with David. As one of the lead engineers at ff Venture Capital , I spend most of my day building custom software solutions that enhance our firm’s process–tools that range from portfolio investment management to co-investor and cap table tracking and more.

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Early Stage Advisor Equity Grants

Eric Friedman

I have been on both sides of the cap table of advisors. If you are an operator looking to advise companies, think about how you can join communities, accelerator programs, mentor programs, or similar roles that put you in close proximity to companies. I have seen some good things and some bad things, and some things in between.

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In 2017, GE Will Buy More Tech Startups Than Google

Hunter Walker

The total value of these deals might look higher than when a tech company makes an acquihire but the premium tends to go to retention rather than the cap table (especially since (a) the acquirer might not be seen as an ‘attractive’ place to work and (b) there’s assumption of less equity upside post-acquisition).

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Lower level of community familiarity. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised money from VCs and 7.7% raised from angels. Where else can fast-growing companies get funding?

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Not All Startup and Venture Experience is Equal #getoffmylawn

This is going to be BIG.

Others talked as if they were the ones doing the deals--even though they''re just the ones making the cap tables in Excel. We have a bad habit in the startup community of validating and celebrating everyone''s experience as informative, and even authoritative--and it''s just simply not true. Some analysts definitely say that.

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

Both Sides of the Table

If you have 50 investors on your cap table – I’m sorry but you really don’t know what the f**k they’re telling people about your company or whom they’re tell it to. He argues that transparency is right morally (they took a risk) and to get better quality advice. I agree up to a point.

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Venture Capitalists Will Overpay For Seed Rounds But For Reasons You Likely Haven’t Considered

Hunter Walker

I’m saying that 11-20 were hit harder by the downturn where as before they were often evaluated similarly by the venture community and rewarded commensurately. When $20B outcomes occur everyone on the cap table eats well. But think of this as equivalent to average salary of Top 10 picks in the NBA draft vs picks 11-20.