Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

He’s totally tapped into the startup communities in Silicon Valley and a bit in LA. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. I know Mike Lincoln in Washington DC does. I worked with Sam Angus at Fenwick & West.

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Haystack

JANUARY 13, 2020

Plaid is known within the startup and VC community as a strong company, but it is also a relatively quiet company in terms of its own PR and social media chatter. Earlier today, the news leaked that Visa was to acquire fintech startup Plaid for $5.3B.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

While the historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship, some GPs actively participate in LP/GP communities to find and build relationships with potential LPs. However, 87% of our respondents don’t actively participate in any such community.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. EShares is an increasingly popular tool in our portfolio for tracking private company cap tables.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

WeWork needed billions in a cap table crushing lifeline and Knotel went bankrupt as well. What compounded The Wing’s pandemic woes wasn’t so much being a terrible employer or community steward as much as it was promising it wouldn’t ever be terrible. Community building isn’t much easier, especially in progressive circles.

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