View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

Our response was that we were motivated to focus on seed because 1) this is what we enjoy, care about, and are good at and 2) we’re going to make money on carried interest and this was the best way to get there. From an industry standpoint, I think this have turned out to be only partially true. Consider this a hat tip.

Dilution 399

Dilution Later Stage Portfolio Technical Review 399

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I introduced him to my partners who liked him.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. And, if you travel, those costs come from this number too. If you have an office, that cost fits in here too. There are also fund ops costs that need to be factored into this number too.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

It’s been about a year since I started working on Hustle Fund with my business partner Eric Bahn. And, if you travel, those costs come from this number too. If you have an office, that cost fits in here too. There are also fund ops costs that need to be factored into this number too.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hunter Walker

MARCH 30, 2023

Software Margins It costs money to staff support team (duh) and if you’re not showing a high margin structure you risk being penalized from an enterprise value multiple. You’re a big enough advertiser or business partner to have an account manager. I think there are four answers: I. You went to grad school with the COO.

United States 67

United States Carried Interest Engineer Viral 67

View from Seed

OCTOBER 29, 2014

This post was originally published on the personal blog of NextView founding partner Lee Hower. Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). I believe great entrepreneurs do (and should) seek capital from VCs they think will be great long-term, value added investment partners.

LP 335

LP Private Equity Institutional Investors Venture Capital 335

Agile VC

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Most of the dollars a VC firm invests come from outside limited partner investors (LPs). The actual partners of a VC firm (GPs) will typically invest a minimum of 1% of the total size of their fund,* though frequently this percentage is substantially higher (especially in many of the best funds).

Venture Capital 279

Venture Capital LP Private Equity Institutional Investors 279