David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund and mutual fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. We’ve seen some modest progress in people upgrading from Excel to Google Sheets; use of some CRM; and a cloud-based storage service. But we’re doing it slowly.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

The Department of Defense has thought that Artificial Intelligence is such a foundational set of technologies that they started a dedicated organization- the JAIC – to enable and implement artificial intelligence across the Department. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Classic Computers.

Artificial Inteligence 421

Artificial Inteligence Software Review Algorithm Technical Review 421

David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

You’ve decided to launch a technology-enabled startup with a positive social impact! Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Congratulations! Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review SBIR Dilution Silicon Valley 60

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

There has been much discussion in the past few years of the changing structure of the venture capital industry. The rise of alternative sources of capital (crowd funding and the like). The overall trends in our industry have breathed a new life into the venture capital industry. 2007 was the watershed year.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Pune, India?.

North Carolina 168

North Carolina Technical Review Cyprus Raleigh 168

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

A friend of mine interviewed for a job with massively successful hedge fund manager Steven A. Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Thoughtful fund management. Investing is a completely different skillset from being a good manager. – Technology stack.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

A friend of mine interviewed for a job with massively successful hedge fund manager Steven A. Amar Bhide, my former professor, wrote in Harvard Business Review, “ Strategy is Bunk.” – Thoughtful fund management. Investing is a completely different skillset from being a good manager. – Technology stack.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

VC Cafe

JANUARY 12, 2022

While Metaverse rose to fame initially due to Facebook’s name change into ‘Meta’ to express their ambition to become a Metaverse company within 5 years (and perhaps deflect some of the negative PR), there are now many large companies, startups and brands working on their metaverse strategy. What opportunities do we see in the Metaverse?

Technical Review 217

Technical Review Non-Compete IP 217

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. And Founder-investor fit can be a huge asset if you manage to find it.

Founder 187

Founder Term Sheet Cofounder Venture Capital 187

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Today, you can start a web/mobile/cloud startup for $500,000 and have money left over. Every potential early-stage Venture Capitalist should take a year and do it before he or she makes partner. Venture capital as a profession is less than half a century old. venture/operating partners to get them into new industries.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Technical Review Startup 333

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. Where is it?

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2023

Live operations refer to the ongoing management and maintenance of a game after its initial launch, and can include things like events, updates, and community management. For Remagine Ventures II (launching in 2023), we’re expanding our investment coverage geographically and will start investing in UK / Europe as well.

Generative AI 103

Generative AI San Francisco Technical Review Europe 103

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Many founders believe that the most difficult part of starting up is in the initial part – meeting venture capital investors, finding the right co-founders or employees, and even building the correct culture for the company to thrive. Worse yet, many founders encounter this difficulty two ways.

Management 159

Management Startup Cofounder Technical Review 159

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I gave a presentation at a legal technology conference last week. He also shared that, initially, he was leaning toward building an experience management solution in-house, and that it was only at the insistence of the firm’s CMO that he relented and engaged our firm. There are sound arguments to be made for both approaches.

Iowa 113

Iowa Investment Bankers Cloud Software Review 113

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Every waking day, we are having tremendous changes in regulations and technology which greatly affect the way businesses operate. Especially with Technologies like AR and VR that allow an interactive and engaging experience for consumers from the comfort of their own homes and open up so many possibilities and opportunities.

Artificial Inteligence 108

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Global 108

Version One Ventures

MAY 29, 2014

We’re all too familiar with the very real gender gap within the tech community. Women are underrepresented as engineers, management, investors, and founders. venture capital deals go to women founders and CEOs. Some of this trend might be due to the favorable environment for first-time entrepreneurs.

Silicon Valley 167

Silicon Valley Founder Venture Capital Technical Review 167

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Investors will ask management what their “AI strategy” is before investing and will be wary of companies that don’t have one (Fred Wilson, USV). Chris Rust, Clear Ventures).

Artificial Inteligence 122

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

Seattle 317

Seattle Silicon Valley Technical Review Los Angeles 317

Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Tech startups are at the other extreme. Today, it can sign one deal with a cloud service provider such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to replace all of the above. Second in importance only to talented people, IP in all its forms is the key asset comprising most of the value of any tech startup. Instagram is a textbook example.)

Intellectual Property 149

Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. Most LPs are trying to manage some targeted asset allocation. For example, a $10B endowment might be looking to have 10% ($1B) allocated to venture capital at any one time.

LP 256

LP IRR Distribution Portfolio 256

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Reviewing financial & operational performance. how to evolve our management team. how & when to raise capital. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.

Technical Review 325

Technical Review Early Stage Software Review Los Angeles 325

BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Microsoft – Teams , product not as fleshed out but starting with bases of thousands of enterprise clients due to enterprise company licenses, does that mean adoption? Google – has Gsuite for Google Cloud – do they add a collaboration layer or do they just buy someone else?

Technical Review 84

Technical Review New York City Software Review New York 84

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s review all of our existing investments. I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To build a large company you need to manage through economic cycles. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

The European and Israeli cloud ecosystem is accelerating as never before. Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. of market capitalization. 60% of the cloud IPOs had a market cap of $5B+ vs. only 28% this year.

Global 62

Global Europe Software Review 62

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Below is a recap of some of September’s Israeli tech headlines: Investment rounds. The startup Tracx , which provides a SaaS solution for tracking and managing marketing campaign on social networks, has received an undisclosed investment from Israeli angel Zohar Gilon. SimpliVT , a new venture in stealth has raised $9.2

Software Review 138

Software Review Venture Capital Technical Review SEM 138

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 27, 2015

The traditional venture capital model calls for a degree of faith in the teams you choose to invest in. One technology company that is changing the game on this front is Momentum Ventures. This is just one example of many as to how collaboration benefits all the teams at Momentum Ventures. Lastly, accountability.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Cloud Developer 100

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. Not that I blame you! Here’s why.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Yes, venture capital is very good for scaling businesses rapidly. I personally have nothing against venture capital. Next, Shirish Deodhar discussed InnovizeTech , an Indian company that has built software to capture how employees are spending their time in order to help manage and monitor productivity.

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

For more information, visit atxstartupcrawl.com SXSW Pitch (formerly SXSW Accelerator) SXSW Pitch is the official SXSW platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors. GEAR UP, Y’ALL.

Silicon Valley 50

Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. In search of Europes next tech stars. A short interview on Bloomberg about where I see venture opportunities in Europe. Cloud Computing. (1). Venture Capital. (3). Cracking The Code.

Software Review 67

Software Review Europe Technical Review Search 67

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Task Management. Project Management Tools. Girls in Tech. Managing APIs.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Ben's Blog

MARCH 24, 2011

Lately, everybody seems to be talking about a new technology bubble. A Comparison Between Today’s “Bubble” and the Last Tech Bubble. Let’s look at public market comparables and venture capital flows to see if we can find a match. Venture capital flows. Are the prognosticators correct? I don’t think so.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Database 78

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This was the first such event, and it was more of a coming out party for the ventures that were funded by the firm. Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. Applications are due by June 15th. It is all about the Web.

St. Louis 127

St. Louis Kansas City Technical Review Kansas 127

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 19, 2011

Pick a sector, do your research, select the potential winners, conduct strict due diligence and hope you picked the winner. The cost of starting a technology business have gone down dramatically. This week, I was talking to Ivan Farneti of Doughty Hanson , a UK VC/PE fund. Traditional VC seemed to be more strategic.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Incubator Early Stage Due Diligence 105

David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

Nominate company representatives as speakers for tech or entrepreneurship conferences. These conferences are not only a great way to raise your startup’s profile, they also serve as valuable networking opportunities within the tech/VC community. For a full list of major tech conferences, see technologyconference.com.

PR 114

PR Public Relations Startup Technical Review 114

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Minor Technical Difficulties. We are currently experiencing some minor technical difficulties: Normal service will be resumed shortly… Home Privacy Notice About Login Lexicon. Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. « A Quandry With LinkedIn.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40