Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

What was your approach to picking co-founders, and what advice would you give entrepreneurs on this? I think having a co-founder is very important. I’ve seen people succeed as solo founders – but I think not having a co-founder makes an already hard journey that much harder. The rest is history.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

In addition, 83% of companies had a racial composition that was entirely Caucasian, while only 12% of founders were Asian and less than 1% of founders were African-American. We have seen this first-hand, with some of our best investments being located outside of the hub geographies, e.g., Cornerstone On Demand in Los Angeles.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Or maybe the co-founders have a poisonous relationship that will hinder the companys growth. Check out the tips below from founders, CEOs and investors alike. Then remove half." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy. ." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. He's the founder and chairman of the board of global partner marketing agency, acceleration partners. He's also the co-founder and chairman of brand cycle.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

VC Financings: 1. Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico). 13mm in Series B.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. Everything we do.

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Austin Startup

MAY 2, 2017

I take great pride when my portfolio companies break technology barriers and launch products and/or partnerships that truly move the needle for customers. Today, May 2nd, two years from the day I invested in the angel round, the company announces Series A financing with major institutional support and launches Bitfusion Flex in beta.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event with Boston area founders. OnStartups: One of the largest online startup communities founded by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah. WorkBar Boston - Flexible co-working space near South Station. University Resources.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 15, 2024

One of our strategic investors is using HourOne.ai (disclosure: a Remagine Ventures portfolio compan y) to create synthetic video news around sports. Such partnerships could involve licensing arrangements, data-sharing agreements, or co-development projects aimed at creating next-generation AI tools tailored for specific industries.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2022

I love working with great people and as a venture capitalist, am fortunate the number of founders I’m impressed by far exceeds our investment capacity. Here’s an example of a founder that I’ve known for a while who recently raised a seed round with different firms than ours. fundraise came about & why it didn’t include me (yet).

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

I am the founder and Program Director of a very unique and dynamic community-based outpatient behavioral health treatment facility based in Brooklyn, New York called One World Counseling. Thanks to Michella Chiu, Sterlings Mobile Salon & Barber Co. #5 Thanks to Linda Passante, The Halo Group. #3 Photo Credit: Dmitri Oster.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2020

million portfolio. In 2009, Tim started Investimonials, LLC, which was essentially a TripAdvisor for the finance industry. He is also a co-founder of Karmagawa , a company that exists to donate to charities and give them exposure in addition to preserving natural resources and assisting the less-privileged.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

At the tail end of this period when demand was picking up for the industry there was still a belief that in venture it only mattered that you got into the top 10 funds in Silicon Valley. Note that all of these names were not started in Silicon Valley. We’re trying to limit our exposure.” That has changed dramatically in the past five years.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Creating and showing constant momentum through personal portfolio projects and volunteering is a powerful means of landing a new job as a product manager, especially if one has never officially held the professional title “Product Manager.” Instead of believing we always have the right answers, we pursue perspective.”

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www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. On its website , the firm says, “We track everything from financing details, investors, board members, and management, to industry segments, business stages and exits.” Subscribe for Free.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 24, 2014

A couple years ago, my partner Lee penned a blog post about the milestone benchmarks for startups raising a Series A round of financing. Showing eye-opening demand, even if it’s just a proxy for the eventual business, helps alleviate those concerns. Just plow ahead blindly and hope for the best? Generate Real Revenue.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In this two-part guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. In part two, we’ll discuss finances, insurance, and regulations for breweries.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Why Register? Personalize your own news page.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

by Solomon Ali, Co-Founder of Revolutionary Concepts. Staying ahead of market trends in your industry, and forecasting what will be in demand in the coming five to ten years is a non-negotiable skill. The questions below will establish patent viability: Does my idea meet a specific demand?

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Because they offer competitive investment terms and don’t usually demand a board seat, super angels have become major power players in the startup scene. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. Because they offer competitive investment terms and don’t usually demand a board seat, super angels have become major power players in the startup scene. Angel rounds also tend to close quicker.

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. In our prior lives, the Bolster founders worked together to scale up a business called Return Path and also.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide. Robert and I talked about how it's working, the science of pseudoviruses and reporter genes, how his father's example in science and business set him on his path, and how to bridge the gap between science and finance.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Unfortunately after twenty years working such demanding jobs I was no longer able to physically do the work. After getting laid off from a job back in 2008, I decided I would put all my passions together and become a personal finance journalist. Photo Credit: Sean Matula. This lead to me needing to find a new career, and fast!

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. The Laws of Supply & Demand. The most basic chart of microeconomics is a supply & demand curve. There is reason for despondency.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 28, 2011

That's why, even though it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, I'm advocating that all my portfolio companies hire recruiters when they are trying to fill senior or key positions. Typically, when a young company gets financing and begins to hire, they seek to leverage the network of the founding team and their investors.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2018

I shared the stage with two early FPV portfolio companies, Blockchain and Bitpesa, and connected with a number of old friends in the sector, including Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, academic and entrepreneur Emin Gun Sirer, and Circle founder Jeremy Allaire.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 27, 2014

We brief our major investors quarterly and decided to model our LP meeting after what “big funds” do, albeit with a few Homebrew flourishes :) Logistically this meant an afternoon session with presentations/Q&A then a dinner with founders/advisors. We love our founders. Roughly 50% result in a first meeting.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). This invite-only event for our portfolio companies and close friends of the firm was designed to be fairly intimate and interactive. Monday, February 04, 2008. Stay local.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In this guide to starting a brewery, we’re going to talk with brewers who’ve been-there-done-that, and we’ll get insights from experts in supporting industries such as insurance and finance, as well as discuss regulatory issues. Watch your finances. The ColdFire Brewing team meets to plan marketing.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Furthermore, founders become highly emotional about their companies. Company : BricaBox.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. & Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020. Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Hopefully each lead or co-lead their round so there is more harmony in the configuration. You are then a “stranded&# portfolio company. The most tempting thing to do in a financing is to find two investors to split a deal. They aren’t people who are going to demand minimum ownership %’s.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. on demand billing and fraud management. easy business finance software. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. SlideShare.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I think how hard it is for me to be hands-on with a handful of portfolio companies. He was talking profusely about their portfolio company email lists and the knowledge that is shared. Through this process he raised $2 million.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 29, 2017

I like the quote, because it’s true… Any entrepreneur can that can apply the business principles of supply and demand to this quote, sprinkle in some business fundamentals, like accounting and marketing, can be a success! The company’s success is a determinant of the founder. Get in the game and help some people.

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