YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2016

By Dan Bochichio, co-founder of Bocain Designs. Have a portfolio. Rule number one is pretty simple — build up your portfolio. Your online portfolio should serve as a gallery full of your prior work. New projects will grow your portfolio, which will help you land more new projects.

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Web Design Technical Review Cofounder 100

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

On the entrepreneur side, founders like Brett Hurt and John Berkowitz have gone above and beyond for Breyer Capital. In addition to building transformative companies that we’re lucky to have in the portfolio, Data.World and OJO Labs respectively, they’ve helped with introductions, investment diligence, and broader portfolio support.

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Austin Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas 84

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. From RBI, Flexible VCs borrow the ability to reap meaningful returns without demanding founders build for an exit. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation. The schedule of panels in New York is: Monday, January 14 th : Angel Investing Best Practices – 9-11AM, Edwards Wildman offices (750 Lexington, 8th floor; at 59th Street).

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

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. We posted on our site a more in-depth overview of ff’s Tech Platform.

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Private Equity Equity Cap Table Venture Capital 113

View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York.

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Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance. Decathlon Capital.

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Revenue Technical Review Software Review Equity 60

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Startup Insights From Paul English, Co-Founder of Kayak - OnStartups , May 10, 2010 I’m just wrapping up several weeks of attending conferences across both coasts. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. was having coffee with a friend who teaches at the U.C.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

As startup founders ask themselves this question, some of the answers might be specific to their product: i.e. we should improve our onboarding, change our freemium model, etc. Or Briga, Co-founder and CEO of Novos.gg. We co-develop our product with our community. Alon Grinshpoon, Co-founder and CEO of Echo3D.

Cofounder 171

Cofounder B2C Design Portfolio 171

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. Twilio became a popular perk for Techstars companies globally over the years and many other Techstars portfolio companies use the product extensively. 1: SendGrid (2009).

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San Antonio New York City Seattle Los Angeles 171

View from Seed

JULY 17, 2019

The good news is that just as companies are getting more and more comfortable with remote communications, I find that investors are also getting more and more comfortable supporting companies from a distance. How should a founder go about it? But doing this takes extra work. But this typically takes a fair bit of time to marinate.

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San Francisco Cofounder B2B Seed Stage 243

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Alexia Tsotsis is the co-editor of TechCrunch. She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA, majoring in Writing and Art, and moved to New York City shortly after graduation to work in the Media industry. Founder Stories) Aereos Chet Kanojia Urges Entrepreneurs To "Go For The Difficult Problems" [TCTV].

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Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language. Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale.

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Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 28, 2010

kaChing launched a virtual portfolio management game on Facebook in January 2008 and a similar version shortly thereafter on kaChing.com. Because kaChing prefers its portfolio managers to have a long track record, the marketplace launch (i.e., A portfolio manager’s entire track record & holdings had to be disclosed.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment SEC 158

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. What are some of the unique benefits and constraints from the point of view of a founder? .

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Agile VC

JULY 16, 2014

One of our portfolio companies, Plastiq , announced yesterday that they raised a $10M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and are planning to move their headquarters from Boston to San Francisco. And talent flows in many directions (all three co-founders of NextView are all Silicon Valley transplants to Boston).

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Boston Silicon Valley San Francisco Cofounder 208

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Tim joined our investment team as the first non-founder, and also as the first NextView team member based in our New York office. Thanks in large part to Tim, the NextView family today includes exceptional founders of companies like Dia & Co , Timber , The Outline , and Parsec.

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New York Cofounder Portfolio Founder 100

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Jack Tankersley, a long time mentor of mine, co-founder of Centennial Funds, and co-founder of Meritage Funds, wrote me a very long response. I decided to sit on it for a while and continue to ponder the history of VC in the 1980’s and the current era we are experiencing to see if anything new appeared after Jerry’s post.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. It basically means like a senior statesman in country … without portfolio.

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Wiki Entrepreneur Cofounder Government 120

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. New York ›. View More in New York › ›. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. New York Events ›. New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. San Diego ›.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

David Teten

JUNE 3, 2014

For the third year in a row, ff Venture Capital is co-sponsoring the New York Demo Day for Georgia Tech’s Flashpoint Accelerator, along with HBS Alumni Angels of NY. We met Ionic Security, one of our portfolio companies, at their first Demo Day a few years ago. New York, NY 10022. REGISTER NOW.

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Georgia New York Atlanta Venture Capital 114

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. as in pro wrestling?—?you’re you’re going to take some hits.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

In my research on how private equity and VC funds source investments , one of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the Bay Area. I hope to see you on April 25 in New York! The official press release is below.

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New York Africa Cofounder Egypt 60

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Values – who and what founders and customers hold dear – were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Lane Merrifield.

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Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 145

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Storage is what’s known as “highly fragmented,” meaning easier for a new entrant to get traction if it could design a better product / service / experience. Our portfolio company Ring had a new “security doorbell” which is truly a new market. Competition. You need a wedge. Validate data.

Startup 150

Startup Seed Money DC Software Review 150

David Teten

APRIL 16, 2012

ff Venture Capital is creating a new, spin-off business from an existing company, and we need a team to take the reins. Initially you will likely be working out of our co-working space on West 36th St., alongside our team and a few other portfolio companies, but will move out as the company grows.

Cofounder 133

Cofounder New York Venture Capital B2C 133

Steve Blank

AUGUST 8, 2016

Values – who and what founders and customers hold dear – were the focus on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Lane Merrifield.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder New York City Entrepreneur New York 120

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2014

In his Boston-based career, he’s also worked for Google and local startup Dailybreak, in addition to co-founding the community group Boston Content which has grown to hundreds of members. At the core of this shift is the need for firms to add real value to portfolio companies beyond just capital and boardroom advice.

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Boston Early Stage Portfolio Cofounder 123

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

All of this is according to Paul Graham, co-founder of the early-stage investment fund Ycombinator. The result is that many venture capital firms are now making smaller angel investments in an attempt to get close with startup founders that are likely to raise bigger funding rounds later on.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Rob Go

JANUARY 9, 2012

A year ago, I wrote a post detailing some tidbits about our portfolio. I believe that the best way to understand an investor is to meet the founders that they work with. Second best is to understand their portfolio. So here is an unscientific cut of our portfolio and some commentary below. Introduced by co-investor: 3.

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Portfolio Syndicate Syndication Cofounder 46

Hunter Walker

JULY 25, 2017

So when Joe Marchese introduced me to Heather Hartnett for more information about the NYC startup studio they were cofounding, I was predisposed to feel a kinship. I can see this in the people they bring onboard and the founders they work with. We sit on the side of the founder and we let the market value the company.

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Cofounder New York City Framework Startup 71

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

Another case in point, Spark Capital just hired Kate Bolin --someone that had been interviewed at a portfolio company of theirs that had made a good enough impression that they labeled her as someone to stay in touch with. And no, analyzing startups is not a portfolio company benefit. That''s a benefit to the VC firm.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Cofounder Angel Groups 114

David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. How to build a portfolio of startup investments. How to add value to a portfolio company. What to do when your portfolio startup pivots. Karen Bantuveris, Founder and CEO of VolunteerSpot. How to source great deals.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity North America Cofounder Angel Groups 114

K9 Ventures

APRIL 14, 2020

My inclination was that “this is a team of scrappy founders, and I like how they think.”. HiHello has a remote team of engineers – in New York, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and California. Doug and his co-founder Vivek Nair , were not planning on raising any venture capital money yet.

Cofounder 127

Cofounder Venture Capital Guerilla India 127

Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. Disclaimer: the author is the Founder & CEO of Gust, and therefore this answer, while completely accurate, is not disinterested. Gust News Invested Interests angel investors David Rose Gust investments startup'

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Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor Early Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

MAY 8, 2018

Include CEOs who were turned down and even CEOs who were parachuted into investors’ portfolio companies. Investors from the coasts may say they’ll invest locally, but if all the preliminary meetings are in New York or in Palo Alto, pay attention, even if no one has suggested you pack. Raise capital as a team.

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Seed Stage Due Diligence Cofounder New York 133