David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. First, AngelList Invest is available to any company on AngelList that has a top-tier lead investor. And the lead investor has to be putting in at least $100,000 in capital, says Ravikant.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ). s new markets feature, where you can break out specific investors and deals by sub-markets. AngelList is a community.

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness. HBSAANY has evolved into an educational organization, holding investor education events in NY , Florida , New Jersey , Connecticut , and San Francisco , as well as many webinars. 1) Curriculum innovation.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 20, 2018

Like many in the venture community, especially us newer investors, I enjoy Fred Wilson’s “process” posts, where he shares a POV on the practice of our profession. Like we do at the seed stage, USV almost always plays the role of “ lead investor.” But it often is not.”

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Seed Stage Lead Investor Portfolio Reputation 48

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 2, 2020

There's been a real sense of community built in the company that I think has been helpful in getting everybody through. Really the decision was made over a period of about two days to just suspend all operations and focus everything on COVID. Eric Ries : So, what was the investor reaction like? Eric Ries : Celine, how about you?

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Curation Government Los Angeles Partner 60

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

VCs are much morelikely to make angel-sized investments than they were a year ago.And meanwhile the past year has seen a dramatic increase in a newtype of investor: the super-angel, who operates like an angel, butusing other peoples money, like a VC. Though a lot of investors are entering this territory, there isstill room for more.

Startup 93

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Seed’s focus is on providing innovative means to secure operational stability for hedgers and new investment opportunities. Seed CX operates in areas where there have been recent regulatory shifts, which present the potential to innovate in new or obscure markets. This will include hemp and related products.

Chicago 60

Chicago Security Lead Investor Government 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. Brian Chesky : I am Brian Chesky, co-founder, CEO, and head of community at Airbnb. Well the same could be viewed as a community, a marketplace, social media company, anything.

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

2) Investors with very specific value-add. These firms typically have deep, industry-specific operational expertise which validates the investment, and often have relationships with potential early clients. They are comfortable with others taking the lead. .

Syndicate 60

Syndicate Syndication Institutional Investors LP 60

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

And, by Friday, you could be pitching an investment club that wants to create jobs in their local community. The lead investor, the individual that seemed the most optimistic about our pitch, was surprised to hear from me so soon. After a few days, I was stunned to answer the phone and hear the voice of the lead investor again.

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

As former operators and product-oriented entrepreneurs, Dave, Lee, and I tend to think of our firm as a startup company and our approach to investing as our product. We want to be able to comfortably lead these rounds and speak for 1/3 – 1/2 of the capital or more. This leads to the second factor.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Even though we glossed over those slides, investors knew they could come back to those slides later and dig into them if necessary. By this point in the presentation, our goal was to lead investors to believe: A network-empowered people search application could be really valuable. How do you know if an investor will add value?

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

This is one of the reasons why the best practice for a startup is to raise investment rounds from different lead investors rather than simply doing internal rounds, even if an internal round requires less work. All of us have to take the time to ask, “How can we operate better? Or when should a board member be fired?

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