Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

ConnecTeen Minds is about creating a community of teenagers that were disconnected from their lives but by coming to my platform they were now part of a greater community. Luckily I didn’t have to – a friend ended up texting me and my business partner, suggesting the name Codal. Thanks to Sarah Halimi, ConnecTeen Minds !

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

First, a formal definition: According to Capital Dynamics , “Co-investments are direct investments in a company made alongside and on the same terms as a lead [General Partner]. We see our potential coinvestors in four primary buckets: 1) HOF Capital ’s own limited partners. 2) Investors with very specific value-add. Economic benefit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Groups of angels may syndicate multiple individual amounts, but if your total request exceeds $1 million, you need to focus on the venture capital alternatives. Look to grants and strategic partners for seed funding.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Capacity Capital, Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Indie.VC, Reformation Partners, UP Fund, Versatile VC. Lower level of community familiarity. Of the Inc.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

The time has come for the Texas startup community to band together to change the world once again. Capital Factory focuses on hosting community programming that educates and inspires entrepreneurs, programmers, designers, and community leaders. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Jourdan Urbach, Managing Partner of Brandt & Co. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns).

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Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

As a Content Marketer, your content piece can be syndicated across all these top publisher sites, for a very nominal Cost-per-Click thereby increasing the reach of your post. It has signed some big names like Forbes, Newsweek, and Heavy.com onto its roster of publisher partners where content can be recommended. Content.ad. StackAdapt.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

All of my partners at Upfront do. I see emails from angel syndicates all the time for companies I hadn’t even given 2 seconds thought about investing and I get full info, pitch deck and info about the round size and timing. We fund 10-12 companies per year at Upfront where I’m a partner.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. Consider this.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). A Primer on Angel Investing.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

It was really helpful for the community, and it is something we’ll probably do again, although not every year. And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). A Primer on Angel Investing.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The partner at the fund, the VC, gets to do the fun part—the meeting with founders, vetting deals, negotiating, helping, etc. Access to the partner. If you’ve put money into a fund, I think it’s reasonable to expect that partner to check out the deal flow that you find on your own, and let you know what they think.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Get Satisfaction Inc. ( [link] ) raised $6 million led by Azure Capital Partners. Get Satisfaction has developed a private label social network platform for businesses to use to communicate with their customers, and to help customers communicate with each other. million led by Greycroft Partners and BV Capital.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. They may also contribute code to the community that comprises the backbone of their technology.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. We’re a how-to site and community for small business on marketing. . We three partners are working hard. Great to see you had such a good partner to start with.

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mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

Business Tools: Salesforce.com opened their core services to partners via API, enabling them to innovate and extend Salesforce services. Commerce: eBay alone has a developer community of more than 800,000 members using its APIs. Top From Our Partners. Global Syndication Partners. Print Story. Email Story.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

My colleagues Sebastian Soler , Steven Greenberg and I recently launched a new online community, PEVCTech.com , exclusively for PE/VC investors; engineers who work at PE/VC funds; and other technologists who specialize in working on this problem. Greylock Partners. You can register for the survey here. VC Firm. $ Tech % of workforce.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 19, 2013

2) Gain Market Insight – Another reason to invest in early stage tech startups is to gain additional market insight and connections to the entrepreneurial community. As a VC investing not only personal capital, but on behalf of limited partners, one can’t take this strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2021

Duct Tape Marketing is a brand partner – We are often called upon to produce sponsored content, syndicated and cobranded eBooks, training, channel marketing programs, and consulting – for brands such as HP, Dell, UPS, FedEx Office, Sage Software, and Microsoft.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

With more than 50 million monthly pageviews and 4 million followers across social media, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities. Partners W3 EDGE Concentric Sky Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS Webtrends Global Syndication Partners ABCNews CNN Metro USAToday Yahoo ©2005-2011 Mashable, Inc.

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View from Seed

JUNE 16, 2015

Leading up to the event, they published an article listing questions VCs never answer , as submitted by the community. I was recently asked to sit on panel with my fellow VC peers and some top entrepreneurs from the Boston tech community. These are all worth asking … and therefore worth answering. .

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

Once objectives are identified and prioritized, your podcasting plan should outline strategies and tactics, which include format, frequency, duration, host/s, point of view, guests, research, syndication, and marketing. podcast directories) pick up and syndicate your podcasts for free via RSS feeds. Partner with others.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. Competitiveness Project , which challenged the HBS alumni community to address America’s declining competitiveness. I’ve enjoyed working with our partners at VentureOutNY and Worldwide Investor Network.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Top From Our Partners. Mashable’s 20 million unique visitors and 6 million social media followers have become one of the most engaged online news communities. Global Syndication Partners. 58,926 followers. 56,551 followers. 10,086 followers. 1,016 follower. 161 followers. How to Optimize Your Mobile Website for Search.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 22, 2015

One of the best and most positive movements proliferating around the tech community is what Product Hunt founder and CEO Ryan Hoover calls “building in public.” Because of both lean startup principles and a thriving community of pay-it-forward individuals, we can all now build a little, learn a little, and then repeat.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

AngelList is an online community that matches startups with investors to streamline the fundraising process. Thanks to Mashable’s Supporting Event Partners. With more than 20 million unique monthly visitors, Mashable has one of the most engaged online news communities. Global Syndication Partners. 3 Comments.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Top From Our Partners. Mashable’s 20 million unique visitors and 6 million social media followers have become one of the most engaged online news communities. Global Syndication Partners. 50,295 followers. 0 followers. Television. 3,567 followers. 948 followers. 375 followers. Like Tweet. Geekosystem. Like Tweet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. These organizations, like Y Combinator , are very popular these days, and are often associated with major universities, community development organizations, or even large companies. Another common example is exchanging equity for legal and accounting support.

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mashable.com

JULY 4, 2012

Are you hosting an event in the community? Top From Our Partners. Mashable’s 20 million unique visitors and 6 million social media followers have become one of the most engaged online news communities. Global Syndication Partners. Have a blog and update it at least once a week. Put out a press release once a month.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. More than 50 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Texas and six of the Fortune 50.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2015

If you post on industry sites, or get syndicated to popular sites, your scores and visibility will go up even more. A good blog is a short and tightly-written message, which is key to every business communication. Start building your customer community early. Develop an efficient and effective writing style.

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