Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. But many have no insight or connections to the ethereal angel investment community, which In the U.S. Most share expertise as well as money.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap? 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. Don’t fear Goliath.

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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. More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

In general, this won’t happen for a new startup unless you have a good credit history, or existing assets that you are willing to put at-risk for collateral. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Solicit venture capital investors. Fund your startup yourself.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” Total raised: $15.0mm.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

Products that were previously not inherently social, will embrace community, stories and sharing to increase stickiness and drive revenue. It’s enough to see the rapid adoption of new social platforms from Signal in messaging to Clubhouse’s $1 billion valuation in less than a year.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

It''s also not the best way to create a helpful syndicate of investors that share the founder''s vision for the company. Similarly, I got introduced to Chantel Waterbury from chloe + isabel by Bo Yaghmie from Cooley, who was my lawyer when I had a startup--so I had to trace back when I first got introduced to Bo by Fred Wilson.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. in place before you expand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

In general, this won’t happen for a new startup unless you have a good credit history, or existing assets that you are willing to put at-risk for collateral. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Solicit venture capital investors. Fund your startup yourself.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns).

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In general, this won’t happen for a new startup unless you have a good credit history, or existing assets that you are willing to put at-risk for collateral. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Solicit venture capital investors. Fund your startup yourself.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Now that summer is officially over, venture capital activity is picking up. I just reviewed the many companies who recently raised venture capital with an eye towards those that are offering products and services that could benefit other entrepreneurs and business owners. million led by Greycroft Partners and BV Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. Their realm fits between crowdfunding and venture capital sources. angel investors entrepreneur funding startups'

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

Look across virtually any industry and you’ll see great examples where traditional spaces are being disrupted by software, access to data, and massive online communities. Thus, it should come as no surprise that we are now seeing Venture Capital being disrupted by these forces as well. Today, the boom of information (i.e.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 3, 2014

The NYC startup community maintains a positive, supportive atmosphere. I was just noticing that a professional acquaintance of mine just changed jobs for the third time in two years--going from startup to startup to startup without, ostensibly, accomplishing much at any of the companies. Did they lead it?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In general, this won’t happen for a new startup unless you have a good credit history, or existing assets that you are willing to put at-risk for collateral. Trade equity or services for startup help. Join a startup incubator or accelerator. Solicit venture capital investors. Fund your startup yourself.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2014

Klein, CEO of On Grid Ventures , will serve as the new Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY. I will continue to work closely with the group, while continuing to serve as a Partner at ff Venture Capital. 5) Closer ties to the Harvard community. 1) Curriculum innovation. 4) Inclusion.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 1, 2013

Right or wrong, I''ve got an instinct that comes from being in and around startups and venture investing for over twelve years. I''ve seen a lot of fundraising drag on because investors aren''t getting back to startups in reasonable amounts of time or they get excited upfront, only to just kind of fizzle out over time.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Join me on an investor’s tour of the most vibrant startup ecosystem in the country?—?Dallas, culminating in an epic 10 year birthday party for Capital Factory! Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin?—?culminating

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

What’s the number one city for startups in the United States? Is it Silicon Valley, home to accelerators Y Combinator and 500 Startups and to tech giants Google and Facebook? Austin Texas, hometown of True Wealth Venture’s takes the top spot, followed by Miami, then San Jose and NYC ranks at number seven.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

At my firm, ff Venture Capital, we’re trying our part to rethink how the industry works, and also actively looking for opportunities to invest in companies creatively disrupting this sector, e.g., our portfolio companies Addepar and Indiegogo. I think there are many more opportunities to disrupt the space. Photo credit: JD Hancock.

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

NextView Ventures II is $40M, twice the size of our first fund, and we continue to be exclusively focused on seed-stage companies pursuing internet-enabled innovation. 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.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 29, 2015

Kyle and his team went through Techstars Boulder in 2012 before moving back to Atlanta and being leaders in energizing the Atlanta startup community. Recently, the gang at SalesLoft told the detailed story of their $10m financing. in Funding: Here is the Valuation, Term Sheet and Why We’re Doing It. Data, data everywhere.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. At least, I thought it was.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March The following are the top items based on social signals.

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