VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). Also reply to each request for intro and expect these people to email you back, usually with questions.

Syndicate 93

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 93

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2021

Said one investor, “We may have overdone it on socialization at the expense of productivity.”. Of the eight venture capitalists we interviewed, six commented that they felt more efficient and were able to have more early conversations during this period than before.

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Venture Capital Cofounder Early Stage Seed Stage 350

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2018

Before raising capital you need to have a conversation with your existing investors to get a sense on what they’re thinking or at a minimum you better have an intuitive feel for it. Many investors can also be the opposite situation where you’re so successful that everybody wants to invest. Want to read more?

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Valuation Post-Money Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder 324

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). Also reply to each request for intro and expect these people to email you back, usually with questions.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 48

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. they told you it was a great meeting but then they don’t respond to emails) DO NOT ASSUME it means they’re not engaged. Sometimes?—?best

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Term Sheet Due Diligence Campaign Sales 332

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

If I’m not mistaken, I may have been the first person to send out an angel “personal intro&# email on AngelList through their new platform when it launched or at least I was one of the first few. But before I sent it I had made 10 private phone calls, sent emails & built support. It worked like a charm.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Feld Thoughts

MAY 3, 2010

The great companies that I’ve been an investor in share a common trait – the founder/CEO is obsessed with the product. All of the conversations about customer are really about how the customer uses the product and the value the product brings the customer. Not interested, not aware of, not familiar with, but obsessed.

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Product Cofounder Lead Investor Software 148

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

In the first part of our conversation, we talk about the chronology of what has happened to Airbnb, the impacts the pandemic has had on their business and the emergency measures the company was required to take. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. I am Eric Ries.

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Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2022

I really enjoy our conversations and am especially glad you’re up for some candor, because it’ll help provide some insight into the state of the startup and funding market. The needs of the lead investor for ownership? A round that is most accommodating for the existing investors while allowing you to get new people involved?

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Cofounder Founder Acquisition Startup 89

Austin Startup

JUNE 4, 2017

Lead Investor : The person or firm who defines the terms of the round. Every email, phone call, meeting, and text message was noted. Free CRM for Small Businesses - HubSpot I wrote a lot of emails. It was the primary way I communicated with prospective investors. Facts I tracked my raise using HubSpot’s free CRM.

Austin 54

Austin Institutional Investors Angel Groups Deal Flow 54

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

The lead investor, the individual that seemed the most optimistic about our pitch, was surprised to hear from me so soon. I was surprised he answered the phone; most investors don’t want to take follow-up calls from people that have recently pitched them. But I was too upset to sleep. The call ended with a job offer.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Cofounder Security Partner 60

The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

I’ve known Mike for a few years now and during the conversation I asked if we could turn the chat into a formal interview for this blog. People email me sometimes and say, “if we only had AOL’s traffic we would be huge!” I had the chance to chat with Mike Brown Jr., Founder and Partner at AOL Ventures , a few weeks ago.

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Early Stage LP Later Stage Balance Sheet 58

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

thought it would be helpful to put some of my thoughts into a blog post and hopefully spur some conversation in the comments and over email. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors. More tiers = more complication = more confusion.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191