Version One Ventures

JULY 20, 2017

As Ada Support launches its automated chat platform from stealth and announces an impressive $2.5 The immediate thing that came to mind was customer support, and so they began to tackle the problem. Needless to say, Boris and I were super excited when Mike and David received a term sheet from Bessemer.

Artificial Inteligence 151

Artificial Inteligence Silicon Valley Stealth Term Sheet 151

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. A good investor can do a lot to help a company, but can't make customers buy products.

Technical Review 237

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Private Equity 237

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2010

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. A good investor can do a lot to help a company, but can't make customers buy products.

Technical Review 225

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Private Equity 225

Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

After you have successfully attracted angels or venture capital with your business case, your million dollar product idea, and you have a signed term sheet, there is still one more hurdle to overcome before investors write the check. A good investor can do a lot to help a company, but can’t make customers buy products.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Private Equity 152

mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Your first product will likely be just a little bit ugly, and thats okay — its part of getting to market quickly and testing your idea in front of live customers. How many entrepreneurs opening words are about how stealth their project is, followed by a 10-page NDA to hear word one? Not Listening to Current (or Future) Customers.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Mari is now building a new venture in human-machine interaction within the Samsung accelerator, currently in stealth mode. Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. Mari has been a serial intrapreneur for a large part of her career.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

You set up your own bookkeeping firm in New York, so I’m curious to hear your thinking around this and whether you think other founders should try and gain this first-hand understanding of the customer problem. Starting a bookkeeping service was the fastest way to engage with customers. Let’s talk about your financing strategy.

B2B 62

B2B Cofounder Small Business 62