Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

It surprised me how many male executives emailed me back with a list of 3 or 4 women on their team who might be interested attending the film. Many VCs simply wait for referrals to come to them via email or introductions they get at conferences or demo days. I think these deals are less exciting than the ones you proactive seek out.

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ithacaVC

MAY 24, 2014

Good perspective though I am favorably biased towards activity that I see “up here” Our deal flow is strong and constantly growing. I am including below the entire introductory email that came with the report. It is worth reviewing if you are interested in entrepreneurship and VC in upstate NY.

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Haystack

JULY 15, 2018

Recently on this blog, I’ve been attempting to unpack how an investor can sort through deal flow and potential investment opportunities. After writing about “ the quick kill ” to discard of inbound flow, next I wrote about what actually captures my attention and graduates to a meeting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization. You can then begin your application to one or more of these organizations right on the same screen.

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David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

I enjoyed participating in last week’s Capital Roundtable Private Equity Masterclass on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business ” (May 26 th , 2011). High Road Capital Partners Deal Sourcing Keynote. Build and maintain large email database. View more presentations.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you start a new fund, you need to be clearly differentiated: what’s your unique insight into a specific opportunity, your unique network that generates deal flow, your unique value proposition that gets you into deals? Too many funds are still pitching themes that aren’t fresh (e.g. generalist focus, operator background).

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Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

I spend a good deal of time sharing deal flow up and downstream with Series A and B investors, and when they ask me about opportunities coming down the pipeline in 6-12 months, I usually share what I’ve been told from the founders themselves over email or phone — I become their subtle pitch man.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 12, 2013

I get several hundred emails a day, and a good number of them are “I want to have coffee with you to bounce an idea off.” I now have a filter for which emails get my attention, so I was curious in hearing what Jason, who I think of as pretty good at networking, was asking for when he was trying to set up meetings.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

I sent out a few emails to mentors of mine who had been VCs in the 1980s. As dollars flowed into the industry, cooperation was replaced by competition, to the detriment of deal flow, due diligence, ability to add value and, of course, returns. However, there were some things in it that didn’t ring true for me.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 16, 2011

You send them update emails. Increase your deal flow. If you wait until you need to fill somebody in a roll you’re losing valuable time as an entrepreneur. You should always have a steady stream of “friend of the firm&# hanging around your company. You invite them to cocktail parties. Are You a VC? Office hours.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I find that one of my best sources of deal flow is from lawyers. You have this perception that they’re billing you for the lunch meeting they invited you to and the friendly banter emails flying back and forth. How to manage costs - One of the biggest frustrations that people have with lawyers are unexpected costs.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Blasting the same quick email to a dozen investors will never work in your favor. The best introductions come from people who have brought good deal flows to investors in the past. Just like in the job search, generic emails that could be sent to anyone are ineffective. Research a potential investor’s current portfolio.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 24, 2014

Shortly after doing our first few investments, I got a really nice email from a member of Impact Angel Group , a Colorado-based angel group that organized an investment in the FG Angels syndicate. Our goal is to make 50 investments through AngelList before the end of 2014.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Sebastian Soler recently launched Knowledge.vc , which uses software and machine learning to enhance deal sourcing and diligence for VC firms. 4) Manage deal flow. Hilary Mason , Data Scientist in Residence at Accel Partners , has a TED talk on how she replaces herself with a shell script to handle her email deluge.

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David Teten

MAY 4, 2011

The Capital Roundtable is holding a MasterClass May 26 on “ Best Practices for Sourcing Quality Deal Flow & Developing New Business for Private Equity Funds “, and I’m honored to be one of the speakers. 0, or email her at ag@capitalroundtable.com. It’s in Midtown Manhattan.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

To reduce redundancy in deal flow, for instance, we collaborate online as much as possible with web apps like RelateIQ. For example, in addition to writing the common email line, “Thanks for the intro to Cassidy, David (moving you to bcc)”, I follow up with the “Davids” after meeting the “Cassidys” with notes like “Hi, David.

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Tim Keane

MAY 22, 2006

  Groups of investors usually cannot afford to try this kind of stuff; their deal flow dries up.    Groups of investors usually cannot afford to try this kind of stuff; their deal flow dries up.  Signup for email updates. Enter your Email.   Do the same.  " Search.

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Sure it still takes time to build trust, but if you think back to the limitations of 5, 10 or 20 years ago, it’s clear email/LinkedIn/Twitter are far more open platforms than, say, a Rolodex. Now they’re the go-to people for those areas, leading to privileged deal flow and information.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This helps create diversified deal flow and closed investments. This is far more useful than the simple database of alumni names & emails that most schools offer. Build and manage active alumni online communities, not just a simple alumni database. For example, Harvard in Tech maintains a vibrant Slack community.

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Genuine VC

JULY 6, 2011

In either case, sending out those emails to facilitate a meeting usually doesn’t elicit an immediate response. VCs are triaging their own incoming deal flow, traveling, or are booked up on their calendar for the next couple weeks.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

At Flow Capital, we use HubSpot’s sequences and workflows functions to automate a bulk of our emails and internal tasks. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Another provider which identifies email addresses of strangers is Contactout. Her answer? ‘I

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Hippoland

JANUARY 1, 2017

I thought that keeping up the blog would be very difficult for me, but in the end, I missed just 4 weeks and ended this year with ~3k email subscribers. Newer VCs, who don’t yet have a lot of deal flow, then eventually fill this void and the cycle repeats itself. Either I respond or archive an email.

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ConversionXL

JULY 25, 2017

In addition, survey existing customers : add post-signup questions in your onboarding sequence and your lifecycle email sequence that ask what was holding people back from signup, and what motivated them to pull the trigger now. Offer a Free Email Course. Implementing Lifecycle Emails. Remind Me Later”. Demo Requests.

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Haystack

JULY 12, 2019

Now that there are so many new companies started, so much money in the ecosystem, and new types of funds out there, deal velocity is increasing. To find signal in all the noise of that deal flow stream, “who” the source is certainly matters. But, then again, introductions can be a dime a dozen.

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Early Stage Deal Flow Technical Review Social Media 72

ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. Today, the Indian scenario has improved greatly, but still the issue of lack of a mature deal flow remains. If you have additional questions, please email me and I would be very happy to respond.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Michael has almost 90,000 free users and is looking for a way to be in the deal flow of people looking for business plan software. If you have additional questions, please email me, and I would be very happy to respond. efforts to get them. You can also take the 1M/1M self assessment test here.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Have calls or emails with other board members before the board meeting Equally I spend a lot of time talking with other non-management board member prior to the board meeting. I also find this as an invaluable source of future deal flow, future recruiting and future decisions about whom I want to co-invest with.

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ConversionXL

JULY 25, 2017

In addition, survey existing customers : add post-signup questions in your onboarding sequence and your lifecycle email sequence that ask what was holding people back from signup, and what motivated them to pull the trigger now. Offer a Free Email Course. Implementing Lifecycle Emails. Remind Me Later”. Demo Requests.

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B2B Mobile Analytics Deal Flow 77

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Proposals get written, pitches are pitched, reputations are googled, emails are sent, and returned, and sent again. Because labor is highly specialized and skill levels are all over the place, if you plan to make a living from your work deal-flow is often slow and manual. We can change it.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

We use email; we use Word; we use task manager; we use a file sharing tool. Meetings are definitely one of those places, but email is another primary way that that comes in. So that’s a very simple way of saying it’s task management, but it’s getting rid of emails that of course no one wants emails.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

The investor does not want to be critical, is concerned he may be incorrect, and worries about protecting his reputation-based deal flow. The investor does not want to be critical, is concerned he may be incorrect, and worries about protecting his reputation-based deal flow. Signup for email updates. April 2013.

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Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

Do your research & apply your thesis early The number of emails I got from eager VCs who want to chat and hear about our company was staggering. Just as you look at deal flow as a funnel, a good CEO disqualifies and moves on. If you’re an associate then most of your work is on deal flow and analysis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 10, 2015

A few minutes later I got the following email from the entrepreneur. thanks for the time…- i remain a huge fan of your blog…… I get asked regularly for feedback on why we pass on something, especially when we pass after a single email interaction. Foundry Group deal flow investments pass'

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

It won’t help your case or your workload to do an email blast and follow-up with 250,000 members around the world. This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. They probably won’t respond well to high pressure sales tactics, information overload, or bribes.

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