Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Access to the best deal flow – I think the most obvious thing you need to be successful is access to the right deals in the first place. Do you have access to that kind of deal flow? How about teaching engineering at Stanford and seeing the best & brightest before they’re even out in the wild.

Silicon Valley 306

Silicon Valley Deal Flow Angel Investor Cofounder 306

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

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. CIVC had a number of highly successful non-technology investments made in the late 1970’s timeframe, such as: LB Foster: Repurposed old train tracks.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 3, 2011

VCs also indicated their optimism about the overall quality of the deal flow with high percentages from all countries surveyed indicating that quality would “remain the same&# or improve in their countries in 2011. Startups will sustain domestic employment.

Technical Review 93

Technical Review Venture Capital India Startup 93

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 16, 2011

Are you looking for great engineers? Increase your deal flow. There’s a direct correlation to your future success. 5 / week = 250 / year. Imagine the human progress you could make with 250 short, relationship-focused meetings. Here’s why it’s critical: 1. Recruiting. Talented brand sales people? Are You a VC?

Dividend 410

Dividend Deal Flow Hiring Advertising 410

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Building out your own network of other Angel or Seed investors increases the quality of your deal flow. However, if a company is not going so well is there any way you can help engineer an acquihire or potentially sell off some of the company’s IP on the way out. In addition to that very few startups only raise once.

Pre-Money Valuation 187

Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage IP Deal Flow 187

Gust

AUGUST 27, 2014

Benefits of joining a group include pooling deal flow, capital, domain expertise, and investing experience. Most groups run regular education sessions for new members, and provide mentoring for less experienced investors by those with many deals under their belt.

Angel Investor 133

Angel Investor Accredited Investor Angel Groups Syndicate 133

Gust

JULY 19, 2014

I’d suggest that you browse through the Gust investor search engine for investment groups (and accelerators, incubators, business plan competitions, et al) that are relevant to your startup (by location, industry, type of organization, etc.), and read their detailed profiles to see if they would be a good match for your venture.

Angel Groups 142

Angel Groups New York Deal Flow Incubator 142

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For example, in the case of one recent company that we’ve been working with for the last 7 months, we have sourced half of the new team members for the company, including their CTO, head of marketing, head of customer success, and a talented senior engineer. Belief #4: The Best Way to Spot Outliers is to be Thematic.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Compounding what's already just a general shortage of engineers, those tech companies with deep pockets are offering big salaries and bonuses to those willing to join (and hopefully stay). Linking to a story in Techcrunch that tells of Google offering an engineer $3.5 Although the unemployment rate in the U.S.

San Francisco 118

San Francisco Non-Compete Deal Flow Startup 118

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

FUND is a national connector of entrepreneurs, VCs, angel investors, and industry experts with a focus on deal flow and making connections. Earlier this year at the FUND Conference in Austin, Texas, over 100 startups presented their early-stage companies in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. What is your secret sauce?

Texas 74

Texas Advisory Board Startup Angel Investor 74

Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Instagram co-founder Keven Systrom describes Burbn as a “failed product” and “wasted engineering time.” His popularity is largely rooted in his personal success—he originally worked as a VC and was in charge of deal flow in Silicon Valley. Never heard of Burbn?

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Deal Flow Cofounder Affiliate 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2012

You get engineers and mathematicians who are starting companies and they get so bogged down in details they don’t do a good job of explaining what the business does. The second benefit is most of the judges at these competitions are also investors, people who are looking for deal flow.”. That will not sway judges and investors.

St. Louis 152

St. Louis Startup Term Sheet Deal Flow 152

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Most people need a little bit of capital to bring a product to market--or they're an engineer. Well, if the stats say that most of the people getting funding are guys and that most of the engineers are guys, then if "have money or code" is your criteria, you'll wind up funding mostly guys.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Portfolio Deal Flow Curation 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2012

You get engineers and mathematicians who are starting companies and they get so bogged down in details they don’t do a good job of explaining what the business does. The second benefit is most of the judges at these competitions are also investors, people who are looking for deal flow.”. That will not sway judges and investors.

St. Louis 85

St. Louis Startup Term Sheet Deal Flow 85

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. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Incubator photo from Geograph. Discuss.

Incubator 128

Incubator Silicon Valley Malaysia Entrepreneur 128

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. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. efforts to get them. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

Affiliate 130

Affiliate San Francisco Entrepreneur India 130

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 31, 2012

You get engineers and mathematicians who are starting companies and they get so bogged down in details they don’t do a good job of explaining what the business does. The second benefit is most of the judges at these competitions are also investors, people who are looking for deal flow.”. That will not sway judges and investors.

St. Louis 60

St. Louis Startup Term Sheet Deal Flow 60

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I've not studied them yet, but at first glance I can see some really slick technologies being transferred into a Newco with these basic terms, and funding a lot more deal flow. it is one of pdf search engines (for example [link]. This is great.simplified funding/founders docs out of the box. Bloom Energy get out of the way!

Finance 40

Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria.

North America 337

North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

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. It is our job to “dip” into the organization and have signals coming out of product, engineering, sales, support, marketing, etc. I believe the same is true about boards.

Cofounder 251

Cofounder Conversion Management Founder 251

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

This, we believe, will create a strong downstream deal flow for all of you - incubators, angel investors, and VCs. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

Malaysia 114

Malaysia Incubator Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. ff Venture Capital hired two full-time engineers to build out Totem.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

At Top Tier, we have been continuously refining our database and analytics engine, and we use it and other software mentioned in this article to make better decisions, spot trends, and stay in front of targeted venture capitalists and entrepreneurs. What tools to VCs use to manage their deal flow and internal processes?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

In other words, if I’m thinking about this just from a WP Engine perspective for a second as a potential customer, when you come up to me and say, “Meetings are awful because half of them don’t even have an agenda, and the ones that do, you don’t stick to it and they go long. Jason: Yeah. I already write agendas.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Strong support from serial founders, engineers, and other specialized resources that are particularly relevant to the earliest days of a company can overcome that hurdle and (in theory at least) yield companies that otherwise wouldn’t be built. HappyFunCorp employs 80 engineers and product architects. Rock Health).

Software Developers 60

Software Developers Software Development Software Review Technical Cofounder 60

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

We work together closely to close deals, so knowing them has allowed me to build trust with them that we will deliver for the customers.”. Partners can be a source of valuable product feedback – connect them with product managers and engineers for feedback from the front lines. Sales Support and Account Management. Conclusion.

Channel 84

Channel Partner Programming B2B 84

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Let’s make a deal” - The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 248

NDA CPA SEC Startup 248

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

We work together closely to close deals, so knowing them has allowed me to build trust with them that we will deliver for the customers.”. Partners can be a source of valuable product feedback – connect them with product managers and engineers for feedback from the front lines. Sales Support and Account Management. Conclusion.

Channel 77

Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest, and other relevant criteria.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

For her, it was launching new classes and teaching those at Stanford in the School of Engineering. Sourcing You're seeing the majority of deals done in your stage and sector and you see nearly everything that gets announced that you really would have wanted to. She’s also quite technical with a PhD in math modeling and cybersecurity.

Non-Compete 97

Non-Compete Cofounder Cap Table Reputation 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. As an entrepreneur, you simply use their investor search engine to find appropriate investors for your business according to location, industry interest and other relevant criteria.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2013

Let’s make a deal” - The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 237

NDA CPA Startup SEC 237

Gust

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Let’s make a deal” – The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 147

NDA CPA SEC Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2011

Let’s make a deal” - The dream team CFO not only runs the deal process for fundraising, but should also bring deal flow into the company. They should have a track record of originating and closing equity deals, and should have a long list of potential financing sources that are willing to take their call.

NDA 233

NDA CPA Startup SEC 233

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

A few months later, after the product had launched, the CardMunch team went to an event, and happened to run into an engineer from LinkedIn. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue. Again a casual conversation transpired.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124