Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. 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. Silicon Valley firms also did many non-tech deals.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. There’s lots of lore, emotion, and misconceptions of what VC’s do or don’t do for entrepreneurs. What this meant for entrepreneurs and VC’s was simple– the gold rush to liquidity was on. What Do VC’s Do?

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2017

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. Success in early stage investing is about spotting unique talent and collaborating with entrepreneurs to help grow their businesses, not a prescribed method of pattern recognition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

As an entrepreneur, simply enter your location online, and it will list the angel and VC organizations near you. 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.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 12, 2013

—— Jason, an entrepreneur I’ve known for over a decade, came out to the ranch today. Since he wasn’t from Silicon Valley, he decided to use his time up here networking with other meetings with VC’s and company executives. I’m not an investor, and I’m really not looking for meetings with entrepreneurs for deal flow.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

I believe the rise in angel investing is here to stay and the professionalization of this class (aka “super angels&# or “micro VC&# ) is a good thing for the VC industry and for entrepreneurs. 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.

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VC Cafe

JULY 31, 2020

A 2018 study by Creandum ventures found that speed, is the third most important factor for entrepreneurs when dealing with VC, but it’s only the 10th on the list for VCs. There can be fierce competition between venture capital funds – after all, , especially in dense VC concentrated areas like Silicon Valley.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 28, 2011

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. He’s backed so many of the Silicon Valley’s young elite tech professionals. This is the fifth & final (I promise!)

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

This is our first major partnership with an incubator whereby MAD will adopt the 1M/1M methodology to foster Silicon Valley-style technopreneurship in Malaysia. At today's session, therefore, all our entrepreneurs were pitching from Malaysia. global market a strong channel through Silicon Valley. ISA Innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

Sure, there is always some seed funding (10% of overall deal flow), but you can bet that this money goes to entrepreneurs who have been there before and won. Back to VCs, Silicon Valley venture capital firms are still the most active.

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The Equity Kicker

OCTOBER 1, 2013

I’m also a fan of focused investment strategies – they allow you to build expertise resulting in better investment decisions and better deal flows as entrepreneurs seek out your expertise.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 21, 2011

Today, Andrew Rachmell from Boca Raton, Florida, discussed peerbackers , a crowdsourced fund raising platform to help very early stage entrepreneurs raise small denomination funding ($50, $100) from friends, family, and peers to help finance the prototype development phase with about $25,000 in seed financing. peerbackers. Quipu Applications.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

You should come along for the ride if you are interested in investing more in Texas technology and disruptive commerce companies and want to develop relationships with local investors who can be your deal flow. Each city will showcase entrepreneurs and scaling companies with different themes: June 4 in Dallas ?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Bplans and Palo Alto Software are strong supporters of entrepreneurs and small business owners. Instructed by Evan Kimbrell, this course is ideal for entrepreneurs and veterans alike who are interested in mastering the skill of idea generation.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

Schwartzfarb describes “Sell More Faster” as the indispensable guide for entrepreneurs seeking product-market fit, building their sales team, developing a growth strategy and chasing accelerated, repeatable selling success. “I 10: Silicon Valley Bank?—?New 9: Silicon Valley, CA Oct. Also on Sept. MT / 11 a.m.

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Hippoland

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Over the last year or so, I’ve been writing about tactical fundraising to try to help new entrepreneurs with their seed rounds. Everywhere I go — whether it’s here in the Bay Area or on the road — entrepreneurs tell me that it just takes so much time to connect with investors. This means that the attendees will be highly curated.

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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. USA Angel Investment Network.

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Steve Blank

MAY 7, 2009

In exchange, these VCs/companies get early looks at new deal flow and offer aspiring entrepreneurs feedback and advice on their business plan. At a university business plan competition, for the first time they can swim in the sea of expertise that we/I take for granted in the middle of Silicon Valley.

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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. USA Angel Investment Network.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Rather than going through their networks or targeting specific sectors for deal flow, they are going to rely on an algorithm to select companies. might very well be a good way to find some promising first time entrepreneurs. ProfessorVC. Friday, February 26, 2010.

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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. angels entrepreneur funding groups startup'

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. There may indeed be some lazy investors, but I have yet to come across even one amongst all those that I have met in the Valley. The Valley has that.

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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. USA Angel Investment Network.

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K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

I’ve already written about why I want the whole team to be in one location, but in that post, I didn’t address why I want the entire team to be in Silicon Valley. There may indeed be some lazy investors, but I have yet to come across even one amongst all those that I have met in the Valley. The Valley has that.

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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. New England Investment Network.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion ” that the best performing VC funds are based in the major venture centers (Silicon Valley, Boston, and the New York area), but their best investments are outside of those geographies. They’re the entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of their respective disciplines.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Jody didn’t exactly have an easy time fund raising because he’s not one of the prototypical Silicon Valley funded entrepreneurs.

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Professor VC

MARCH 12, 2015

As with all M&A exits, there was a round of congratulatory messages to the founder in the Silicon Valley echo chamber. Interesting thing about all of this is that one of the primary reasons Naval Ravikant started AngelList was to improve transparency in the investment process (along with access to deal flow).

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

4) Entrepreneur-defined funds. J-Angels “is a community and a VC fund of top American investors (Jewish-American & Israeli-born) in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.”. Diaspora Ventures is a “pre-seed fund … looking to back the next generation of French entrepreneurs building tech companies in the US.”.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. He also talked about looking for entrepreneurs who have a deep understanding of game mechanics.

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Professor VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

FC is the latest Kickstarter type site to launch to give entrepreneurs the opportunity to raise financing from a large number of individuals. FC's approach is much more akin to the deal flow and social proof model of AngelList, with the ability to make small investments in a number of companies. Second Market ).

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