Deal Flow Internet Management Technical Review 
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . 1) Manage the firm . Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund.
David Teten
MARCH 18, 2021
A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Technical” Companies (i.e. any mention of a focus on tech companies). Technical founders . Occurrences.
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Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 1, 2011
Market/technology acuity (patterns of success, domain expertise). Rolodex/deal flow (deal sourcing/ability to make connections for the portfolio). We want to find someone who has a lot of consumer internet product experience as either product manager, founder, VP Product, etc. People skills. People skills.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow. Here are the largest flocks: Angelsoft.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
The problem is that this is longer than the average economic cycle , which means you need to be able to manage in good times and bad. I believe that huge financial, productivity and technical gains come from new innovation rather than derivative thinking. It was an investment management class. We’ll re-compare notes then.
David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
Managers of VC funds typically want to grow their business aggressively, just like the founders we back. This is a model used in at least one case by China’s third-largest private equity firm, China Science & Merchants Investment Management Group ($12 billion+ AUM), which funded in 2015 CSC Upshot, a $400m seed fund through AngelList.
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