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”. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

First, larger deals and deals involving multiple angels are more likely to be reported accurately. Only one metric showed statistical differences between these deals and others. This outcome suggests that respondents were reporting honestly. As it turns out, the conventional wisdom is wrong.

IRR 114

IRR Angel Investor Angel Groups Cofounder 114

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.

Early Stage 72

Early Stage Deal Flow Technical Review Social Media 72

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 7, 2017

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. Assuming you’ve followed the previous rules, you should have a pretty firm grasp of the goals and metrics of the project. We can change it.

Design 48

Design Deal Flow Architecture Reputation 48

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

What I mean by that is startups nowadays that raise money have absolutely ludicrous metrics. So in other words, the bottom line is you’re not prepared right now in terms of the market, the product, the metrics anyway for VC, and it doesn’t sound like you’d be happy with VC. Does that make sense?

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Austin Startup

MAY 19, 2018

Don’t boomerang founders If you have specific metrics you look for in early stage companies. When I was fundraising if I heard “I’d like to invest when you get to $X in revenue” and their metrics weren’t disclosed up front, I often thought of the investors as chickens and I always heard it as a “no”.

Founder 75

Founder Early Stage Software Review Deal Flow 75

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

Being metrics and business outcome focused throughout a product’s lifecycle is important to us, and using Amplitude allows us to measure and achieve our goals in that regard.”. Worst case scenario in the partner’s’ eyes: “lack of transparency and lack of deal flow and lukewarm leads that never turn into anything.”.

Channel 84

Channel Partner Programming B2B 84

ConversionXL

AUGUST 2, 2017

Being metrics and business outcome focused throughout a product’s lifecycle is important to us, and using Amplitude allows us to measure and achieve our goals in that regard.”. Worst case scenario in the partner’s’ eyes: “lack of transparency and lack of deal flow and lukewarm leads that never turn into anything.”.

Channel 77

Channel Partner Programming B2B 77

VC Cafe

AUGUST 17, 2023

I learned that ultimately, greatventure capital firms have a powerful reputation which leads to differentiated deal flow. Surrounded by these tech professionals, I found myself picking up on a lot of terms, key metrics, and trends in the AI space.

Generative AI 78

Generative AI Venture Capital ChatGPT 78

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

EcoMom’s metrics improved throughout this process and that’s when I decided to invest. I believe AngelList is capable of managing deal flow by acting as a filter. I personally like meeting teams very early on and wish I could get more proprietary deal flow from it. My Personal Take on AngelList.

Valuation 292

Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Take two companies doing the same thing, having similar technology and I’ll bet that the company that’s located in the Valley will be 10x the size, or 10x the revenue, or whatever other success-metric you want to apply. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 124

K9 Ventures

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Take two companies doing the same thing, having similar technology and I’ll bet that the company that’s located in the Valley will be 10x the size, or 10x the revenue, or whatever other success-metric you want to apply. It’s a simple density/deal flow issue.

Silicon Valley 112

Silicon Valley San Jose Portfolio Cofounder 112

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 27, 2011

Flips, on the other hand, thrive on trends: what better time for an entrepreneur to create a startup than when valuations are up, investments are quick, exits are plenty and deal flow is increase? A good way to get attention is to get catchy metrics. These are the times when there is more demand for startups.

Lean 144

Lean Startup Agile Coder 144