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. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Professional investors and advisors, on the other hand, usually refuse to sign these agreements today due to the risk of litigation and administrative workload, and will walk away. Potential investors don’t need this data, except perhaps as part of a final due diligence after agreement on terms. Sharing trade secrets.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2022

One-time password (OTP) verification: Typically, an email or SMS is sent to the customer’s account containing a unique, time-sensitive (i.e., Knowledge-based verification: Asking customers to re-enter personal information about themselves, such as their full name, address, phone number, or email address. Email address.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2020

or email me. HBCUvc is seeking to expand its VC Lab and Fund program that invests in Black, Indigenous, and Latinx entrepreneurs building technology companies. Amy and I, through our Anchor Point Foundation , are supporting HBCUvc’s VC Lab and Fund. If you are interested in supporting this initiative, send a note to info@hbcu.vc

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2019

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. Chain emails leading to a windfall.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 9, 2016

When reviewing potential M&A advisors, consider their background and approach to deal making. It’s also important to review the advisor’s fee structure during the interview process. Tech Savvy. You may not choose the cheapest advisor, but you should know in advance what you are signing up for. M&A is intense. and abroad.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For instance, some focus solely on technical support, and others that work specifically in the marketing industry. As you know, not all of the emails, phone calls or texts we receive are always worth responding to. Some virtual assistants specialize in a particular industry or specific task. They help filter communication.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 21, 2019

One example is their relationship with technology. All of us, regardless of which generation we belong to, have been impacted by technology. You could think of it this way: If technology were a geyser, Baby Boomers and Generation Xers have been sprayed by its impact, but Millennials got drenched.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

For more on this, see An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack. For example, one LP told me she prefers customized emails from fund principals, as opposed to a bulk-mailed quarterly update. Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Control the meeting format.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. Keep your emails short and to the point. Like you, they’re looking for opportunity.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Even when someone is aware of what a CTO does, they often have limited context due to the wide variety of CTO roles. A chief technology officer (CTO) is a C-suite executive who is focused on scientific and technological issues including web applications, mobile applications, electronic and digital media development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2017

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. Chain emails leading to a windfall.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. In this scam, you are offered a very attractive term sheet due to close in 90 days or so, with a deposit required to hold your position while due diligence is being conducted. Chain emails leading to a windfall.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Other electronic threats loom as well, including “insider threats” posed by disgruntled employees and email-based attacks by which faceless criminals steal your login credentials. Use a Secure Email Suite (Preferably Encrypted) for Sensitive Communications . Email is notoriously insecure — convenient, but insecure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

They seem shocked to learn that most professional investors and advisors, myself included, routinely decline such requests, due to costly litigation and administrative nightmares. Potential investors don’t need this data, except perhaps as part of a final due diligence after an initial signed agreement.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2021

In others, if you cannot find such a champion after initial presentations to a subset of the entire group, you will not be permitted to move from initial application to the next stages of due diligence and final funding. How to waste your fundraising effort. Differentiating yourself from others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2014

Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders. Use LinkedIn to check for a fit, and craft personal resume emails and letters to make your case. Every geographic area has entrepreneur networking activities, like startup weekends and tech meetups. Kick your networking up a notch.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

On August 23rd, 2013 I had an email intro from my good friend and trusted source Jeff Berman who only sends me stuff when it is somebody he respects (ie a strong filter vs. those who send casual intros). Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures' But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere. Clear path to execution.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In early 2020, Sutton set up meetings through cold and warm outreach over email, LinkedIn, and networking through angel and tech start-up groups. It’s innovative, combining new tech with a growing appetite for subscription automation in SMEs. You may have to give up to 100 presentations – so condense your message.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2019

and the process of raising angel investment for high-tech or high-growth startups. Eventually, to communicate with your investors—normally this happens during due diligence after your summaries and pitches have investors interested in learning more. This is no time for mail-merge or mass-emailing software.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

In the tech startup context, you’ll typically choose between a Corporation and a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”). Plus, there is the possibility that terms of the LLC Operating Agreement will be challenged during due diligence (the time a potential buyer spends investigating your company prior to purchase).

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Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

How Much Diligence is Due.Or Ive addressed the due diligence question in previous posts, but this came up again in a debate we were having at a recent meeting of the Sand Hill Angels. And in order to increase our groups returns, one of our goals should be to get more people and man hours involved in the diligence process.

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David Teten

MAY 7, 2019

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. Q: Is this civic tech? If you’re still interested, we meet; get to know one another; do mutual due diligence. A nonprofit? This work is unpaid.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2019

We want to use our proprietary technology and network to tap the relevant players to take the relevant steps forward; and identify, document, and disseminate best practices. Q: Is this civic tech? Our technology can also scale to other geographies. Here’s How to Do Your Due Diligence First. A nonprofit?

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Have a CTO Advisor Provide Their Guidance & Due Diligence Suggestions on a Large Upcoming Technology Expenditure. Send them a brief email expressing your interest in having them as an advisor and asking for a brief phone call to explore the potential fit. There are truly endless ways advisors can help your company.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

End of Year Update After officially announcing Breyer Capital Austin earlier this year after two years of active planning and due diligence, I received a humbling number of gracious emails and messages from Austin-based leaders, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors. Breyer Capital Austin?—?End Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2015

Privacy issues that come to light in the course of the due diligence process for an acquisition can also threaten their valuation. Many startups have learned that being young and small does not keep them off the radar screens of privacy regulators, and they can be vulnerable to costly investigations. Say what you do.

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David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

As Greycroft said in an essay : “Since we were a small fund, it would have been overwhelming to us and our small administrative staff to set up the meetings and follow ups, fill out questionnaires (which for the most part fall into a dark hole), and respond to the myriad of questions which occur during the due diligence process.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Backup paper copies if the on-screen presentation fails are a bit low-tech but work almost as well. It takes a few days for VCs to “process,” consider, possibly do some early diligence and fact-finding, and to think about what’s been presented to them in the context of what they already know.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. I always made them commit in an email to the day they would ship documents and then I’d hold them too it. I’d send them their email and point out the docs were late. I’d send them their email and point out the docs were late.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Well, aside from it showing discipline and intelligence – we always get flooded with emails when we recruit and when you have to manage volume you need to go for obvious filters. If this isn’t you, we’d probably still have a look if you did something truly exception – probably at startup or tech firm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders. Use LinkedIn to check for a fit, and craft personal resume emails and letters to make your case. Every geographic area has entrepreneur networking activities, such as startup weekends and tech meetups. Kick your networking up a notch.

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. Tech stack. Superhuman **, my email client. I record here the books I’ve read, not as diligently as I should.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

Professional investors and advisors, on the other hand, usually refuse to sign these agreements today due to the risk of litigation and administrative workload, and will walk away. Potential investors don’t need this data, except perhaps as part of a final due diligence after agreement on terms. Sharing trade secrets.

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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.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 16, 2014

All parties need to perform due diligence to ensure that the assumptions are correct, that neither partner has financial issues which could affect the partnership, and that the opposite partner has the skills to contribute to the partnership. Email readers, continue here.] Access to new technologies.

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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. The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. Silicon Valley firms also did many non-tech deals.

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