David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. AskAnything.VC Advantages. Disadvantages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Growth stage investments from VCs are usually $5 million and up. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

But it’s rare that an entrepreneur or business owner doesn’t leverage their background in some way to launch their business. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. 6 – Investment Banker.

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Spencer Fry

AUGUST 20, 2018

It's like walking up to the investment banker or a lawyer at a party who’s wearing a light blue button up, dark slacks, and brown loafers -- just like every other investment banker I've ever met. No number of articles written by entrepreneurs will get you the answers you need.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 27, 2020

Legal Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know. How to Engage an Investment Banker (with help from Golding Partners). We also significantly updated Chapter 2: Preparing for Fundraising and Chapter 19: Legal Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know (with help from Cooley). The new chapters in this edition are 11.

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Mucker Lab

AUGUST 27, 2014

As an entrepreneur himself, founding and operating printed circuit board factories in Taiwan, my father was debating between two places to immigrate to and build his next new venture: Los Angeles (“The Valley” aka San Fernando Valley) and Santa Clara (“Silicon Valley”). That number in the Valley might be closer to 10%.

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Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 30, 2011

Introduction I’ve been helping entrepreneurs raise capital as a securities lawyer for 17+ years, and there are certain fundamental legal mistakes that I’ve seen entrepreneurs make over and over again. Accordingly, I thought it would be helpful to share three basic tips for entrepreneurs in connection with raising capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And there is so much money around being thrown at so many entrepreneurs that many firms don’t even care about board seats, governance rights or heaven forbid doing work with the company because that would eat into the VCs time needed to chase 5 more deals. And the truth is that several entrepreneurs prefer it this way.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

We think coaching is a key lever for doing this, with our own team or through outside partners. A nalysis – One of the luxuries of being a VC is that we have a larger data set than most entrepreneurs of performance. Based on our data set, we help our entrepreneurs measure, understand, and report their performance.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

. “Hi [entrepreneur], I hope all is well. It looks as though you’ve built a very interesting business, and I’d love to spend some time getting a better understanding of your future plans for the company and if there is an opportunity to partner with [My Firm]. He’s on a fishing trip. What a waste of my time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. Before you can actually invest, you have to manage your fund. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 1) Manage the firm .

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Growth stage investments from VCs are usually $5 million and up. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 1, 2011

I’ve suddenly become very popular with investment bankers and have been on the receiving end of over 50 emails that look something like the following: “We met once a long time ago when I was with firm X. Entrepreneurs beware. In the last month I’ve had the chance to make about 50 new friends.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 14, 2018

You start getting entrepreneur of the year awards from Harvard Business School. Investment bankers are staking out your house.” When a startup achieves product/market fit, it can be forced to grow extremely rapidly. You’re hiring sales and customer support staff as fast as you can.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Business ventures build on top of one another like Lego towers — they don’t spring Athena-like from the foreheads of entrepreneurs, no matter what some may claim. Patrick Chukwura at Young Entrepreneurs , Sept. Anyone with a strong idea, a lot of luck, and even more hard work can succeed in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Growth stage investments from VCs are usually $5 million and up. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

You have to teach entrepreneurs how to fish rather than serving dinner for them. Those were the messages from the two latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on Sirius XM Channel 111. — Teaching entrepreneurs how to fish. And wishing you had asked for help much earlier in a startup. Frank Rimalovski.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 18, 2012

I think this is an interesting question, because it seems to defy the logic (or conventional wisdom) that a VC with more operating experience should be better suited to help entrepreneurs. Nick Beim (Gilt, The Ladders, JBoss) was a consultant and investment banker. Couple observations. First, consider the many counter-examples.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 11, 2018

As an entrepreneur, you are going to have to take risks. When entrepreneurs are selling widely from the start and showing us vanity metrics, it’s clear that they haven’t found PMF and it’s a quick pass for us. We’d much rather invest in a company that’s serving a much smaller customer base but has deep insights.

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Los Angeles Investment Bankers Cofounder Viral 133

Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

These topics were the focus of interviews with the latest guests on Entrepreneurs are Everywhere , my radio show on SiriusXM Channel 111 (airing weekly Thursdays at 1 pm Pacific, 4 pm Eastern.) Look at the history of America and what has been the role models or the examples of a way out for a lot of underrepresented entrepreneurs minorities?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue). Growth stage investments from VCs are usually $5 million and up. This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2010

If you connect these dots, it becomes clear that middle-aged entrepreneurs will play a central role in leading us out of our recession and restoring normal levels of employment. He has a diverse background as a Tier I management consultant, investment banker, technologist, and Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2017

by Mark Hasebroock, Founder and Managing Partner, Dundee Venture Capital. Omaha is rising in prominence among entrepreneurs and investors, making a name for itself in a more broad and diverse range of industries than in previous years. As entrepreneurs saw that it was possible to grow and sell a business there, momentum kept growing.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

So has my partner Seth and his wife Greeley, who is currently a trustee on the TNC Colorado board. Amy went to Tanzania and Kenya in 2009 with TNC to increase capacity of TNC non-profit partners. Without realizing it, he was describing the domain of things that Techstars has addressed for many of our corporate partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2010

This is the final stage of investment in venture opportunities, and is the point where investors expect to see the return and gain from the original investment. At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

This is the final stage of investment in venture opportunities, and is the point where investors expect to see the return and gain from the original investment. At this stage, you need investment bankers to negotiate a merger or acquisition (M&A), go private, or help you go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO).

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 25, 2011

On the Israeli side, the Hub will be led by Carmel Gerber , a former investment banker and entrepreneur who relocated from the US to Israel. Identifying potential Israeli partners for UK companies and vice versa. On the UK side, the British co-chair will be David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Pack Your Bags Early.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

With entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, attorneys, and investment bankers from over 18 countries represented - from places as far afield as Switzerland, Singapore, and Spain (and Santa Monica and Silicon Valley!) - it was a truly international gathering. How concentrated is this phenomenon? And surely it will be so.

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

According to Jeff Bussgang, General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, about 10-15% of the 1,000 active venture capitalists in the U.S. Fewer private equity funds are using social media for outreach, but 2xPartners , Healthpoint Capital , and MCM Capital Partners are notable exceptions.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. but I’ll save that for post 3/3).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

Finding the best jobs takes a lot of commitment to taking many different networking meetings with executives, recruiters, entrepreneurs, VC’s, investment bankers, etc. Get your partner bedded down and comfortable with the place without the stress of your new work hours. Let’s start with the obvious.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Attaining $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue and securing a business partner in the United States are major goals. If I had not accepted this amazing challenge, I would still be working as an investment banker in London. If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Attaining $100,000 in monthly recurring revenue and securing a business partner in the United States are major goals. If I had not accepted this amazing challenge, I would still be working as an investment banker in London. If you are an entrepreneur, check out the SXSW 2020 Startups Track , which runs March 13–17.

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Portugal Investment Bankers United States Cofounder 62

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

If you have or are thinking about a business in the video space you’ll enjoy hearing from Gregg but even more broadly this is a great conversation for entrepreneurs, investors or industry analysts. Gregg founded the company with an equal partner – his brother Evan. Gregg is an ex Investment Banker and Wharton MBA.

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