David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

Yohei Nakajima, Founder of Untapped.vc , said, “Before pitching LPs and building my firm, I talked with over 50 people I knew to get feedback.” . Conduct an honest self-evaluation: can you realistically raise money from institutional investors, or should you focus on high net worths/family offices? Lastly, gather feedback.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Traction is a biweekly podcast where founders share the creative or unusual things they did during the seed stage to make early progress. Founders from LinkedIn , DraftKings , General Assembly , The Muse , Behance , InsightSquared , and more have appeared on the show. So much tactical goodness rolled into one episode.

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CTO Hire Framework Cofounder Seed Stage 120

YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2019

Gui Costin , author of “ Millennials Are Not Aliens “, is an entrepreneur, and founder of Dakota, a company that sells and markets institutional investment strategies.

Software Review 154

Software Review Marketing Due Diligence Institutional Investors 154

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Why should a founder entertain this idea? However, most institutional investors (venture capital groups, for instance) don’t mind this structure, and they, in fact, prefer to invest in corporations due to protections from issuing stocks. While LLCs cannot issue stocks, they can sell bonds to investors. Long-Term Strategy.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review LLC IPO Stock 78

David Teten

MAY 20, 2016

Membership in the Meetup is open exclusively to: Institutional investors in private markets (VC, growth, buyout, distressed, etc.) Founders/C-suite executives at technology companies primarily focused on working with investors in private markets. who use tech solutions in their day-to-day process.

Private Equity 113

Private Equity Equity Cap Table Venture Capital 113

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Lead investors are few. Instead, it’s more of a Manifesto about the core beliefs that shape our strategy.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. He was an Institutional Investor ranked analyst for several years. Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO and Co-founder of Recorded Future. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Some founders are too focused on quick repayment, and they compromise strategic decisions. That’s why it is better to use institutional investors and loans when you are able, with realistic time frame expectations. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Founder Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 254

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 5, 2020

Pavel is a co-founder and managing partner at Mindrock Capital. I spoke with him about what founders and CEOs need to know about raising early checks. When Should Founders Try Raising Early Checks? Institutional investors would want to first see that there’s a strong team. Pavel’s “Box” Analogy. Friends and Family.

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Founder Institutional Investors Silicon Valley Cofounder 80

OnlyOnce

JULY 30, 2020

If you’re a founder entrepreneur who has led your company for several years, the odds are you have a significant amount of emotional investment in your company, too. Sometimes you can have a major internal problem related to the cap table–a founder with a lot of stock needs liquidity or you need to push this person out of the company.

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Cap Table Institutional Investors Startup Early Stage 48

ithacaVC

MARCH 9, 2017

The importance of the Board is why institutional investors (like VCs) often get a seat on the Board after an investment. But don’t be fooled, there is an element of control as investors want a say in critical decisions. We followed in line with the lead investor and went along with the structure.

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Seed Stage Software Review Institutional Investors Lead Investor 58

Hunter Walker

JUNE 29, 2014

I’m suprised how many founders – even multiple time entrepreneurs – are unfamiliar with the institutional investors that back most of the major venture funds. At Homebrew’s first annual meeting this past spring we invited founders and fund advisors to a dinner with our four major LPs.

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Founder Institutional Investors Silicon Valley Portfolio 99

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

HBSAANY members include venture capitalists, individual accredited investors, and other institutional investors. . “We are pleased to partner with them on VCAP©, which will provide women and diverse entrepreneurs with access to capital essential to innovation and job creation.” domestic market.

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Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 27, 2017

TL;DR : “Founder friendliness” should mean not being hostile, but also not being submissive, to founders. Common Stock Ask the Users Because we’re known as Startup/VC lawyers who don’t represent VCs (just companies), I often get asked about my thoughts on “founder friendliness.” Good entrepreneurs and advisors know that.

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Founder Cap Table Preferred Stock Common Stock 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

Some founders are too focused on quick repayment, and they compromise strategic decisions. That’s why it is better to use institutional investors and loans when you are able, with realistic time frame expectations. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Management Cram Down Angel Investor Equity 308

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

One of my founders texted me, “What are you telling people to do about the Coronavirus?” It’s not the telling my story or that of the founders I’ve backed. I could never have imagined going from a 25-year-old analyst at an institutional investor to seeing what I’ve seen and being a part of this community.

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LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 136

The Next Web

MAY 4, 2013

On top of deciding if the market is big enough, most investors only do one type of due diligence for seed deals: reference check the founders. If you have no mutual connections with the investors and thus no credible references, well. This applies mostly to EU founders who want to move permanently to the US.

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San Francisco Europe Technical Review Due Diligence 159

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata investments rights given investors the right to invest in your future fund-raising rounds and maintain their ownership % in your company as your company grows and raises more capital. Have you noticed the increase of founders selling their personal stock in what is known as a “secondary?”

Technical Review 336

Technical Review Later Stage Early Stage LP 336

The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

He is co-founder of international start-up community event organisation 3beards and founder and director of Albion Drive , a fully integrated communicaitons agency for entrepreneurs and challenger brands. If it is, then Australia does start to look appealing as a startup destination both as a founder and an investor.

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Australia San Francisco IPO Cofounder 146

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

In announcing these finalists, David Teten, Founder and Chairman of HBSAANY, and Partner at ff Venture Capital ( ffvc.com ), said “VCAP has introduced us to entrepreneurs looking at opportunities which would otherwise have been invisible to us. HBSAANY now invests during a gait of tighten to $2 million in 7-10 companies per year.

Programming 128

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

Austin Startup

APRIL 1, 2017

out of state VCs Don’t rush a term sheet In assessing financing terms and interacting with their lead investors, most founders instinctively focus on two core things: economics and control. And some founders are quite good at it too. Background Reading: How to avoid “captive” company counsel Local v. Yes, this happens.

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Term Sheet Institutional Investors Technical Review Lead Investor 48

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

In announcing these finalists, David Teten, Founder and Chairman of HBSAANY, and Partner at ff Venture Capital ( ffvc.com ), said “VCAP has introduced us to entrepreneurs looking at opportunities which would otherwise have been invisible to us. HBSAANY now invests during a gait of tighten to $2 million in 7-10 companies per year.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Aspen is looking for institutional investor and entrepreneur speakers willing to share their investing insights and personal experiences. The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. More details.

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Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Larger institutional investors often prefer the predictability of a corporate structure and the protections of those pesky operation formalities. You should research the investors you may want to work with in the future to see if they have a preference.

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LLC Technical Review Software Review Limited Liability Company 100

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

These funds would regularly share deal flow with one another and could share the work in supporting founders and helping to push the company forward. This post will try to describe why this is happening and what repercussions are for founders and investors. Is This is Good or Bad for Founders?

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Tim Friedman, Founder, PE Stack , said, “If I could offer one piece of advice to today’s managers, it would be to take the time to understand the demands of the modern institutional LP. Excel and Google simply aren’t going to cut it if you expect to build a high quality institutional investor base.”. 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust.

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New York Technical Review Networking Advisory Board 114

The Startup Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

The company’s founders struggled to meet with demand and order fulfillment suffered. Betancourt Lopez put together a group of investors, including Félix Ruiz and Hugo Arévalo, who were the founders of Tuenti, a social networking app. They created a Kickstarter campaign that raised nearly €190,000 from 9,000 supporters.

Viral 156

Viral Private Equity Venezuela Los Angeles 156

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

This is effectively a sequel to my study of best practices in deal origination , published last year in the Journal of Private Equity , Harvard Business Review , Institutional Investor , and Business Insider. As the former CEO of an Israeli startup with a (modest) US and UK presence, this is an obvious way to create more jobs here.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2022

With these structural improvements, institutional investors, like pension funds and hedge funds, can contribute trillions of dollars into the marketplace resulting in a more stable market with less volatility and a more predictable investment for the individual investor. William Rice – Cryptobuxx Founder.

Stock 136

Stock Institutional Investors Demand Portfolio 136

Austin Startup

JUNE 30, 2017

Background / Related Reading: Founder Education Gatekeepers and Ecosystems What is the purpose of universities? And you can verify from certain founders (not pragmatists) that the right accelerators do deliver on that kind of experience; that the accelerator was “ life changing.” It depends on whom you ask.

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Curation Startup Cofounder Equity 48

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Traction is a biweekly podcast where founders share the creative or unusual things they did during the seed stage to make early progress. Founders from LinkedIn , DraftKings , General Assembly , The Muse , Behance , InsightSquared , and more have appeared on the show. So much tactical goodness rolled into one episode.

Framework 120

Framework Cofounder Seed Stage B2C 120

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

I’m thrilled by the companies we are investors in, as well as the founders that lead them. This is of particular risk if the founders of the firm never really worked together before, as was the case for us at NextView. Founders: Similarly, founders have a vast array of founding stories.

New Hampshire 50

New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Portfolio 50

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Lead investors are few. Instead, it’s more of a Manifesto about the core beliefs that shape our strategy.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

We drew on our work with leading institutional investors and in-depth interviews with over 150 funds. However, we believe in looking at companies first and evaluating them against the thesis the founders articulate, vs. going in with a thesis and looking for companies that fit the thesis. Become open and transparent.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). Several are well-known and professional investors pay special attention to their graduates.

Private Equity 118

Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

Up and Running

MARCH 21, 2016

Particularly if you are a first-time entrepreneur, it will be much easier to get investments on good terms (particularly from non-institutional investors) if you have some traction first,” he explains. Investors want proof that your idea is going to work, and nothing proves this better than having real, paying customers.

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Cofounder Metrics Angel Investor Silicon Valley 60