Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Some angel groups have a reputation for slow decision making processes and not enough value add. I can say that you should do your homework to find out the reputation. And just like with VC’s – it is as much the partner your working wit as the group more broadly. And each town has their own group.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 21, 2023

It’s this part: “I’m getting inbound from investors…” Nearly all of the inbound VC interest happening out there is from non-partner investors (i.e. A check-writing partner reaches out to you. professionals who can’t write a check) and they’re doing it systematically. What does real excitement look like?

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 15, 2020

But we do hear it quietly standing behind other words we use more frequently, like reputation, purpose, brand, optics and litigation risk. WeWork’s founder was been accused of self-dealing, which in turn has thrown the company’s IPO into question. It’s a high stakes word. We all have been talking about impact investing for some time.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest. At the end of the period, all profits and proceeds are distributed to the various partners on a pre-determined split. Venture capitalists Cut Tough Deals. read more.

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www.drowningamerican.com

JUNE 22, 2012

The first time we hired partners for Kibin was way back in late 2009. I’m not FaceBook or Twitter and have a s**t-ton of potentially imminent IPO stock options to offer someone. So, I figure its better to wait until I have more of a reputation to stand behind. . Skip to secondary content. Post navigation. ← Previous.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 14, 2010

The best articulation of it comes from Basil Peters, a serial technology entrepreneur, co-Founder of Nexus Engineering, former Canada Entrepreneur of the Year, and Managing Partner at 3 venture capital funds – Fundamental Technologies I and II and the BC Advantage Funds. His blog is one of the best resources on technology investing out there.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

See the Techcrunch posts by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank , my recent post on the quality of angel returns data , as well as reports from the Silicon Valley Bank and Kauffman Foundation. Partners at smaller funds, by contrast, have to hustle before they can cover their mortgage.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

What do we need to do to make sure we can survive technical due diligence by investors and partners? It's also the sad fact that there's often a desire to bring someone in who has a bigger reputation and likely experience with larger startups that have gone through M&A or IPO. How will we find and interview developers?

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 6, 2015

We raised our first fund on reputation and history. Ethan is earlier in his career but has Twitch and some other exits on scoreboard and Twilio lined up in IPO chute. The way we think about it is, we have a small number of principles and a large number of hypotheses. We’ll stay true to our values while we test and evolve our tactics.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. In a single year, the classic general partner in a venture firm is exposed to around 5,000 pitches; decides to look more closely at 600 to 800 of them; and ends up doing between 0 and 2 deals. It has reputation. Reid Hoffman.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

One company with an astonishingly high rake is recently IPOed Shutterstock, a photo-purchasing marketplace where the content owner receives only 30% of gross receipts. Combined with a bidding and reputation system, oDesk had built an “ebay for work.” The bottom line is they could have been amazing partners.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Until you IPO, feeling like you’re good may just depend on what part of the fundraising cycle you’re taking a snapshot of your companies in. Since I started coaching investors , especially non-partners and partners at emerging funds, I’ve been asked the same questions in all sorts of ways: “What things should I be doing to be great?”

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity. 2015 was the exact opposite.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations. Upfront’s Base As you probably know we are based in Santa Monica and as my partner Greg Bettinelli coined, we’re #LongLA. We’ll invest in about 15 new companies every year or just over 2 per partner.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

In an IPO, it might not merely addexpense, but change the outcome. Those remedial actions can delay, stall or even kill the IPO. Of course the odds of any given startup doing an IPO are small.But not as small as they might seem. 5 ] Another danger of less known firms is that, like angels, they haveless reputation to protect.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. From $1.5B to half a trillion dollars: PayPal celebrates a 10th anniversary. Editor’s picks.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Make sure you treat people as partners, not as paid help. Equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. Andrew Badera Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I quite agree, Andrew, that the equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. The gist: 1. Go to user groups.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

This was supposed to be Airbnb's biggest year by many measures, including its IPO, which was one of the most anticipated since the 2008 financial crisis. A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I still think it’s best to take money from Dave when you’re also partnered with a more focused, hands-on seed-stage VC who brings different things to the table – like more ability to write larger checks in a downturn (for one) or solving a deep crisis that involves super hands-on involvement.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

Kauffman Fellows Report (2020): “Diverse Founding Teams generate higher median realized multiples (RMs) on Acquisitions and IPOs]. As mentioned above, we report realized multiples (RMs) only for successful startups that were acquired or went through the IPO process.”. David Teten is a past Advisor to Real Ventures. *We

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Reid Hoffman

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Today, Groupon is worth about 1/10th what it was on the day of its IPO, and revenues have been flat for years. Trying to build that product from scratch, without being able to leverage Amazon’s economies of scale and reputation for operational excellence, would have been nearly impossible. Advantage 2: Iteration.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Google Ventures managing partner Bill Maris strongly denied Grahams accusations, calling them "patently absurd.". " Its simply not in Google Ventures self-interest to behave in the way Graham alleges it has, Maris said: "We work really hard on our relationships and our reputation. Thanks to our partners. Its just not true.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 2, 2021

Reinvent Technology Partners. Reinvent Technology Partners (RTP) is one of the most important SPACs poised to achieve big things in gaming. Reportedly, RTP will also seek partners in autonomous vehicles. AI also benefits from the leadership of billionaire Daniel Och, who earned a powerful reputation in the hedge fund industry.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Mark Suster GRP Partners Advice. Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners. Their Partners all come from industry, where each has held senior level executive positions delivering industry-leading products. UCL has built a reputation as a pioneer of collaboration between industry and academia. accel partners.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

Suffice to say that our partners, vendors, and most importantly regular mainstream customers all found the idea disturbing. When IMVU instigated a policy of banning users from voicing their thoughts, however, even more damage was done to the company's reputation in the eyes of many. If you don't succeed, I don't succeed.

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