Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

But there are notable examples of for-profit incubators that are thriving, including YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , led by David Cohen and located in several key cities around the country, that have an excellent reputation and track record. That’s about the same ratio that angel investors claim.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 3, 2019

I’ve had such an amazing experience with every investor from Bessemer Venture Partners. They reached out to us but their investments are for a later stage than where Homads is at. Introductions Even if you say no, introductions to others who you think are a better fit is the best.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 9, 2021

But I knew that there was a ton of work to be done to scale the business into multiple business lines, and that we would be better off with a CEO who was a grand master of organizational growth and had the product vision to serve as a later-stage co-founder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

But there are notable examples of for-profit incubators that are thriving, including YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , led by David Cohen and located in several key cities around the country, that have an excellent reputation and track record. billion, with the total amount raised topping $2 billion.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2012

“Jeff and Paul also both have great reputations for sharing their know-how. We hope that this will be the first of several alliances with key partners across the region who share our ambition to support the coming generation of digital success stories across Asia, for Asia.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

But there are notable examples of for-profit incubators that are thriving, including YCombinator , led by Paul Graham in Silicon Valley, and TechStars , led by David Cohen and located in several key cities around the country, that have an excellent reputation and track record. That’s about the same ratio that Angel investors claim.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Second, the Board can usually avoid a public vote or referendum by leasing to a new partner, something politicians fear. Later stage Private Equity buyers rely more on existing hospital management and employees than in other industries. Capital Solutions. Measurements of success will vary depending on the circumstances.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Often these funds are attempting to build out a reputation or gain exposure to a new vertical. 2) Larger Funds Buying Up Early to Outbid Other Funds Later. We believe our fundamental strategy is strong – being partners of conviction for a startup, focused on leading seed financings and leaning in proactively where we can help.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Protecting one’s reputation is incredibly important for any investor, whether independent or corporate.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 6, 2015

We raised our first fund on reputation and history. By the way, I was tempted to call this category “later stage” because it totally pisses these guys off when you call A Round “later stage.”. The way we think about it is, we have a small number of principles and a large number of hypotheses.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Because it is a “series&# I plan to get into some of the deeper complexities of funds such as “cross over funds&# and “why VC’s hate to price their own deals&# at a later stage. First, if the VC does 15-20 of these under one partner then it is certain he can’t spend any time with these investments.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

In the long term, you might move from being a vendor for the account into a partner and advisor. The most significant financial returns will happen in the later stages, after you’ve identified and engaged target accounts. For example, an account may have never heard of you.

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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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Rob Go

JANUARY 10, 2017

BTW, once you are an investor, it will serve you well to continue to cement your reputation as one of the up-and-comers that is an established expert in this emerging space. Some of the firms that have analyst sourcing programs include places like Summit Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Bessemer, OpenView, and Volition.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. Angels and even VC firms occasionally do this, but they alsoinvest at later stages. The problems are different in the early stages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2012

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2011

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages.

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Gust

JULY 1, 2012

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). Partner up?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2010

Generally, the same criteria applies to venture capital investors, although they invest other people’s money, at a later stage, in larger amounts. This type of business is usually based on the expert skill and reputation of an individual or small group. First-time founders will find that most angels turn into mirages.

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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. Some later-stage investors may be tempted to become Sharks themselves and start including structured terms into their own term sheets.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 30, 2008

The General Partners (GPs) are the operating guys. The money that the GPs and other employees of the firm invest comes from Limited Partners (LPs) — typically the big university endowments, retirement funds, charitable organizations, family offices and high net-worth individuals. This is what makes it more difficult to scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

But when I’m looking to invest the dollars that my Limited Partners have entrusted my firm with I’m going with my view. This return won’t be enough for me to justify for me partners.” In 2006, Steven Dietz, a partner at my firm, GRP Partners, had given me $500,000 in a seed in convertible debt when I started my second company, Koral.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Every corporate transaction you’ll do will require somebody to help you to: Think through the options, negotiation terms, get other investors on board, talk with new investors/partners/companies you’re acquiring, etc. That’s what they’ll be saying to other VCs or their partners as your company is flaming out.

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