Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We overlooked doing extensive market research. More specifically, we did market research in the wrong place. We picked the investor who was far better known in the market and supposedly had reach into the US. Long story short, we never received the attention nor the leverage in the market which we expected from them.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

Many VCs and family offices market themselves based on their network, internal resources, and other levers to accelerate value creation. . Hence, if Sequoia is the lead and the valuation is reasonable, it’s near 100% chance. Market Insight. Fundraising is burdensome. Alpha pursues a similar model.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. Second, more damning is the “signaling problem.&# This means that if a VC invests in your seed round and does not participate in a future round the next round investor will think to himself, “well, if Big VC Co. Great reputation.

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

It shows that things are working and there is product/market fit, but there is a long way to go towards building an enduring company of great consequence. For a seed stage venture capital firm, product/market fit comes down to two questions. 2) Is your reputation in the market such that great people will want to work with you?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As a corporate lawyer in private practice and in-house roles specialising in cross-border commercial and financial transactions, Maha has a solid reputation leading complex international corporate and commercial deals across multiple jurisdictions. David : If I’m the train, then Maha is the engine.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. Investors see a lot of pitches. The blue boxes identify the corresponding markets for those products. Steer into your investors’ objections. It has reputation.

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View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market. This post will try to describe why this is happening and what repercussions are for founders and investors. Similarly, the seed market is beginning to look like this too. These two forces go hand in hand.

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 26, 2021

This is one of the reasons why the best practice for a startup is to raise investment rounds from different lead investors rather than simply doing internal rounds, even if an internal round requires less work. You always have choices, but the results may depend on external factors like competition or market.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. He noticed their extremely social tendencies and the potential of a very large market. I argue there is simply no substitute for experienced investors.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

It was too new of a concept, and the population that had been exposed to our marketing efforts was minuscule (on purpose). My partner had lied to an investor who was clearly interested in becoming a part of our venture. After a few days, I was stunned to answer the phone and hear the voice of the lead investor again.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

What if you get product market fit beyond your wildest dreams? One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. Eric Ries : An indelible part of your reputation and this is laying the foundation for whatever the future of this company is going to be. 6:06) Resilience and adaptability in people and companies. (8:22)

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Austin Startup

JUNE 4, 2017

Lead Investor : The person or firm who defines the terms of the round. Early on I decided that finding a lead first was important and I aimed high. I found a great lead in Mark Cuban. His team was fantastic, they were fair, they helped provide us with a good foundation for other investors to participate in.

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