David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 24, 2017

This means FC avoids trends and relentlessly questions entrepreneurs about how their product enables specific use cases and market opportunities. Not only are the downsides of overcapitalization problematic for founders, but FC also examined overcapitalization in upside scenarios by studying the data from the last five years of tech IPOs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

Growth will slow, partly due to internal limits and partly because the company is starting to bump up against the limits of the markets it serves.” Instant growth = huge valuation from follow-on investors = big VC mark-up on our quarterly reports = LP interest. That leverage technology or drive change. Grow or die.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. We were infatuated with tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug.

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Eric Friedman

DECEMBER 27, 2021

1/ Twitter builds out payments into the product – launches a new creator chapter. I think AngelList is leading the charge here with Rolling Funds and other products like free RUVs for companies. The underlying technology is here and in game progress should be transferrable. First how did I do? = -1 = -.75 Now onwards to 2022.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. Marco Cesare Solinas , VC Analyst with Blue Future Partners , said, “ From the LP perspective, another disadvantage is the lack of track record given the early stage of the concept.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

at exit due to dilution. In some cases, great companies massively expand the definition or potential of the market with innovative products, technology leverage, and great execution. I can tell a story looking backwards why our LP base was carefully constructed. So it’s like this same fund actually invested $2.5M

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

at exit due to dilution. In some cases, great companies massively expand the definition or potential of the market with innovative products, technology leverage, and great execution. I can tell a story looking backwards why our LP base was carefully constructed. So it’s like this same fund actually invested $2.5M

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

In other words, for a company looking to compete across the entire marketplace in a specific industry, it must either develop a unique product offering (along the lines of brand, design, features) or more-efficiently produce the product to outcompete on price. And many of those offering them this product will be profitable doing it.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 17, 2021

at exit due to dilution. In some cases, great companies massively expand the definition or potential of the market with innovative products, technology leverage, and great execution. I can tell a story looking backwards why our LP base was carefully constructed. So it’s like this same fund actually invested $2.5M

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 5, 2014

” If you’re in the technology industry you can probably answer but as I discovered this holiday season, most of my extended family and childhood friends were a bit fuzzier on the concept. I know what it feels like to build a great team, build a big time product, build an enduring startup. “A Venture Capitalist?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. Thomson Reuters data shows that around $10 billion of LP money went into VCs per year pre bubble. The Funding Problem. The Exit Problem.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. In addition to off-the-shelf products, many VCs talk about their own proprietary systems. We use technology to enhance every stage of the early-stage investment process, from sourcing to evaluation to value-add.”.

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David Teten

APRIL 13, 2021

As Greycroft said in an essay : “Since we were a small fund, it would have been overwhelming to us and our small administrative staff to set up the meetings and follow ups, fill out questionnaires (which for the most part fall into a dark hole), and respond to the myriad of questions which occur during the due diligence process.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

He was running to be the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles and he outlined his vision to “open up the city government to technology and innovation” if he were elected. He wanted to bring the same level of technology focus and energy that Mayor Bloomberg had brought to New York City. LA has only just begun.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

As with any sales campaign you need to: Qualify your buyers early so you focus your scarce resources on people likely to buy your product. ” These are people with whom there is a likely match for your product or service. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these.

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firstround.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The Review. The Review. Product and Engineering. Product and Engineering. And even though I was the tech guy surrounded by capable business-focused co-founders, I knew that building a successful company was going to start with a lot more than a command line. First Round Capital. Plusstartup. First Round Capital.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

If you’re a founder/product manager/business owner, I encourage you to find that out! Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). and the outcomes. “If Of course I do.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. In Q1 of 2016 there were zero VC-backed technology IPOs. They use the reputation of the other investors as a proxy for due diligence.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

We had just gotten over the dot com crash and return to normalcy where nobody seemed to give a s**t about tech companies any more. Many people knew that I knew him due to our Twitter conversations but also because I had him speak at every one of our conferences. But Jason took Quora usage to 11. Question not.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 4, 2021

Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. But beyond its products, Coinbase is an interesting company in itself. But if I see a really great piece of work product, I generally will just try to, say hey, let's post this on the blog externally. And so I think we saved.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

The revolution is about access and the democratization of the factors of production. Technology Poverty – Every revolution has its downsides – those who miss out. Technology is bringing about a new form of poverty to those who don’t have equal access to it. The technology minimums are changing quickly.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. – Starship Technologies sells an autonomous robot-powered local delivery service.

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