The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Venture capital: it’s the jet fuel behind many of the most explosive startups turning them into household names. Investing in a startup during its nascent phases offers the tantalizing prospect of being part of the next big thing. However, managing such a portfolio is no small feat. The allure here is unmistakable.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 2, 2018

Visit us at [link] Austin Welcomes HelloFund, a Nonprofit Fundraising Startup to its Portfolio was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

I have often been asked about Startup Funding by entrepreneurs. Many myths surround the subject of startup funding. Here is Startup Funding, a Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs. You must have seen a lot of startups giving out promotions, discounts, and incentives at the early phase of their business. Debt investors.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 21, 2022

Below is the first landscape of Israeli startups building the Metaverse, which we published last month in Calcalist , which helps explain our view a bit. We mapped over 50 startups that collectively raised more than $3.5 The Israeli startups building the Metaverse (Source: Calcalist / Remagine Ventures ). Gaming + web3/NFTs.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

As I’ve worked to build out HOF Capital ’s portfolio acceleration platform , the #1 question I think about is: how do we scalably support our companies? Many VCs offer (or strive to offer) a bundle of levers and support structures to help their portfolio companies. We have lower AUM, therefore lower management fees.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

An investment portfolio acts as both a map of your current investments, as well as representative of your financial asset status. In simpler words, an investment portfolio is a summary of all your various investments. In fact, that is a common mistake which our first of these investment portfolio tips will address.

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David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. In addition, in light of increasing competition in the startup funding space, a methodology for helping portfolio companies consistently is a strong competitive advantage. So how can VCs help their startups? View more presentations from David Teten.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Reading the NY Times article “ Jeffrey Katzenberg Raises $1 Billion for Short-Form Video Venture, ” I realized it was time for a new startup heuristic: the amount of customer discovery and product-market fit you need to find is inversely proportional to the amount and availability of risk capital. It’s the antithesis of the Lean Startup.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies? The answer - there are two types of integration strategies, and they depend on where the startup is in its lifecycle. The Innovation Portfolio.

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View from Seed

JULY 15, 2020

One topic of conversation among VC’s over the last few months is how their portfolios are faring during the Covid pandemic. So I thought I’d share my observations, informed by what’s going on in our portfolio and from what I can gather from others in the ecosystem. Reshuffling the deck.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

How Will AWS Help My Startup? By utilizing the AWS portfolio of services, startup businesses are free to access the state of the art technology without having to foot the bill. This is ideal for startups with minimal capital at their disposal. This is ideal for startups with minimal capital at their disposal.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 25, 2017

Almost synonymous with this startup-focused era, the once indomitable VC investor sector is changing and adapting to deal with the changing nature of entrepreneurship. Startups, naturally, need to be aware of how these changes affect the current investment environment and how they can be leveraged to their advantage.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

A portfolio is just a term for a collection of items. In project management, a portfolio is a collection of projects and programs. The goal of a portfolio is to create centralized administration and control. The goal of a portfolio is to create centralized administration and control. Helps you focus on company’s goals.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

It isn’t difficult to find deals when building your commercial real estate (CRE) portfolio. CRE is one of the most lucrative portfolios , offering advantages over residential investments, although interest rates can be higher. For example, some investors may use multiple loan types to keep their CRE portfolio growing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2021

As an angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and assume no strings attached. In any case, your startup is now part of some investor’s portfolio, so you need to treat the situation like reporting to a new boss, and not like a new freedom.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 19, 2016

But with a group of incredible startups doing great things, we’re determined to provide more frequent updates. If you’re not already familiar with the startups and founders making up the V1 portfolio, here’s a summary of some of this quarter’s news clippings. Portfolio companies in the news. Funding and Follow-ons.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

Matt Blumberg has a new book out titled Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams. It’s a follow-up to his previous book, Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business. His hard-won lessons from Return Path show up in Startup CEO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Business.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

What has happened is that over the last 10 years, the vast majority of successful startups have raised some sort of a seed round prior to a series A. First, the winners in most portfolios don’t often have a true recap round. This requires some increase in fund size even with a fairly modest sized portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Thus investing in startups should always be approached as a low odds game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 28, 2021

Entrepreneurs who require funding for their startup have long counted on self-accredited high net worth individuals (“angels”) to fill their needs, after friends and family, and before they qualify for institutional investments (“VCs”). Thus investing in startups should always be approached as a low odds game.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

As more and more companies face disruption from globalization, new technology, and startups that have more capital than the incumbents, the continuing cry from Wall Street investors is, “Why can’t companies be as innovative as startups?”. Here’s one reason why: Startups can do anything. Startups can do anything.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Why We Are In Love With Startups? The most commonly-referenced startup story is fun to tell: Founded by 20-somethings.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 8, 2023

Obvious caveats to my POV here, most specifically: exposure is limited to largely the US/SiliconValley ecosystem, driven by our own portfolio, my friends and co-investors, the funds I’m a LP in, and our institutional LP relationships. Many VCs Owned Too Little of Their Portfolio Companies to Begin With. Valuations.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For the past 10 years, with interest rates near zero, VC investors plowed record amounts into tech startups and enjoyed a seemingly ‘easy’ investing environment. Prices went up from round to round, and startups were encouraged to grow, grow, grow, and not to worry about profitability.

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 1, 2018

There are numerous startups chasing after a comparatively small number of VCs. Understand which one is right for you by learning about their reputation, taking a look at their website and examining their portfolio. The post Useful Tips on Pitching Your Startup to a VC appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

With the investor slowdown we’ve seen so far in 2022, approximately 30% globally in Q2 2022 (compared to the equivalent period last year, according to Crunchbase ) it’s more difficult for startups to get funded, which increases the important of finding the right investor, as quickly as possible.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Every investor, no matter how big or small, should know how to create a profitable portfolio. Since not every investment will be a winner all the time, Suraj Kumar Rajwani believes that it is necessary to balance your portfolio to cushion yourself against periodic changes in the market. Balancing Your Portfolio.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 6, 2024

Calling Israeli startup founders in Interactive Entertainment, AI & Gaming! Whether it’s text, images, audio, video or even music, new tools are democratising creativity, enabling new opportunities for startups. You may have noticed that the fundraising market for startups has slowed down. Not for us.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2022

Wouldn’t you like to be one of the lucky people who joined Google and Facebook when these were startups, and now be a multi-millionaire or better? So people ask me “How many shares should I ask for or expect when I join a startup today?” Thus, options don’t “pay the mortgage” today, so to speak. It’s a huge gamble.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Unfortunately, however, our love affair with startups is unfounded, especially as it relates to those who may be looking to provide, market to or target their product/service to the startup segment. Why We Are In Love With Startups? Most Startups Lack Budgets The Pareto Principle is at work when it comes to startups.

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Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

So let’s talk about what to do if you’re a startup CEO who doesn’t know how to sell: Watch videos of great salespeople and storytellers : This doesn’t necessarily mean literally sales technique videos, although I’m sure there are some solid ones out there. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. Boom is building a supersonic aircraft.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2021

10 Important Hiring Tips for Startups in Post COVID Era. Instead of resumes, ask applicants to submit their work portfolio and review their achievements. The post 10 Important Hiring Tips for Startups in Post COVID Era appeared first on ReadWrite. So, as a result, competition is becoming fiercer to find the right candidate.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. We were discussing both sides of the table and the relationship between founders and VCs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according the Crunchbase. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Shippo launched Shippo Supercharge to help startups with shipping and scaling up with $12K in shipping credits. . Inflection launched “ Inflection for startups ,” free B2B marketing automation. Now even the earliest startups can use Inflection, for FREE. Mercedes-Benz is working with Moment Energy to repurpose used EV batteries.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

With Hauser Private Equity board member John Hayden serving on the board of directors for Washing Systems and Gryphon Investors providing a strong collaboration, both firms were able to position the enterprise for continued growth and success, and in 2018 the investment was realized with the sale of the portfolio company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over twice as many companies, according to a classic Crunchbase article. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios.

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