YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2016

By Trevor Sumner, Chief Technology Officer of LocalVox. Additionally, it is critical to make sure to syndicate out descriptions rich with keywords. 88% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations 2. Yelp (the most popular local review app and powers Apple Maps). com (mostly service industry).

Search 100

Search Fractional CTO Small Business Syndicate 100

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. Tech stack. I record here the books I’ve read, not as diligently as I should. Goodreads. I’m not active there.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

North America 120

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 120

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). We feature a prominent speaker at every event.

Technical Review 241

Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

View from Seed

JANUARY 13, 2021

But in the grand scheme of things, 10 years is a blip, and one that had a continuous bull market in tech. Today, multiple rounds are often raised, due to the atomization of the seed space. Even the “oh s**t” moment of Covid lasted 1-2 quarters for most tech startups not servicing the travel or hospitality industries.

Dilution 399

Dilution Later Stage Portfolio Technical Review 399

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

The firm attracts deal flow by promising a decision (positive or negative) in under 2 weeks, with minimal paperwork and without repeating due diligence. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Go public.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

These two startups had problems they could not solve on their own due to lack of resources—time, people, money. Interestingly the four founders of teams whose ideas “won” argued over which team would get the students with the most advanced technical skills. Customer Discovery in the Real World.

Lean 334

Lean Customer Development Startup Silicon Valley 334

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

OCTOBER 21, 2013

we review Walter’s hectic weekend putting in long hours at a startup event. we review Walter''s hectic weekend putting in long hours at a startup event. I explain what Angel List is, what syndicates are and which people''s syndicates I have joined so far. Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes.

Syndicate 92

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Startup 92

YoungUpstarts

MAY 9, 2014

Once you have reviewed that resource and you have your bearings on what it takes to get started, you can start thinking about streamlining and implementing extensions of your business (think accounting and payroll, apps, ecommerce, etc). Appsbar enables anyone to create a professional, personalized app for FREE.

Management 167

Management Software Review eCommerce Entrepreneur 167

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 15, 2022

He is a podcast advertising specialist, and he founded the Tech Podcast Network in 2004. 4:32] Is that was that the initial vision was to just make it easier to get those shows syndicated? [5:48] 12:02] What are your current feelings about the technology that you’re using? [15:48] More About Todd Cochrane: Blubrry.

Audio 64

Audio SMS Technical Review Advertising 64

Agile VC

DECEMBER 13, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. All VCs make decisions by drawing on the data we have at hand, information gleaned through our diligence process, and our own experience and judgement. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. Making Good Decisions Still Means You’re Sometimes Wrong.

Seed Stage 185

Seed Stage Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 185

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.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

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.”. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Technology-centric businesses. Minimum requirements.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. This is especially true when it comes to tech companies hiring the wrong chief technology officer.

CTO Hire 73

CTO Hire Fractional CTO CTO Technical Review 73

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. million users making it considerably larger than some of its peers that have historically received more tech press inches. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

Partner 240

Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates - enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.

Syndicate 93

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 93

ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

Zendesk offers tech industry people a concise description of how Zendesk can benefit their company. Your primary audience is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who has the spending power to buy your product. Finally, include the marketing technology you’ll be using to measure and optimize your marketing efforts.

Campaign 149

Campaign CTO Marketing Social Media 149

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Also portfolio management strategy has shifted a bit in recent years, and many large investors now evaluate at all risky assets together (US tech IPOs, Brazilian bonds, Chinese private equity, etc) rather than making discrete allocations to each bucket. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

IPO 100

IPO Marketing Silicon Valley Private Equity 100

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

I was an early user of Quora and like all new technologies they take a bit of playing with them for a while, discussing them with others and reflecting on them to let them sink in. I wish every blog used Disqus and I wish every website that syndicated content would create an integrated commenting thread the way that Business Insider does.

Silicon Valley 301

Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

In Moscow, we attended the twelfth annual Congress of the European Business Angel Network , held April 23-24, at the Digital October technology entrepreneurship center. On May 2nd and 3rd, I led workshops for about thirty Estonian investors on syndication, due diligence, valuation and the post-investment relationship with entrepreneurs.

Community 121

Community Estonia Ireland Finland 121

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

North America 36

North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

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.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. I still plan to keep more normal pace of investment which is 1-2 deals per year.

Software Review 150

Software Review Turkey Portfolio Syndicate 150

Haystack

JULY 15, 2018

I find this to be a very collaborative and enjoyable experience, as it gives both sides a little time to diligence, to see how it is to work with someone else and builds some “deal momentum” relative to other things that are in the pipeline. Occasionally here, I’ll make a smaller investment to start and help syndicate.

Founder 60

Founder Syndicate Syndication Deal Flow 60

VC Adventure

MAY 21, 2014

A few months ago AngelList announced Syndicates – enabling investors on AngelList to create fund-like groups of investors to invest together in AngelList companies (following a single lead investor). It’s a great idea and at Foundry we quickly decided it would be an interesting experiment to form our own syndicate.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Technical Review Due Diligence 48

thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

If there is an opportunity to bring in a syndicate partner that will add exponential value, it would be foolish to not include them. It is the downturns and bumps that separate the dedicated, long-term investors from passive ones — and entrepreneurs should keep this in mind as they build out their syndicates.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Syndicate Syndication Bandwidth 78

Up and Running

JUNE 14, 2010

VCs needed to invest hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of years, and liked to go into groups and syndications, which meant they wanted deals for a few millions dollars. The article uses as an example Pasadena Angels, an angel investment club that reviews 400-600 business plans a year.

Disintermediation 66

Disintermediation Venture Capital Angel Investor Seed Stage 66

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. The easiest way to do so is via SAFE notes, due to their simplicity, “available online” documentation, no major covenants established to protect the investors, no governance implications at the board level, etc.

Post-Money Valuation 49

Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Covenant 49

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Since the marketing industry is so vast, there are many areas of expertise that a professional can become familiar with and really own—like wearable tech, social media marketing, mobile advertising and more. As a marketing professional today, there’s always a fear of becoming obsolete due to industry changes. It’s a virtuous circle.

Leadership 146

Leadership Marketing Social Media Audience 146

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. Well, I have coached early stage entrepreneurs for a couple of years now - diligently, patiently - and have learned a few things. You can register for the next roundtable here.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Technical Review Startup Early Stage 114

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Our growth started in Silicon Valley and our users were still predominantly from the tech world for the first year or two. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

And this kept me by her side for the next ten years as she struggled daily with the negative health consequences due to this grievous mistake. During the initial hospital stay, my insurance license came due for forty hours of continuing education. This missed diagnosis kept her in the hospital fighting for her life for four months.

Naming 149

Naming CPA Entrepreneur Software Review 149

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8 Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. My recommendation to Hardika is to study the FDBI project. million financing round for.

India 116

India Green Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 2, 2024

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! So they've got new competitors and then also new technology. The new technology is the generative AI that they invented, and they have the technology, but it just doesn't work well enough for them to really launch it the way they would want to.

SEO 70

SEO Search Generative AI Engineer 70

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Access to the corporate investor’s ecosystem can open up great opportunities from technology validation to customer and partner development. It comes as no surprise as technology today enables companies to prove product-market fit much earlier in their lifecycles. They have deep insights into how technologies and markets are moving.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

As a two person team Arlo and AJ built out the whole site and the back-end technology — and built it to scale — at one point they did a A/B test on Zappos and were easily able to handle all the traffic coming to the Zappos test site while being able to show results from the enormous Zappos inventory.

Software Review 134

Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134