This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2019

Ask any VC how excited on a scale of one to ten they are about their latest deal, and they’ll tell you eleven out of ten. Veterans will probably be a little more cautious and tell you they’re at a ten out of ten—but despite knowing all the risks, a VC simply isn’t going to get over the line unless they’re pretty blown away by an idea.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

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APRIL 15, 2010

That said I worry that V1 of the strategy isn’t a home run. I don’t believe that search is the only answer in 2010 as it was in 2000. I found this investment strange since normally VC’s hate to bet on gaming companies. In my mind, not a typical VC investment. and many, many more) plus Howard Morgan.

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APRIL 20, 2011

They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works. It is clear that he is simply passionate about being a VC and participating in this industry. Investing Strategy. and Half.com.

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MAY 25, 2013

But VC is like congress. As you can see from the chart their data suggests there are about $25 billion of VC distributions per year in the US. According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). Their data looks at tech VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? Beezer did.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

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JULY 29, 2010

People assume that I’m biased because I’m a VC and think you should always get the highest valuation possible. The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). But if you do this early (pre VC) then the price points are pretty low. This is wrong.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

2018 and 2019 exceeded the heady days of 2000 in terms of dollars deployed. Second, as competition has intensified, VC funds have invested in platforms (we call it founder experience at Redpoint). Some firms run multiple strategies: different industries, geographies, and stages, akin to PE specialization and diversification.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. I know it was over heated when a deal where I wrote one of the first checks on (as an angel, not VC) went out on AngelList. Mostly, I don’t believe that a VC not being on AngelList is “anti entrepreneur&# – it is not. My personal use.

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JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I said that I felt that Micro-VCs were the most important change in our industry. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. I believe that.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. I’m now a VC. So you rush to develop a new monetization strategy which means rebuilding your app. There is a strategy for that. Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely. These phones were so over hyped.

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Andy says: “If the average VC fund barely makes money, and seed investments represent even less compelling opportunities than the ones pursued by venture capital firms, then the typical return for angels must be atrocious.” It is not highly concentrated geographically, or in the bubble of 1998-2000, or in any industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Startups and VC. 10 million for science-based companies : Conscience VC raises oversubscribed fund for consumer companies rooted in science by Becca. M13’s Karl Alomar: Six strategies for leading startups through a downturn. M13’s Karl Alomar: 6 strategies for leading startups through a downturn. Darrell has more.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Third, this confluence of factors creates an opportunity for vertical integration in venture, where VCs provide capital at every stage in the company’s lifecycle: from seed to A, B through to pre-IPO rounds. In the late 1990s and early 2000, public market investors were able to buy shares at IPO at the ground floor of the business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

The judges for this pitch-off will be Yoon Choi (Muirwoods Ventures), Mar Hershenson (Pear VC) and Gabriel Scheer (Elemental Excelerator) on day one; and Sven Strohband (Khosla Ventures), Victoria Beasley (Prelude Ventures) and John Du (GM Ventures) on day two. ” Mar Hershenson — Pear VC. Mar received her Ph.D. He holds a B.A.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

THE ORIGIN I was the Founder & CEO of InboxDollars from 2000 to 2019. Our Leadership Team started noticing something interesting around 2010: many of our customers were VC-backed startups. Ultimately, we chose not to pursue this model as part of our corporate strategy. Side note: I rarely play the “What If?”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

What can the 2000 dot-com crash teach us about the 2022 tech downturn? According to John Zik and Shachi Shah of EQUIAM, a late-stage VC fund, “the technology and innovation supercycle narrative remains unchanged, and many companies are poised for growth.” Nobody expects any of this to be smooth sailing,” said Barber.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. For example, activist hedge funds, and most private equity and VC funds. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

It also takes options off the table if you eventually find out that this isn’t a VC backable business. I’ve spoken about this in a post entitled, “ Do you even need VC ?&# I say define a strategy, test it up front and pivot if you’re not getting the traction you had expected. Who started this meme?

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 7, 2019

The first is Momentum Investing , “a strategy to capitalize on the continuance of an existing market trend”, which usually meaning that the price has been rising in the recent past. In VC, this means you source companies by talking with other VCs and tracking the investment patterns and new Linkedin connections of other VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Also be careful about VCs. But once a VC has heard your idea he can’t “un-think&# it. There are very few truly novel ideas so talking in broad themes certainly wouldn’t give away any grand strategy. I know because I did this in early 2000. Be careful about this advice. It went down like a lead balloon.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. Neither can any VC. Executive Summary.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. It is unclear if VCs will agree to these terms, but LPs believe they now have more leverage. Smaller VC fundraises?

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Ben: Going to generative AI, 1 of the things that’s been interesting for us as a VC, is we see all kinds of companies. They’re like, “I want this generative AI, I want to talk about strategy at my company. Cisco in 2000, I think was worth half a trillion dollars at its peak. Cisco is the best 1, by far.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

I freely admit this (along with nearly everything between 1999-2000) was a mistake. I wouldn’t be a VC for very long if I did. I think either strategy is OK. But I thought I should do a quick post on the topic. Options are gravy - I lived through the first dot com era where we used stock options as a recruiting tool.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

In his latest TC+ post, Michael Perez, director of growth and data at VC firm M13, shares five questions he uses to devise pricing strategy frameworks , along with three value metrics and a detailed measurement plan for GTM strategy. Turn your startup’s pricing strategy into a powerful growth lever. yourprotagonist.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. They picked apart holes in our strategy and they were right. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. A number of VC’s stopped by our booth or watched our demo on the DEMO website and we had about 5 proactive inquiries.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

While it may not have taken the shape they had originally envisioned, Brandenburg and Grill’s freemium distribution strategy is what created the MP3’s network effect it needed to dominate the market, even against more technologically sophisticated formats. Every song ever produced anywhere could be procured in seconds.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

Mike Tong has over a decade of experience leading GTM strategy and operations for tech and data companies as part of McKinsey TMT, AtSpoke, Splunk and the VC firm B Capital. In 2019, I led the sales team and growth strategy for a venture-backed AI company called atSpoke. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Startups and VC. That’s what happened this week with Ro , which laid off 18% of its full-time workforce to “manage expenses, increase the efficiency of [its] organization, and better map our resources to [its] current strategy.” Haje reports on the thing, noting that Leica only sells about 100,000 cameras per year.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

I know Putin talks about cryptocurrencies but since his geopolitical strategy seems to be destabilization of democratic regimes and alliances it would seem to me that Russia would have a strategy to use cryptocurrencies in a destabilizing way to its advantage. Regulation will come. It needs to come fast.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 17, 2022

To the untrained eye, these zombies might have appeared to be alive and well– but they got deaded a long time ago by unsustainable business models and trading strategies. Thank you VC money, keep pumping the market full of that fee-adjusted beta! Howooo, calling the Luna wolf pack!!! ENS P/E Ratio ENS’ Web2 counterpart is Verisign.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 9, 2020

” There was the Internet stock meltdown in 2000 when the internet sector went down something like 80% over that bear market. But hope is not a strategy. So we all need to be clear eyed and calmly assess our situation and develop a strategy that gives us the best chance of success. I’ve seen this movie before.

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