David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Board of Directors.

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MAY 7, 2013

And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. If you want to understand my thesis behind Maker you can read this article that outlines the trend , but in summary: People watch 5.3 And Danny switches to major shareholder, board member & advisor.

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JULY 7, 2015

They now have a strong VC lead from Foundry Group and from experience when you get advice from Foundry it comes with authority, experience, empathy and the right amount of straight talk. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. All of my partners at Upfront do. ” Uhhuh.

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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.&#. Another good article. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. Holy sh*t!!!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). After that it’s domain experience, access to VCs and deep pockets. We talked about her desire to sell the company for personal reasons rather than raise a large round of VC. I agreed to help.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. And this Silicon Valley bias isn’t limited to any single meeting – it has been a recurring theme in my time as a VC. Let me use LA as an example. In our regions?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. I have talked extensively about “social proof&# in fund raising in the past.

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MARCH 6, 2011

I was saying that I was happy it was all out in the open because I felt at least everybody could now understand the issues & opportunities from the perspectives of angels, entrepreneurs and VCs. Let’s be clear: AngelList doesn’t scare a single VC I know. I’ve known Dave for years, long before he or I were VCs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

About a year and a half after starting my business, I joined EO and was quickly invited onto the board of directors where I sat with a woman who is so unapologetically herself. and more articles from the EO blog. I have never worked so hard in all my life, but the rewards and personal growth have been worth every bit.

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MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. Not to mention they have the highest profile VC / blogger Fred Wilson of AVC. Of course I have.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

Equally important he pointed out that since Twitter is a place you send links to your followers – crawling the link URL to read the text that was in the ultimate article being shared would tell you 10x more than the Tweet itself). So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s investment vehicle; Court Coursey joining board), CompuCredit Holdings, with existing investors Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Omidyar Network, QED Investors, Volition Capital. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. 14.7mm in Series D.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The Financial Times allows you to view full articles but after you’ve viewed a certain number per month you have to pay a subscription. The very smart Chris Fralic of First Round Capital is on the board and the angel list is a who’s who of early stage investments. Some of their content is free – much is paid.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Board meetings at @amplehills are dangerous. Tech VC is a pretty mature marketplace--the players are known, the process is established, and so while relationship building might take time, usually you can estimate how long a deal will take with some accuracy (besides, of course, that it takes longer than the founder wants).

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

He is also the co-author of Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors , and the author of Startup CEO , Startup CXO and the Startup CEO blog. For the most part, everything about the substance of this article just made me angry. are eye-opening and alarming.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 21, 2019

Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Optionality.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2021

Meet Singular , a new VC firm based in Paris that just finished raising its initial fund. That’s why you may have seen Singular’s name in a few articles I wrote over the past few months. While Singular is based in Paris, the firm plans to build a true European VC firm with its headquarters in Paris.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

While seeking funding and information on how the venture capitalism (VC) world works, I stumbled upon the MyEO Angels group, 400 members strong, founded by Daniel Dubois of EO Toronto. Past speakers include Alfred Lin , former chairman of Zappos, Airbnb board member, and an investor at Sequoia. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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MAY 19, 2013

I know because I marked the occasion with a blog post on how to have a great VC meeting. The decisions were endless, the choices not obvious and the VC involved a pain in the ass. The board was unanimous in our opinion of this including outside director Ian Rogers who has served as Jonathan’s mentor and friend.

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JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. I had finally appeared on the front cover of a magazine (TornadoInsider – then the top European VC magazine) but I felt so fat in the picture I never sent it to anybody.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. They’ll get priced soon enough by a VC.” my friends, family & former colleagues) – get to pay a higher price later when a VC comes in a prices the round.” I just want into the hottest deals.

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MAY 17, 2017

With a company that had shut down and an innovator ready to take them on board nearly every employee joined. And while that sounds like a marketing ploy — as my friend I can tell you he says it privately when he’s at my house and when you’d imagine a VC would be telling him to raise prices. When Goliath swings, duck left.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The most interesting story for the VC and startup nerds among us comes from Connie today. Dominic-Midori asked in her great article last month. Startups and VC After two years of seeking regulatory approval, Wefunder has officially received the green light to operate its investment crowdfunding services within the European Union.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Aviel and I are both self-taught VCs: the parts of the job we learned as founders and operators of our own companies covered just a fraction of what it means to be effective money managers, fundraisers, board members and trusted partners within the tight-knit community of professional investors. The implications of this are many.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ According to PitchBook , VC investments were down 30% in Q2 2022 compared with 2021, and IPOs hit a 50-year low. Today’s abrupt slowdown in VC investment suggests a post-recession-type M&A wave is on the horizon.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ’s Q3 results last week sent its stock tumbling, but it wasn’t alone: Apple’s iOS 15 privacy implementation disrupted ad tracking and measurement for social media and advertising platforms across the board. Fintech for affordability and reducing friction.

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Red Rocket

MAY 22, 2024

Once VC’s put their heads in the sand, it is pretty much across the board, with a few exceptions if you happen to be in a hot market like artificial intelligence, fin tech, retail tech and sustainability. This article I wrote about roll-ups may help you.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? VC Josh Kopelman makes the analogy of jet fuel vs. motorcycle fuel. VCs sell jet fuel which works well for jets; motorcycles are more common but need a different type of fuel. . Absolutely not. So what is Revenue Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. “You have to wonder if every VC worth a damn in the future will have their own raft of SPAC offerings,” says Alex. From dorm rooms to board rooms: How universities are promoting entrepreneurship. and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. I, II and III. Fifteen U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Uninsured customers will receive an advance dividend in the next seven days, but beyond that, they’ll only get a certificate for the remaining balance. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Will those customers ever be made whole?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

In a companion article on TechCrunch , Eric explores these broader shifts, concluding, “you can start to see a world emerging that sounds a lot more like the fantasies of a New Urbanist than the world before the pandemic.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. yourprotagonist.

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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.&#. Another good article. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. Holy sh*t!!!

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

You’re working on launching a new VC fund; congratulations! I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching Revenue-Based Investing and other new approaches to VC. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. The VC landscape has gotten much more competitive and crowded over the past several years, and if investors are not using software tools?—?they But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

“They see the digital crossover is going to happen — people are playing online board games now. The round was led by TheVentureCity, with participation from SOSV, Riot Games, Conscience VC, Corner3 VC and others. If you can be part of that new trend at the very beginning, it gives you a big opportunity,” he said.

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JUNE 16, 2016

In that same year I read my first technical article about how voice would profoundly change the I/O metaphor of computing arguing that — of course — typing into a computer was both slow and not intuitive and this even many years before the condition of carpel tunnel syndrome became widely known.

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