TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

It took me a while, but I’m realizing that my startup love language is discussing any attempts to standardize the opaque and often informal world of venture capital. In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about Carta, investor’s secret workflows and when the Kardashian strategy doesn’t quite work. Chat soon, N.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

My first article for the monthly edition was on AOL. Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. Does that make it a viable strategy for every new entrepreneur? Are there examples of that?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We’ve read plenty of articles on the movement of tech talent and the surge of American entrepreneurship , but seeing that momentum in person is a different kind of invigorating. Here’s a snapshot of the stops and connections we made in Q3. Where we went: Bozeman, MT? Where we went: Burlington, VT ?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

struck in the early days where newspapers would put a little “Tag this article” widget at the end of every story, and in return, they’d get a feed of the keywords used to take the articles, which helped them on search and ad targeting. A lot of people try to work with small easy partners first, but I’m not sure that’s a good strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. We tend to do more $2-3 million “A&# rounds and we look for companies that have an early monetization strategy.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Creative capital is the secret sauce, not venture capital. In a guest post for TechCrunch+, he describes different types of creative capital and includes multiple examples of how startups can leverage it for success. 5 questions for venture capital in Q3. .”

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 28, 2022

So I saw this tweet by Semil Shah yesterday: A friend who works in an industry far from tech startups & VC asked what would be the single article I’d share to read on each topic. So I am reposting it below: The venture capital business is highly competitive. Talk about the strategy issues facing the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Having a huge services venture firm isn’t for everybody and it isn’t the only strategy that can succeed. What about those RETURNS the WSJ article spoke of? In the article it talks about Sequoia’s $19 billion sale of WhatsApp to Facebook that generated apparently $3 billion for Sequoia and its shareholders. Nobody knows.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

Everything we learned in the EO Accelerator curriculum about People, Cash, Strategy, and Execution helped us in so many ways to take on one challenge after another—from hiring our first full-time employees to cash flow to planning a leadership team. and more articles from the EO blog.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

There is more truth to that article than anyone in the venture capital industry wants to admit. The idea that capital alone can create a strong company is a flawed idea that the VC industry pursued with a lot of passion for most of the last decade.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Investor relations: For startups seeking venture capital, solid financial forecasting provides a realistic picture of critical metrics, such as annual recurring revenue, customer acquisition costs, and customer annual recurring revenue. Have best-case and worst-case scenarios, and adjust your strategies accordingly.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics. ” How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics. 5 lessons from ‘Star Wars’ that can transform startup managers’ strategies and tactics.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

How Much Capital You Have Raised / Your Runway In general I recommend that in early-stage startups you try to raise at least 15-18 months of runway.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. Go on, have a bit of fun down memory lane!).

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” .

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Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In addition, angels were up against a selection problem: All the best entrepreneurs and opportunities would naturally gravitate to the best venture capital funds, leaving only the “scraps” for angel investors. This is absolutely competitive with venture capital returns. So which is it? Only they’re not.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

To get a fuller perspective, Ron interviewed four analysts : Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Decades after Palo Alto’s first garage startup, talent and capital has become more evenly distributed: This year, Bay Area startups only attracted 27% of all U.S. seed- and early-stage venture dollars. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. The Great Resignation and the Gettysburg for growth talent.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There’s no magic formula for creating a winning pitch deck, which is why most of the articles we run on this topic continually emphasize the fundamentals. Venture capitalists are like judges at a gymnastics competition: Each pitch will be assessed for its technical quality and difficulty, but execution and artistry is just as important.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Their strategy might be to have 25 companies of $3-7 million total invested and thus $10 million might be more risk in one deal than they typically like to have. Neither case is better or worse – they more depend on investor strategy and their outlook on the potential of the company.

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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. and more articles from the EO blog. . Daniel invites high-caliber speakers whose experiences are invaluable to me. It’s that easy.

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Both Sides of the Table

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Ridge Ventures partner and five-time CIO Yousuf Khan wrote a column for TechCrunch+ that explores “ what CIOs look for in solutions and how you can tailor your sales approach accordingly.”. .” Corporations are scrambling to get into the venture game.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

Nathan Heller published an article called Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? It’s a well-researched critique of the venture industry. If you have ideas for how to improve venture capital for founders, please tweet me or send me an email with the link above. in the New Yorker.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I believe that Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Kauffman Foundation: Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ When deal-making slows, VC dollars typically favor the perceived market leader, starving other venture-backed businesses in the same space of capital.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. In an interview with reporter Anna Heim, Romania-based marketer Robert Katai discussed some of the methods he uses to help clients refine their content and branding strategies. Latin America’s increasingly dynamic venture capital scene has been making headlines of late.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

There’s no simple test to determine which aspiring founder can turn their idea into a billion-dollar business, but VCs who know which questions to ask can uncover the right mindset, says Sanjay Reddy, a co-founding partner at Unlock Venture Partners. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

The best possible move is to invest in and warehouse some special purpose vehicles that fit your strategy. The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Venture capital is no exception and the outcomes of every venture portfolio will likely follow a power law distribution. Unicorns were hard to come by when Aileen Lee penned her now-famous article in 2013. Your fund size is your strategy. The zeros are going to be followed by singles and doubles.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 7, 2019

As a venture capitalist, should you be a Momentum or a Value investor? 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. To simplify, there are two classic approaches to public markets investing.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

Through our Brand Advocate Process, we plan , build, promote and monitor social media strategies that include "app-vertising". We help brands to engage their audiences by extending their advertising campaigns into the social world. 12/11/2009 – Slight tweak: Now you use our tools to control your social media.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

In this article, Manny shares his strategy for a smooth business exit plan. A version of this article appeared in Fast Company. And if you’re planning to scale with venture capital, you’d better be ready to set aside the next three to seven years of your life to be head-down in the business.

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Dream It

MAY 13, 2019

Failures are inevitable; but, great founders know how to fail quickly and cheaply, rather than trying to take on boatloads of venture capital funding to solve a problem with an approach that doesn’t scale or, even worse, to solve a problem that does not exist or is not that painful. Click here to share this article on Twitter.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

And second, I wanted to inform the strategy of my new firm, Versatile VC , from the most educated point of view. . Another said, “I think it’s remnant inventory…the Craigslist of venture capital. What is Versatile VC’s strategy? First, Versatile Venture Capital invests in capital-efficient companies.

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