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MAY 2, 2023

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.

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JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. If that isn’t the original definition of “angel” money I don’t know what is.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Marc Andreessen kicked off another great debate on Twitter last night, one that I’ve been talking about incessantly in private circles for the past 2-3 years – what actually IS the definition of a seed vs. A-round. My view: “Spending any time or energy trying to game the ‘definition’ of your round of fund raising is a total waste.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. What we do not know is how many people are deciding to seek out venture capital from each group.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Private Equity.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? The key it to have “realistic capital.”

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JUNE 22, 2011

I’m no great scholar on bubbles – I have more interesting things to spend my time worrying about than the exact definition , but having been around a few I have at least given them intellectual consideration. Exactly the opposite of what a rational investment strategy would advise. Why I believe we’re in a bubble.

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APRIL 1, 2014

Why bother making any new investments at that point? Venture Capital & Technology' Given all that, I feel like I might as well quit while I''m ahead. Seriously, though. it was a great job and you should totally apply for it. Thanks to Brad, Fred and Kerry for providing me with a great experience oh so long ago.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

We're seeing, for the first time, investment and some disruption in huge areas like education, food, healthcare, government and even hardware based startups. While job recovery is slow, it seems that we've probably ducked that bullet and there won't be a major shift in people's interest in funding the venture capital asset class.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing. Hootsuite).

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AUGUST 8, 2011

He hasn't founded or built either a successful, let alone innovative company, and he hasn't raised $ to invest in those entrepreneurs. You would see mostly unrealized investments, some of which had raised successful follow on rounds, but mostly too early to tell. These are things I systematically break down when I look at investments.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” But Jason is one of the smartest thinkers in our industry so while style points in his eye-poking post might be low, he’s definitely scratching at something important.

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APRIL 2, 2013

I had been meeting with Keya and her team months and months before I actually invested--because I liked the space and was impressed by her personally. It was a definitively different approach--one they committed to before necessarily waiting to hear what investors thought. Almost overnight, investors jumped on board with the new model.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Many people bandy about the definitions of “disruptive technology&# or “the innovator’s dilemma&# without ever having read the book and almost universally misunderstand the concepts. I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2017, we partnered with iconic leaders in American business to turn the thesis we developed on the road — that great companies can start and scale anywhere when given a chance — into an investment vehicle. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

We mutually anticipated it would be a three year role, after which Kate could decide if she liked investing or wasn’t ready to leave the world of operating (she joined us from 5+ years at Uber). This is even harder when it comes to evaluating new companies and learning what great investments look like.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

have created or supported funds to invest in local VC managers. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. . all bear the marks of government investment. Instead, they should consider investing in VC funds which invest in their diaspora, and more generally, taking other moves to support their diaspora. .

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DECEMBER 11, 2014

It''s a solid exit to a company that has lots of revs, is growing, and together will form a very formidable player in the data backup space--one that can definitely be a public company in the next couple of years. Venture Capital & Technology'

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JULY 25, 2010

. “Yes&# was given to me by one of my favorite angel investor / seed VC’s to work with – John Greathouse of Rincon Venture Partners and author of the blog InfoChachkie that you should check out because it is filled with great info from a guy who has been a very successful operator. It is how angel rounds come together.&#.

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JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion. Lots of discussion these days about the changes in the VC industry.

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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

As it was with crypto, sometimes this leads to the development of “new investment rules” that crowd out traditional norms. There are also frequent claims of being “profitable” on some definition of “margin” that is specific to the company. The post Venture Capital Red Flag Checklist appeared first on Above the Crowd.

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Dream It

JANUARY 13, 2021

The venture capital screening call is an important step to get right in due diligence. Alana suggests that before speaking to an associate, you gain a basic understanding of the fund’s focus and stages they invest in. To get to partners, often you’ll have to go through the associate first. What does good prep look like?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

When you see the successes of Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry & Sergey, Marc Andreessen and Marc Benioff it is easy to see the allure (either that or invest in people named Mark. Seeing how entrepreneurs handled adversity and difficult decisions tells me a lot about who I’m going to be working with if I invest.

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APRIL 15, 2011

They have definitively set the bar for all other incubation/acceloration programs in the city--which I'm glad about. This was before I had really gotten into the swing of things here, before most of the investments that I had worked on started closing--and actually, now that I think of it, even before we opened up the NYC office.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. Everyone has their own definition of momentum (user numbers, revenue, channel partners, biz dev deals, whatever).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

For those of us who cover the venture capital industry, two narratives are ubiquitous: There’s the story of how much capital has been invested of late; you’ve seen the data — 2020 and 2021 set nearly every record around the world for private-market investment. Definitely. And worth doing?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

The investor argued that the founders were “working for equity,” and that his investment shouldn’t go to the founding team. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works One caveat: That doesn’t mean founders should pay themselves way above market rates.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. In the video I describe how to best play this meeting and why, without a champion going into the meeting, you’re unlikely to get an investment.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

You can’t outspend a big company to get someone, but you can definitely create a much better working environment. There’s a value to being on a team that cares about each other, is passionate about what you’re trying to accomplish, and one that is invested in your personal development. It’s really true.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun to talk about them. The VC industry has different segments in it that have different fund sizes, different investment amounts and different risk / return expectations. If you invest it in startups you’re a VC professional money manager.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

By definition each of those VCs (unless they are a micro VC – and one who doesn’t mind 5% ownership) will view you as a sort of “option&# where they might get to fund the next round if you do well. So why else would they invest if not as an option to re-up in the next round? But it happens.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

It's big, well known & we've invested in all of these really cool companies]. There is no chance they’re going to invest and it’s not even a close match. The actual investment professionals (partners) are too busy to call companies that they’re interested in so they basically outsource it.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) definitely a big and expensive promotional bet for a “startup”.

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JUNE 14, 2011

He commented on how rewarding it was that their cloud efforts have enabled lots of new businesses to get up and off the ground--ones that would have otherwise taken a lot more investment. This focus on customers is one of a number of things that Amazon does that is consistant with lean startup principals.

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TechCrunch

JULY 22, 2022

The corporate venture comeback: What startups considering CVC need to know. As venture capital flows continue to fluctuate, founders have to double down on the terms they agree on. So, if they present terms that would seem out of place in a traditional investor contract, founders can definitely call them out.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the last few years—it’s that even a place as big as New York City can be affected by a small group of dedicated individuals—and that it doesn’t have to stay stuck in anyone else’s definition of it. These are the kinds of people that I want to spend time with, to befriend, to learn from, and to invest in.

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