Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Consultants should provide you data & frameworks – not decisions. In preparation for her reentry into VC she spoke with many mentors of hers for advice on venture capital. In my view the best VCs are merely your guides. They are your sparring partners. You want to do that early in your company’s existing? Bring it on.

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Source Link

JANUARY 29, 2022

They could be seizing upon an opportunity to make their business ownership dream a reality, exploring an idea that creates positive social change, or they may be acting out of necessity because of a change in circumstances such as the loss of a job.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A scalable business model refers to a framework that enables a company to increase revenue without a proportionate increase in operational costs. A scalable business model is not just about processes and systems; its about having the right people in place to execute your vision and have access to leadership development opportunities.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

EO has a framework for sustainability and how it will become net positive by 2030. When I left the hot tub industry to pursue a new manufacturing venture in electronics, global climate and waste issues inspired my thoughts around pursuing a path that would contribute to reducing carbon footprint while being a viable, sustainable business.

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Let’s use Morningstar’s 5 Factors as a framework. The framework was originally created to help public market investors determine whether or not an investment opportunity afforded a defensible moat that would contribute to a superior return-profile. It’s also about establishing a competitive moat. What makes up a moat?

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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. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2022

The round is being co-led by Haun Ventures (the firm founded by well-connected ex-a16z partner Katie Haun), as well as strategic backers Coinbase Ventures and Shopify. The opportunity was clear: build the same kind of tools for web3. And as of this week, some 150,000 smart contracts have been deployed across six blockchains.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2022

But in 2019, various policymakers across different parts of the continent signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement — a framework for Africa to be a single market for trade and services — to make intra-trade less painful (side note: the agreement is yet to make any significant impact.).

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 24, 2011

One of the cool things about being a fund that works with so many early stage companies is that bringing the whole portfolio together in one place results in a lot of collaborative learning opportunities. This can cause you to miss opportunities on both sides. One of the topics that was discussed in a breakout session was recruiting.

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Dream It

JULY 20, 2020

To frame this scenario in the right light, acknowledge that you are starting from a disadvantage and use this opportunity to prove that your plan will work this time. By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify ?.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We brought on Caya (CEO of Slidebean ) to provide a smart framework on how to find the right cofounders that can hit this mark. Don’t try to sell them on the idea - it’s better to first confirm they recognize the problem and market opportunity. This quote from our recent guest #DreamitDose perfectly encapsulates this thinking.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

VC funds Frst and Fabric Ventures are teaming up to create Le Crypto Fellowship. As Pierre Entremont from Frst writes in a Medium post , there are a lot of opportunities if you want to build the next crypto success, but few entrepreneurs are actively looking at this space. Learning resources are available for free around the web.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2023

Anthony Cimino Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony Cimino , head of policy at Carta , works with policymakers and innovators to drive economic opportunity through expanding equity ownership and private market liquidity. This negative narrative has immense implications for the venture community. This is an inflection point.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

Venture capital firms continue to raise new funds, at what seems like lightning speed. Two firms stuck out in recent days, including Urban Innovation Fund , which closed with commitments of $101 million for its Fund III and $20 million Opportunity Fund, and VMG Catalyst ‘s $400 million Fund II. in half a year. VMG Catalyst.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. Now, two years later, the leader of that club, Steph Mui, is trying to replicate that playbook in the form of a venture-backed startup, and solo entrepreneurship.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space. We surveyed: Michael Anderson , co-founder, Framework Ventures.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

They have an opportunity to set realistic expectations for achievable goals. If they don’t achieve their goals, you have an opportunity to work with them to reset expectations based on what they learned. To help achieve this, the ‘OKR’ (Objectives and Key Results) framework can serve as an effective technique.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Japanese startups stand to gain fresh prospects and opportunities as this forward-looking framework comes into effect. Japan’s new approach is anticipated to simplify investment processes for individual investors and venture capitalists, benefiting virtual currency startups, particularly those in the Web3 sector.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. On Deck focuses on connecting talent in transition with opportunities in the venture universe. 2) Market

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. Use it as a framework for a dialog not a script. I wrote the summary notes in this blog post.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Venture Capital Firm Launches third Cybersecurity Fund in the Past Three Years Warnings about cyber threats are so prevalent that people understand the importance of cybersecurity in their businesses and daily lives. SYN Ventures was founded by former Fortune 500 CISOs and C-level security leaders. It became wildly apparent the U.S.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

For example, Mitre Att&ck framework for classifying threats and alerts (If it’s a SaaS offering) SOC2 certification There are many other certifications such as Common Criteria that provide assurance your product meets minimum requirements. Demo or mock data is better than no data. It is no different for CISOs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

million seed round led by Resolute Ventures, with additional backing from Ibex Investors, Aviv Growth Partners, ORR Partners, Homeward Ventures and Fusion LA, as well as several angel investors in the productivity space. The company today announced that it has raised a $3.3

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association. The United States is the land of opportunity, where anyone with an idea can bring it to market. Those that do succeed graduate to other levels of financing, including angel or venture capital. Bobby Franklin. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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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. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2020

Among the most useful frameworks I’ve found to manage a company in this era is the 2×2 matrix above. One could argue times like these all good opportunities to adopt a defensive posture: focus on product, limit GTM hiring, and modulate burn. This matrix answers the question: what should the company’s stance be.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in Venture Capital It’s time to tear open the seemingly impenetrable ‘old boys’ network It’s no secret that founders seek out investors who value diversity and recognize the success that comes from having diverse teams. However, the question of how to make this a reality remains unanswered.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. It takes time (as in decades, not years) to learn the art of opportunity identification and hone one’s individual style for engaging founders. Reporting out in batches of five.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

Register Led by an eminent team of investors and industry captains from around the world, Awesome Ventures brings together a wealth of experience in strategy planning and diverse sectors. At the helm of Awesome Ventures is Lok Yek Soon, a visionary entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience within the startup ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

Leading the round is Framework Venture Partners, with participation from Gresham House Ventures, Sage and existing investors. Countingup , the U.K. fintech offering a business current account with built-in accounting features, has closed £9.1 million in Series A investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s too early to determine whether SVB’s downfall heralds a new era for venture capital, but based on anecdotal evidence, off-the-record discussions and chats with co-workers, it seems like we’re back to business as usual as far as pre-revenue startup fundraising is concerned.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Today the firm is over 500+ with 6 office locations, its operating value-add has raised the bar for all venture capitalists, and the firm continues to grow in vision and impact. He modeled how to work with integrity, competitiveness, curiosity and humility and I could not have picked a better venture investor to learn from.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2021

Most companies don’t announce their first venture investment after almost 20 years in the business, nor do they announce that round is the equivalent of a good startup’s entire private fundraising history. But Articulate , a SaaS training and development platform, is not your typical company and today it announced a whopping $1.5

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2021

“If you can provide a valuable, scalable service for the older adult market, there’s a lot of opportunity to drive growth through partnerships,” he notes. In a candid guest post, Scott Lenet, president of Touchdown Ventures, writes about the cognitive dissonance currently plaguing venture capital.

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