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OCTOBER 19, 2014

I think this is a Seriously great example of how this process works for at least one VC – Upfront Ventures. Tech Market Analysis Upfront Ventures' We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. He hit me from two very trusted sources.

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JANUARY 25, 2014

Tom Perkins is one of the founding members of the venerable venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins. So perhaps his king reference was fitting. The venture capital firm that bears his name. In tech circles one refers to the firm as either Kleiner Perkins, KP or Kleiner. The headline of Mr. Perkins letter to the WSJ?

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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

Jeff Berman is General Partner at Camber Creek , one of the first venture funds dedicated to real estate technology and the built world. The team owns, operates and manages over 150 million square feet of real estate, making Camber Creek one of the biggest value-add venture partners for real estate tech startups.

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MARCH 12, 2013

I made some reference calls. Another reference I called who is ex eBay and now a prominent VC said to me, “If I were organizing a marketing panel on online marketing and I wanted to pick the top 5 marketers to be on the panel Greg would be on my list.” So we talked about his joining. They were effusive. What does that mean?

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JUNE 22, 2021

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of talking to Samir Kaji on the Venture Unlocked podcast about a wide range of topics that we as venture capitalists think about everyday, including: How to build a generational firm?—?retaining Let me explain. Everyone loves to know that someone else has bought first, and LPs are no different.

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APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. You can’t reference check your way into a “yes.” Upfront Ventures' I don’t need to name companies for you to come up with your own examples. The non-conformist oath.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

I was excited to start this perfect wedded-working venture together. Jamie and I adopted CliftonStrengths and refer to it often in our communication, both at home and at work. We would work closely to create the next chapter of our business together. We would lunch together and even walk to the office together.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

And so is venture capital. If I were looking at which VCs to choose I would reference strongly for which ones are supportive in good times and bad. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Here’s how you reference check a VC (link to post with longer version). Commitment. Startups are hard.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

When I would meet potential clients, I knew I was having an impact because they would mention lessons they’d learned from my sessions and reference how they helped them. I continually reference these tools, techniques and logistics of a project starting from the beginning to the end. Your value should speak louder than your voice.

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JULY 14, 2013

We used Dumbo as a reference and talked about how the critical mass of Two Trees buildings created a neighborhood with multiple destinations. There was no strategic goal to build venture backed startup companies, but yet at least three companies in her community got VC investment last year. Venture Capital & Technology'

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Tim Friedman, CEO, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile VC , suggests, “E.g., I list the online communities for VCs in general at Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital. How VCs source winning companies. Many of them are strictly for VCs, but you can ask your VC investors to evangelize for you there.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 25, 2023

Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. Founded in 2014 by industry veterans Chi-Hua Chien and Eric Kim, Goodwater is the largest venture capital fund focused on consumer tech investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

We live in interesting times where working at a startup is glamorized to the point that many founders even refer to their team members as “rock stars,” which to my ears is cringe worthy. Passion is also the featured heavily in nearly every presentation I give to entrepreneurs or on college campuses or in talks with MBA students.

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MAY 30, 2013

The reference to Andy Dunn and me is responding to this post I wrote (in response to Andy’s earlier post). The first time I met Andy Dunn he was working for the venture capital firm Maveron. Raising Venture Capital Tech Market Analysis' But this one is for Dorrian. And his Tesla Statue project. by Dorrian Porter.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

And there’s none that makes me happier than to announce that Jordan Hudson has been promoted to a Principal at Upfront Ventures. What is a principal at a VC firm and how does it work at Upfront Ventures? Please help me congratulate him by Re/Tweeting this post (and following him if you don’t already).

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JUNE 21, 2014

When you’re hiring most reference checkers focus on the person’s former bosses. Just literally this week I had breakfast with a guy giving a reference who said, “He’s brilliant. Stuart Lander has joined Upfront Ventures to help us run operations. In many ways that can be way more telling. But he knows it.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

When I did my customer reference calls with some of the largest corporate buyers in the country who have adopted Tact I heard the same narrative repeatedly “We use CRM tools but our mobile workforce always struggled with adoption. And of course we welcome Microsoft Ventures. making the experience “as easy as buying a book on Amazon.”

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Because I''m in my market and in the flow of top teams and networked with the right folks, I''m never more than a character reference away through someone I trust and know well to just about all of the people I''ve backed. Venture Capital & Technology' The people I''ve backed don''t really come out of nowhere.

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

We co-led the A-round with IA Ventures. We co-led the next round with IA Ventures without even asking other VCs to participate so we did an A-1 round. In the B round we invested the maximum amount we could alongside the lead – Scale Venture Partners. Not so DataSift. We knew we had a winner. ” Steve.

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JANUARY 28, 2013

I don't know if it was by design that I reference Descartes when I think about risk and uncertainty or by accident, but I wish I had started doing that earlier. If I were to break down my job as a venture capitalist, I'd say the top five skills needed are as follows: The ability to relate to and understand a wide variety of people.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Register Startup founders need to be authentic and prepared when they get the chance to meet prospective investors, according to Rex Fong, founding partner at investment and advisory group Capitale Ventures. Fong’s Capitale Ventures is an investment and advisory group with expertise in complex, cross-border transactions.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. And finally that brings me to obvious topic of venture capital. And that’s why it’s super important to reference check your VC as I wrote in the linked post. After I posted I saw the following Tweet. I loved the quote so had to include it, “All medal winners have coaches. No exceptions.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 30, 2023

After slowing way down last spring, venture outfits disclosed a stunning $8 billion in new capital commitments in the span of just five days. billion ; Cowboy Ventures announced two funds totaling $260 million ; and FJ Labs also disclosed two funds totaling $260 million. Is venture funding already back?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 28, 2022

So I am reposting it below: The venture capital business is highly competitive. Instead of references, I like to give a list of every entrepreneur I’ve ever worked with and an email address. I often read things I wrote a decade or more ago and cringe at how out of date they have become. Not this one.

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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. . Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal. It’s also helpful for identifying people with whom we can do reference checking. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2018

If you’ve read any of my ongoing series on fund raising from venture capitalist (episode 1?— ?controlling You can’t try to meet the executive team at Bird to understand the Upfront Ventures partnership dynamics because they’re too damn busy dealing with explosive growth. This is critical to build a cohesive venture capital firm.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Founder-market-geography fit refers to the optimal alignment of three critical dimensions: the founding team’s competencies, the market demand for the startup’s solution, and the geographic location where the startup is based. Let’s get into it. What is Founder-Market-Geography Fit? Founder-market-geography fit is one of those factors.

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MAY 19, 2020

with $15 million to Prove It The venture capital world has started firing up a few cylinders again and looking for businesses that it believes will help us all succeed in ways that resonate with new ways of working as we begin to return to work. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Having the opportunity to learn from the founders you back is by far one of the most rewarding parts of being a venture capital investor. I used to joke that the company moves at “the speed of Jonathan,” referring to the founder’s incredible impatience with the status quo. But in reality –and without jest?—?the and should?—?be

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

I’d often refer to this as figuring out what the “eleven out of ten” was for any given situation. It wasn’t until recently that I realized the reference was lost on most of my younger clients. In fact, why wasn’t he just putting a term sheet on the table now? Make it easy for them to say yes.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

This is why provocation-based selling requires the vendor to utilize what Moore refers to as “soft power”, specifically “relationship capital.” By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify ?.

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MARCH 21, 2013

And chances are you’re in big need of a killer customer reference. It also is a great way to finance your business without facing dilution before you actually raise venture capital and when the valuation you might get from angels is less than you’d want.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. Ryan Hoover , Weekend Fund ] [hunter: The gravitational pull of venture is to grow each fund larger than the last. Here are the first batch of responses (with some of my reactions). Others won’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Who else is going to tell a VC if he got a bad reference from an entrepreneur or fellow VC? But if you want to build a fast-growing, tech-enabled startup it’s hard to imagine doing so without venture capital and lambasting VCs publicly probably isn’t the most thoughtful strategy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Venture capital (VC) firm Lifeline Ventures today announced a fresh €150 million ($163 million) fund aimed at early-stage startups across Finland. Lifeline Ventures has also backed unicorns such as open source enterprise infrastructure company Aiven , which hit a valuation of $3 billion last year. when invited to do so.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Usually when an investor is asking you your burn rate he or she is referring to net burn — what cash are you consuming. The main reason to know your burn is to arrive at a quick calculation of how many months cash you have before you run out of cash. Growth vs. Profits Yesterday I wrote about the trade-off between growth and profits.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

MARA raises $23M from Coinbase Ventures and FTX to build Africa’s portal to the crypto economy. Users will get token (Ayo) rewards when they buy the NFTs or refer people, which they can redeem later for an NFT. King said Ayoken will over the next few months release NFTs of some major African artists and others across the world.

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