Both Sides of the Table

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.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

entrepreneurs 384

entrepreneurs startup VC real estate 384

David Teten VC

AUGUST 7, 2019

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. In VC, this means you source companies by talking with other VCs and tracking the investment patterns and new Linkedin connections of other VCs.

venture capital 53

venture capital capital ventures VC 53

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

People assume that I’m biased because I’m a VC and think you should always get the highest valuation possible. The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). But if you do this early (pre VC) then the price points are pretty low. This is wrong.

venture capital 282

venture capital capital ventures angel investing 282

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.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

entrepreneurs 176

entrepreneurs startup VC real estate 176

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

strategy 366

strategy development VC advice 366

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release).

VC 285

VC financing finance advice 285

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. There are a lot of things I think entrepreneurs should care about when raising from a VC: How big or small their fund is? Beezer did.

entrepreneurs 237

entrepreneurs VC mentorship strategy 237

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. 2 weeks later and we may never have raised any more VC. When you raise VC make sure you keep on hand on the grill. True story.)

startup founder 299

startup founder founder startup VC 299

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Also be careful about VCs. But once a VC has heard your idea he can’t “un-think&# it. I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. I know because I did this in early 2000. Be careful about this advice. Don’t do this.

startup 380

startup entrepreneurs advice strategy 380

David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data. How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

VC 128

VC venture capital accelerator ventures 128

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. I’m now a VC. So you rush to develop a new monetization strategy which means rebuilding your app. There is a strategy for that. Why does iPhone only come on the AT&T network? There was no engagement.

health 326

health innovation development SaaS 326

Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

Network effects win: the revolutionary power of free While the MP3 was genuinely better than the competing MP2, it was not as good as the AAC, which was designed to be its successor. Consumer adoption created a de facto standard that was then impossible to bypass due to network effects. But you didn’t need any of that stuff anymore.

incumbents 40

incumbents disruption frameworks innovation 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Allow untrusted network participants to trade If you started a business 200 years ago you could mostly only trade in your local economy and you relied about “traders” who could transport your products great distances to those who might like to buy them in foreign lands. That would be like Turkey’s voting to have Thanksgiving dinner.

peer-to-peer 280

peer-to-peer frameworks capital real estate 280