David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

For example, activist hedge funds, and most private equity and VC funds. A private equity/VC investor can proactively recruit new team members, win clients, or if necessary change management. . We wrote the first version of this research with Brent Beardsley , formerly a Partner with Boston Consulting Group. Contributors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

Last year was a big year for these leaders—even if the VC funding numbers don’t show it—and we’re excited to see what these entrepreneurs do in 2021. Founded in 2013 in Detroit , LaunchGood is a crowdfunding platform that’s built to empower Muslims and raise money for their campaigns around the world. LaunchGood (Detroit).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Surely not I, when my family moved here in 2013. He did not provide further details, saying only the company would provide the affected “with generous packages, engage in consultation where required, and support them with their transitions.” I know, I know — Austin is known for its 100+ degree temperatures in the summertime.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 7, 2016

But it’s not a compelling if it’s a single data point, because the market reached this level in Q2 2013 and Q1 2012. Quick glossary on what those terms mean (Consult your attorney before signing terms sheets!): Source: Cooley Q2 VC Data at Cooley Go. Series B down rounds haven’t increased as a total share.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

On being deliberate in building your network to create opportunities: “Five years into BCG [Boston Consulting Group], I learned a lot about private equity investing, but I missed tech. This was 2013, 2014. I really wanted to figure out if I should go back and do tech investing. It was not serendipitous, where the job landed in my lap.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

I gave them advice I don’t think they were expecting from a VC, “Don’t raise venture capital for this business. It is advice I give entrepreneurs often as I have written here on why most businesses should never raise VC. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? It may be the right answer for you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2013

I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens. One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

I’m concerned that we’ll wind up with something akin to another de Blasio administration—because a progressive Mayor who cared about inequity was what we were supposed to get in 2013. At this point in the 2013 race, de Blasio was a distant third being Weiner and Quinn. He was a TV commercial away from pulling ahead.

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