David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . As a next step, we recommend that you register at the major expert network websites, as well as LinkedIn and job boards, if you haven’t already.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Anyone , an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to large-scale onboarding after operating in a limited closed beta for the past six months. It’s one-to-one only.

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Revolution

MAY 4, 2022

Convening with CEO and co-founder Ryan Simonetti By Steve Murray and Patrick Conroy , Partners at Revolution Growth Convene’s London location at 22 Bishopsgate In 2018, Revolution Growth led an investment in Convene , an emerging leader in flexible work, meetings and events, and premium venues.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Given the request for input and feedback, you might expect a presenter to receive various advice from the other Forum members. However, most Forum organizations train members to specifically avoid giving advice. Under an advice framework, my Forum-mates take turns telling me what I should do in my specific situation.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 21, 2021

A well-known entrepreneur turned VC, who will go unnamed because I am not sure he would want me to share this conversation publicly, once told me “if you remove a founder, you must sell the company within a couple of years or it will start to decline in value.” Some founders are this rare breed of visionaries who can operate too.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. Not all money is created equal: A VC’s advice for founders. More posts by this contributor. 8 disappointing investor archetypes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

I interviewed a number of prominent VC’s and entrepreneurs for my recent book. Here is advice I collected for dealing with the stress of running a startup: 1. Brad Feld, a partner at Foundry Group and investor in many successful startups, gave me this piece of advice. Remember that you are not alone. Communicate with the team.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2019

I’m going to focus this post around the concept of a “board dinner” or “board lunch” since this is part of a series around how to more effectively run board relationships but most of these tips can be broadly applied. Why a Board Dinner (or Lunch)? Managing a board is a bit like flying?—?the

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 10, 2023

You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss How to find funding for your startup as valuations and terms return to pre-bubble norms The top-rated business books of 2022 Let’s do this. ICYMI: The top-rated business books of 2022 ? No uncapped notes or SAFEs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here’s what Tracy Call of EO Minnesota, founder of Media Bridge Advertising , which ranked No. 5000 shared: Knowing what you know now, what advice would you share with your younger self? I also have a physical “to do” book and a system for jotting things down and crossing them off that I follow religiously. And we are!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2020

For companies ranking in the top quartile of executive-board diversity, returns on equity (ROEs) were 53 percent higher, on average, than they were for those in the bottom quartile … earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) margins at the most diverse companies were 14 percent higher, on average, than those of the least diverse companies.”.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Koh emphasises the importance of founders taking an active role in the fundraising process. Another common mistake founders make when raising capital is mishandling equity.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2014

Many startups these days are started by young, technical or product founders who are in the idealistic phase of their lives and careers. I can assure you that move wasn’t a walk in the park for the board. I call it “ the Co-Founder mythology ” and it’s persistent in our startup mythology. Foursquare?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. Smart is simply not a differentiator.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

Clearly the founders and senior executives of a company are the most valuable resources and their time should be maximized on the most valuable tasks. I can’t tell you how many people have thanked me for this advice and say their productivity increased exponentially. And board confidence matters in growing companies.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 8, 2022

teams usually outperform individuals or groups of individuals) but very few Founder CEOs are skilled at creating a high-performing senior leadership team. Remote work, hybrid and distributed teams have made working together more difficult in the eyes of most Founder CEOs. Internal stakeholders include other teams or board members.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

With all the external presenters, the ones I enjoyed the most were Dan Senor who wrote the book Startup Nation (an examination of the Israeli technology scene). I also got the chance to hear from and meet the founder of About.com – Scott Kurnit – who gave a lively talk that challenged much startup conventional wisdom.

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Berkonomics

MAY 13, 2021

Several years ago, I wrote a book entitled, Extending the Runway , using parallels to piloting a plane to equate to the process of creating and building a small company, making maximum use of resources to get to and beyond breakeven. Extending the Runway book available at Amazon. Extending the Runway book available at Amazon.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 8, 2019

This may be news, but boards of directors can offer bad advice. Having served on more than forty boards, I’ve seen such a variety of good and bad advice that my stories could fill a book. (oh, They have…) So, lets delve into board composition, risk of an unbalanced board, and one of those stories….

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc. You also have an impressive array of side projects—from books and apps to philanthropic and environmental initiatives. 5000 list twice! .

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? Paying close attention to the psychology of founders. We need to spot when a founder is hitting a major stress phase in life or work and be there to help and also know how to get the most out of people through being great mentors. That’s a decision every founder gets to make.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

Or maybe it was because the founder left to go start a second company before the sale was complete. While there’s lots of advice out there on how investors can exit successfully, there’s less for entrepreneurs in the trenches. Founder Jayesh Parmar always looked at his options for exiting while building his business.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

If you’re a founder who finds yourself in a meeting with a VC, try to remember two things: You’re the smartest person in the room. ” Wilson’s book explores the history of freon, a common refrigerant that was later banned due to its devastating impact on the ozone layer. Dear Sophie: Tips on EB-1A and EB-2 NIW?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I wonder sometimes if founders even know about the hours their lawyers or advisers put in on evenings, weekends, vacations. And they will offer you some of the best business advice you will ever receive if you’re open to it. I had dinner with my friend Brooke Hammerling , founder of Brew PR recently. EXECUTIVE RECRUITERS.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. Sam & Rahul have worked closely together on “innovate & operate” since the earliest days of MakeSpace. Seriously, this happens.

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Gust

JUNE 28, 2014

If you handle this correctly and make your expectations clear up front, they can be a *major* asset when it comes to introductions, connections, advice and follow-on funding. The solution, however, is pretty straightforward: Make sure you have a good working relationship with your lead angel, who will often be on your board.

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Gust

OCTOBER 26, 2014

He published a book with Ron Porter, titled “ Bootstrap Business ”, that provides a wealth of practical examples and advice on this subject. I like his approach, and have extracted some tips from his book and other sources on how to do it: Use a virtual office. When you let them on board, you lose control of your destiny.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

It’s sort of like having an Encyclopedic history book before just launching your product and seeing whether anybody uses it. Here’s the thing – as Michael Lewis talks about in his book, the adage of investing is that “if you’re reading about something in the papers it’s already too late.”. Want to do a Q&A website?

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OkDork

DECEMBER 2, 2022

I think there's a lot of counterintuitive advice out there saying you can only have freedom and riches by being an entrepreneur… but you can actually have a lot of that by being an employee and having a great day job. But I can't really give you advice on that without understanding your full story. How to Know When to Quit Your Job.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In many cases, based on our interactions with thousands of founders in the Draftbit Community , success seems to come down to how well they enlist the support of those first mobile app users. Many founders approach a solution or the original version of their app with a specific vision in mind, and they don’t want to get product feedback.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2010

I was recently speaking with some founders about their fund raising process. So my first advice is not to rush in the fund raising process. Don’t take my advice, take Eric Clapton’s. I play open book. You’re going to build a board and you want people who can work well together.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I will even take to emailing people I don’t know offering small bits of advice. I shifted my thinking a few years ago after I read Tim Ferris’s book The Four Hour Workweek (link is to a short summary I wrote). I had a 3-hour board meeting with another. If you do randomly write me I have advice. Is that OK?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Last week, though, the outside world got a look at how Y Combinator, one of Silicon Valley’s most famed and feared accelerators, deals with the intricacies of a scaled, yet still ultra-exclusive, community after the accelerator kicked out two founders from its internal messaging board, Bookface.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

And then take your experience and turn it into a piece of thought leadership career advice to share with people reading this. I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. I tried to get hired at Better Place and failed. Enter Box. They gave me a shot.

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Guy Kawasaki

APRIL 27, 2015

First-time entrepreneurs are looking for any particle of positive feedback, reinforcement, and advice, so they jump at the first sign of interest. The demand for adult supervision in the form of advisors, board members, and investors far exceeds the supply, so you may need to take a chance with people who are untested in these roles.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

If you had to share “words of wisdom” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be? Most of my experience is in B2B SaaS, so this advice is tailored to founders in a similar space: #1 Hire an experienced leadership team to define the culture and vision A brand new startup only has one asset?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Walton helped it raise its first millions in venture capital, making her one of the few dozen Black female founders to do so. Walton eventually applied, and got accepted, to Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), a prestigious program that produces founders and top executives. I didn’t have the confidence.”. 1,” Krassner said.

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