Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

The median VC exit price for deals is $70 million (FLAG Capital via Bryce.VC). Bimodal returns are a fallacy, many great VC funds are built on the power law curve. They say the same about VC. If you have any problems downloading deck from above SlideShare presentation you can try this link. So entry price matters a lot.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

We’ll also explore advice regarding incorporation, how to find a co-founder and when startups are too large to join an accelerator. Don’t make me download anything. And I say that on behalf of every other VC and angel in the world. This advice is clear and should help you avoid some common pitfalls.

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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. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

If you’ve previously downloaded the app, please delete it and re-download to get the latest update. ” Download here. ” Download here. based Apple or Google account to download and use the mobile app. . Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An Unfiltered Chat with a Top VC , with Mayfield.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

At TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 , a virtual bootcamp experience in two distinct parts, you’ll learn from leading experts across the startup spectrum — including prominent founders ready to share their personal experiences and hard-won advice to help you avoid costly missteps. What’s more, you’ll learn from the best of the best.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

My big question is if VCs are taking the same advice that they’re dishing. Don’t forget VCs, you have VCs too. ( After our call, I joked that I’m curious if any VC firms are interested in backing startups that don’t care at all about discipline or capital efficiency. At least most of you do! Smart, and common.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

” This is a frequent theme of mine when asked to speak to audience about the VC industry. Fooling us into downloading an app to watch a video and afterward feeling duped. And this is fueled by the VC culture in Silicon Valley. And this is fueled by the VC culture in Silicon Valley. It is VC math, like it or not.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Also participating are two former American football players, Eli Manning and Ositadimma “Osi” Umenyiora; Boston, US-based seed fund Accomplice; healthcare-focused VC firm THVC and early stage European VC, Daphni.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Ukraine’s startup ecosystem was thriving before the war and making great progress, with Ukrainian startups raising $832 Million in VC funding in 2021. VC Funding was steadily growing before the war and there are more than 50 VC firms continuing to operating in the country. Secured seed finding from SMRK VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 16, 2011

It’s easy to think that the wife of a well-known & successful VC ( Fred Wilson ) would have had an easy and storied life of wealth and privilege. That’s why I was so interested in having “ The Gotham Gal &# come on This Week in VC ( video link on YouTube , download iTunes, episode 15) ) and dispel those myths.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Hire admin / office management after you raise a reasonable size VC round. But my slides are linked above and you can also download from SlideShare. If you need a COO then perhaps you’re not a CEO? Maybe you’d make a better part-time Chairman and let the COO run the business?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

It’s well intentioned on the part of the second or third time founder turned angel, VC, or accelerator mentor. So, at least we had about 50 people immediately download, on-board, and use the app. Am I being duped by Twitter-speak and startup mentor nonsense spouted by people with no skin in my game? Easy for you to say. No one uses it.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2013

In part two I talked about how to ensure that your professional services practice doesn’t take over your software company although I’m on record that there is nothing wrong with a services company as long as you’re not VC backed. Startup Advice' Only the scrappy survive. But I still don’t get it?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

This week, DocSend dropped a big load of statistics about the VC activity over the past half year or so. This week, the tool that caught my eye was Moemate, an assistant that analyzes what is actually happening on your screen to offer context-aware advice and support. Welcome to Startups Weekly. Kyle reports spotty but curious results.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

In the mobile world many apps are downloaded but never used or perhaps only used for one day. Fixing a problem with somebody who downloads your app uses it once and churns versus somebody who quits after 30 days are clearly very different resolutions. No metrics = high level, more generalized advice. Salesman Metrics.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Here’s the advice I wish someone told me when I started. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. This is not tax advice and you may want to consult with professionals like CryptoTrader.Tax. But it wasn’t always this way. instant buys on Kraken !

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. A lot of the VCs I talked to – I was living in NorCal, a lot of the VCs were saying, “Yeah, come on in, EIR.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). Deal evaluations the Foundry way, which continues into a great discussion about VC decision-making processes. “So Brad Feld is a fountain of knowledge & wisdom. Or, as always, summary notes available below.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

million in early stage funding to date — with investment coming from European VC firm Earlybird; Dominik Schiener ( Iota co-founder); and the Swedish authentication and payment services company, Thales AB. Europe puts out advice on fixing international data transfers that’s cold comfort for Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

It’s as though we forgot the management mantra of the 90′s about “core competencies&# or the most common VC advice to entrepreneurs: Focus. With new micro VC entrants into to early-stage investing plus increased competition from angels, incubators and the like – traditional VCs have taken notice.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. One of the most asked questions I get about being a VC who was formerly an entrepreneur is if I ever miss being an entrepreneur? And I’m happy as a VC. They can’t have a positive LTV on these downloads.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

As many of you know I run a weekly webcast called This Week in VC that’s getting between 25-35,000 weekly views across ThisWeekIn.com, YouTube & mostly iTunes. What is the mix of revenue between ads, subscriptions, digital downloads & ecommerce. Why did you raise VC from Polaris & how have they been to work with?

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Y Combinator

APRIL 24, 2024

He'll tell us why he built Bump , why he chose to pivot it even after it saw many millions of downloads, and how that choice led to the creation of Google Photos. We’re consuming our own advice. I sat down with David to hear more about his story so far, and I've shared that conversation below. Last question!

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Startups/VC. And then blast past 50 million downloads and rack up a few million monthly active users. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Pleasure has a very large TAM, but “vice clauses” prevent many VC firms from even considering a sex tech startup. It’s simple. Say, learning languages.

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The Entrepreneurs Library

JUNE 22, 2015

As a VC, Tony was really interested in the question, “what makes entrepreneurs successful?” Download the full transcript here. Related books: Relevant advice and tips: What did you like and not like about this episode? One of the people that I interviewed is a guy named Anthony Chan who is a venture capitalist in Boston.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Not only that, there are a lot of VCs and angels all walking around competing for the best deals. No single VC can make or break your company—and, in fact, we’re often so competitive with each other that it feels like we don’t have very much power at all when a company is showing traction. 9) You need a deck.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Most board meetings are “update meetings” where management downloads its status to a group of investors. You don’t even have to follow the advice they give. Presenting at Meetings without Going Down a Rathole (this was written for VC pitches but many lessons apply). Startup Advice' Meeting Dynamics.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

with a wall of amazing content for you to download straight into your brain. Startups and VC There are some people on the internet who don’t want to be found. As January is coming to a close, the TechCrunch team is firing on all cylinders (do we still say that, in a time of electric cars? What is a better expression these days?),

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

You can download our mobile app, or you can also find us embedded inside some of the tools that you already use, like we are natively integrated inside of QuickBooks, for example, or FreshBooks or other systems that you use. Go to your VC grant, loan from a bank, whatever. Any advice for us, Prashant? I want to open up a store.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Startups and VC. Klaviyo co-founder Ed Hallen’s 3 top pieces of advice for launching a startup. ” In a TechCrunch+ guest post, he shared three fundamental pieces of advice for new founders. Klaviyo co-founder Ed Hallen’s 3 top pieces of advice for launching a startup. You can sign up here.). Big Tech Inc.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

If you download their mobile app, Krispy Kreme will give you a free doughnut , McDonald’s will give you a free large fries , and Baskin-Robbins will give you a free scoop of ice cream. Is it disrespectful to imply that the founders, executives, VC-backers, and the boards of these companies are gullible or naive?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. I asked him if he’d be willing to allow me to interview him for This Week in VC and we filmed it in the offices of Stack Overflow – his new company. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Today, Daye is announcing a £10 million (~$11.5M) Series A round — which includes investment from London-based Hambro Perks, global VC firm MassMutual Ventures and Canadian VC Cross Border Impact Ventures — and brings its total raised to £19M (or just under $22M) to date.

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