Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. If you’re a financial services firm blog about personal finance. Much of my traffic is through referring websites and/or social media. Now I’m a VC. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Be authentic.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

I was mainly educated in accounting and finance. As the team is not from a VC background, the typical investment strategy for seed or early-stage fund on diversifying into a portfolio of companies and then follow-on investments into potential winners is simply not in our DNA who came from corporate finance and business advisory background.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

However, it appears that even though VCs are proceeding more cautiously than before and taking their time with due diligence, they are still investing. CB Insights recently found that two of the largest global VC firms, Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, actually backed more fintech companies in 2022 than any other category.

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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

MAY 7, 2023

The circumstances around his departure remain fuzzy, but one source speculated that tension arose between Ackerson and Fin founding partner Logan Allin over some of the goings-on at alternative financing startup Pipe last year. More details here. government. Fintech projected to become a $1.5

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

Similarly, one VC may encourage newly minted CEOs to eat ramen and ride the bus, while another might suggest a salary in the low six-figures, depending on geography. Please share one piece of advice that can help a first-time founder stand out from the rest. How much salary should the CEO of a pre-revenue startup take?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. They wanted advice. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC?

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get an entrepreneur who has raised one and only one round of financing in his or her entire life--all from relatively unsophisticated individuals, giving fundraising advice. However, I''m not about to dish out advice on how to grow into a billion dollar company, because I haven''t taken a company there yet.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

When people refer to setting up a board, what they usually mean is the process of adding outside directors, after the company raises money. We recommend getting to know partners at VC firms on your list at least 6 to 9 months before your fundraise. Founders/CFO/Finance team:Outline topics and write/collect content to be covered. ?

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

Or if you’ve raised a warehouse, you can now fund and originate loans that will be repaid by a financing partner. We also sought the advice of several software providers who work with fintech borrowers to get their best approaches to managing one or more debt facilities. What happens now?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow. Today, Klarna is most certainly a tech company, employing 1,300 software engineers out of a staff of over 3,500.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. Scale CEO Alex Wang and Accel’s Dan Levine explain why sometimes unconventional VC deals are best. Alexa von Tobel outlines how founders should manage personal finances.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Dror’s practice focuses on representing startup companies in their financing and merger and acquisition transactions and their intellectual property, IT and internet agreements. Dror was the co-founding chair of the PLI VC Law program and hosted their first blockchain legal program.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

You’re tied at the hip to your VC. So my first advice is not to rush in the fund raising process. Get to know VCs over a long period of time so that when you’re ready to get engaged you feel you know their character. I always tell entrepreneurs, “in good times of course everybody loves their VC.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. People referred to them as the invoicing company.”. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow. Today, Klarna is most certainly a tech company, employing 1,300 software engineers out of a staff of over 3,500.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Here’s the advice I wish someone told me when I started. Terra references the Bitcoin and Ethereum white papers in its preponderance of what other value blockchain technology can bring to the world. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. and loudest?—?voices

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. They have advice to share. They know all the VCs for intros.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. It included one firm who I asked not to call Salesforce.com as a reference (they were our largest pilot customer) and in their kindness they called Marc Benioff (the CEO) and asked his opinion. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2018

This will be the post where I dangerously attempt to walk the minefield of a white male VC opining on the topic. Clearly he assumed that he was using some kind of username, and that it was a gang reference of some sort--like, "Young Blood" as in the bloods and the crips or something to that affect. Makes my skin crawl.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Asked to respond to the topic, “What collusion happens with AngelList, if any&# I wrote the following: “Um, let’s not be naive here and not think that a “form of collusion&# doesn’t happen on virtually any financing round. Have you reference them? How well financed is the competition? I doubt it.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

And we know that the chief people officer role, CHRO—unlike maybe finance or sales—entrepreneurs have a harder time understanding what that role is, right? And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job. Kelli Dragovich: That makes a ton of sense, Matt.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

After all, in the year 2020, investors that had access to VC-backed IPOs, earned $206 million in average one-day gains for each of 165 separate offerings, for a total of $34B in one-day wealth transfers (including over-allotments). of VC-backed companies vs Buyout-backed companies. Are We Too Gullible or Naive? I don’t think so.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Sylndr’s approach is to offer both a “certified pre-owned” option — they buy the cars and get them in working condition — and financing in hopes of putting the brakes on some of that mistrust. Startups and VC. Is it a nerd? Is it insane? Buoyed by a new infusion of $6.2 Is everyone checking their bank APY right now?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

based VC firm Optum Ventures, as it gears up to hop over the pond. Existing investors in the April 2020-founded business also joined in the latest round of financing. Vira Health , a U.K. Vira’s £1.5 Vira’s app — Stella — which launched in the U.K.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 17, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. which we affectionately referred to as “floaters”?—?surfaced Do not take this as financial advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 30, 2016

We did what many VC funds did – we presented our annual results, we stood up and talked about our portfolio companies, we invited a few to also present and then we had dinner & drinks at some posh restaurant. Before making this change I called our LPs to ask for advice and input. So I decided to change up our format a bit.

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