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6 career options for ex-founders seeking their next adventure

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David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds. 5 innovative fundraising methods for emerging VCs and PEs. Angel investing, venture capital and mentoring. Sell information products. David Teten.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 VC predictions, how to hook an angel, product advisory councils

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Whether it’s done informally via a Reddit AMA or a Twitter Space, it’s never a bad idea to interact with people who use your products and services. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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Triet Nguyen: Navigating the World of Tech Investing and Pioneering in Venture Capital

Jason Malki

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Triet co-founded Cheese Plug, an on-demand charcuterie board delivery service, applying lessons learned from the tech space to enhance convenience and affordability in the catering business. How did you break into tech investing? Breaking into venture capital has been a remarkable and challenging journey.

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One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors is launching a fund for African startups

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Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known active angel investors in Nigeria tech startups and Africa at large. Since he began angel investing in 2014, Soyombo has invested in 33 startups, including Stripe-owned Paystack , PiggyVest, and TeamApt. It’s funny how things have changed since then.”

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

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Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.&#. When I’m in, I’m in. He first worked hard to get him to be an advisor to the company.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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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). Short answer: no.

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Seven to Ten Years

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

Starting in the mid-00s, The Gotham Gal and I started investing in other venture capital funds, always limiting these investments to firms where we knew the partners well and had sat on boards with them. And The Gotham Gal started angel investing around the same time, often writing the first check into startups.