Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. ” That always stuck with me. That seems very Brad to me.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Learn from a partner at Accomplice VC Image courtesy of Sarah Downey Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. Downey is an operating partner at Accomplice VC, an angel investor, and the founder of an upcoming lifestyle app (currently in stealth). Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The most common answer was the desire to leverage their personal network, as all these founders — through partial secondaries — are very active angels,” Sorrentino told TechCrunch. “This is when we came up with the model of paying them carried interest in the fund while doing deals together as a community.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Meet Roundtable , a new startup backed by eFounders that wants to bring community-driven angel investments to European startups. The company has built a platform that simplifies the administrative, legal and financial challenges that come with angel investments.

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

By Michael "Luni" Libes In the traditional world of early stage, Angel and VC investing, money is local. Studies show that over 80% of funding at Angel groups and Series A VCs goes to businesses in the same city/region as the funders. Over in the impact investing space, this rule is not true.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2023

Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g.,

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

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. David Teten. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Estreich says that it was always their plan to start with a private fundraise, and — after getting early traction — switch to a raise that would allow accredited investors outside of their community to invest. You have to be as good at distribution as you are at building a product,” Kramer said. “We

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

And now, thanks to Hustle Fund, she is also an angel investor. Hustle Fund is coming out of stealth today with Angel Squad , a new initiative aimed at making angel investing more accessible to more people. She describes herself as “a complete novice” in angel investing, and so far, she’s loving the experience. “

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Triet has a wealth of experience in portfolio support, angel investing, venture scout networks, advising emerging funds and startups, and has also been a founder himself. How did you break into tech investing? Joining venture scout networks allowed me to build a track record, and I ventured into angel investing.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

If a bank doesn’t believe in your idea, the startup community might — and there’s a good chance they’ll give you a lot of money if they do. Federal and state agencies, local communities and private companies provide grants under strict qualifications and use cases. Angel investing and venture capital (VC).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

At that time, most VC activity was dominated by the now-defunct Austin Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds. ATX will be the first midcontinent VC to have top decile performance two funds in a row,” he told TechCrunch. “It It is a true reflection of the vibrancy in the Texas ecosystem and having an operator approach at early-stage VC.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

On Friday’s episode of the Equity Podcast , Natasha, Alex and I discussed what a small world this venture community is. The move was a bit of a controversial one that was met with surprise and some disappointment in the startup community.). You told Forbes that you had decided to go into full-time startup investing earlier this year.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

What he gave the community with VentureHacks is a pure gift to the community. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. With a little patience, forethought, and strategy, you can avoid angel burnout. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. 3) Start with funds.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

But McEttrick also points to the emergence of notebook-based data programming tools, such as Jupyter Notebooks — which have been adopted by data scientists and open source communities “to create powerful insights and collaborate more effectively with numbers.” “But, nothing has really stuck.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

He and I once took different sides of an debate about whether “VC signaling&# in early-stage deals is a serious problem or not. So it was fun to turn the cameras on him for 45 minutes for a special “NY edition of This Week in VC&# and hearing his views. I’ve also found him to not be dogmatic either.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

When I learned they were hiring a community manager, I threw everything I had at the interview process. I joined Glossier because of all the things I hoped I would learn: about consumer businesses, the beauty industry, brand and community building, and beyond. AM: Angel investing was our collective gateway to building Coalition.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 3, 2022

Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is taking a small loan or capital from a large number of investors/individuals at the same time to invest in the business. Angel investment Angel investors are individuals with extra cash in hand. If you’re building a community-led product, Lolita Taub and Greg Isenberg are the ones to reach out.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

Jason plans to set up Open Angel chapters in many US cities and eventually internationally. I think most great angel investing is done at a local level. There was some Twitter chat before the event about whether this “replaces&# local angel funding communities like the Tech Coast Angels.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 55 Washington Street. via Brownstoner.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Furthermore during this economic downturn, we’ve heard a crescendo of voices lamenting the lack of startup funding, as communities finally recognize that new companies are the key source of job creation in this country. Let’s take a closer look at trends in government grants, angel investment and venture capital financings.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 13, 2020

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director Earlier this week the Clean Energy Venture Group (CEVG) and E8 Angels announced a partnership for national climate tech angel investing with the goal to achieve greater efficiencies and impact.

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Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The Valley produces world-class entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists and successful high-tech companies – all growing and creating jobs on one relatively small peninsula. It hosts an environment which many other communities have attempted to emulate, although they haven’t and won’t.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

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. Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. I need to take some VC meetings. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected?

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This is a rare opportunity to learn more about the family office world, as well as about Versatile VC. Here’s the blurb: On October 26th, meet the former President of one of America’s largest family systems and a VC targeting companies most VCs are overlooking. He writes periodically at teten.com.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

TBD Angels has been successful in marrying our experienced membership with the use of smart products to move faster and collaborate: All Stage ‘s Community product is the foundation of our group’s operations and dealflow collaboration. Q: Managing the subscription process for angels can be tricky.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. VC recruiters list and compensation data.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

While corporate venture invested 50% less than in 2022 and VCs invested overall 31% less, angels invested 27% less. Exhibit 3), with the decline in funding more likely due to fewer angel groups actively investing than to changes in the behavior of angels who continued to invest.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Startups and VC. It’s a new startup backed by eFounders that wants to bring community-driven, AngelList-style angel investments to European startups. The company has built a platform that simplifies the administrative, legal and financial challenges that come with angel investments. You can sign up here.

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David Teten VC

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This is a rare opportunity to learn more about the family office world, as well as about Versatile VC. He was previously a Managing Partner with HOF Capital, a VC backed by 70 family offices and UHNWs across 21 countries, and a Partner with ff Venture Capital. He writes periodically at teten.com.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

That story actually begins about eleven or twelve years ago, with a little bit of VC mentoring. I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. Leading an investment into an ice cream chain, however, that's another beast.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. Most successful businesses have a plan for real revenue right off the bat and a clearer value proposition than "let the community figure it out". Don't let the fanboys distract you from business 101. Nice work, aplusk. The Reluctant Partner.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.” You can read more on that here. Recipients included the following fintech startups: CashEx, a currency exchange platform that leverages AI to help U.S.

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