David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day. The application process is not advertised. Most applicants come from referrals.”

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

Second and third order consequences: value goes up for complements and down for substitutes A recent article in the Harvard Business Review titled “The Simple Economics of Machine Intelligence” offers a useful framework to think about the systemic impact of disruptive innovation. From now on, Morris was scouting the order-taker.”

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. VentureCrush FG. “ Pando Daily wrote : “VentureCrushFG takes no equity, there is no co-working space, and no demo day. The application process is not advertised. Most applicants come from referrals.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. These events aren’t just a chance to review the latest cohort of hopeful entrepreneurs — they also showcase the technology, products and services that will compete for VC and consumer attention over the next few years. That startup was DoorDash, by the way.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Get yourself in a big demo day competition. I’m a VC. ” Note: image from PandoDaily, clicking it will take you to the article in which I found it. What kind of message does that send to the party faithful who slave away loyally to hit targets for BigCo? I’ll tell you what is says. Go do a startup.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

April 28, 2023 ChatGPT parent company OpenAI closes $300M share sale at $27B-29B valuation VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive and K2 Global are picking up new shares, according to documents seen by TechCrunch. A source tells us Founders Fund is also investing.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

Our very first customer was a VC who also ended up investing in us. Because we were in YC, VCs are always excited to talk to YC companies and that’s… Michael Babineau [12:36] – They’re trying to figure out who is in the batch and then try to invest before demo deck. Right, so imagine you’re a VC.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Y Combinator’s Demo Day took place this week , and although the event itself was virtual-only, 86% of the founders in YC’s winter 2023 batch lived in SF while participating. Last year, VCs flowed approximately $6 billion to resale platforms, according to Brian Schwarzbach, an investor with Cathay Innovation.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

At Versatile VC , our new VC fund, we’re creating an online community just for founders who are in transition, Founders’ Next Move. Talk with VCs in your space. Many VCs keep a list of ideas they think have high potential. Versatile VC posts publicly our list of startup ideas we want to fund. . Work as a VC Scout.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Twitter Space: A Gen Z VC speaks up. According to Andrew Chan, a senior associate at Builders VC, GenZ investors “are still a bunch of kids, myself included.” A Gen Z VC speaks up: Why Gen Z VCs are trash. " [link]. Illuminant.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. To cut through the noise, he recommends that founders create a “teaser trailer” to share with their network before they begin approaching angels and VCs.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

 During the past 8 years the entire team at YC was responsible for so much: -  Funding 3000+ startups, including 30+ unicorns (and counting) - Funding founders from 90+ countries around the world - Funding 1000 companies with underrepresented founders (women, Hispanic, Black) - Demo Days that now produce nearly half a billion dollars of funding (..)

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

To boost adoption and reduce churn, VC Ross Haleliuk shares four steps PLG cybersecurity companies can take to drive growth and reduce churn , along with multiple tactics that will help teams get started. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 500 Global’s take on the rising competition among startup accelerators.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

Associating with an app that visible, particularly one that’s in the red-hot generative AI space, is bound to get attention — a fact to which this article is a testament. “I released Yuma as a prototype for fun in mid-December 2022, and was overwhelmed with demo requests,” Luccisano said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

Now, YC companies are less incentivized to raise a small amount of money from angels, and more incentivized to optimize for higher valuations after Demo Day, so dilution is limited when accepting that $375,000 check. “We I think there’s a TechCrunch article right now about fintech” pessimism, Mohnot said. “We

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

” Of course, YC companies typically have very strong decks and get meetings easily with top VC firms. We almost always require a demo, or at least a mockup. Some examples: Sample VC Due Diligence Request List. The fact that founders needed to meet with roughly 30 investors in order to produce a term sheet surprised us.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. And covered we did.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

Oh, and Demo charges the startups $18,000. Robert’s article is worth reading. Use the fact that you were on an anointed list to build credibility when you eventually approach journalists (and VC’s, customers, employees). It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

If the first couple of paragraphs of this article seem weird , that’s because I used the Sudowrite tool to write a bunch of descriptions. With that in mind — as you can read from the completely bonkers beginnings of this article — it works fantastically well. Below, I’m embedding a video demo Gupta recorded.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

We read the Wikipedia article about IWD , and learned stuff. Gather around the VC dinner table : Berlin-based venture capital fund La Famiglia closed on €250 million in capital commitments for its third seed fund and first growth co-investment fund. Startups and VC Harri writes, “Local governments in the southwestern U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. It’s a Demo Day thing. International money. ” Meh.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The typical VC process is as follows: They say there are three rules in property: Location, location, location. The surest sign a fund-raising process has stalled is when you aren’t getting follow-up meetings or hearing from the VC or hearing from friends that they got a phone call or email asking about you. Same with VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. Before I tell you my reasons for never doing a deal that a banker intro’d I have to preface by where I think bankers are enormously helpful on VC deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. Another good article. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. Holy sh*t!!!

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here are some of the tools in the Swiss Army Knife that your team needs to be armed with to scale: (this article was originally posted on GigaOm in a shorter format.). Demos – One of the things that most people are bad at and that are hard to standardize is the demo. A good demo tells a story.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

In a companion article on TechCrunch , Eric explores these broader shifts, concluding, “you can start to see a world emerging that sounds a lot more like the fantasies of a New Urbanist than the world before the pandemic.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. yourprotagonist.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

This article originally appeared on Silicon Alley Insider. Equally, I encouraged entrepreneurs to spend time getting to know their future VCs early because getting a feel for your chemistry is far more important than how the VC is ranked in some survey. Lines vs. I call it “focus on basecamp, not the summit.&#

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. That said, I think it is written without taking the full extent of my sales articles into account. Here is a sample of the reading list for the course that gives you a flavor for just how modern and practical this course is.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. Another good article. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. Holy sh*t!!!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. This is not just the perspective of a VC although I can’t say I have zero VC bias. I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. Why buy me?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Justin Bieber is unbelievably entrepreneurial and most of you will never know it because he serves a target demo that doesn’t include you. Consider Usher a hard-working early-stage VC. It’s that sort of mentorship experience that drives many of us hands-on VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

We appeared in a prominent article in the Financial Times. We then had a piece in Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Europe, we ran front cover of Tornado Insider (the top VC magazine in Europe at the time). If you need VC, no better time than the present. We launched out second company, Koral, at DEMO in 2006.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2016

Why would a VC do that? I’m simply pointing out that by numbers more startups are founded in that younger demo). Today we have all of my past videos with categories so you can more easily explore topics like: fund raising, HR, VC advice, negotiations, sales, marketing, etc. Just that Snapchat is less crowded.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Moscone Center did not look like we’re experiencing a downturn in tech: The Expo Hall and demo booths were buzzing, and attendees were networking with enthusiasm in the hallways (are business cards making a comeback?). Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 2023 VC predictions: Finding an exit from the ‘messy middle’.

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