David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Fundraising.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Martinez, who worked on growth teams at Uber, Postmates and Coinbase, is also the founder of SalesKiwi. SaaS customers that reduced headcount are buying fewer seat licenses and sales cycles are taking a little longer than they used to, says Ryan Neu, CEO and co-founder of SaaS-buying platform Vendr.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Gaetano Crupi is a partner at venture capital firm Prime Movers Lab. He serves on the boards of OCEANIX, Atom Computing, Conscious Cultures and MycoWorks. Founders should think of three primary documents as their “holy trinity”: the deck, the strategy memo and the forecast model. Gaetano Crupi. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

We’re facing a pretty big climate change challenge, and I’ve long been skeptical about whether venture capital can be as big a part of the solution as it seems to think it is. The deck is pretty extraordinary, and it’s fun to get under the skin of how the founders are thinking about its round. Cover slide.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

I’m sure you know, but Elon was the co-founder (and largest shareholder) of PayPal, the most important payment transfer technology of its era and still the most instrumental to date. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. The first time I met Andy Dunn he was working for the venture capital firm Maveron.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

Perfect pitch, a singer’s ability to produce any given musical note without a reference tone, is a rare phenomenon — only 1-5 people out of every 10,000 have it. While your odds of creating a perfect pitch deck that captures coveted VC interest aren’t quite that dire, they’re not exactly in your favor, either.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. A well-organized library of best practices for founders in your vertical, which you can share as appropriate. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. AskAnything.VC Fundraising.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. As Ravikant puts it, “founders want to know that the people they are taking money from have first-hand experience.” . MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The company isn’t slowing down, and TechCrunch Live is thrilled to host co-founder and CEO Alex Ratner and Greylock partner Saam Motamedi. . The VC fund provided the company with seed capital and office space. Greylock partner Saam Motamedi joined its board of directors following the Series A. .

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

The company isn’t slowing down, and TechCrunch Live is thrilled to host co-founder and CEO Alex Ratner and Greylock partner Saam Motamedi. . The VC fund provided the company with seed capital and office space. Greylock partner Saam Motamedi joined its board of directors following the Series A. .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

link] Today’s guest is Marc Randolph, the Co-Founder of Netflix who has had an entrepreneurship career that spans four decades. the birth of Netflix and the amazing life of an idea , host of the top-10 That Will Never Work podcast, and a star of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Elevator Pitch web series.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Most founders are not experienced entrepreneurs, which means they tend to repeat the same mistakes as they try to overcome universal challenges. According to Klaviyo co-founder and chief product Ed Hallen , luck was a contributing factor to his marketing automation company’s success. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Lak Ananth is founding CEO and managing partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1 billion valuations. Not all money is created equal: A VC’s advice for founders. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. The narcissist.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Even then, Bain Capital Venture’s Matt Harris felt confident in betting on the startup. Harris says that, with any investment (particularly at the early stage of a company), the decision really comes down to the team and more importantly, the founder. Harris took a seat on the board. Pitch deck teardown — 33:00.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Register When starting a company, founders often underestimate the amount of time and energy required to fundraise. In an interview with AsiaTechDaily, Koh emphasises the importance of founders taking an active role in the fundraising process. Another common mistake founders make when raising capital is mishandling equity.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sequoia hosted a private, sponsored AMA for founders in Startup Battlefield and Startup Alley at the virtual Disrupt SF last month. You’ve sat on both the founder side and investor side, what is one thing you wish you could have told your founder self ? What are things a founder can do to prepare for when the stars align?

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

For most founders, fundraising is a struggle. Only a small minority of people are born into the kinds of connections and life paths to provide them instant access to capital. What’s that investor going to be like in a board meeting when you as a female founder need their support or worse, actually their vote?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Improve your pitch: Startup Battlefield isn’t just thrilling to watch; it’s a masterclass in how investors think. All right, here are the final five business Brahmins who will help judge the Startup Battlefield pitch competition. Mar Hershenson , co-founder and managing partner at Pear VC. Rich Wong , partner at Accel.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Raising early money this way provides some obvious benefits: For example, “they typically don’t come with any control or board seats.” ” However, notes can also create risk, like setting valuation caps too low, failing to raise enough capital or other poor planning that can hand investors more equity than you intended.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Taking on that problem on your own as a solo founder can be daunting, but it can also be freeing. Alternatively, starting up a company with co-founders can be productive yet could have its own challenges. It also means you’re the only one responsible for pitching VCs, running board meetings, staffing a team, and making major decisions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. management, founders, angel investors) get any money. It is 2010.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

The Hong Kong native, Stanford graduate and former Googler ran and sold the venture-backed outfit Polyvore before being recruited into the world of venture capital, where she’s spent the last six years. A startup investment? Not so much. “VCs are not in the business of downside minimization. .

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 4, 2017

One aspect of venture capital that rarely gets talked about is competition to get into a deal. What happens when a founder has that rare wealth of riches when they're choosing who they're going to allow onto their cap table? The tables turn and the one being pitched to becomes the one pitching.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 25, 2022

Free Early Stage Consult - Fox will hire an outside consultant to provide advice on pitch decks or executive summaries. Board Meeting Attendance - A Fox attorney will attend your board meetings at no cost, proactively identifying potential issues and providing experienced insight on business goals.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

On a recent episode of Extra Crunch Live , Retail Zipline founder Melissa Wong and Emergence Capital investor Lotti Siniscalco joined Managing Editor Jordan Crook to walk attendees through Zipline’s Series A deck. She was one of the few or maybe the only CEO who ever stood up to pitch the entire team,” said Siniscalco. “She

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This year’s been eventful for investors and founders alike. Just as it seemed the venture capital boom of 2021 was slowing down, the startup and VC worlds spun on their axes practically overnight, birthing a new dynamic where “growth at all costs” was quickly replaced by a more measured and careful approach to business and investing.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. Here’s the short, short version of other stories: Powering job boards : While the tech sector is seeing layoffs, Kyle reports that Gloat grabs $90 million to build better internal job boards. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

The subject of raising money is critical to many businesses and a passing option to others, depending upon the capital efficiency of the enterprise. You will have more control over strategy and execution than with an outside board overseeing planning and performance. For those of you who fit that description, nice work.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Vijay Chattha is a general partner in VSC Ventures and is the founder and CEO of VSC, a communications and content platform for early-stage technology startups. Capital was hard to come by, and founders had to practically beg VCs to back their company. Vijay Chattha. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jay Kapoor. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Each story is based on an interview with a founder or investor who addressed some of the most common startup dilemmas. TechCrunch reporter Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed Kleiner Perkins partner Bucky Moore to get sector-agnostic advice for founders who are ready to raise a Series A. When should I hire a sales team?

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi Contributor Share on Twitter Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member and mentor to startups, and an angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. Even the most experienced angel investors and VCs can overlook red flags that are not immediately apparent.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 7, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Faye Sahai, Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures. Faye Sahai is Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital wellness and mental health. Pitch smarter, not harder.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

Last month at TechCrunch Early Stage, Glen Evans, a partner on Greylock’s core talent team, joined me to talk about how founders can optimize the recruiting and hiring process , source talent, and uncover some best practices for closing candidates. Ryan Zurrer, founder, Vine Ventures. Dina Burkitbayeva, founder, PsyMed Ventures.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Silicon Valley law firm Cooley recently reported that it “handled 298 disclosable venture capital financings for Q3 2022, representing $8.1 billion of invested capital, continuing a downward trend for both metrics and representing the lowest for both since Q4 2019.” Yet, November was also when U.S.

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