David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. What to consider before building your VC platform strategy. Fundraising. Recruiting.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

After listening to others pitch me a few different job opportunities while still at Google in 2008, it became clear to me that I would make a better decision if I could fully explore the larger landscape of new companies emerging in Silicon Valley. Published and reprinted by permission of Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. What to consider before building your VC platform strategy. Fundraising. Recruiting.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The startups all have different versions of the same pitch: they can offer teachers more money, and flexibility, than the status quo. Startups, looking to get a slice of the teacher economy, suddenly can form an entire pitch around these discrepancies. Underpaid and overworked teachers. Image: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

“As the venture landscape becomes more a meritocratic environment where resumes and institutional affiliations matter less, these strategies can make the difference between a successful fundraise and a fruitless meeting,” says Agya Ventures co-founder Kunal Lunawat. A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs.

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Sameer Jain, ActiveAllocator.com: Due Diligence Framework for Direct Investing. Sapphire Ventures’ Top 10 tips for pitching an LP . Tips to write a great venture fund pitch deck. Ha Duong: How Emerging Venture Capital Fund Managers Should Think About Their LP Fundraising Strategies. Here’s the Deck.

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Reforge

OCTOBER 20, 2022

We’ll provide a simple framework to calculate the expected value of the information gained from the experiment. We’ll explain how to adapt the framework to your own use cases, and take a peek under the hood for those that want to dive deeper. Much of this paralysis is due to a lack of framework for determining the value of a test.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 20, 2021

Maybe a book, a podcast, a company, nowhere at all. Lessons learned I’ve devised a few coping strategies. This was less harmful when I worked on a team with many hands to pitch in, but now it can distract me from what’s most important. The canvas was always built, you just had to find the promising areas. Recommended reads ??

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Software companies that sell directly to end users share a simple framework for managing growth that leverages discoverability, desirability and do-ability — the “aha!” Data show that traditional marketing doesn’t work on developers, and it’s not because they’re impervious to a sales pitch. Selective in Silicon Valley.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 23, 2013

It took quite a while to devise this framework and to revise it until it became useful, practical and insightful. I read many books on the topics of competition and strategy. Each of these frameworks evaluates a different aspect of the business. The Grand Unifying Framework - Matrixing Value Chains and P5F.

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FundersClub

JUNE 22, 2017

" Suiteness announces a partnership with Viceroy Hotel Group to integrate some of their most exclusive and lavish suites from hotels in cities such as Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco into Suiteness’ online booking platform in " Suiteness Partners With Viceroy Hotel Group to Offer Exclusive Suites Online.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

After having read Elad Gil’s book, I understand why. In fact, one of the defining chapters in that book was her user instructions for her as a manager. Maybe we can start with that backstory on how that chapter inside of Elad’s book came together. Her team loved working for her. Claire, welcome to Office Hours.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, but at least once per year. To be effective, a startup’s pricing strategy must align with its marketing case studies, website messaging, PR releases and sales pitches. This is one framework.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Frameworks To Become A Billionaire. The strategy behind it, I think, is strong in terms of it gets HubSpot into a thing which is where I think the future of SaaS companies is going to be heading. Or you don't do that that framework? Yeah, I have that framework. Sam: for me, yeah, I have that framework. Shaan: Okay.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 13, 2024

AI, I think, so far is living up to that framework. It does a search across, you know, basically all of these words and sentences and diagrams and books and photos and everything that human beings have created. Nobody yet has bid on that idea when I pitched it. I believe that it will. It essentially does a search.

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