David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . VC Platform community has grown approximately 120% in the last 3 years. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History. This post summarizes the parts of his book that deal with U.S. government policy. states continue to experiment with ways to spark entrepreneurial finance.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

” The firm’s investment process begins at the macro level, building actionable investment frameworks based on extensive internal research. “On the venture investing side, Sebastien Mallaby wrote a great history of the VC industry called “The Power Law.”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

The process of debating and agreeing the details of this startup ecosystem support framework is expected to take between six and nine months. Polo: Yeah, because looking at the full picture, it’s actually the first time in our history that we’re going to have a specific legal framework for startups.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

How An Algorithm Transformed The Music Industry And Created The Mobile & Social Web As the music industry recently announced its first annual revenue growth after 15 years of uninterrupted contraction, I thought it was a good time to share some of the things I learnt from reading Stephen Witt’s book How Music Got Free.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 8, 2021

We call it FrameWork and it will be opening next month. FrameWork is just an example of the many ways that knowledge workers will choose to work going forward. In our current framework, boundaries are the individual’s responsibility, and when they’re broken, it’s because the individual failed to protect them. But guardrails?

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FundersClub

JUNE 8, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg of FundersClub will host a Q&A on FC Live with Adam Draper of Boost VC on June 13th. Submit questions and RSVP for the event here: Q&A with Adam Draper of Boost VC — FundersClub Live Series. FundersClub Portfolio News.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

Remember to book your tickets to the show today before prices go up $1,100. . Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. The State of VC in 2022.

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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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abovethecrowd.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Eventually, however, we gained our footing and developed a mental model for the industry and a framework for where opportunities do exist. I got very lucky early on because someone introduced me to a book by David Goldhill called “Catastrophic Care.” healthcare system is confusing and complex. He runs the Game Show Network.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Favorite business book, blog, podcast? Although we spend lots of time talking about numbers, metrics and frameworks, there’s an artistic component to entrepreneurship that’s really important. Great leaders create spectacular teams by hiring people who are better at what they do than the leaders themselves. Anything else?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. raised money from VCs and 7.7% More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. A new category of VCs have emerged offering a hybrid between VC and RBI, which we call “Flexible VC”. .

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

JUNE 10, 2024

Its designed to draw primarily from my research, 2 published books, and over 100 public presentations at leading universities and finance/tech conferences. Ive applied that framework to everything in my life, which is why I have so many notes on best practices in different domains. Check it out!It

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Jason Malki

JULY 13, 2023

Exploring Shaun Gold’s Entrepreneurial Journey as Nightlife Ninja, Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author, and VC I had the pleasure of interviewing Shaun Gold. He is a successful entrepreneur, VC, 2x best-selling author, speaker, super connector to startups and standouts, Jeopardy contestant, and screenwriter/executive producer.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

But founder Matthew Joseph Martin soon realized that the startup, backed by investors like Boost VC and Tim Draper, was serving a relatively niche market in the States. The microfinancing platform connects investors with small businesses using mudarabah, a shariah-compliant profit-sharing agreement. Indonesia emerged as the best choice.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

47:40 – What’s a must read book and why? Like, everything else, I read a lot of books, like everything that is out there related to startups, founders, but all of that is not in context to what you’re doing. A lot of those books are written outside India. At that time, we just kept listening to VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Let’s set up a framework. it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 If you have strong VC support now and a lot of cash in the bank you may be willing to accept a higher burn rate (say $300k or $400k per month) than a company with angel money and less cash in the bank. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

My goal is to lay out a basic framework for anybody unsure whom to listen to as a way of helping you think about a way to orient your own views. But I also believe that the backlash that will happen against ICO fraud will likely burn some people to future participation until and unless there are some frameworks for oversight of the market.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

As I have pointed out in previous posts , 91% of VCs surveyed believe prices are declining (30% believe substantially) and 77% believe that funding will take longer than it has in the past. This is another thing I strongly advise entrepreneurs to understand and even talk with their VCs about. More Reading.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Frameworks To Become A Billionaire. Or you don't do that that framework? Yeah, I have that framework. Sam: for me, yeah, I have that framework. And you can learn a lot of what you need just by reading the top three books on it and just practicing the craft, right? I know Shaan, you love frameworks.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 28, 2013

Sure, eight years of Jesuit high school and college gave me frameworks for learning, but it was never made obvious what I'd use them for and how they tied back into the outside world. For anyone who wants to be a VC, those are the skills I would work on. Pattern matching for early warning signs of trouble.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era. In a case study based on Instagram campaigns for a site that facilitates bookings for freelance beauty professionals, digital marketer Angelina Liparteliani looked at Instagram Reels, Feed Posts and Stories. Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ll outline below a different framework I came up with to evaluate startup ideas and select a problem worth solving. This new framework is much more powerful in helping entrepreneurs select problems worth solving. But I was still debating which is the right problem to solve. Many do this, too, and it is flawed.

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Limited partner due diligence on VC and private equity funds. I’ve collected several lists of limited partners focused on VC. Aggreg8r: LPs in Emerging Micro-VCs. Samir Kaji: Who are the LPs that are investing in underrepresented led VC managers? ” David Dana, Head of VC Investments, European Investment Fund.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Bucking the VC trend : Security compliance and automation will never go out of style, and Drata is proving that this sector is still attractive to investors. The company, which helps customers adhere to frameworks, like SOC 2 and GDPR, secured $200 million at a $2 billion valuation. Startups and VC. Just in time for the movie.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 — the first in-person Disrupt in three years — is in the books. During the first two days of Disrupt, the companies pitched before judges — multiple groups of VCs and tech leaders — for a chance to win $100,000 and the coveted Battlefield Cup. One startup emerged victorious.

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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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The Entrepreneurs Library

JUNE 22, 2015

I write books, I teach in the school of business at Duke University, and I do a lot of speaking and marketing strategy consulting as well. The Book’s Unique Quality (02:46). I really divided the book into three major sections: finding your breakthrough idea, building a following around your idea, and how to monetize your ideas.

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