Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

What if you were the CEO of a startup, and a VC invested $10m, and each of your five VPs had different project ideas? A contemporary of Claude Shannon, Kelly intertwined Shannon’s information theory with probability to develop an idea of his own: the Kelly criterion. grow the value as quickly as possible. Better to be conservative.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The SEC is calling Tesla to court because CEO Elon Musk can’t stop himself from breaking the terms of a 2018 settlement with the Commission, which stated that he had to have any tweets sharing material information pre-approved by a legal team. Deal of the week. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. Are SPACs out and mergers with shell companies in?

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 2, 2021

And second, I wanted to inform the strategy of my new firm, Versatile VC , from the most educated point of view. . Reilly: In your research, you use the Clay Christensen framework of “jobs to be done”. Teten: In the Before Time, I was at a dinner for Partners at many of the major New York VC funds. Of the Inc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

T-Mobile’s data breach last week seems to have spilled over into Google Fi, which now says hackers accessed customers’ information. Startups and VC There are some people on the internet who don’t want to be found. “Every strategy is unique and depends on the company’s idea of how it wants to proceed,” writes Valiotti.

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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. In a world where perhaps foreign governments start propagating false information to influence our society, guaranteeing authenticity would become a very big deal. Enter blockchain.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

When this first ran on TechCrunch I got the greatest comment in the world that I had to repeat here, “VC’s are like martinis: the first is good, the second one great, and the third is a headache.&# I understand the appeal of having many VC firms on your cap table. I love that. And it’s kind of true.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Startups and VC. Something is up in VC land, observes Hans Swildens, as VC distributions are down 90% in Q1 this year. laws around cannabis use differ across EU member nations, leading companies to navigate a complex framework of laws. Lots of movement in mobility (if there wasn’t, would it be called immobility?)

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Haystack VC runs almost entirely on Notion. I always make a point of keeping firm records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry: AngelList , CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dealroom , Dow Jones VentureSource , Pitchbook , Preqin , and Refinitiv Eikon. Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Workshops, breakouts and roundtables — led by established founders, leading subject-matter experts and VCs — cover core entrepreneurial topics across fundraising, marketing and operations. The answer is Scale, a five-principle Lean framework that helps any company accelerate its ability to grow. Check out the agenda !

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

In his latest TC+ post, Michael Perez, director of growth and data at VC firm M13, shares five questions he uses to devise pricing strategy frameworks , along with three value metrics and a detailed measurement plan for GTM strategy. Turn your startup’s pricing strategy into a powerful growth lever.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I always make a point of keeping firm records updated in the major data-trackers tracking the VC industry: AngelList , CB Insights , Crunchbase , Dow Jones VentureSource , Pitchbook , Preqin , and Refinitiv Eikon. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 23, 2022

I started working with INSCYD , a sports tech company, on strategy development and quickly realized that there is something beyond consulting: I was basically working as an entrepreneur with other entrepreneurs, plugged into their operation, and it became clear that this embedded work I was doing could be very impactful.

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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. " Founder and Operator Thoughts. Talks About New Trustless Asset Portfolio Prism.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Startups/VC. Compliance as a service raises $56M : As the world figures out how to better handle privacy and data security, there are an ever-increasing number of standards to meet for companies that handle information. 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies. David Frykman, general partner, Norrsken VC.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

That’s what the VC guy, Albert, told me was the benchmark for saas companies like us.” As a VC and Board member, I am usually involved in this topic thanks to my experience as an entrepreneur and business operator. at least to start with, and especially if there is an opportunity for “land and expand” sales strategies.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

When you launch a new product, score a new client, or produce a piece of content, every team member should be on the front line helping to appropriately share and distribute the information within their personal social networks?—?particularly particularly on Twitter. trade, stake, swap, lend, follow on social, etc).

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David Teten VC

MAY 16, 2017

Matthew Craig-Greene of consultancy MJ Hudson points out, “Most public plans publish meeting minutes, and these can be a very interesting place to find information on manager selection. Limited partner due diligence on VC and private equity funds. I’ve collected several lists of limited partners focused on VC.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

So they take their idea and pitch it to some local VC firms. They figure if it’s a good idea, the VC firms will fund them, validating the idea and giving them a smooth transition out of their university job and into a well-funded company. While VC firms will occasionally fund spin-outs this way, usually they don’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

I hope I straddled people’s points of view well enough not to have offended anybody while adding a framework for how I think about the service. Still, as a VC I value proprietary dealflow & long term relationships. Mostly, I don’t believe that a VC not being on AngelList is “anti entrepreneur&# – it is not.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Spacemaker’s VC backers include European firms Atomico and Northzone, which co-led the company’s $25 million Series A round in 2019. I think that’s a very VC-oriented perspective, because what it’s really about is, are they selling out earlier on the return for the VCs?” Autodesk, the U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. So I thought I’d try to lay out a framework for how you should think about it as many you will inevitably be faced with this experience. OK, I know this is true with VC also, but to a lesser extent. The topic of &# strategic&# investors came up.

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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. I also wrote this primer that is more how to find, target and close VC investment. More Reading. So I have no time to edit or word check.

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Y Combinator

JULY 15, 2019

We recommend getting to know partners at VC firms on your list at least 6 to 9 months before your fundraise. At the Series A stage, most meetings tend to be informal (like 1:1s), ranging anywhere from bi-weekly to even bi-monthly. Decision framework. ? And the only way you build trust is with time. Meeting Schedule.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. ” And so that framework helps think that through before you start talking to folks, which I think is very smart. And then who are the best people to contact to find out that information? The MOC Nolan Church: Yeah. It’s just poor form.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

the discovery by German engineers of “psychoacoustic” principles according to which most of the information in recorded music is in fact inaudible to the human listener and can be thrown away?—?coupled The evolution of music labels can therefore provide a relevant blueprint for the VC industry.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The company just raised a $3 million seed round led by Crosslink Ventures , with participation from Red Sea Ventures and Alpaca VC. The startup’s go to market strategy is currently through free community classes and offering subsidized programs for employees by working directly with employers.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Most of this discussion is about ‘playing offense’ — working towards being a good steward of LP capital and the risk/reward associated with VC. As former product managers Satya and I lean towards having frameworks for these sorts of decisions, for both consistency and speed in internal operations.

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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. As a VC, Tony was really interested in the question, “what makes entrepreneurs successful?” More Information About This Book and The Author (15:33). More Information About This Episode.

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