A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 12, 2022

The protocol lead role is an exciting one that combines product leadership, smart contract development, team management, and a lot more. And so leading this protocol effort will be an opportunity to help shape what that looks like.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Leah Edwards is a passionate fan and connector in technology and impact, a lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford and a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , a Silicon Valley-based VC firm. As a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , I’m aware that the VC industry boasts about finding teams with outlying and industry-changing ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

” I look for a lot of things, actually: Persistence (above all else), resiliency, leadership, humility, attention-to-detail, street smarts, transparency and both obsession with one’s company and a burning desire to win. My starting salary when I joined a VC fund as a partner at the age of 39 (and after 2 exits)?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

Photo Credit: Fortune Adding to the lack of female representation in the industry, research also shows that only 8% of the investment professionals at the top 25 VC firms are women. As Lindquist adds, “We all have unique networks, personal relationships, market knowledge, and talents, which contribute to the fabric of a VC ecosystem.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. I think this is a Seriously great example of how this process works for at least one VC – Upfront Ventures. So I hope that offers you insights into how companies move through the VC system.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 16, 2021

Use these resources to understand how your company will look when you pitch a VC or angel. EO offers great opportunity, education and tools to facilitate this, and create Instimacy (=instant intimacy) in business conversations. . and see how your company compares. Seek existing middleware tools. Senior leaders are sales superstars.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Now that he’s become a VC he’s promising me he’ll provide way more public information and discourse so please welcome him by following him on Twitter and better yet welcoming him with a Tweet of your own linking to his Twitter handle or this post. So what gives? Mark, why wouldn’t you fund him?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

She graduated with high honors from Harvard, is a member of the World Economic Forum and is a Fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. “Investors see a lot of pitches,” VC and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman noted. “In You want them focused on the opportunity. You have just 170 seconds. just X percent”.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

There is a second set of career discussions I have even more frequently than my “angel yourself” advice but this type is almost never discussed publicly in blogs, which tend to emphasize only billion-dollar opportunities, 20-something technical founders and Silicon Valley elitism.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

But honestly there are times when being a VC can feel like that, too. Successful entrepreneurs achieve much through their personal leadership traits that inspire others to do great things with them – sure. And that’s why it’s super important to reference check your VC as I wrote in the linked post.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I don’t think that Google would have become the success story we all know without the leadership of Eric Schmidt through the years he led the company. Under Rob’s leadership we built out an amazing organization of seasoned enterprise software veterans in the US market. That is the opportunity in front of us.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

I believe that the next generation of top companies are far more likely to be founded by people not on VC radars today. You passed on investing in my company but you still made an investment in my leadership and I'm deeply appreciative.” So come participate in the community we’re creating around Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Historically VC has been an apprenticeship business. That said, I’ve identified quite a few microcredentials, conferences, and other learning opportunities which will help train you to be a better investor. VC ASSOCIATIONS. VentureForward (NVCA), includes list of all VC organizations focused on diversity. Confluence.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! It’s great to see more women in leadership roles in the fintech community. Landsman had been an independent Stash board member since mid-2022 and has previously served in operations and leadership roles at Jet.com, Citigroup, BlackRock and E-Trade.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

White Elephant issues are those things that the VC would automatically be thinking about when you’re speaking but he/she may not immediately ask you about either for legal reasons or out of courtesy. But the VC is thinking about the issue whether you address it or not. Don’t pretend it isn’t in the room.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” For funds with an overall return of 3-5x, which is what VC funds aim for, the overall return was 4.6x

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. Though by no means does this mean that women aren’t doing incredible work in the field and it’s only right that women founders receive their fair share of VC investment. Venture capital is far from a level playing field.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Luis Daniel Arbulú, partner at Salkantay, told TechCrunch via email that the fund is “the country’s largest VC fund” as per PitchBook and Crunchbase data. Kapor Capital, under new leadership, closes its largest fund to date. VC fundraising gets weird as autumn nears. And Eyal Ofer’s O.G. Xiao Schadeck joined the firm in 2021.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

I have a full life of friends and family, a portfolio of investments that I’m working with, an investor coaching business , a thought leadership course , I play softball, ice hockey, compete in triathlons and run a non-profit kayaking program that I started. Do you aspire to be a partner in VC or to break in? It’s deceptive.

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Revolution

MARCH 8, 2023

While male founders get asked questions about the potential opportunities for their companies, female founders are asked questions about risks and potential losses — how you will defend your position versus how you will grow in the market. What role models or mentors have influenced your leadership style and approach?” “I

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

See How to negotiate a partner role at a VC or private equity firm.) At Versatile VC , we’ve used all these models. Thank you to my co-author for this essay, Paulina Symala, a Consultant at Oliver Wyman and a past intern of Versatile VC. Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? Expert Networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I’ve heard all of the VC arguments about using other people’s facilities, not wanting to invest in physical infrastructure (warehouses, trucks) and even silly ideas like wanting peer-to-peer storage. It’s up to MakeSpace to execute well and maintain its market leadership position. We were fine with that.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As an early-stage VC I love this phase. Sam also had a vision as early as 2012 about how MakeSpace would be a large employer of middle-income jobs: The company would hire employees rather than just have contractors and he would lead the effort to ensure they had opportunities for growth and benefits for their families.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Associate position at a top tier VC fund or lead dog for a random pool of high net worth money that no one's ever heard of? We say it's better to be a leader than a follower, but 1) not everyone is good at leadership and 2) if we were all leaders, we'd never get anything done.

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JULY 26, 2022

2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

In 2016, we set out to develop a rigorous methodology for tracking progress on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in venture capital, and to measure and benchmark those data through our biennial VC Human Capital Survey. Once talent has come on board, inclusive culture and retention become key metrics of DEI progress. Maintaining momentum.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

This annual gathering brings together a dynamic mix of entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists from the surrounding states, creating a fertile ground for innovation, networking, and investment opportunities. These sessions cover topics from market trends and investment strategies to leadership and innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2016

So we brought in experience hand Mark Woodward who had taken 2 companies public and had a storied sales leadership turned CEO career where he learned in academy-rich Oracle. Many VC firms expressed interest, nearly every one took a meeting and several called Mark and the team back for meetings. September started easily enough.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. As such, VCs have to consider a number of factors when choosing which companies or entrepreneurs in whom to invest.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 22, 2020

3/ Expand the Advertising and Talent offerings to offer developers easy access to new tools and new career opportunities. 3/ Expand the Advertising and Talent offerings to offer developers easy access to new tools and new career opportunities. I am excited to see Stack flourish under Prashanth’s new leadership.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Finch Capital , the early-stage fintech VC with a presence in London and Amsterdam, is acquiring Wirecard Turkey, a subsidiary of Wirecard, the disgraced fintech out of Germany. Explains Vlaar: “We see tremendous growth opportunities to further enhance payments for Turkey’s 80 million inhabitants.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” Why are all of the VC home runs from white men, or Asian men in Asia, plus a few Asian men in the U.S.?

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Despite the growth in awarded venture capital (VC) funds, a staggering disparity remains between the amount of total VC funds invested in entrepreneurs and the portion of those funds invested in ventures founded and/or led by women—particularly women of color. I am no stranger to this gender gap within the VC space.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 15, 2021

I am going to the Garden on Sunday for the first time in fourteen months and I am excited at the opportunity to be at a game that will hopefully be competitive down the stretch. Watching Thibs at work is a lesson in leadership. Leadership matters. Everyone knows what is expected of them. I have seen this in companies too.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

They saw me as an American that could bring them business opportunities and that was it, I felt that I was judged more on the merits of the value that I could bring than I would in the U.S. — Spurred by opportunities, I started a successful import and export business in China, and after a few years I had over 30 employees.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Perhaps SMS, but most people don’t want your thought leadership in their previous text inbox. Years ago, a fellow VC Hunter Walk made an offer to interview me, but I flipped it and suggested we cross-post interviews with each other to help both our own audiences get to know us better. Sometimes, just an offer to collaborate is helpful.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Partnering with Elizabeth at Stanford, they addressed the stark gender imbalance and inequity in the VC industry. We both started investing right after and decided to partner to build something that breaks the status quo of the VC industry.” “These diverse local ecosystems teach us so much.

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