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TechCrunch+ roundup: Tested TAM tips, no-code tech survey, writing crypto white papers

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I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. How to calculate your startup’s TAM, SAM and SOM. We need to find a quick visa option because a VC investment will dilute our equity, and we will no longer be eligible for the E-2. It was always the last slide we worked on. .

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I told him the story of how I bumped into Rikki Tahta walking through the garment district in NYC in the spring of 2011 and Rikki told me he was working on a Bitcoin startup. I replied, “a what coin startup?” ” And Rikki told me to read the Bitcoin White Paper. I did and I was hooked.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: YC Demo Day faves, thrift shop VCs, cybersecurity product challenges

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You don’t need to move to San Francisco to launch a startup, but working here does have some advantages: moderate weather, natural beauty, great food, and sure, the world’s largest concentration of venture capital. is $3,630, but that figure soars to $79,000 for a white family. ” Thanks very much for reading.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

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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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

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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Daily Crunch: New Twitter Blue feature will reportedly squelch 50% of ads for paid members

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Startups and VC Meal replacement startup Yfood did a thing today. Meanwhile, Canaan closed two new funds — its 12th flagship fund for early-stage tech and healthcare startups and an opportunity fund — that total $850 million. Fresh catch : Alternative seafood startup Aqua Cultured Foods reeled in $5.5 Big Tech Inc.

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What is the Best CRM and Marketing Tech Platform for a New Private Equity/Venture Capital Fund?

David Teten VC

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.