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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

The Long Term Stock Exchange is building out a set of tools for founders for managing their cap tables, 409A valuations, cash on hand, options pool, investor relations, etc. I’m an investor in this company, via ff Venture Capital, HOF Capital, and/or an affiliate thereof.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

According to their research, overall returns on group-affiliated angel investments average to a 2.6X At a $1 million, pre-money, with an investment of $500K, that would leave 67% of the company for the founders and initial option pool. return on investment after 3.5

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Startups: Cut the Wheat from the Chaff on Quora

VC Cafe

link] – affiliate and referral programs (my company). Instead of a 20% option pool, we created a 40% option pool, and gave out half of it to the first half-dozen hires who came on and were willing to work without salary for a period of time, forming the core team. uTest – crowd sourced testing.