Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

At Upfront when we know we have a winning hand we prefer to put more capital to work, which both helps the entrepreneurs succeed and drives more aggregate financial returns for our LPs. was originally published in Both Sides of the Table on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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David Teten

MARCH 2, 2013

We thought that you’d be interested in our conversation. Firstly, “fund size” can be misleading as some firms prefer to raise a large aggregate amount split between several concurrent funds. Secondly, none of the VC return studies to date, including the ones we discuss here, are definitive.

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Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Outcomes of the conversations with your Finance team and Sr. Leaders (company is leaving China, our IPO is next week, 1,800 new stores are being opened in 180 days, our new IRR is 8%). Conversion rate is one of those metrics that I strongly encourage you only create benchmarks for from your own data. And other such things.

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