David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.).

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

JULY 25, 2017

Large private equity funds like KKR can afford to pursue a consulting model ( Capstone ), typically with associated fees, but that doesn’t normally make economic sense for a VC. the “TOPSCAN” framework from my research study on value creation by VCs ): T eam-Building – We aggregate openings across our portfolio on our jobs page.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Technical Review Private Equity Database 60

VC Adventure

MAY 10, 2020

After its enactment but before it was implemented, there were questions about the SBA’s “affiliation rules” which can disqualify companies if the aggregated number of employees at affiliate companies is greater than 500.

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SBA Affiliate Los Angeles Cap Table 77

VC Adventure

AUGUST 15, 2018

Most boards did some level of work to determine the FMV of a company’s stock but generally options were priced between 10% and 15% of a company’s then preferred price (because common equity sits behind preferred equity there is typically a discount applied to the FMV of common stock to account for this “overhang”).

Valuation 48

Valuation Common Stock Cap Table Software Review 48

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

In his white paper How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood , PEVCTECH.com founder David Teten explored how private equity and venture capital investors are trying to automate more of their job. The industry is now dominated by hedge funds and other quant driven approaches.

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Well it’s not clear that media businesses, in aggregate, are inherently more valuable than e-commerce or premium services companies in aggregate [see Note 1 below regarding categorization]. To be fair the broad equity markets are up strongly over this time period, but clearly growth has been strongly favored.

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IPO Aggregator B2B Internet 194

Rob Go

MARCH 16, 2014

I’ve been thinking a lot about the outcome distributions in different circumstances. Whats the probability that the aggregate outcome of various attempts is successful overall? I find that most people are not tuned to this sort of outcome distribution. The dimensions that I think about are: 1.

Distribution 66

Distribution Venture Capital Deal Flow Aggregator 66

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study. The distribution of returns from the different U.S. When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. Let’s take a look at the actual data. (If

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 6, 2016

When I look in my traffic sources now it’s all Twitter, Facebook, Google and aggregators like Mattermark, channels where posting daily makes much less of a difference. In summary, posting frequency no longer effects distribution. So I’ve posted pretty much every working day for nearly ten years now.

Equity 60

Equity Aggregator Valuation Distribution 60

VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

The cost for the startups is 10% of their equity, which is taken by the fund GeekVentures I as payment. They plan to scale by using ecommerce aggregators as affiliates. The fund is backed by David Moche, a Florida based real estate investor, and one of the co-founders of About.com.

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Israel Incubator Startup Florida 99

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

as well as a more detailed description of the distribution of outcomes: Kauffman Foundation Angel Returns Study and NESTA Angel Investing Study. The distribution of returns from the different U.S. When you aggregate all of the data, these angel investors (across the U.S. Let’s take a look at the actual data. (If

Angel Investor 103

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 103

Venture Chronicles

DECEMBER 6, 2010

These post level items are aggregated into a dashboard view and measurements of sentiment, trending, and relative status are calculated. Paid media is advertising while Earned is how brands affect their public equity through the independent news cycle (e.g. branded media mentions).

Social Media 60

Social Media Media Viral Channel 60

ReadWriteStart

MAY 3, 2013

Last month, the 17-year-old sold Summly , his news-aggregation app, to Yahoo for a reported $30 million! That’s why so many entrepreneurs try to leverage equity. Because the platform lets curators distribute digests in their own names. Guest author Gary Whitehill is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Startup Weekend.

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Curation Silicon Valley Startup Jordan 61

OnlyOnce

JANUARY 7, 2015

The high-level data inputs are the size of payroll, the amount of aggregate increase the company can afford, and the framework for distributing that aggregate increase by department or by level of performance. Incentive compensation, equity, perks (gym membership, healthcare, etc. – they all add up!),

Aggregator 48

Aggregator Conversion Employee Management 48

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Distribution revenue is CPC and CPA. . Kayak generates both distribution (i.e. Founding Date: 2004. Expedia accounted for 24.5%

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Startup Company Lawyer

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

Due to aggregate liquidation preferences that may exceed the acquisition price in an M&A deal, common stock may be rendered worthless. Alternatives include position, time of service, current equity holdings or other metrics as determined by the company’s board of directors. Last Man Standing.

Retention 31

Retention Liquidation Preference Employee Common Stock 31

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2011

As some of the last generation of startups have gotten bigger many VCs have also chased later-stage investments that were traditionally dominated by growth equity or mezzanine funds. And of course hedge funds and growth-equity funds can’t resist trying to get earlier-stage exposure again. Will public investments come next?

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Venture Capital Software LP Early Stage 296

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

free, distributed source code control management system. YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents. Founder Equity Issues. Venture Hacks equity section. Legal, Equity, etc. aggregation. Github -Â Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Marc Hedlund of Wesabe talked about this in his post-mortem stating: Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. 3 – Not the right team.

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Cofounder Startup Technical Cofounder CTO Hire 89

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Jared could you quickly tell us what are the pros and cons of a bank loan versus an investment for equity? With equity [crosstalk 00:53:53] capital well sometimes you can bring great investors around the table who will be value add and provide insight that you may not otherwise have been able to have access to as you grow your business.

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

Many have noted that the aggregate shareholder value created by all of the Unicorns will vastly overshadow the losses from the inevitable failed unicorns. I get that you want to grow and I want you to grow, but let’s internally finance that growth by spending gross margin dollars rather than new dilutive dollars of equity.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tony P great, though meebo’s place as a “successful&# start up is still open to debate – from consumer IM aggregator to white label IM, still not making big $$. I too am looking for someone to work with that knows the manufacturing and distribution end of a solid product. This is the blog post I needed to read.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Reid Hoffman

JULY 8, 2019

But it’s not just that the Foundation has been effective at aggregating and analyzing the “whos,” “whats,” “wheres,” “whens,” and “hows” of huge global challenges like childhood mortality. Gender equity lifts everyone.”.

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Senegal Malawi Silicon Valley Global 28