Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. It creates recycled capital + 2nd-time entrepreneurs … on steroids. The key is to be able to keep the best ones local. Maker Studios.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. million and is established by negotiations between the entrepreneur and the angel investors. Earlier this month, I reported on the most current survey of angel groups: 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

If you think you are the perfect fit for the entrepreneur lifestyle, but you’re not yet sure if you’re ready to start your own, then I recommend that you take a job with an existing startup first to validate the culture realities against your dream. Hang out where entrepreneurs meet. Explore investor websites and conferences.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Like virtually the entire tech industry, I am particularly in favor of Startup Visa , which has the goal of stimulating our domestic startup community through acts to keep our foreign-born entrepreneurs in the United States. We typically do this by partnering with graduate student teams. Details to come. Details to come.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

If you project a sense of desperation, or ignorance of the options and implications, no potential investor will give you the credibility to be your partner in a business. Many entrepreneurs see fund raising as a part-time task, behind high-priority solution development efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Of course, that’s both the good news and the bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs, since it means more competition, and the business landscape is changing faster than ever. Excellent detailed resources are everywhere, including a new book, “ The Startup Checklist ,” by serial entrepreneur and founder of the New York Angels, David S.

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Intellectual Property Startup Angel Groups Social Media 120

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. Acquirer/ Investor. ff Venture Capital.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

Picking the right attorney in your startup is as important as picking the right business partner. My business partner and I made many mistakes in our first tech startup, and so many of them were the result of choosing a lawyer who was a terrible fit. My business partner and I were elated. We set off to raise our money.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Of late, I have had a number of friends who have recently become more active as angels and have been trying to track down some of the advice from the event. Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. Why Invest?

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Of late, I have had a number of friends who have recently become more active as angels and have been trying to track down some of the advice from the event. Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. Why Invest?

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The goal was to share our experiences in the realm of angel investing with an array of global audiences, by participating in various lectures, discussions and workshops. In all four countries we met passionate entrepreneurs who were eager to discuss their exciting startups, as well as angel investors looking to support them.

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Tim Keane

DECEMBER 14, 2009

  He is a partner in a pretty much exclusively software seed stage fund, Y Combinator that you can read more about.    Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.    Individual angels can get sucked into situations that a group's experience might have avoided. 

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Particularly if you are desperate, keep in mind the person who finds a good-looking partner to take home from the bar at closing time, but then wakes up in the morning wondering “What did I just do?” Due diligence on an investor is where you validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of your new potential partner.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

If you were an entrepreneur, getting connected to money was terrifically hard. Nowadays, particularly in cities like NYC and SF, access to capital has never been so entrepreneur friendly. For entrepreneurs, knowing more VCs equals better options--better fits from a working style and expectation standpoint and better terms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

They have too many highly paid partners, fat fees, an aging corporate infrastructure and difficulty raising money from institutions. Super angels are individuals or small teams using their own money. As lifecycle investment partners, they have become weighted down with portfolios still recovering from the economic downturn.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. 2) Market .

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

They have too many highly paid partners, fat fees, an aging corporate infrastructure and difficulty raising money from institutions. Super angels are individuals or small teams using their own money. As lifecycle investment partners, they have become weighted down with portfolios still recovering from the economic downturn.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

s founder is David Teten , previously a Partner with HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital and a serial fintech entrepreneur with 2 exits. David is also Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast. For more on the firm’s core theses, see investment theses. .

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

Five entrepreneurs get free plane tickets to pitch for $100,000 in seed funding from Austin’s top angel investors Every week we meet incredible entrepreneurs from all over the country and all over the world who would move to Austin if they only had some funding. This April, one startup is going to get their chance!

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David Teten

JUNE 10, 2020

SOP’s founder is David Teten , previously a Partner with HOF Capital and ff Venture Capital and a serial fintech entrepreneur with 2 exits. David is also Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast. For more on the firm’s core theses, see investment theses. .

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New York Venture Capital Technical Review Due Diligence 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

They have too many highly paid partners, fat fees, an aging corporate infrastructure and difficulty raising money from institutions. Super Angels are individuals or small teams using their own money. As lifecycle investment partners, they have become weighted down with portfolios still recovering from the economic downturn.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Looking for Funds in All the Right Places: The Definitive Guide to Austin Capital By David Altounian and Stephen Straus OVERVIEW For entrepreneurs: We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of capital in Austin to help focus your fundraising efforts. IS THERE ROOM FOR MORE LOCAL CAPITAL IN AUSTIN?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Particularly if you are desperate, keep in mind the person who finds a good-looking partner to take home from the bar at closing time, but then wakes up in the morning wondering “What did I just do?” Due diligence on an investor is where you validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of your new potential partner.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. These groups have a lot of benefits - including networking and providing a forum for both less sophisticated investors and entrepreneurs to learn the basic process of private company investing.

Private Equity 63

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Joining an Angel Group. Increasingly in recent years, there have sprung up angel investor networking groups around the country. These groups have a lot of benefits - including networking and providing a forum for both less sophisticated investors and entrepreneurs to learn the basic process of private company investing.

Private Equity 63

Private Equity Technical Review Silicon Valley Los Angeles 63

David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. The founders, LPs, and venture partners have a long history in local startup ecosystems in the Southeast including LaunchTN , The Company Lab , CoStarters , and several other regional funds and resources. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(written by Philipp von dem Knesebeck , Managing Partner, Blue Future Partners (bluefp.com, @bluefutureteam ), and David Teten ). Based on this paper, Blue Future Partners and PEVCTech recently completed a large-scale survey to find out which tools are most commonly used by venture capital firms.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Rick is looking at Medi-Code as an investment opportunity from his angel group, and Rohit is the entrepreneur. The competitive analysis they showed me was missing the most relevant players like eClinicalworks and Office Ally , both companies that I have profiled in the Entrepreneur Journeys case studies series.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

As a member of the local angel group Selection Committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Marketing, sales, and partners. Tags: entrepreneur startup investor presentation business. Marty Zwilling.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. three entrepreneurs who are part of this vanguard of Latam founders. or maybe just #GrumpyCat.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Marketing, sales, and partners. Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same.

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Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Consider the person who finds a good-looking partner to take home from the bar at closing time, but then wakes up in the morning wondering “What did I just do?” Due diligence on an investor is where you validate the track record, operating style, and motivation of your new potential partner. Network with other entrepreneurs.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Here are 5 lessons she learned while being an entrepreneur: 1. Collaborate Vanessa joined SAP last year to lead SAP.iO, where she helps entrepreneurs and underrepresented founders grow their businesses. However, Sara Brand , Founding General Partner at True Wealth VC , said there’s never been a better time for women to raise money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Marketing, sales, and partners. Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Gust

JUNE 25, 2014

Both are platforms to help you, as an entrepreneur, connect with potential investors. Neither AngelList nor Gust themselves provide feedback or give direct advice to companies, or arrange demonstration calls for companies that post profiles (nor do they say they will, nor do they charge anything.)

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

There’s Semantic Machines , one of the best collections of AI and ML minds in the world, led by serial entrepreneur Dan Roth. How about Jana , which brings internet access to the developing world and boasts 30 million global users? Want hardcore futuristic technology? Want the next TripAdvisor or Wayfair?

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