Remove B2C Remove Business Model Remove Deal Flow
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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. Kushim manages your deal flow and track portfolio performance.

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How we can improve the odds of finding unicorns

Version One Ventures

We can whittle down those 30,000 companies to a more manageable number by filtering for business models, regions, state, co-investors, Twitter mentions, Facebook likes, LinkedIn connections, iTunes downloads, unique website visitors, and/or other criteria that align with our investment thesis. Be thesis-driven. B2B marketplaces.

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

2) Business model-defined funds. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . They exist as heuristics, but at the end of the day, deal flow trumps everything. In the battle for deal flow, the thesis is at the core of a fund’s value proposition. 3) Geography-defined funds.