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500 Founders: Luke Campbell, Marta Meszaros, Andy Bowie & Abbe Hyde

NZ Entrepreneur

Connecting with founders who are at later stages (~5+ years) are great but memories fade and their views on the past will be colored by the work they do today. ” “If you’re a B2C business, go and figure out what channels will get you the leads you need, and at roughly what cost. My Auto Shop.

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

David Teten

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

Even for later-stage companies with predictable financials, the lack of liquidity, audited financials, and standardized metrics creates real challenges to scaling quantitative investing. The historic capital-raising process is driven by face-to-face networking and salesmanship. 2) Raise capital.

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Four Building Blocks for the New “Second Industrial Revolution”

Rob Go

But a lot of entrepreneurs and investors were hoping for a really strong showing to drive more liquidity in the market and continue the surge in hype around internet companies (both start-ups and later stage companies). These four building blocks are different from just emerging trends or the tech memes de jour.

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Seeking A Job in Start-Up Land

Seeing Both Sides

Are you more of a B2C type or a B2B type? The first company listed is an earlier stage company (either jungle or dirt road) and the second company is a later stage company (either dirt road or highway). These networking meetings will help you establish valuable relationships, even if the job fit isn't there.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Turns out my network (of politicos and do-gooders) is not one of accredited tech investors (meaning they meet income and net wealth thresholds and choose to make investments at all, and specifically in startups). swing for the fences category-building B2C software capital?—?wasn’t nobody wants to get half-way across the river.

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

David Teten

USV invests in companies that increase “ access to knowledge, capital, and well-being by leveraging networks, platforms, and protocols ”. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries. B2B vs B2C) within the business model preference. . 3) Geography-defined funds.