VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

That’s on average the time venture capital investors spend on a pre-seed pitch deck, according to the latest Dropbox/Docsend funding research report. I touched on this in my post “ Founder Investor Fit “ Passing the initial filtering process. 2 and a half minutes. What should be in your pre-seed pitch deck.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

We were roommates at the time and launched two different companies out of a kind-of dumpy apartment: We both went on to raise millions in venture capital and build meaningful businesses in interesting spaces. We look for projects and protocols that can rethink major classes of global commerce. But we never lost the finance bug.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 19, 2019

Brett started his career in technology development at a large global management and was a very strong performer. I headed out to build a second career and found an emerging interest in advising young, bright entrepreneurs with big market disruptive game changing ideas and selectively making angel investments in such ventures.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

It’s been 6 month since my co-founder and I started Reset ?—?a In July I spoke on a panel at 3 Day Startup Global Roundup, an opportunity that sprung out of a connection in a Female Founders Facebook Group. Funding 101 Panel at 3DS Global Roundup w/ myself, Bart Bohn and May Samali.

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The Next Web

JULY 20, 2013

And if they do, they complain about lack of global potential or misunderstand my product completely. “Do Therefore, when giving feedback in such cases, a VC has to get the amount of provided information just right to help the entrepreneur yet avoid a conflicting email conversation. Why a ‘no’ can be a good thing.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

JD Weinstein , head of Oracle Global Startup Ecosystem in Austin; Karen Kilroy, entrepreneur and CEO of Kilroy Blockchain; Sabrina Wojtewicz, co-founder of Bunker Labs; and Sara Chapman, Director of Entrepreneurship Strategy & Partnerships at Dell will discuss how both startups and corporations can work together and find the right fit.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Intro to the Austin EdTech Startup Scene Come meet Sean Duffy , founder of EdTech Austin and let him tell about everything going on in EdTech in Austin! On the first official day of SXSW I’m going to be at the convention center all day until I head over to Capital Factory to kick off the SXSW Startup Crawl ! as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Even during this global pandemic, I’ve found ways to reconnect with old friends here in Austin and Texas. Breyer Capital continues to deeply plug into these exceptional academic communities and we’re eager to add value and work with some of the city’s best and brightest. Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. as in pro wrestling?—?you’re you’re going to take some hits.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

The two most obvious are: Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

I’m sure you know, but Elon was the co-founder (and largest shareholder) of PayPal, the most important payment transfer technology of its era and still the most instrumental to date. The first time I met Andy Dunn he was working for the venture capital firm Maveron. But Elon Musk stole the show. by Dorrian Porter.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2020

The venture capital community reacted to the racial reckoning the country experienced in June in ways I felt were pretty underwhelming—one-time pitch events for Black founders or promises to only meet with Black founders for a month. We would love to connect with you and have you at these events.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Normally, you can literally just show up at Capital Factory and hang out in the kitchen. Ben previously co-founded Simply Interactive, Chaotic Moon, and Conversable leading all of them to successful exits.

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Austin Startup

JULY 19, 2021

I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the leaders driving edtech innovation in Austin’s vibrant tech community, Ruben Arias, CEO & Co-Founder of Beereaders, to discuss their business model and traction as well as why the city’s startup ecosystem was a perfect fit for their needs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Who’s next?

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

female founders. founder friday. Lessons learned from female founders and women entrepreneurs. Startup Quote: Wendy Tan White on Building a Successful Startup » FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder. Tweet By Elizabeth Knopf (Co-Founder & CEO, Sorced). Conference 2012.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . It is for anyone who is interested in Marketing Optimization, Marketing Optimization, Predictive Analytics, Big Data, Conversion or Google Analytics, Role of affiliate networks, Affiliate recruitment techniques, and any Data Driven Business. Venture Summit Silicon Valley.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

Joshua Baer, Founder, General Partner & CEO In partnership with JP Morgan, we invited dozens of investors from around the world on a three day Texas Startups Roadshow highlighting the best of Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Not many other investors can claim a half dozen Houston investments?—?and The Network Effect?—?applies

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480 billion on paper in the past year. This is largely due to several major stock market crashes and global economic uncertainties. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now. It’s a tough time for a lot of startup founders right now.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

My first day at Bazaarvoice was just a few weeks later, on May 2, 2005, and we built a company from inception to IPO on around $12m of capital use (out of the $24m we raised) in 7 years, creating over a thousand jobs and impacting clients all over the world?—?starting Still in business today and run by my co-founder.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

It’s been quite a journey getting here and there’s still a way to go as cryptocurrencies integrate with our global financial system. I sat down (virtually) with Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Gronager to discuss his learnings from almost seven years at the helm of a high-growth company. How did Kraken come about? ?

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

First, we need to intentionally recruit a different and broader pipeline of founders. Recruiting founders requires investment (Nike and Adidas invest billions of dollars a year in talent pipelines), and I’m seeing Austin do just this. We need to intentionally do the same with people who have the potential to be entrepreneurs.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. Today, we are lucky to welcome Dan Kimerling of Deciens Capital. On Sushi and VC. We’re in the first bucket.

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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. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . 3) Raise capital. When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Bessemer was also heavily represented with David Cowan , managing partner and co-founder of VeriSign ( see his post about the event ), Rob Stavis , BVP’s New York-based managing partner who led our investment in Skype, Byron Deeter , partner and founder of Trigo and our COO/managing partner Ed Colloton. Venture Capital. (3).

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

As I discussed last week in the Greymatter podcast with my friend and Blitzscaling co-author Chris Yeh , I believe that a knowledge of philosophy is actually a great asset for entrepreneurs. During that conversation, we talked about some of my favorite philosophers and how I’ve applied their ideas to my own career.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

” Another co-founder of a multibillion-dollar fund told me what it was like when, 10 years ago, most of their LPs abandoned them, and how they built the firm back up brick by brick. Harry interviews Barry Eggers , one of the four co-founders of Lightspeed.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2019

Venture Capital ?—? Monday, March 11 Location: Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street, 16th floor Register: RSVP at opportunityhub.co/sxsw 250+ Black & Latinx engineering & biz college students will engage in immersive exposure, entrepreneurial exploration and direct hiring with leading tech co's.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 12, 2019

This panel discussion will outline the initiative announced earlier this year at Davos with participating companies explaining their roles and how, together, public-private partnerships are essential to changing health outcomes globally. FDA BLOCKCHAIN PILOT?—?WHAT Why are blockchains and platforms both necessary in healthcare?

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Instead of arguing why Dallas might be better than Houston we should be talking about how we can work together to get our share of venture capital dollars more in line with our population size and startup activity by unlocking additional capital sources that have been previously inaccessible to tech. Department of Defense.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. Stock Quotes. more in Tech. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I gained nearly 20 pounds during those two years, in part because of the growing frustration I felt when I would leave yet another meeting with VCs who I felt didn’t genuinely listen to, understand, or value my experience as a black founder and CEO. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

Firstly I had been in start up mode with my own business previously, I then got involved with some big partners one with a private family office and the other with a global brand. It took a lot of creative meetings between my co-founder and I before we came up with meaningful names. It was at this point things hit me.

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