David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

In a prior life, I served as a consultant to Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Carl Icahn’s organization, and some other very large private equity investors. I saw “ portfolio operations ,” i.e., levers to enhance the operations efficacy of portfolio companies, become a standard part of the private equity toolkit.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

From there, I became the first non-founder employee at an e-commerce startup called BITSource, which was the first electronic software distributor delivering electronic volume software licenses to corporations. Tell me a bit about the Founder's Institute. That's a great point, but also one that I think a lot of founders overestimate.

Management 150

Management Product Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 150

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. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm . 3) Raise capital.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. In this case, they could build and service it but they needed a third co-founder to sell it. But it was the dot-com craze and all of the metrics (eyeballs, pageviews, etc.)

Bootstrapping 52

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2017

asks Bruna Martinuzzi, president and founder of Clarion Enterprises. Use any metrics that demonstrate the traction your startup has made in the market. Other metrics include marketing efforts, cost of production, business figures and more. What is your competitive advantage ?” Also show potential entrants in that space.

Silicon Valley 62

Silicon Valley Startup Maryland Angel Investor 62

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

Listen to this episode if you want to hear about a founder who has a product and users and paying customers … and is trying to figure out how to take his company to the next level and grow faster. Well yeah, you could potentially find a cofounder. I first did it for the founder. Jason: Yeah. I already write agendas.

Technical Cofounder 220

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Software Review Management 220

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2011

The finished book will come out on September 13, featuring an amazing cover designed by my IMVU co-founder Marcus Gosling and refined and tested by so many of you. Consider the total amount of funding for doomed projects that comes from VC’s, large company M&A departments, government grants, and private equity firms.

Lean 167

Lean Startup Metrics Private Equity 167

Professor VC

DECEMBER 26, 2012

If there are more companies that have met Series A milestones and metrics, VCs will increase the number of Series A financings. If not, move on and join another team or come up with another idea with the same or different co-founders. If it works, great. With my academic hat on, this is wonderful.

Finance 48

Finance Angel Investor Private Equity Preferred Stock 48

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

It just seemed like a fitting title for a company built around narrative by a founder who used to write stories for a living. I'm joined by Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Red Sea Ventures, NucleasHG, the founders of Seamless, a host of extremely helpful angels, and a CircleUp syndicate led by my friend Tom Potter, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Cofounder Syndication Syndicate 60

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York is now the second-most-active tech ecosystem in the US on all key metrics, after the Bay Area. Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination.

New York City 60

New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

Funding has only become more difficult to pursue and isn’t always a viable option for early-on founders to pursue. Solid choices in co-founders can make or break a company’s success. During the early days, these are your key contributors and they must be willing to put as much sweat equity into the organization as you are.

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Maybe you are wondering which metrics to track, or whether or not you should take out a loan for your business. My founders and I started the company about three years ago. Which metrics do you most rely on to understand your business itself. I really think of entrepreneurship as the chance to solve a problem. What do you do?

Small Business 95

Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Startup Metrics for Pirates â?? SaaS Metrics Tutorial â?? Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet â?? Founder Equity Issues.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53