Community IRR Partner 
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Capacity Capital, Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Indie.VC, Reformation Partners, UP Fund, Versatile VC. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). They understand the difficulties of building lasting companies and they draw immense satisfaction from being able to share their hard-learned lessons and give back to the community. Time Period.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 13, 2020
VCs will be looking for a 10X return on their investment in 3 to 5 years, or 30% annual IRR (Internal Rate of Return). How good are your connections in the investor community? They tend to have partners focused on a given business area, with current insights, executive connections, and the ability to bring in new team members.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 2, 2014
VCs will be looking for a 10X return on their investment in 3 to 5 years, or 30% annual IRR (Internal Rate of Return). How good are your connections in the investor community? They tend to have partners focused on a given business area, with current insights, executive connections, and the ability to bring in new team members.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 12, 2023
VCs will be looking for a 10X return on their investment in 3 to 5 years, or 30% annual IRR (Internal Rate of Return). How good are your connections in the investor community? They tend to have partners focused on a given business area, with current insights, executive connections, and the ability to bring in new team members.
VC Adventure
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Ian Hathaway, who recently co-authored the second edition of Startup Communities with my partner, Brad, sent me the chart below which highlights how that translates to returns in venture capital as an asset class. If you were going to have several of these, of course, that would work out for your fund. on a gross basis.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 5, 2016
VCs will be looking for a 10X return on their investment in 3 to 5 years, or 30% annual IRR (Internal Rate of Return). How good are your connections in the investor community? They tend to have partners focused on a given business area, with current insights, executive connections, and the ability to bring in new team members.
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