David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

However, about 5% of the VCs in our database, mostly younger ones, are trying to build a competitive advantage by crawling large amounts of publicly available data and building analytical functions to flag companies with accelerating traction to them. . 5) Due diligence. 9% (1 / 12). 1) Market fund. 4) Manage deal flow.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Ben Deda from FullContact convened about 100 execs from our 60 or so portfolio companies for the day. sharding our database systems ). After 30 minutes a ruleset is produced in English, and supporting code is produced within an hour. We had seven topics of one hour each, led by a different set of execs.

Agile 153

Agile Software Review Denver Database 153

BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We are thrilled to announce our investment in Snyk, which is a developer-first security solution that helps companies use open source code and stay secure. in open source world where much of it is third party code. We are purpose built to double and triple-down in our portfolio as they hit milestones and scale their GTM team.

Open Source 60

Open Source Security Cofounder Software Review 60

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Software as a Service (SaaS), the most mature of these segments, is comprised of end user applications like Salesforce.com. Forget everything you learned about software channels.

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Sales Cycle 48

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. I’ve used Asana extensively to manage activities firm-wide.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

That I’ve had a few “exits” and instead of hunkering down and writing code for 6 months I opted to talk to a few of my buddies at the yacht club and purchase a primed and growing social network for somewhere in the mid-seven figures. No inquiry as to why they never installed the code. So I scrambled.

Acquisition 63

Acquisition Software Review Fresno Algorithm 63

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Extension Engine - Software engineering and design. Walter Frick - Harvard Business Review. Cloudant - Database as a service (backed by Avalon). Custommade – Marketplace for Customer Products (NextView Portfolio Company). GrabCAD – 3D Community and Collaboration (NextView Portfolio Company). Places to Hang.

Boston 71

Boston Technical Review Community Cofounder 71

David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

Set up the basic marketing toolkit: deck, website, accurate online databases, and social media accounts. . Set up a Data Room, with a filled-out Due Diligence Questionnaire (“DDQ”). Also note, many institutional investors don’t really allocate to VC asset classes directly due to the size of their portfolios.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Software Review 78

Ben's Blog

JUNE 18, 2011

Because Stewart’s programmers are ten times more productive than they were in 2001 due to massive advances in programming language technology. Software is eating the world. Back in 1994, very few people would have predicted that the largest bookseller in the world would be a software company. What is next? What is next?

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Valuation Internet 60

Ben's Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The platforms then sustain for an additional 5-10 years due to inertia and lock-in. Finally, when the shortcomings of the old platform become too much to bear — ­as with the Mainframe, Hierarchical Databases, and more recently the PC — a new platform emerges to take the old platform’s place and bring the future forward.

Networking 72

Networking Architecture Software Review Cloud 72

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes? How do VCs originate investments?

Early Stage 60

Early Stage Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 60

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sorry for the humbrag, but I’m proud to see Minute Media , our Remagine Ventures portfolio company (and our only later stage investment) on this prestigious list. I’m excited for the talent that will spin out of those companies to create the next generation of B2C stars coming out of Israel.

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

I got fired from a software sales job, started a systems integrator called MicroSolutions. I taught myself to code over seven years and wrote all kinds of applications. We reviewed the story of The Diary of Anne Frank and what she went through. I'd like to reevaluate this code and look for bugs and clean it up.

Dallas 68

Dallas Employee Government Social Media 68

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This has lead to a massive checkout database with 508 checkout steps reviewed, 975 screenshots, and 3,000+ examples of adherences and violations of the checkout usability guidelines. steps, counting from the shopping cart to the step where the order is actually placed — often a “review and confirm order” step.

Design 98

Design Software Review HTML Technical Review 98

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Forgot your username or password? another account.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Ben's Blog

JULY 13, 2010

When the computing architecture moved from Mainframe to Client/Server, hierarchical databases didn’t move with it. Due to radically cheaper computing cycles and storage, the database market moved to the much more easily programmable and more resource intensive relational database model.

Cloud 62

Cloud Architecture Software Review Database 62

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! We used a panel of participants who were in the workplace, normed against a database of the working population. You are coded to do that really quickly. And I remember talking to Dr. Bronwyn King, who runs an organization called Tobacco Free Portfolio.

United Kingdom 65

United Kingdom America North America Australia 65

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Computer Software. Media & Marketing. Small Business. More Industries. Accounting. Advertising. Broadcasting & Entertainment. Computer Hardware. Consumer Products. Defense & Aerospace. Financial Services & Insurance. Food & Tobacco. Hospitality. Industrial Goods & Services. Marketing & Strategy. Media Agencies. Metals & Mining. NAME Comcast.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Designers who practiced table-based layout may remember how headaches up front lead to more flexible code later. When computers first gained graphical user interfaces, software engineers helped people make the transition from physical offices to digital files with the metaphor of a desktop. Newsletter. JavaScript. Techniques.

Mobile 101

Mobile HTML Flash Software Review 101

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Bootstrap – Online bookkeeping software that lets you track sales and expenses, organize your records for tax time, and more. Invoice Place – Online billing software that lets you track invoices, quotes, receipts and more. Gliffy gliffy – Online diagramming and charting software.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Security, Cloud, NoSQL databases, etc. Marc Andreessen: So the computer industry started in 1950 and basically ran for 50 years with the same model, which was a model where all of the new computers, all the new technology, all the new software started out being sold for the highest prices to the biggest organizations. Exactly right!

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

What do I mean by that (to those of you who are not database geeks)? If you are willing to create a small portfolio of initiatives then you can get a pretty decent understanding of the hidden impact (offline) of your web presence. Framing the online to offline "data" problem: Why is quantifying offline impact such a problem?

Analytics 116

Analytics Conversion Campaign Redemption 116

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

125 theses so far submitted by investors into the OpenVC database. Investment theses are just hypotheses; the portfolio shows how accurate the hypothesis was. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. follow-on ratio; etc.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly The group seeks out technologies that are complementary to the company’s core operations, including applications, software and infrastructure startups. The firm’s portfolio includes the likes of Gist , Lijit , Brightleaf, Memeo, SimpleGeo , StockTwits and Zynga.

Angel Investor 80

Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They log in to translate the documents, one at a time, marking each finished when done, which sends the file back to the company for review.” Also important: Only go for providers who have great reviews from many past customers. Decline bids from providers without many great reviews. The translator rejects or approves.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

And investors said they intend to invest more in cleantech than software going forward. This is a big reversal, as software has long been the dominant category for venture deals, but it’s unknown whether software has lost favor, or whether it’s just become so pervasive that it doesn’t really hold together as a category anymore.

Venture Capital 62

Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. From premium paid subscription databases to free tools showcasing new startups and startup maps, The Ultimate Startup Intelligence Tools List is guaranteed to help you get your research done. Need a database/back end solution?

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I highlight endogenous social impact because many of my portfolio companies might give money to charity or provide low-cost pricing to nonprofits, but that’s not what I think of as an impact company; they’re tacking on social impact on top of their core business, whatever that is. . Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Partner Technical Review Cofounder 60