Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

He has grown our US operations from 1 employee (him) to a global organization of 75 employees that will finish the year with 8-digit revenues (90+% recurring) and more than 350% year-over-year growth. He sets goals for MRR (monthly recurring revenue) to differentiate from one-time revenue, license revenue, services revenue and other.

Advisory Board 365

Advisory Board CTO Hire Fractional CTO Los Angeles 365

Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage: differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy for those firms with a broad market scope, and a segmentation strategy for those with a narrow market scope.

Seed Stage 191

Seed Stage Belgium Differentiation LP 191

David Teten

JUNE 1, 2011

Question : How do generalist PE funds differentiate and get in the advisers list? Question : How do PE funds differentiate in the LOI phase? Zubin Avari, Charter Oak Equity LP Christopher A. Sellers may not be as sophisticated in terms of understanding how PE funds think and operate. Wells, PE-Nexus LLC. Financials (e.g.,

Private Equity 122

Private Equity Deal Flow Equity Developer 122

Agile VC

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This person is an experienced CEO and a veteran of several startups, yet appreciating this nuance of how VC’s operate their business was relatively unfamiliar to him. If Acme Ventures III, LP invests in Startup X then typically Acme Ventures IV, LP would not. Why is this?

LP 178

LP Balance Sheet Differentiation Limited Partner 178

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I talk to a lot of great women (particularly deeply seasoned operators) who disqualify themselves from pursuing venture because they think they don’t have the finance background for it. Ashley Mayer / Coalition Operators ] [Hunter: I sometimes ask founders to think of their cap table early on as a recipe where investors are ingredients.

Venture Capital 103

Venture Capital LP Cap Table Portfolio 103

The Equity Kicker

JULY 16, 2012

The secret is to find your Niche – that is, the initial customer segmentation / product differentiation combo that enables you to beat your more established, mature competition with a much crappier product. This strategy is called “Niche to Win”. I think this is a really important point and one that is not widely understood.

LP 105

LP Early Stage Valuation Differentiation 105

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

Areas of interest: crypto, climate, deep tech, India (& any truly unique/differentiated strategy) Must focus on pre-seed/seed, ideally < $20m fund size. generalist focus, operator background). The first is the fund that you would ideally raise if LP capital was not a constraining factor. DM's open.

LP 72

LP Differentiation Deal Flow India 72