Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. The ultimate goal of Innofund is to get the startups far enough along in technology and market validation so other sources of financial capital (banks, VC’s, corporate partners) will invest.

Programming 287

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 287

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This power is wielded through a combination of a country’s diplomacy, information, its military capabilities, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. Space Force continues to develop, what changes in strategy and/or addition to its portfolio of responsibilities would you recommend? As the U.S. interests in space?

Technical Review 373

Technical Review Technology Russia United States 373

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. I introduced him to my partners who liked him.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. The “big boom” in startup financing started around March 2009?—?more more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

why the hell has seed financing declined so much in the past 3 years?? You might like to think that a bunch of savvy venture capitalists saw a market niche for raising smaller funds or perhaps there was a generational shift where disgruntled junior partners spun out of bigger firms to start their own gigs.

Venture Capital 328

Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage IPO 328

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2021

I’ve recently advised a number of emerging private equity and VC funds who are wrestling with the question: What are the highest impact steps they can take to support their portfolio companies? . Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies.

Private Equity 78

Private Equity Venture Capital Portfolio Equity 78

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Of partner? I would call their portfolio companies and ask how helpful or not they’ve been. I’ve watched VCs help with valuation support (spreadsheets, comps) on next round financing, participate in M&A meetings, interview senior job candidates – even help terminate tricky senior hires. Reputation of firm?

Portfolio 364

Portfolio Chicago Sales Incubator 364

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. Choose a partner, not just a fund. So choose your partner wisely.

Founder 187

Founder Term Sheet Cofounder Venture Capital 187

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

It’s why I often advise angel investors to be careful about assuming that being an angel investor is a profitable exercise unless you have the ability to have a wide-enough portfolio to have a few companies doing extraordinarily well plus deep enough pockets to follow your winners. Thus begins the dance.

Technical Review 336

Technical Review Later Stage Early Stage LP 336

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. Is that when it became big?

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

One or two of the best companies may continue to appreciate, but most of a VC’s portfolio has probably been realized, written off, or has maxed out its value. The longer the portfolio maintains the same value without distributing back cash, the worse the fund’s ultimate IRR. This would suggest that TVPI would be performing well.

LP 256

LP IRR Distribution Portfolio 256

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

I spent a ton of time with the CEO and VP Finance understanding the businesses, its customers and its operational challenges. I also make visits to senior level customers of portfolio companies with which I’m involved. This obviously depends on having the right VCs. This is invaluable in helping the management team.

CTO Hire 308

CTO Hire Management Technical Review Part-Time VPE 308

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

I had come from a world where I was nearly a partner at Accenture before starting my first company. I will quote one portfolio company CEO who said about his office manager, “Mark, this is the most important hire we made last year. It isn’t always necessary but it’s a mindset.

Warrant 333

Warrant Germany France Cost 333

YoungUpstarts

MAY 28, 2014

Things like winning startup competitions, getting selected to a startup incubator, partnering with a large company, are all good ways to show traction and some proof that you’re creating value. Advice For The Young At Heart Asif Khan Funding fundraising startup startup financing' Enter Competitions and Incubators.

Security 200

Security Incubator Technical Review Bootstrapping 200

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

Examples are Hollywood for movies, Milan for fashion, New York for finance and today, Silicon Valley for technology entrepreneurship. The ultimate goal of Innofund is to get the startups far enough along in technology and market validation so other sources of financial capital (banks, VC’s, corporate partners) will invest.

Programming 179

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 179

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Cheered on by finance professors, Wall Street analysts, investors and hedge funds, companies have learned how to make metrics like Internal Rate of Return look great by one; outsourcing everything, two, getting assets off their balance sheet, and three only investing in things that pay off fast.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

After years of trying to persuade Kara Nortman to become a partner at Upfront Ventures I can officially announce now that she’s joined us effective immediately. It is rare to find somebody who matches exactly what I’m looking for in a partner so when you find it you act: Academic rigor (Princeton undergrad, Stanford MBA).

Partner 408

Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles Baltimore 408

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. VC Financings: 1. What I found strange about this funded was the fact that it was led by Summit Partners. Investors: Summit Partners (lead), Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Gary Vaynerchuk. The investment will be used for product development initiatives.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) I find the same still going on with a few firms and partners.&# What Do VC’s Do? Warning sign?

Silicon Valley 237

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 237

VC Adventure

JUNE 14, 2022

Indeed, many firms even institutionalize the practice of providing help to portfolio companies through extensive platforms that may include PR, talent, marketing, technical, and other help (sometimes offered for free, sometimes offered ads a pay-for-service, but often at below-market rates for those services).

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Due Diligence Portfolio Venture Capital 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2016

We help founders through difficult moments, we help coach, we act as sparring partners, we help them resolve conflicts when they’re fighting with co-founders and we help them deal with adversity as well as successes. The role of VC is sparring partner. That’s why I often say The role of VC is “chief psychologist.” Nothing fancier.

Venture Capital 150

Venture Capital Fractional CTO Cofounder Early Stage 150

David Teten

JULY 25, 2011

Our portfolio companies OfferIQ (acquired by Transactis) is in this sector. Advanced risk management : After the crisis of 2008, financial institutions are clamoring to empower their risk management practices via technology solutions that perform better and faster than current offerings, with as little room for human error as possible.

Software Review 114

Software Review New York City Technical Review Due Diligence 114

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. ” “Well, you get to be involved with our portfolio companies after we invest.” ” Well, I really wanted to be a general partner but there weren’t a lot of general partner openings. Comp sci in the 80s was terrible.

Cofounder 337

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Startup San Diego 337

Genuine VC

JULY 19, 2010

Micro VCs will continue to come in many flavors with slightly different strategies, but there are a few distinctive defining characteristics: On a per partner basis, each investor is investing less than $25M in any given fund. The capital deployment velocity is notably higher than a traditional 1-2 investment per partner per year.

Seed Stage 175

Seed Stage Technical Review Dilution Offshore 175

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. In addition, as part of the program, I’ll be making my first public presentation of our research study on VC portfolio operations value creation.

Tunisia 114

Tunisia Libya Algeria Mauritania 114

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This article highlights their advice on issues ranging from financing to patent trolls: While startups may believe lawyers are too costly, working with one early on avoids potentially serious problems later. ” The Cost of Financing. Convertible Securities.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Unlike many other aspects of personal finance, student loan is incredibly complex. Leveraging Will’s deep understanding of the landscape, the team was able to quickly launch a product that truly resonated with both borrowers and partners.

Portfolio 295

Portfolio Cofounder Government Finance 295

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2020

It will require greater transparency and record-keeping, but in addition to giving consumers greater protection, Reg BI can also protect finance professionals. They don’t get a salesperson who offers a fix for one problem, but rather they find a partner who’s looking to address their needs holistically.

Technical Review 244

Technical Review SEC Affiliate Technology 244

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Fred Wilson has been a venture investor and director in Return Path since 2000, first with Flatiron Partners and then with Union Square Ventures. Here are a few tips for ending up with the best long-term partner as an investor. Look for VC portfolios that have a lot of “like” companies (B2B, B2C, media, tech, etc.).

Valuation 133

Valuation Term Sheet B2C Security 133

ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

Meanwhile, financing the company will be quite challenging, and I advised Satya to manufacture parts based only on signed contracts and advances against orders, to avoid getting into an inventory-rich, working capital-poor situation. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team.

Costa Rica 115

Costa Rica Incubator Silicon Valley India 115

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

This would be easy to detect: among their portfolio companies, do startups with female founders outperform those without? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . David Teten is a past Advisor to Real Ventures. *We

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

ICAS® can then be scaled up across the customer’s portfolio bringing enterprise-wide benefits. It became clear to us that while funding bodies are committed to supporting positive interventions and are ready to provide financing, they are discouraged by previous projects that cost too much and took too long.

Technical Review 115

Technical Review Founder Saudi Arabia Cofounder 115

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

× At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Second, understand the broader financing climate. we had no revenue.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Viral Revenue Networking 111

View from Seed

MAY 11, 2016

The reasons are fairly obvious: It’s easy to reference them and understand their track record; they’ve made a ton of mistakes already that they have hopefully learned from and are unlikely to make again; they are probably more adept at raising and managing capital, which reduces financing risk down the road, etc.

Founder 159

Founder Cofounder CTO Hire Early Stage 159

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. Jacqueline asked an important question: how do you mitigate your working capital challenges in an e-commerce company at the very early stages without raising financing? They are still very small, but have some validation.

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

While certainly not every business needs to raise venture financing, it is the path for many high-growth technology startups. If you're earlier in the process, a small angel round or partnering with an accelerator may be the best approach. Next if you are going to raise a round, find one or two partners to do it with.

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Cap Table Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Technical Review 125