Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I have some limited experience in dealing with patents though, both from my time as a VC and also back in my own startup days. owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. Regarding social networking, Yahoo! How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Amidst the rise of new funds, new technologies, and potentially disruptive late stage players, I thought it was important to share what we consider to be our core operating principles here at NextView. . When we started the firm, we were also more narrowly focused geographically due to our smaller team and network.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Low; a surprising number of Series A/B startups are missing basic financial reporting mechanisms. of startups raise VC.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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Genuine VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Addressing both of those issues can stem from the motivations as to why someone would want to put their hard-earned cash into a risky early-stage startup in the first place. PROS: Industry-insider who serves as a validator for the rest of the investment syndicate, extremely helpful advice and network connections.

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Angel Investor Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 128

Haystack

AUGUST 18, 2019

They’ve all accepted that this is a new world of capital abundance and that the pistons driving the global economy are technology and network effects. On this dimension, most seed funds can’t even compete on network, brand, or the cost of capital. You lose way more than you win. You wait the longest for liquidity.

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Seed Stage Cap Table Early Stage Malaysia 108

YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2017

The romantic ideal of a successful startup includes little more than a good idea, a laptop and plenty of coffee. In reality, most startups require an early capital infusion to successfully transform from a dream into a business. The good news is that it’s easier than ever to find capital for your startup.

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Syndicate Syndication Software Review Angel Investor 127

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. The only problem that faces startup investors now is how to mine this new data layer efficiently to increase returns.”. 2) Raise capital.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

David Teten

JULY 10, 2017

This matching structure takes advantage of the industry knowledge, proprietary deal flow, and network of senior executives. – Gives executives more incentive to track relevant startups, which helps inform the firm’s strategy , and gives the executives credibility and influence when they consider investing.

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Employee Balance Sheet Syndicate Syndication 60

Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

The net effect is powerful: it empowers all of us (no matter who we are or where we are) to learn more quickly, make better decisions, and operate more efficiently. start-up databases/networks like CrunchBase and AngelList ) has led to unparalleled access to investment capital as more seed funds, angels, and syndicates emerge on the scene.

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Venture Capital Vertical Curation SEC 160

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. June 5, 2011. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

The trophy angel investor typically participates in networks of other angel investors and venture capital firms that are available for evaluation, feedback and syndication. Some angel investors only invest in industries where they have knowledge and prior experience.

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Angel Investor Entrepreneur Indiana Phoenix 208

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. As many of you may know, we have a section on the NextView website called “Ethos” where we describe five key principles to how we operate. On the startup side, Square’s done a particularly good job of this in payments. How To Think About The Future. April 27, 2012.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

On Wednesday, my partner David wrote about how we’ve been using our office space (and network and other resources) to support pre-seed companies. This allows the founders to save on rent but, more importantly, easily draw on the human capital of the full NextView team and our extended network. You can find that here.

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Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 120

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Thematic investing is where VCs research a macro trend or specific market, form a thesis around why this trend/market will serve as a good basis for building great startups, and then pursue as many exceptional investments in this theme as appropriate for the VC’s strategy. May 16, 2012.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, October 20, 2008 The engineering managers lament I was inspired to write The product managers lament while meeting with a startup struggling to figure out what had gone wrong with their product development process. After all, our startup is on a fixed budget. Software Eng.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I recently wrote a post noting that while the growth cycle of startups has clearly accelerated in the last 5 years, the number of truly monster new businesses (a company ultimately worth $75-100B) remains about the same … it’s a once in a decade sort of thing. February 2, 2012.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups. The European Business Angel Network (EBAN), and similar organizations in other countries including Canada, all have web sites with directories of angel groups that are local to you. Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments.

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Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 62

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites. 2) Market .

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. The funds with more traditional origination are primarily focused on their local venture center network. ff Venture Capital.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

Surprisingly few seed funds operate this way. We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Syndicates: We have a bias to lead rounds. We also have a pretty broad range of syndicates that we are a part of. Each investment matters. Seed rounds are what we do.

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Syndicate Syndication Portfolio Advertising 45

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. I remember when it was a rare, extraordinary thing for a software/internet startup to even file an S-1. What’s the impact for early-stage startups? Active Network – 2.4x How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. March 8, 2012. So now what?

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 8, 2013

Back then, podcasting was new, iTunes had just burst onto the scene and an army of podcasters embraced this new RSS driven way to syndicate content. Seth Godin’s Startup School : Recently launched on the Earwolf network, the Startup School podcast features highlights from a workshop Godin conducted with 30 up-and-coming entrepreneurs.

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RSS Audio Social Media Syndicate 69

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? I found a question on Quora that relates to European startups, but found that some of the advice may be very relevant to Israeli startups as well. It’s not a dot, it’s a line.

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Silicon Valley Startup Seed Stage Delaware 104

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Seed investing is a fun way to stay actively engaged in the startup ecosystem. I find the best angels tend to do great not because they are fixated on making money but because they want to participate in the startup community and be involved in the most exciting projects. This is sometimes really tough for former operators.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Seed investing is a fun way to stay actively engaged in the startup ecosystem. I find the best angels tend to do great not because they are fixated on making money but because they want to participate in the startup community and be involved in the most exciting projects. This is sometimes really tough for former operators.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 27, 2010

In another example, Groupon has harnessed big scale by hiring a 3,000 person worldwide network of employees to provide hyper-local targeting, sales, and personal attention to drive its daily app promotions. Only big scale enables business models like these. Protecting the Splinternet. Which leads to the third mobile megatrend….

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Mobile Syndicate Syndication Austin 74

mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

How To Close The Books on Your Startup. This is particularly true in the fast-paced high-tech and software world, where only a small percentage of startups mature. If you’ve been operating as a Corp, LLC, or Partnership, all business associates need to vote on closing the business. January 21, 2012 by Nellie Akalp.

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LLC Technical Review Social Media Startup 68

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. Clearly Define Your Business Model While this may sound like a trivial task, young startups often have an exciting and innovative product, but no real plan for monetizing it. in place before you expand.

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. The range of the data is from a low pre-money valuation of $0.8

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Rob Go

JANUARY 28, 2016

On Wednesday, my partner David wrote about how we’ve been using our office space (and network and other resources) to support pre-seed companies. This allows the founders to save on rent but, more importantly, easily draw on the human capital of the full NextView team and our extended network. You can find that here.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 28

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. We also soon decided that we wanted to outsource as much of our operations to hosted services as we possibly could. That’s why i haven chosen to start working in Network marketing and MLM.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

mashable.com

JANUARY 18, 2012

First name was a re-branding of our Australian Aboriginal Art Gallery business with a large online presence as well as a “bricks and Mortar” operation. So far we are very happy with the branding of the operation. Social Networks etc. Latest Startups News. Image courtesy of iStockphoto , DNY59. Print Story.

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Naming Social Media Social Network RSS 97

Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

The European Business Angel Network (EBAN), and similar organizations in other countries including Canada, all have web sites with directories of angel groups that are local to you. If you are starting a virtual company with your employees working from home locations, as many startups do, it should be the location of the founder.

Equity 92

Equity Finance Liquidity Event Angel Groups 92

mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Twitter search operators can help you filter out links (search “ -filter:links “) and find tweeted questions (search “ ? Try using a few search Google operators, for example: ["brand name" -intitle:"brand name"] to find in-text brand mentions you are most likely to have missed. Latest Startups News. Ann Smarty.

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mashable.com

MARCH 7, 2011

A de facto requirement for any modern mobile operating system is the inclusion of a modern HTML5-compliant web browser. Supporting one platform can be difficult enough, but now developers not only have multiple operating systems to consider, but multiple device types as well. Have an account?

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Developer HTML API Ruby 93

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. It’s not for a lack of technological effort from both startups and huge companies in all of mobile payments’ incarnations – SMS, mobile web, native apps, NFC, etc. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. June 12, 2012.

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