Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc. My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit. We learned this weekend that it was named after his East Hampton home.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 31, 2021

The Angel Association of New Zealand ( AANZ ) is co-hosting with New Zealand Growth Capital Partners ( NZGCP ) a series of workshops on early-stage investment. Andrew Chen shares his takeaways from the second instalment on Portfolio Management, held in Wellington on 13 May 2021.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. First Round Capital invests heavily in its own infrastructure to help add value to the portfolio companies. I'm a huge fan of this innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

And funds also have investments from the partners of the firm. For example, my firm, GRP Partners, has a $200 million fund that was closed in March 2009 and we have 4 investment partners. A round investor implies they are the “first institutional money in the deal.&# GRP Partners is stage agnostic.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Hearpreneur

MAY 31, 2020

Networking in business helps you reach more clients and more importantly, share your lessons and successes with other business owners. Of course, they’re various other ways you can benefit from networking. Here’s how entrepreneurs and business owners leverage networking in their businesses. #1- 1- Begin conversations.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

Intros.They’re the lifeblood of networking – the currency of mavens. Usually it’s on behalf of a portfolio company. After all, if your VCs won’t help you get access to potential buyers or business development partners – what will they do? They are your route to angel money. I do this often.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

If they select a business model that targets industry incumbents, they don’t have to worry about upsetting existing customers, partners or distribution channels. Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., to stifle competition.).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

I get paid to network – I love meeting people. My job doesn’t involve the daily grind of customer complaints, product outages, business partner / channel problems, hiring / firing, etc. I get to network with angels, VCs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, etc. But there’s a big difference. I love it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

You’ve found a VC partner or principal who has invited you to the Monday partners’ meeting. You come into a meeting where your sponsor (the person who invited you to present to the partners) knows a lot about you and the rest of the room may have varying degrees of knowledge. Congratulations. Happy to do that.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

GRP Partners is looking to hire two analysts (maybe even three) to join our practice in Los Angeles. And none of our partners actually worked for any of these firms. I’m already 2 weeks late in writing this blog post as my partners keep reminding me. Responding to portfolio company requests. Are we elitist?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. Startups spend 10 weeks working closely with AWS experts, alongside an extended global network of investors and entrepreneurs.

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. 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. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

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. Well, both of those things happened but they were lagging indicators.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

When I do a quick mental query of headcount across our entire portfolio of ~30 companies, I think at least 50% and maybe as much as 60% of the entire headcount of our portfolio is in either product or engineering. This is a great configuration for a starting team. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

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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. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). The iPhone was released.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

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.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In the first stage the Outpost focusses on networking and partnering in the Innovation Cluster in which it is based (i.e. Stage 1: Networking and Partnering – the Technology Connectors. In addition to getting plugged into the ecosystem’s network, the first role of the Outpost is to partner.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Building a great product. Jared holds a B.A. Back to Top).

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 9, 2024

Patch is partnering with Stripe to accelerate carbon removal by using Climate Orders. With Climate Orders, Patch makes Frontier’s offtake portfolio of permanent carbon removal tech accessible to their customers, adding more options to their broad network of climate action projects. They also crossed 1,000 users!

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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.

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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).

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. You have an edge in the highly competitive world of early stage investing that comes from some combination of your experience, industry knowledge, and personal network. You have an authentic passion for startups and a deep respect for entrepreneurship.

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Technical Review North America Seed Stage Bandwidth 156

View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You are a native of NYC tech with a strong network. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You will spend 60-80% of your time helping identify new investment opportunities and expand NextView’s network and presence in NYC (and beyond). Who Are We Looking For. About NextView.

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Technical Review Software Review Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

Filebase launched the Filebase Content Delivery Network , a CDN specifically optimized for IPFS content delivery. Gencove has partnered with Ferris Genomics to offer end-to-end genomics sequencing services. Uniswap announced its first program, Uniswap Hook Incubator, an 8-week program to help devs build hooks (v4’s flagship feature).

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VC Adventure

JUNE 14, 2022

Top among them is generally access to capital, but often on the list is the hope that raising capital from experienced (and well-networked) investors will have other positive impacts on their business. There are venture firms that have dozens of people employed in the service of their portfolios. . The answer may surprise you.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The first is that we are welcoming Stephanie Palmeri as the newest Partner at the firm. Almost all of this increase came from our existing Limited Partners, with a small portion that was made available to new LPs. We make very few investments on a per-partner basis, which is why we are quite top-heavy as a firm.

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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. Social networking is so last year. Good examples include: Ycombinator, Techstars, Startup health and Rock health.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

This week’s guest was David Travers from Rustic Canyon Partners. 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. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. 4mm in Series A.

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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?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. I was like, “Hang on a second. ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.” It was all technical.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Make sure that you’re attending networking events, trade shows, and pitch events so that people in the investment world see you regularly. Use your network to get an introduction to VCs. To study up, get ahold of potential investors’ portfolios to understand the types of companies they invest in and how much they have been investing.

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Venture Capital Technical Cofounder Milwaukee Valuation 180

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

One really great experience was a discussion I had with the camera rolling with my good friend Dmitry Shapiro who founded the major YouTube competitor of its time (Veoh) that was sued into oblivion by Universal and who also founded a social network designed to promote pseudonymity. I have a blog and a voice.

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View from Seed

MARCH 11, 2020

Due diligence may seem like a drag, but partnering with an investor is a serious commitment, and you want to make sure that whoever you work with has built real conviction about you and your company. This includes things like: Making intros to portfolio companies that are potential customers. This is probably fodder for another post.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Seed Stage 279

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

From building a strong brand and network to leveraging digital marketing and providing exceptional customer service, these tips will provide you with actionable strategies to take your real estate business to new heights. Network effectively Networking plays a crucial role in growing your real estate business.

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Technical Review Social Media Networking Differentiation 158

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

You’re spending much of your time selling: the vision to employees, the opportunity to investors, the story to the press, the offering to the customers, the relationship to partners. Of course you’ll have lots of functional partners who basically sell as a job responsibility. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. Yes and No.

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