View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market. Instead of broadly syndicated rounds, we are seeing much more competition for fewer slots. Why Is Seed Investing Becoming More Sharp Elbowed?

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mashable.com

JANUARY 23, 2012

Additionally, closing a business the ‘right way’ ensures the network, reputation, goodwill and momentum you’ve built with the first company can be gracefully transitioned to future projects. Your credit and reputation are at stake. Global Syndication Partners. Here’s the seven-step process to formally close your business: 1.

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mashable.com

JULY 10, 2012

Far more important is establishing a brand and reputation for quality that will, in turn, drive demand. . Global Syndication Partners. In fact, attempting to compete on price is generally not recommended, considering the time and skills necessary to create individual works. W3 EDGE Rackspace Intridea Dynect DNS. All Rights Reserved.

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mashable.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Monitor Social Media Reputation. The Twitter spreedsheet stops at the 7th of Feb… and on the Reputation management a lot of the twitter boxes say “cannot read propery “url count” from undefined… confused… February 14, 2012 15:11:23. Global Syndication Partners. Copy the spreadsheet here.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2015

The Minimalist Guide To Managing Your Brand Reputation Online written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing. So here is a quick look at the ways you can ensure that your online brand reputation shines forever like gold and earns you higher AOVs, bigger ROIs, and ever increasing conversions.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Today she is the ex-host of one of the most successful syndicated television shows in history (The Oprah Winfrey Show), a producer and actress in her own television specials, a philanthropist, and an author. So when your business is young, your reputation is fragile. They don’t bite off more than they can chew.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. I guess if you’re in high-volume, low-differentiation mode perhaps this is efficient for you. I don’t.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 16, 2022

If a reputable brand like Home Depot uses Freehand, it surely offers value. The majority of these interactions are self-guided from sources including social media, syndicated content, and industry-specific resources. People trust user reviews because they have experienced the product or service. Retargeting lets you do this.

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The parts of digital marketing we can track— email marketing , paid social, content syndication—are the tip of the iceberg. More importantly, it gives him a reputation as someone who cares and is genuinely helpful. Not only does this help him build relationships and better understand his followers, it enhances his reach and reputation.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 20, 2014

In this case, the VCs really consider this a true investment of both time and reputation. It should be noted however that some angels belong to syndicates that allow them to speak for larger amounts of capital. It’s also hard to raise a larger amount of capital (say >$750K) since most angels are writing modest checks.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

With the help of onsite blog posts, offsite guest authored posts, social media updates, and other forms of content, brands can generate much more visibility and a better reputation—all for a relatively low cost of entry. Content is relatively inexpensive to produce and syndicate, but it can have incredibly powerful effects.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2024

You can also consider doing syndication, much like how real estate syndicators make money where they pool their resources in order to allow investors to access larger and more profitable deals than they could alone. Entrepreneurs too can emerge victorious in their quest for investment, emerging wiser and stronger on the other side.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. Great reputation. Make sure you know the reputation of the people you’ll be working with. In my third seed deal we co-invested with a seed fund and then syndicated the rest to strategic angels. And they don’t. Seeds deals.

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Genuine VC

OCTOBER 2, 2012

But it also includes legal due diligence, rounding out the round with additional syndicate investors (often angels in seed rounds), figuring out allocations, as well as sometimes even (but hopefully not) additional business diligence for the institutional venture investors.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. This is primarily an advantage for the underlying investor in the company, not the VC leading the syndicate. . Market Insight. Alpha pursues a similar model. Cross-posted on PEHub.

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Hunter Walker

MAY 19, 2014

But there’s a lot of capital concentrated in that middle right now, often in firms who have a partner or two known as top in their vertical but without necessarily a broader reputation in other spaces. Otherwise we’re eager to syndicate rounds with other great investors.' Are These Rounds Good for Founders?

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 11, 2014

” There’s a reason why I won’t – because it means putting my reputation on the line for a founderI don’t really know. And in this business, reputation is very important. Hopefully that helps you get more investor <> investor introductions.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. One of the dangers of taking investment from individual angels,rather than through an angel group or investment firm, is that theyhave less reputation to protect. 5 ] Another danger of less known firms is that, like angels, they haveless reputation to protect.

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Hunter Walker

APRIL 4, 2014

There’s a influx of capital to back new funds: crowding funding via AngelList syndicates. First fund is like a seed round – it’s based on pitch and reputation. Sometimes it feels like it’s never been easier to become a VC but never harder to stay one. high net worth individuals. family offices.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Others follow independent financial lead investors and most require that independent investors be part of the syndicate. Protecting one’s reputation is incredibly important for any investor, whether independent or corporate. This sector has come a long way and matured a lot. .

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2020

If you do 100% true angel investing, where you’re putting money directly into companies, and not other people’s funds or syndicates, you have to ask yourself the question of how likely it is that you’ll see enough good deal flow to find the big winners. b) Reputation for adding value. I’m sure you’re very smart and very experienced.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Explore content syndication opportunities to expand the reach of your blog posts. Your finances and brand reputation may soar one year, struggle the next, and then make strides again after that. Blog consistently to demonstrate your expertise and improve your website’s online authority with Google. Expect to encounter ebb and flow.

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A Crowded Space

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

And yes, AngelList syndicates are trying to kill VC firms. 1) Shared Reputation - The reputation of McKinsey is excellent. ” That saying is a result of a very good reputation of the firm built up over many decades. » Until recently, individual reputation was hard to know. It is brand-building. . »

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 1, 2013

If there were a reputable investor who invested $100k on good terms and promised to decide yes or no within 24 hours, they''d get access to almost all the best deals, because every good startup would approach them first.". The current high cost of fundraising means there is room for low-cost investors to undercut the rest.

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Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

A savvy operator at a breakout technology company may parlay his/her early pick (in the form of stock, cash, or reputation) to an executive title in the next role, or a plush investment job; a daring creator may parlay a government grant into a product that works magically, and then parlay that into a company.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

If you’re contacted by an associate at a firm you’ve wanted on your own radar (based on their knowledge of your market, the firm’s reputation, whatever), then by all means speak to them. My perspective is basically to make an informed decision on a case-by-case basis. But be honest with yourself too.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of.

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Agile VC

JULY 15, 2015

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

And that our fair regulators have at least an implicit understanding that very real (and real time) reputation and compliance checks and balances of our always on, always connected, online world is just better than the Feds’ analog and antiquated regulatory regime.

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VC Cafe

JULY 4, 2011

Irving, Texas-based DG FastChannel, enables the electronic delivery of advertisements, syndicated programs, and video news releases to broadcasters, online publishers and other media outlets. Following the acquisition, Trifon will become DG’s chief digital officer.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

If I was leading a gang of friends (that’s what I called it before the word syndicate started to be used), and that gang had put in $200k alongside my $25k, I’d encourage my gang to do the same, and they often did. And developing a reputation for recapping seed rounds is, in my book, silly.

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Rob Go

JULY 17, 2014

2) Is your reputation in the market such that great people will want to work with you? It shows that things are working and there is product/market fit, but there is a long way to go towards building an enduring company of great consequence. For a seed stage venture capital firm, product/market fit comes down to two questions.

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Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

My hypothesis is that there will be a real shake up in how deals are done in startups, and you’ll see turnover as some of these new brands overtake older well-established VC firms. (This is an aside for another blogpost) And then there are also syndicates. From there, you can find various syndicates.

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Hippoland

MARCH 30, 2018

My hypothesis is that there will be a real shake up in how deals are done in startups, and you’ll see turnover as some of these new brands overtake older well-established VC firms. (This is an aside for another blogpost) And then there are also syndicates. From there, you can find various syndicates.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

From a practical perspective, this means getting actively involved in your local tech community, regularly attending industry events and conferences, writing blog posts/articles, integrating yourself into communities on social networks and, of course, doing outstanding work as an employee (to develop a great reputation).

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Reputation Effect. Especially during the past decade bull run, when everything was up and to the right, venture investors loved to increase their exposure to companies by syndicating SPVs (or direct investment opportunities) to their LPs, friends and other industry luminaries.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Readers of these pages would obviously know that AngelList is the 800-pound gorilla and the most reputable but the truth is that many new crowd-funding platforms are appearing globally and funding through such platforms has skyrocketed in just the past two years from $400 million to a whopping $2.6 The platforms often get free carry.

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