InfoChachkie

AUGUST 11, 2011

What follows is a summary which paraphrases Naval’s responses. Venture Hacks is educating entrepreneurs on the game theory of how to raise venture capital. We are productizing the raising of capital for startups. ”. 5) Rincon Venture Partners recently invested in The Resumator , which we identified via AngelList.

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AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. When I meet other VCs I’m constantly asking how they decide which investments to make, when to pass, when to do follow-on rounds, when to sell a company vs. when to go long, etc. On investment strategies I have “ Deflationary Economics ” 6.

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APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. Think about venture capital. But if you were going to start a venture capital fund today, you’d want to stand out. First Round Capital – No prizes for guessing what kind of firm they set out to build. My views are pretty well known.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2010

By Adam Hoeksema According to a report distributed by the Angel Capital Education Foundation , total startup funding from venture capital funds, state funds, and angel investors totals approximately $20.8 Surprisingly, friends and family contributed nearly three times the amount of capital to thousands of startups each year.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

Short summary of my posts: 1. There is a structural reason that VCs are investing at early stages, 2. I’ve done 4 seed investments in the past year and they are 100% referenceable. I’ve done 4 seed investments in the past year and they are 100% referenceable. million is “follow on&# seed investment.

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MAY 25, 2013

“I don’t know the exact math, but I hear it again and again: the top 2% of firms generate 98% of the returns in venture capital.” According to FLAG Capital there are 100 active VCs (as defined by making at least $1 million in VC per quarter for 4 consecutive quarters). The industry is dying, except for the top 2%.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. In the Early Days.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. I’m going to save that for a future blog post. I’ve been to similar events with First Round Capital and True Ventures. We learned this weekend that it was named after his East Hampton home.

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MAY 13, 2018

I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. an investment in your company.

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MARCH 31, 2012

Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. I got an email recently from my friend & fellow VC, Jeff Bussgang from Flybridge Capital Partners in Boston. In Summary. And that leads me to today’s post.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.&#. Seth was basing this on a Tweet by Paul Graham that said&#. In my mind the deal is priced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

I was impressed with his summary of the top ten outsourcing mistakes made by entrepreneurs, followed by real guidance on how they can and should be avoided. Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.”

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JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. In an early round of investment where there is not an extremely high price relative to normal valuations this is anything but benign. Investors own 25%, the founders own 75%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2015

I was impressed with his summary of the top ten outsourcing mistakes made by entrepreneurs, followed by real guidance on how they can and should be avoided. Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.”

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JANUARY 13, 2011

I recently filmed a show for This Week in Venture Capital in which I talked about how to prepare for a VC meeting: whom you’ll meet, who should attend from your side, what materials you should bring and how you should run the meeting. I wrote the summary notes in this blog post. That notes only told part of the story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2010

If you are an entrepreneur seeking capital to grow your business, let me explain why this simple concept should drive some important choices you will need to make. Chances are, acquiring capital is an important part of your growth strategy. First, you must create a venture that an investor will want to invest in.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2014

I was impressed with his summary of the top ten outsourcing mistakes made by entrepreneurs, followed by real guidance on how they can and should be avoided. Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.”

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

or purely invest in established U.S. nationals, making it difficult for investing founders to reach requirements, as well an application checklist with no set amount. USCIS, when checking the application will compare the dollar amount with other investments in the industry in order to disprove marginal amounts.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

They know that the money they invest may be lost. Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. When I write an angel round check I always tell me wife, “let’s assume that money is lost.&# So goes angel investing. How much do they like to invest? They exist in every town.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Plus, now they need to Tweet, use Facebook, attend conferences and keep a blog! A polite follow up email saying, “just wanted to follow up with a quick summary of some exciting news.&# Yes, I know only 2 weeks has passed. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Let’s be honest.

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JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. How much money will they reserve from their fund for future investments in your startup? What percentage of their fund will you be?

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MARCH 3, 2013

Watch the 30-minute interview to hear why but summary notes below. Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. He spoke about ROCE (return on capital employed). Venture Capital.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a long post, so I put an executive summary here if you want to get the point without reading all the detail. These are all creative processes.

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MARCH 6, 2011

When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. Through this process he raised $2 million.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

If you want a very quick primer on all the stuff nobody ever tells you about raising venture capital check out this video where Mark Jeffrey & I break it down on This Week in VC. A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close. If you don’t, make sure you follow up and ask for feedback.

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MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. I became quite good friends with a journalist at the Financial Times and eventually helped her as she wrote a book on the venture capital industry. In my blog I just save that for the comments where people can say what their perspectives are.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2014

I didn’t invest in any of their fine competitors either like Lyft, Sidecar, Hailo, etc. They seemed a little excessive in trying to make it hard for their competitors to raise capital. Case in point, “ Why Your Uber Driver Hates Uber ” is a blog post dressed up as journalism. I’m not so sure.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

You’ve invested $1 million in building the perfect application the meet a large market need. and you’re ready for your big round of VC investment to come in. Great inches eked out on tech blogs or industry rags. The sales market is as pure capitalism as it gets. A Channel Love Story. End of story.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! ► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? Venture Capital Funding 7. Zondigo, Inc.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Mike Yavonditte is the founder of the “super hot&# Hashable , a startup out of NYC that has been described as a “ Mint.com for Social Capital ” Mike sold his previous company, Quigo , to Aol for $340 Million. Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. Thank you, John.

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OCTOBER 18, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Are LPs to blame? ” ring hollow.

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