Insight Partners

MARCH 20, 2024

And it’s not just an early stage startup concern when a company is first launched — this same challenge surfaces over and over throughout the lifecycle of a company as they launch new products, enter new segments, or expand into new markets. If any element of the framework is unstable, it impacts all of the other elements.

Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Mergers and Acquisitions Best Practices Startups Taxes 52

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AUGUST 25, 2011

First off, I couldn't actually afford to go anywhere on a startup salary. So what's a startup to do during these two weeks? Chances are, they're not on vacation if they're thinking about leaving, or if they're at another startup that just isn't going anywhere. Second, there was way too much to do. Start reaching out.

Startups 121

Startups Best Practices Capital Companies 121

Insight Partners

OCTOBER 20, 2023

And it’s not just an early stage startup concern when a company is first launched — this same challenge surfaces over and over throughout the lifecycle of a company as they launch new products, enter new segments, or expand into new markets. If any element of the framework is unstable, it impacts all of the other elements.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Startups Taxes Financing 52

Insight Partners

JUNE 16, 2023

Hiring executives is both exciting and anxiety-inducing for many startup founders. That’s because there are many factors that are influencing the executive search landscape, including shifts in what startups are looking for in their new executives, as well as changes in what potential executive hires want from their new employer.

Startups 52

Startups Prospects Best Practices Companies 52

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MAY 14, 2012

Despite the attempts at seeding things way downtown, Flatiron and Soho is where tech startups grew, just like today. These are people whose business it is to support startups. Like pollinating bees, VCs bounce from meeting to meeting interacting with dozens of startups per week each. So why didn't it work?

Startups 145

Startups Best Practices Stakes Capital 145

Insight Partners

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A trusted partner to founders “[The funding and support from Insight Partners was] the moment we flipped from being a startup project to a scaling, growing company” – Lukas Biewald , co-founder and CEO, Weights & Biases.

Portfolios 52

Portfolios Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Best Practices 52

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JULY 21, 2014

Plus, the startup world is littered with companies that grew exponentially without becoming successful--Fab, Turntable, Dailybooth, etc. Marketing problems, for the most part, are solvable by a very distinct set of best practices. You''ve just got to figure out why the current set of people like it, and find more of them.

Startups 156

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Stakes 156

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MARCH 5, 2014

And no, analyzing startups is not a portfolio company benefit. To the company, as a recently minted MBA with no startup experience who wants to run the 4th year numbers, you''re just a pain in the ass. That''s a benefit to the VC firm.

Venture Capital 121

Venture Capital Capital Startups Consultants 121

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We run a series of best practice workshops where we put top VCs in front of audiences of new junior professionals at funds and accredited investors looking to start angel investing—and we intentionally seek out underrepresented people to join. Contact me here to find out more about this.) Contact me here to find out more about this.)

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital Accredited Investors Capital Best Practices 101

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APRIL 18, 2014

Is it me, or are the top CTOs in NYC much more of a startup household name than the folks at the top of the sales organizations? The number of tools available to sales groups has skyrocketed--so keeping up with best practices seems more of a challenge than over. Who are the top sales leaders in NYC? So where are they?

Best Practices 125

Best Practices Venture Capital Startups Leveraging 125

Insight Partners

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Aggarwal became a senior product manager at VC-backed firm Gigster and simultaneously started his own product development company for early-stage Indian startups called WinTerrain. In turn, Rattle helps teams execute processes consistently, aggregating critical data and ensuring best practices are followed.

Consultants 52

Consultants Consulting Best Practices Startups 52

Insight Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

He’d realized through his internship and classes that AI systems require a completely new style of coding, which meant that developers needed a different model of software and best practices to be successful. The startup was hostage to fortune based on OpenAI’s success. We felt a little insecure,” Biewald says.

Startups 52

Startups Best Practices Companies Financing 52

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MARCH 19, 2012

To me, there are a couple of basic reasons: 1) If nothing else, it's geographically closer to more startups than midtown firms like RRE, Greycroft, and Firstmark.so, *why not* put my office here? Eighty percent of Etsy's employees live in Brooklyn and I'd venture to say that half the startup community in general lives here.

Startups 129

Startups Best Practices Law Firms Funds 129

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MAY 29, 2012

History has shown that newly creates wealth shops the startup scene like a kid in a candy store. Before you start writing checks, just spend some time with startups. In fact, taking your own startup experience and assuming that all of your lessons learned apply to every startup is probably a really bad idea.

Angel Investors 133

Angel Investors Startups Investors Mutual Funds 133

Insight Partners

JANUARY 5, 2024

7 things to include in every board deck Ditch the dread surrounding company board meetings with our time-tested seven best practices, including a CEO “State of the Union,” functional summaries, team highlights, and more.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Startups Investors Companies 52

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AUGUST 22, 2012

You have a million things to get done at your startup, yet you only have a handful of people to do them. What is the Minimum Viable Team, if you will, for a startup? I can break down all the things a startup needs to do into three ideal people. Now we’re down to nine core business functions on a small startup team.

Startups 160

Startups Best Practices Financing Finance 160

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 1, 2019

However, the methodology in that blog post remains sound and is used by many startup companies. He includes updated multipliers for the NYC startup market in that post, which is something many readers have been asking me for over the last few years.

Startups 31

Startups Best Practices Portfolios Companies 31

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Let’s face it: Sales are the bastard stepchild of the startup world. Helping companies make money just isn’t a very interesting goal for a startup these days. While everyone was buzzing about the Verizon iPhone, there was a short mention (Thanks Peter!) about a New York company called Salescrunch that we funded.

Best Practices 108

Best Practices Pension Funds Startups Investing 108

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APRIL 6, 2015

Turns out that not only is he real, but he''s one of the most genuine, thoughtful, and egoless people I''ve met in the startup world--a real breath of fresh air. Blogging is a great place to find best practices and I feel fortunate that I have a network where I can go straight to the source and talk to people 1:1.

Best Practices 156

Best Practices Startups Funds Banks 156

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Having spent two years at Return Path, where Matt was generous enough to lend a few desks for my startup, I saw what the end goal was—functional teams of multiple people in each area, employees working together as a cohesive unit, and lots of communication up and down the organization.

Startups 108

Startups Best Practices Returns Companies 108

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JULY 16, 2014

I''m learning everyday and I count on founders to be the ones that bring the best insight into the problems they face in their industry. If I can provide helpful context about some of the seed stage startup best practices, great, but they know their company best. I am not anyone but myself, or the next anyone.

Venture Capital 162

Venture Capital Best Practices Startups Capital 162

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MARCH 13, 2010

There are exceptions to everything, of course, but as someone who started out in venture and investing (GM pension, then Union Square Ventures) and then started a company that failed (Path 101), I learned a ton about what it really takes to drive a successful business forward—skills and a mindset that doesn’t necessarily square with the way venture (..)

Venture Capital 128

Venture Capital Startups Best Practices Financing 128

Trivest Partners

MARCH 7, 2023

My firm worked with over 300+ clients, ranging from YC-backed startups to large publicly traded companies. The first year is dedicated to organic improvements to the business: best practices for sales/marketing, optimizing financial/cash management, implementing offshore teams and improving pricing strategies.

Consultants 40

Consultants Consulting Best Practices Startups 40

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

I run into a lot of people trying to switch careers and join a startup. Just start looking for blog posts on "10 SEO tips for startups" or "How to write a marketing survey". Now you need some practice. Then again, how many lean startups are out there with lots of stuff to do without the time to do it.

Startups 146

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Consultants 146

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APRIL 11, 2010

produced by community members that there’s hardly any reason to pay other than a token amount for in person innovation and startup related content. Just the other day, I suggested to an ambitious young biz dev guy at a startup that he should band all the startup biz dev folks together in a professional group. Expensive venues?

Startups 68

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Capital 68

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Be a continuous learner--take classes, and read books and your profession and best practices. I've been there--for the last six months of my startup I really had no idea how to save it. Set personal learning goals for yourself so you have some way to measure if you are improving or not. Remember, it's never too late to ask.

Best Practices 163

Best Practices Startups Consultants Consulting 163

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

In fact, one could say that the sagging stock price of Facebook and stories about lack of VC funding for consumer startups represents , in one microcosm, the story of Web 2.0: The idea of working together in communities to share best practices around creation has inspired companies that get people doing stuff like Makerbot and Windowfarms.

Best Practices 149

Best Practices Startups Funds Companies 149

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

That's because investors who are fully engaged in the business of investing in startups on a fulltime bases are information brokers. They are stakeholders in the ecosystem who want to spread the word about best practices, potential areas of interest, and about the successes of their portfolio companies.

Best Practices 100

Best Practices Startups Education Stakes 100

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APRIL 11, 2011

That's why, after taking a lot of meetings lately with business development and corporate development types looking to meet with startups, I find it so surprising that the efforts of these departments within big companies are so hidden. Those are the types of partners--media companies, publishers, etc.

Best Practices 111

Best Practices Bidding Startups Capital 111

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

That’s what Docracy is doing, and I believe it is some of the most important work that any startup is working on right now. They suggest changes and discuss best practices. To successfully build an open source project--or any project for that matter--you need the best tools.

Companies 144

Companies Legal Best Practices Startups 144

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Actually, startups tend to drop the ball on recruiting the same way they mess up in PR. Startups need to aim for a constant buzz in the media in the same way that they should be bringing in a consistent flow of high quality talent--there's rarely a time when a growing company is out of the market for either. Talent Acquisitions.

Startups 128

Startups Best Practices Prospects Funds 128

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

When my own startup was failing, I was helping Foursquare’s seed round happen—even switched seats around at an outing to Citifield for my 30th birthday to help make the right connections happen. That’s also why we do educational classes on VC best practices.

Funds 147

Funds Best Practices Deal Flow Startups 147

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

You have the preparation and the best practices. You're asked to participate in lectures and events at top tier academic institutions known for entrepreneurship and startups. Literally, are you seeing the best opportunities in the world? But I thought I was good!?” You have interim performance. You have outcomes.

Startups 97

Startups Best Practices Deal Flow Venture Capital 97

SuperAngel.Fund

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We realized that this was solvable through data, analytics, financial modeling and best practices. Austin: I'm the type of person that needs a "Superbowl" kind of target to get me out of bed in the morning, and I love the part of startups that's about creating something from scratch. And that is really exciting!

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Startups Financing Finance 52

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MARCH 1, 2013

In a world where startups can pick up 750k in from just a couple of seed funds, or crowdsource a bunch of angels sight unseen, what's the role of an angel group? When you speak for a lot of smart dollars, you can help ensure best practices. On AngelList, you're using a platform--you don't really belong to a group.

Angel Investors 146

Angel Investors Startups Best Practices Stakes 146

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

In fact, I think people get way too caught up--especially in the startup world--in the idea that you have to live your life and run your business a certain way. A lot of entrepreneurs and startup folks aren't living and working as if there's an abundance of resources out there to help them.

Startups 137

Startups Angel Investors Best Practices Capital 137

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Where there used to be the same crews of people attending the NY Tech Meetup every month, there is now 5 tech oriented Meetups a night on specific things like cryptocurrencies, ecommerce conversion best practices, and Clojure. Y ou can't just swing by Tom and Jerry's anymore.

Best Practices 75

Best Practices Startups Capital Companies 75