Posts tagged Dreamit Live
Top 5 M&A Insights from Senior Industry Leaders
Top 5 M&A Insights from Senior Industry Leaders

Most founders consider two possibilities when thinking about their exit strategy: IPO or acquisition. The process of startup M&A likely remains shrouded in mystery for founders who have never seen it first-hand. We invited Amit Yoran, CEO of Tenable, and Mike Viscuso, Co-Founder of Carbon Black, on #DreamitLive to answer these questions and more. We pulled out 5 key lessons from the discussion to shed some light on M&A and help you navigate what can either be an extremely rewarding or painful process.

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Alana HillDreamit Live, SecureTech, cybersecurity
3 Easy Tips for Embracing Uncertainty Mid-Pandemic
3 Easy Tips for Embracing Uncertainty Mid-Pandemic

Uncertainty and startups go hand in hand. Whether you’re planning micro-pivots to product development or macro-pivots in light of recent market change, you’ll need a well-tuned internal schema to assess uncertainty. In the wake of the pandemic, startups across all stages have been pressed to make swift decisions and adjust plans. Today, more than ever, the relevant question founders should be asking themselves is: what’s my bet?

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Startup InsightsElliot LevyDreamit Live
#DreamitLive with Ron Gula: Five Slide Pitch Deck
#DreamitLive with Ron Gula: Five Slide Pitch Deck

In our most recent episode of DreamitLive, Managing Partner Steve Barsh spoke with Ron Gula, President and Co-Founder of Gula Tech Adventures. In the episode, Steve asked Ron about his “five slide pitch deck.” Ron has the investor perspective as the President of Gula Tech Adventures, but also can empathize with the founder as former founder of his own company, Tenable. Read to see what the five slides include.

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Alana HillDreamit Live, SecureTech
The Data Revolution in Real Estate
The Data Revolution in Real Estate

Real estate data is notoriously fragmented, but a new crop of startups, including Cherre, are helping businesses harness disparate data sources and gain a competitive edge. In this episode, Urbantech Managing Director Andrew Ackerman sits with L.D. Salmanson, founder of Cherre, to discuss his startup’s path to becoming a leader in real estate data.

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Charles LaCalleDreamit Live, urbantech
Startup Equity & Funding: 5 Catastrophic Startup Mistakes
Startup Equity & Funding: 5 Catastrophic Startup Mistakes

A thoughtful strategic approach to equity structure and allocation is critical for all startups. Yet, over and over again, startups often make avoidable mistakes that can have catastrophic downstream effects. In this #DreamitLive, Managing Director Adam Dakin speaks with Geoff Starr, Partner at Cooley, about five common mistakes and how to avoid them. Geoff has developed great pattern recognition, having counseled hundreds of startups on raising capital and allocating equity.

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Charles LaCalleDreamit Live, health
10 Crucial Steps to Closing A Round
10 Crucial Steps to Closing A Round

Fundraising is hard, and it’s critical to have a game-plan and process for raising capital. In this episode, Steve Barsh discusses some strategies that founders can use to close a new round of funding. He talks about how to create momentum, revenue metrics you’ll need to show for seed and Series A funding, what a typical timeline looks like, how to determine the amount of capital you need to raise, and more.

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Charles LaCalleDreamit Live, Fundraising, steve barsh, health, SecureTech, urbantech
Pitch Decks and Fundraising: A Fireside Chat with the Founder of Slidebean
Pitch Decks and Fundraising: A Fireside Chat with the Founder of Slidebean

It's been about a year since Slidebean’s first Youtube video breakthrough. Since then, they’ve added around 20,000 subscribers, and their videos have been watched over 1.7MM times. To celebrate their success, we collaborated with Slidebean to host a Fireside Chat in New York City on October 10th featuring Caya, founder of Slidebean, and Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit. from DreamIt Ventures.

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Charles LaCalleDreamit Live
Stop Talking Exit! Start Talking Vision!
Stop Talking Exit! Start Talking Vision!

Dreamit Managing Partner Steve Barsh talks about how early-stage startups and their founders should avoid discussion exit strategy with investors and why it’s important to paint a powerful vision for VCs about how you’re going to dominate your market and grow a big, powerful, profitable, and meaningful company. If that all occurs, the right exit strategy will come along.

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Charles LaCallesteve barsh, Dreamit Live, Fundraising
Bootstrapping from $0 to Exit
Bootstrapping from $0 to Exit

Steve Barsh speaks with Anthony Bucci about bootstrapping RevZilla from $0 to 250+ people and a successful exit. They talk about Bucci’s ups and downs, leadership ideas, growth, surprises along the way, and key learnings. And they touch upon the founder and startup attributes Anthony finds compelling now that he is angel investing in the next generation of startups.

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Charles LaCalleDreamit Live, steve barsh, Fundraising