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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 25

    Seed VC funds that refuse to be the first money in are so tiresome. Have some conviction and place bets you believe in. That’s your job.

    10:41 AM - 25 Mar 2018
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      1. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 25

        (To be clear this tweet isn’t about Lambda, we never had that problem, I just see it from others).

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      2. David Goldberg‏ @davidrgoldberg Mar 25
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Couldn’t agree more. This is why I think ‘differentiation’ is overrated. All about conviction and execution

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. 𝕨𝕖𝕚𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕣‏ @julianweisser Mar 25
        Replying to @davidrgoldberg @AustenAllred

        I’d love to see a public database on which firms are truly the first money in on deals. @notationcapital @nchirls look to define this with “first-check” and @chudson @PrecursorVC is another great example.

        2 replies 1 retweet 14 likes
      4. Nicholas Chirls‏ @nchirls Mar 26
        Replying to @julianweisser @davidrgoldberg and

        I just went through the data because I was curious … @notationcapital was actual first dollars in, and led (or co-led) 20 of the 30 startups we invested in out of our first fund. I believe this is unique for our stage in NYC.

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      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 26
        Replying to @nchirls @julianweisser and

        Hats off

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      2. Rogue P. Bigha 📢!!‏Verified account @jeffbigham Mar 25
        Replying to @AustenAllred @TestingSaaS

        that would be kind of great, but also i think the primary jobs of VCs is to generate return for their funds, no?

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 25
        Replying to @jeffbigham @TestingSaaS

        If you’re unwilling to write checks first founders will start to ignore you, and you won’t have good returns

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      2. Karthik  🏋🏻‍♂️‏ @AntarYaami Mar 25
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Wonder how their LPs feel. "He we took a chance on you, when are you gonna do the same?" Wonder if LPs have a strict pattern matching protocol

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 25
        Replying to @AntarYaami

        It will show in the returns long-run IMO. Word gets around that you only follow, so the best companies don’t go there.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Karthik  🏋🏻‍♂️‏ @AntarYaami Mar 25
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I've seen *so* many neo seed funds with awful portfolio construction and even worse party round participations. It's a surprise when they repeatedly manage to show up at demo days with a blank stare.

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      2. Leo Polovets‏ @lpolovets Mar 26
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        One of my fave posts about this, by @ceonyc:http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/blog/2016/4/25/no-leading-no-guts-no-glory …

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      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 26
        Replying to @lpolovets @ceonyc

        Beautiful

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      4. Jake Cahan‏ @JakeCahan Mar 27
        Replying to @AustenAllred @lpolovets @ceonyc

        @DannyCrichton observed a similar trendhttps://www.dannycrichton.com/2016/09/22/observations-on-nyc-tech/ …

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Charlie O'Donnell‏Verified account @ceonyc Mar 28
        Replying to @JakeCahan @AustenAllred and

        This is a really good assessment. Curious, what counts as a "massive technical bet". Gotta leave the planet? That "looks big" but it's really just a big rocket ;) and humans launching rockets for 60 yrs. More impressed by ppl using algos/cv for healthcare diagnosis, for example.

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      6. Danny Crichton‏ @DannyCrichton Mar 28
        Replying to @ceonyc @JakeCahan and

        All of that counts. In my mind, the key question is how much tech risk is there in a business? Shouldn’t be basic science of course, but too many NYC businesses are pure S&M plays with limited tech

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      7. Leo Polovets‏ @lpolovets Mar 28
        Replying to @DannyCrichton @ceonyc and

        FWIW, same in Silicon Valley. In my experience, 90+% of companies, including many great ones, have very little technical risk if the eng team is decent.

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      2. John Neamonitis‏ @thejohnnynemo Mar 25
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        It's funny because you either like the business or you don't. Whether they've raised a dollar or a million shouldn't matter.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Mar 25
        Replying to @thejohnnynemo

        That’s what I don’t get. Does some rando putting in $500k move the needle for you? If so, why?

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. 𝐓𝐙 ᴳᵉᶰ ᶻ ᵂʰᶤˢᵖᵉʳᵉʳ  🦓‏Verified account @TZhongg Mar 26
        Replying to @AustenAllred @thejohnnynemo

        bc many vcs have a herd mentality 🐑🤷🏻‍♀️

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      5. John Neamonitis‏ @thejohnnynemo Mar 26
        Replying to @TZhongg @AustenAllred

        If the founder can convince us to invest, they'll be able to convince others. Believing that makes writing the first check easier.

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