Finding a legal firm with deep construction experience
Alice: There may be a bunch of other things to consider when it comes to finding a lawyer for construction — what market vertical, size of projects, types of contractors, what products are in the marketplace, what scopes of work does it impact, etc. One lawyer that comes to mind that may make sense is […]
Finding a buyer in the M&A process
Clay Norris: MicroAcquire might be a fit (https://microacquire.com/) David Teten: https://teten.com/how-to-choose-an-investment-banker-or-replicate-one/ Brian Yoon: if they aren’t on amazon perhaps rolling on to Thrasio might be a play as well Clay Norris: Tiny Capital might also be worth checking out
Finding a lawyer to lead Series A investment
Clay Norris: Don’t have a ton of experience but I’ve consistently heard Cooley or Gunderson
EA service provider recommendations
Clay Norris: I use Fiverr to bang out a bunch of manual tasks (can sometimes be a language barrier, so plan your projects accordingly). I also know that Vitalize just announced a database of 600+ people looking for contract gigs within VC
Web designers / developer recommendations
Cassandra Carothers: https://startwithbldr.com/ team is awesome David Teten: I list some vendors at teten.com/pitch Roni Hirand: Mike Viney from Deckworks is v good!
Best software for tracking deals
Vlad Cazacu: I am actually very curious to hear people’s thoughts on this one. Used Affinity, Totem, Airtable and Google Sheets across 3 different teams and decided to build one myself since none of them satisfied all the requirements. David Teten: Maybe helpful: Designing a CRM and Marketing Tech Platform for a New Private Equity/Venture […]
Service providers for running background checks
Clay Norris: I’ve used Chekr every time I’ve had to do this Ashish Aggarwal: Thanks for sharing, Clay. yeah, I know about them. I meant more for running background checks on founders of startups – more of a one-time usecase. Clay Norris: In the past, I’ve typically just asked the founders to send over references, […]
People / groups that can clean up cap table messes
Mike Preuss: I have a bunch but what kind of mess? Trey Carver: I know a good organization that works as fractional CFO for startups – Book + Street. Happy to intro if it makes sense Victor Pascucci: gee.m.leung@gmail.com – Gee has done amazing work with early-stage companies https://www.linkedin.com/in/gee-leung-b035a114/
Startup tax and accounting firm recommendations
Sarah Holmes: https://burklandassociates.com/ Taylor Schaude: Burkland is great, as well as EarlyGrowth (https://earlygrowth.com/). Let me know if you’d like an intro to either or Anant Akash: Know folks at kruzeconsulting.com Nathaniel Harding: Hogan Taylor is great in central US
Outsourced IT Firm Recommendations
David Teten: One of our Venture Partners runs https://pestack.com/ , which provides consulting on vendor selection. I’m also informally advising https://lionpointgroup.com/ , a leading consultancy specializing in implementing tech solutions for alternative investments funds. Please advise if you’d like an intro to either. email dteten@versatilevc.com