Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2014

Kathryn has been the founding VP of Marketing of Oracle , a successful recruiter, a world class Venture Capitalist, a co-founder of a Venture Capital firm, a great board member, one of my mentors and most importantly a wonderful friend. The answer of course, was Venture Capital, but that was not in the cards—as yet.

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Venture Capital Silicon Valley Chicago Cofounder 333

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2014

When people ask me how they can become a VC, I point them to my partner Seth Levine’s excellent blog posts How to become a venture capitalist and How to get a job in venture capital (revisited). The post My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist appeared first on Feld Thoughts. An accidental one.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. Check out his website if you live in or are visiting New York! You may hire a superstar, but if they are not a cultural fit then s/he can become very disruptive to the team.

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Connecticut Cofounder Silicon Valley Web 286

Up and Running

JULY 11, 2014

In 1995 Paul started a company that aimed to put art galleries online. Magazine calls it a “hybrid venture capital fund and business school”. Watsi - the first non-profit to receive venture backing from Y Combinator. Citi bike - a bicycle sharing company based in and serving New York City.

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Startup Silicon Valley Cofounder Non-Compete 80

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 5, 2015

I started working in 1995 at the age of 15 in the mailroom at Waterhouse Securities (which became TD Waterhouse) at 100 Wall Street. Ten years ago, in 2005, I started working for Union Square Ventures as their first analyst. When I took the job, the New York startup ecosystem was nascent. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. He also had backing from well-known venture capital investors like Union Square Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures, and even Richard Branson. To blitzscale, or not to blitzscale?

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Microsoft did not open a Washington office until 1995. They hire local employees or family. As they can’t provide the scale to attract venture capital, they fund their businesses via friends/family or small business loans. They attract investment from equally crazy financial investors – venture capitalists.

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