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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

“…if you look at a lot of the early stage investors, whether it be Union Square Ventures or First Round or Jeff Clavier at Softtech or Dave McClure – we want to try the product, we want to experience the product, we want to get a sense of how the entrepreneur is thinking about it. Distribution. Human Computer Interaction.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

by Joe Duncan, founder of Duncan Capital LP. This combinatorial model works because it’s diversified, can best withstand bear markets, benefits from technological synergies, and it’s the mix of products and services clients value. Fintech is triggering a profound rethink for financial institutions, from retail to investment banking.

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4 Key Tips For Getting Your Product Or Service To Launch (And Why Launching Reduces Startup Fear)

YoungUpstarts

by Ken Burke, founder and CEO of The entrepreneurNOW! In fact, finding small-scale ways to bring your product to market not only helps you get off the starting blocks, but it gives you the opportunity to gather valuable feedback before making major investments. Ken Burke is founder and CEO of The entrepreneurNOW!

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Why the Browser Matters

Ben's Blog

After Mosaic, even Marc and his co-founder Jim Clark originally planned a business for video distribution to run on top of the proprietary Information Super Highway , not the Internet. Still, since 1996, the only major change to the browser’s user experience has been the addition of tabs. I am naming your car ‘La Bamba.’”

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Revenue Development

K9 Ventures

In 1996, when I started my first company, SneakerLabs, Inc., SneakerLabs’ first product was a Java-based chat server and client. Since I had good connections with the University, we got a lot of feedback on how the product could be improved to meet their needs. Our products were iClass, then iMeet, iServe and iShow.).

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Turing Distinguished Leader Series: With Partner David Zhang, TVC

ReadWriteStart

I’m a partner at TCV, which we founded in 1996. So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. We come in after a product has landed and found product market fit and has some escape velocity. So there’s a product side and a business side. . We’re a crossover fund. David Zhang.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers. Plenty of headroom there!