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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ? even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

Both Sides of the Table

We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company. I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. Even better if he/she can double as a VP Operations & HR.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. Maybe more importantly, you need to accept that there are no rules to success, that most business books you should never have read, and that you must consider each situation in the unique context of its people and market opportunity, with common sense and humility.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

genylabs.typepad.com

I wont bother going into details on start-up financing terms ( see this post for an overview of typical VC terms) except to say if you dont know and understand: the firms cap table and valuation. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Wall Street Journal: With New Technology, Start-Ups Go Lean. Book Reviews.

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Building The Machine Podcast Episode 5: Dan Kimerling Deciens Capital

Eric Friedman

You could read Steven Pinkerton’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined , or many, many other books that talk about that. When you talk about irrational exuberance, I’m reminded of another book: A Short History of Financial Euphoria. We do that primarily through leading financings. That scares me.

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CIOs Are from Mars; CMOs Are from Venus: Seven Ways To Bridge The Great Divide

YoungUpstarts

It’s the third side of the triangle — the oft-neglected, misunderstood, and underfunded soft edge — that constitutes my book. I describe the soft edge culture in terms of five pillars — Trust, Smarts, Teamwork, Taste, and Story — and my book “ The Soft Edge “, packed with real-world examples, unfolds around them.

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Is Emotion Necessary To Make More Sales?

ConversionXL

Consider that NYT.com readers are on average 44 years old, have an average income of just under $75,000, over 50% are college educated, and over 25% work in some professional or managerial position – it makes sense that awe or anger inducing, opinionated articles perform the best on the left-leaning news site. It never has been.

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