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Supporting the Zane Access Inaugural Pre-Capital Program Cohort

Feld Thoughts

I’ve been involved in gender inequity issues since I joined the National Center for Women & Information Technology board in 2005 shortly after it was formed. Right now, these are philanthropic contributions to non-profit organizations or sponsorships for people going through some kind of program (non-profit and for-profit).

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

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You might like to think that a bunch of savvy venture capitalists saw a market niche for raising smaller funds or perhaps there was a generational shift where disgruntled junior partners spun out of bigger firms to start their own gigs. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%.

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7 Common Mistakes Startups Make on Accelerator Program Applications

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[Interview] Imaginary Friends Studios (Is More Real Than You Think)

YoungUpstarts

After graduating from Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in digital media design, I have spent a year in Tokyo working for the game company tri-Ace/Square-Enix, and then set up IFS with my current partners. Share with us some of the journey that Imaginary Friends Studios has gone through since its founding in 2005.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 19: Carmen Medina and Don Burke

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The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. In 2005, while at the CIA, Don helped found Intellipedia , the Intelligence Community-wide wiki, with his colleague Sean Dennehy.

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

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 And especially if you are dealing with early stage firms where partners might have different areas of specialization but they might have a lot of connective tissue across things. was starting.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

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One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. A few deals have been funded through this program.