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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners.

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How to Meet VC's

Babbling VC

Since joining Neuhaus Partners in late 2006, I've done 6 deals directly. Cellity We've already exited Cellity, having sold it to Nokia in 2009. This was before my time with Neuhaus Partners. As a side not, this was my first investment at Neuhaus Partners. Nils, one of the founders, knew a lot of the people whom we knew.

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Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret

cdixon.org

Another benefit of talking freely, is that you may also find potential partners or future employees–other key components beyond investment money. We fine tuned the idea throughout, even got letters of intent and partner contracts before we had a powerpoint. link] What’s the right amount of seed money to raise?

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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he’s responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. He's been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $10 billion.

Lean 108
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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

Tweet View Comments Guest Author Sep 20, 2009 This guest post was written by Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg. In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No raising money. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). Partner up? How To Get There.