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Making Good Decisions Still Means You're Sometimes Wrong.

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I looked at this founder’s prior startup, which ultimately had a successful exit, and then was happy to connect with him again as he launches a new project. I’ve always respected Bessemer for publishing their “ Anti-Portfolio ” on their website. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets?

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

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January 4, 2012. Today one of our portfolio companies, GrabCAD, announced it’s Series A funding led by Matrix. Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. million times.

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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

The other day I was with the founders of Vidme – Warren Shaeffer and Alex Benzer – who are two of my most favorite founders to work with almost precisely because their behavior is antithetical to the frenzied market behavior. These days I find myself doing less. Not less work but fewer “things.”

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. You can stop making new investments, but it will take years to actually work through your active portfolio companies. No more founder pitch meetings.

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Ethos: What 'Blank Canvas' Means to NextView ? AGILEVC

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April 27, 2012. We try hard to bring our own blank canvas into these meetings so that we can better conceive and appreciate the vision of founders we meet with. 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? 9 July 2012, 1:10 pm Directr – Tell Your Story 30 June 2012, 1:55 am. And Why 20%?

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Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet

Agile VC

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. But we will undoubtedly continue to add more hardware related businesses to our portfolio.

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Hardware, IoT, and the Long Arc of the Internet

Agile VC

This company will remain in stealth mode for at least a little while and it isn’t my place to divulge their plans, but we’re very excited about the founding team, market opportunity, and syndicate we will be part of. But we will undoubtedly continue to add more hardware related businesses to our portfolio.

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