crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. During that time, we watched the first wave of mobile apps take off — Foursquare, GroupOn, Instagram, Twitter, etc. has about ~40 employees and has raised $9M in venture capital. We were infatuated with tech. Factom, Inc.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

They’re used to using the web and increasingly the mobile web for everything, commerce, communication, games, etc. They also probably haven’t seen a phone that isn’t mobile.) By the end of 2012, there were 85 million iOS and 160 million Android devices in China. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2013

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. million) made by either Angels or venture capitalists, or both. Top five states for venture capital. Most active venture capital firm.

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techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

He covers startups, music, social, mobile, health, and education. “We’ve been seeing at least one post per week on TheFunded concerning mentor compensation”, said Adeo Ressi, the founder of both Founder Institute and TheFunded.com (a site focused on revealing the inside truths of the Venture Capital world).

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David Teten

AUGUST 15, 2013

1) Corporate Venture Capital. Most VCs (including ff Venture Capital ) collect money from independent limited partners in order to form their fund. According to CB Insights, since the start of 2012, the most active corporate VCs are: Dell Innovators Credit Fund (not listed) is an unusual take on this model.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies.

United States 82

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Fred Wilson on Why the Collapse of Venture Capital is Good – [link]. Mobile Advertising: Twitter Sales Are Double That Of Facebook In A Google-Ruled, $2.6B 20 of the Best Photoshop Tutorials of August 2012 – [link].

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This is my recap of what stood out to me this year and what I’m looking forward to in 2012 — we are only in the beginning of many revolutions. In India, two female journalists launched a mobile app to allow women to report harrassment and abuse, an issue in their hometown of Delhi and throughout the world.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 14, 2013

Of the ten startups in the inaugural 2012 class, four have raised follow-on funding to date, and one even reached the break-even point and expanded to Silicon Valley. ” Applications for the second year of the Rockstart Accelerator program are open now through January 20, 2013.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. Designing for Mobile: 7 Guidelines for Startups to Follow – [link]. Mind boggling – Apple Makes 75% of Mobile Phone Profits, With Only 9% of the Phones – [link]. Oscar nominations 2012: if posters told the truth – in pictures – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Business Plan Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Mobile is the Rage & VCs are Taking Note. Corporations from banks to fast food to software firms are turning to mobile app developers to build mobile app devices for their customers. Since the beginning of 2012, mobile app development startups have raised $262M across 36 deals. M&A Spurring Growth.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2012

The Series A Crunch: One More Reason to Bootstrap and Skip Venture Capital | Enterprise Irregulars - [link]. Native Ads In 2013: Scale, Headlines As Banners, Mobile, Samsung, And Yahoo | TechCrunch - [link]. 75 Best Illustrator Tutorials From 2012 | Creative Nerds – [link].

Social Media 104

Social Media Small Business Design Media 104

Haystack

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Fitbit was started in a previous startup era, raised about $65M in venture capital, went public in 2015, and reached heights of over a $4B market cap. 2/ Consolidating Hardware And Time – Another watch-enthusiast brand — Pebble — was unceremoniously folded into Fitbit after launching in 2012 to rabid fanfare.

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Acquisition Venture Capital Aggregator Mobile 100

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies.

United States 48

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2012

The program, which began in January this year, provided them with seed funding, intensive mentorship from international industry experts and the potential to access mobile markets across Asia. Think of ShopSpot as a mobile version of eBay – a phone app that allows consumers to easily buy and sell items. Kark Mobile Education.

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Singapore Asia Startup B2C 145

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8 in GE, 1.3

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Czech Republic Russia San Jose Europe 99

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. China has the biggest Venture Capital industry outside the U.S. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Version One Ventures

JULY 21, 2020

We raised our first fund in summer 2012. At that time, Version One was a generalist firm, investing in consumer Internet, e-commerce, SaaS and mobile companies. And here’s the official unveiling, with a quick synopsis of our new messaging and the thinking behind it. . Backing the next generation of mission-driven founders”.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 36% of all apparel jobs in the US are in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. © 2012 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Tech: Blogs.

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San Francisco Technical Review Zimbabwe New York City 105

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

April 27, 2012. I wouldn’t say we’re radically reinventing venture capital and there are many firms we respect who have been innovating recently in connecting a portfolio of startups into a network , taking a different approach to how to staff a VC firm , and even the pace of VC investing. And Why 20%?

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. It was perfect timing since in 2012 GRP raised its fourth fund bringing our total assets managed to nearly $1 billion.

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www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thanks >> 2012/03/01 RT @newsycombinator : How Not To Sell Software in 2012 [link] >> 2012/03/01 New Blog Post: MapR, HDFS and Forking Code #strataConf : I was in the exhibition hall of StrataConf talking with. link] >> 2012/02/29 Man, I could watch @avinash all day -- very entertaining (and informative) speaker.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

I’m one of the judges for an MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC Pitch event on January 31 focused on Digital Commerce companies: Panel Speakers: - Eric Nordlander , Engineering Partner @ Google Ventures. - David Teten , Partner @ ff Venture Capital. - Albert Wenger , Partner @ Union Square Ventures. - Sim Blaustein , Venture Investor.

New York 122

New York Venture Capital Analytics Distribution 122

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2012

This is not true in all sectors – for example, women are being nearly completely left out of the venture capital game. Not surprisingly, California, New York, Texas, Florida and Illinois are the top five states with women-owned businesses in 2012 (the top five hasn’t changed in 15 years).

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Small Business United States Illinois Florida 125

Steve Blank

JUNE 17, 2011

Smart Money are prescient angel investors and Venture Capitalists who started investing in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud 3, 4 or 5 years ago. billion dollars while admitting it will have operating losses through the end of fiscal 2012.) Filed under: Venture Capital.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

The destination was Dealmaker Media's GROW 2012 conference , a summit of startup rock stars and wannabe-rock stars raring to pitch, invest and innovate their hearts out in Vancouver. Paul Singh (@paulsingh) August 22, 2012. We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake.

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Portland Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Incubator 147

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Michael Yavonditte is CEO of Hashable, a New York startup backed by ff Venture Capital and a number of other leading VCs.

Portfolio 122

Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 27, 2014

The prototypical Silicon Valley venture capital approach to investing is structured around the pace that start-ups evolve. Its mobile business has grown from $14 billion in 2012 to $27 billion in 2013. But they rarely lead to fully formed products, and they never lead to mature and fully formed businesses.

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Silicon Valley Software Review Stock Due Diligence 57

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

► 2012. (1). Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Venture Hacks. Social-Mobile-LOCAL: “Local” Will Be The Biggest of the Three. September 27, 2011 5:51 PM.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

To be fair, the Day 1 categories were primarily infrastructure companies (Enterprise, Cloud and Mobile). ► 2012. (1). Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong. Venture Hacks.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

In other parts of the country, this is business as usual: Identify a customer need Build a product Sell the product In the valley, the knee jerk reaction is to start with the powerpoint deck and look for the venture capital drug. Jon Fisher purposely avoided raising venture capital in his ventures. ► 2012. (1).

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Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Genuine VC

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

For example, it’s much more prevalent today in 2012 to have been a tactical internet marketer for the past five years whereas in in 2007 is just wasn’t. With real clusters of strength in areas like mobile, marketing, and consumerized B2B SaaS – Boston is entering a golden age of internet entrepreneurs positioned for the future.

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Boston Internet Entrepreneur .Net 206

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

Lobbying is ongoing by both the National Venture Capital Association and Angel Capital Association and James Geshwiler on the panel wrote a recent post on the ramification. ► 2012. (1). Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture Hacks.

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Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. March 19, 2012 11:12 AM. ► 2012. (1). Rebuild our Inner Cities one Venture at a time? The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. Venture Hacks. ProfessorVC.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Las Vegas Venture Capital 43