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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

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Self Driving Cars When Cruise automation was founded back in 2013, I remember that the thought of fully autonomous vehicles seemed like a science-fiction moonshot. I’m very optimistic, but admittedly, gaps remain between what’s imaginable and what’s pragmatically useful today. Which leads me to the second analogy.

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OG Unicorns?—?Where Are They Now?

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I was wondering what ever ultimately happened to that group of OG unicorns, so I looked back at her original post in TechCrunch from November 2013. To analyze what’s become of the OG Unicorns, it’s first worth noting that at the time of the 2013 post about 2/3rds of the 39 on the list had already been realized via IPO or $1B+ acquisitions.

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Accidental VC: When, Exactly, Should Seed-Stage Startups Look for Office Space?

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To use a concrete example, NextView moved to a new space in August of 2013. The lead time to landing your office can be surprisingly high, particularly in denser startup ecosystems like ours in Boston. To do so, the partners started their search in earnest in March and finalized paperwork in June.

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The 2nd Annual List of Go-To Boston Startup Service Providers

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A lot has changed since 2013. More Snaps were Chatted. More Things became Internetted of. And, apparently, more Lyfts were Ubered. Yup — tech moves insanely fast. That’s why it’s important to stop once in awhile and examine the glue that makes it all hold together as you careen down the road to world domination.

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How to Vet & Work With Your Cofounder [Traction #43: Wayne Chang & Jeff Seibert]

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Wayne Chang and Jeff Seibert are the cofounders of Crashlytics, which Twitter acquired in 2013. Today, as angel investors, they see dozens of entrepreneurs every quarter, and they’ve joined the show today to help us answer some tough questions: How should you structure communication with your cofounder?

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Why Do Consumer IPOs and B2B IPOs Get Treated Differently?

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We first saw this with Twitter in 2013 when they went public and many (both retail & institutional investors) believed that company might be the “next Facebook”. But by definition, once-in-a-generation companies only come along say once in a generation or perhaps once a decade or so.

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Flowchart: How a Seed VC Makes Investment Decisions

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note: In 2013, Rob Go published a flowchart articulating his VC decision making process. Below, we’ve updated that graphic with new information in order to stay current and provide more context and transparency around each node.