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The iconic VC-Backed founders are all White & Asian men. So why invest in diversity?

David Teten

We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.” BCG (June 2018): “Startups founded and cofounded by women actually performed better over time, generating 10% more in cumulative revenue over a five-year period: $730,000 compared with $662,000.”. All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. We were infatuated with tech. We’ve been investing in cryptoassets since 2013. But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum. But we never lost the finance bug. Factom, Inc.

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Twitter Link Roundup #155 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Stop looking for cofounders and help them find you instead | The Startup Toolkit Blog - [link]. Don’t roadblock – Make it dead-simple for your advisor to help you | QUIBB - [link]. Dear silly web: 20 things to banish in 2013 | Econsultancy – [link]. Entrepreneurshit.

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Ask an Entrepreneur: Can I Really Start a Business in 30 Days?

Up and Running

I came up with the idea for Hazel Lane in November 2013 and we launched our first box in December (with subscribers and everything!), Get a technical co-founder. The toughest part is that my cofounder and I are non-technical co-founders. It’s good to review your goal and determine if it is still SMART. E=Evaluate.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. Today in 2013, the majority of LinkedIn’s revenue comes from an enterprise version of our subscriptions product. In 2013, it’s whether you can break through the noise.

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. billion in 2013. Israel has been branded the “startup nation.” But is all of that changing? We think so.