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Harry Stebbings on the Give First Podcast

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Harry is probably best known for his podcast, The Twenty Minute VC , the world’s largest media asset in venture capital, with over five million downloads per month. I was interviewed on Harry’s 65th episode in 2015. Today’s Give First podcast features Harry Stebbings of the 20 Minute VC and a partner at Stride.vc

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Book: Digital Minimalism

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Newport is famous for being a millennial, computer scientist, and a book author who doesn’t have a social media account. Digital Minimalism is complementary to Jaron Lanier ‘s book Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now , but I found Newport a lot more comfortable and convincing.

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We Make the Future We Invest In

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Over the past few years, you’ve seen me write about Glowforge, the 3D laser printer that made history with their crowdfunding campaign back in 2015. So it was sobering when, last week, Maker Faire / Make Media closed their doors for good. Over the next 30 days, they sold $28 million worth of pre-orders to an insatiable crowd of makers.

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Q316 State of Venture Capital Update With Cooley

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Any current trends that stand out to you that are changes from the 2015 environment? The word unicorn was used about 1000 times more often in 2015. I’ve already forgotten what the trendy things of 2015 were since AI, machine learning, bots, and autonomous cars are all the rage, although it’s almost 2017 so it’s time for something new.

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Get Ready For Q115 Fundraising Insanity

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As we enter the time of year where every media-related thingy publishes it’s “best of 2014″ and “predictions for 2015″ lists, I simply pass on participating in all of them and read none of them. I’m not a predictor.

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#GiveFirst

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This is my last blog post of 2015. No more social media of any sort. I’m taking a break from a bunch of things for a while. GiveFirst is the title of my next book, which will come out sometime in 2016. I’ve started working on it and realize that I have a finite amount of daily writing energy. No more blogging.

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Startup Opportunities Book Tour, Presented by Intuit QuickBooks

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March 23rd, 2015: Winnipeg with Innovate Manitoba. March 26th: Toronto with Ryerson Digital Media Zone. If you’re in the area, join me at one of the tour stops listed below. Registration here. March 24th: Waterloo with Communitech. Register here. March 25th: Ottawa with L-Spark , Algonquin , and Fresh Founders. Register here.

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