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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

On February 16, I visited Washington, DC, where I attended an HBS Club of DC lunch on the Case Foundation and Startup America. One of those partnerships is with Startup America , who was also featured at the lunch. Startup America is an example. We invest in Code for America (“Peace Corps for Geeks”). Our website.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. aggregates resources from all the VCs. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. AskAnything.VC

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HBS Angels Healthcare Night

David Teten

The company aggregates a tremendous amount of medical news and research and personalizes it into a user friendly experience. Currently they are designing the Remedy Patient Check-In product with their partner, TransEngen, which helps connect health plans to doctors through mobile applications that tie in to clinical transactions.

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Out of the Crisis #3, Jen Pahlka and Raylene Yung on creating the U.S. Digital Response

Startup Lessons Learned

Jen is the founder and former executive director of Code for America. 44:12) Show-related links Code for America United States Digital Service 18F U.S. Up until January 31, I was running the nonprofit that I founded called Code for America, for ten years. She served as the U.S. 33:59) The value of being useful. (35:20)

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How To Survive And Profit From Radical Change

Duct Tape Marketing

Jonathan is a speaker and advisor managing director of Resilient Growth Partners and a board member at Frost & Sullivan. He's a speaker and advisor managing director of resilient growth partners and a board at frost and Sullivan. Marketing Podcast with Jonathan Brill. This is John Jantsch and my guest today is Jonathan Brill.

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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

But it turns out the majority of the company’s revenue comes from outside the US & Canada … about 54% of revenue in Q1 2011 came from the International segment (non North America). My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Previous Entries. Avatars by Sterling Adventures.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

Along with Greycroft Partners we were the first investors in Maker Studios 3 years ago when the company had no revenue and limited infrastructure. If you’re thinking about building an online video network today you need to think about: Producing your own content (not just aggregating). But the best MCNs are so much more.