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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

20 years ago, much of public equity investing was done by mutual funds run by a few smart folks picking stocks. It’s hard to find anyone who says “I just have the magic” in stock picking. 645 Ventures , a New York City based VC firm, is one of the pioneers of a data-driven investment model to the seed stage.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. What if phones were banned in store?

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

Shows me again if the product is in stock. But when it comes to the web, they all seem to leave their creativity, passion, and brilliant minds at home. Why leave your passion behind when it comes to the web? The web can sell product. The web can infect your potential customers with the passion you feel for your job.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going. And noted New York angel Chris Dixon recently made the leap to the venture world. November 29, 2012.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

BA : Yeah, well, the first time I saw the Bitcoin white paper, I saw it on Hacker News, which is a website that YCombinator runs. It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. And so introduced a new primitive into the world of computer science, which then people have built all kinds of remarkable things on. BA : Oh, yes.

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Assessing fit with the Wisdom of Crowds

Startup Lessons Learned

In order to get optimal results from a group-based effort, you need three things: diversity, Independence , and an objective method for aggregating results. Similar mechanisms are at work in the stock market, Google PageRank , and guessing an oxs weight at the state fair. Aggregate results carefully. Not all crowds are wise.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. Post-Mortem Title : Lessons from Kiko, web 2.0 I was about to become the first person in America to sell condom key chains.