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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

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My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. we had about 25 firms contacting us – more than I could manage. After Office 2.0

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Want to Know Difference Between a CTO and a VP of Engineering?

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Your deepest thinkers on technology architecture are seldom good team leaders. The best technologists often aren’t amazing people managers. They work on their own schedule and are often hard to manage. The VP Engineering aspires to manage teams. And first and foremost a VP of Engineering is a people manager.

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What You Need to Know About Austin Startup Week 2019

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Since the beginning, the week’s programming has been lovingly organized by Jacqueline Hughes , Events Manager at Kauffman Fellows, Joshua Baer , Founder and CEO of Capital Factory, and the Capital Factory Dream Team.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

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You can also spend time with a newer startup helping them navigate the world of product management, venture capital or team building. His term sheet series helped me at a time when I needed help. I loved the novelty of it, the architecture, the strange foods, stores, toilets – everything. He asked for nothing.

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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

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Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

VC Cafe

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].

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Bitesize Monday: Indian Summer in Israeli VC funding (Takadu, Celeno, Superfish, Headway, Real Match)

VC Cafe

Fred Wilson warns that it is starting to feel like a bubble again, with VCs writing $5 and $10 million dollar checks with very little due diligence, sometimes showing up to a first meeting with a term sheet… Israeli startup headlines for Nov 15, 2010. Funding news. Realmatch was started in 2007 by Gal Almog. [ Source ].