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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

We average eight to 10 total new investments per year as a firm, so this frequency is a typical investment pace for us. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B). Network Effect B2B.

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This is how I started a successful B2B tech company

The Next Web

Less than a decade ago, I left a high-paying tech job in New York City to found my own SEO-optimization company. This is more than twice what I would have made if I stayed at my previous job,… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Why you should brag (just a little more) about your accomplishments

The Next Web

Takayasu has put her new self-awareness to work at IBM, and she now exhibits a newfound ability for horn tooting. Paper Tigers by Wesley Yang, New York Magazine. B2B companies use stories called case studies.). Henry Alford wrote a great piece in The New York Times about this. you are behind.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Capital?

Austin Startup

Tim O’Reilly, Founder at O’Reilly Media and promoter of open source and Web 2.0 In terms of access to capital, Austin is not Silicon Valley or New York — but it is Austin. in New York helps put out some of that monthly burn. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn’t be about the money.”

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The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development

Startup Lessons Learned

Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. This new volume also tackles examples from the Internet and wireless startups of today, both B2B and B2C. Four Steps primarily centers its stories and case studies on B2B hardware and software startups. Expo SF (May.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

For reason number two people pay a higher price & rent in New York than they do in San Antonio, Texas. I continue to be excited about the Mobile Web (as distinct from the Mobile App). I still love B2B application. Yes, there are some factors that can affect property prices beyond these two factors (e.g.

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The Price of Free is Actually Too High

Feld Thoughts

I loved this quote by Tristin Harris in the New York Magazine article The Internet Apologizes …. ” The article ends with a parallel quote from Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web. The web that many connected to years ago is not what new users will find today.