YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. There are no seminal books and few insightful blogs for them to turn to. The value inflection points include: Minimum Viable Category (MVC). Initial Product Release (IPR).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. I said, “This category is going to be huge. Like most markets online it will likely be a ‘winner take most’ category so if you’re going to go for it … you better be prepared to win.”

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 25, 2023

In addition to providing customer care and assistance, a virtual assistant may also develop web pages or compose blog entries, administer email newsletters, carry out sales and marketing chores, generate sales leads, and conduct a variety of other jobs. Then, you may begin to promote your items on your blog and social media profiles.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 30, 2023

“Since ChatGPT’s launch just nine months ago, we’ve seen teams adopt it in over 80% of Fortune 500 companies” OpenAI blog OpenAI announced this that ChatGPT Enterprise is now available , offering better data protection/privacy, more security, improved speed/performance and longer context windows. But not all is rosy.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. was starting.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 13, 2015

I miss capital efficiency. A justification by VCs to explain away their lack of capital to invest? A rationalization by entrepreneurs to explain away their inability to raise capital? Do you remember all the blog posts about how companies needed so much less money? The Most Capital Efficient U.S. Were you a myth?

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. You could just outspend. Tesla is not. It's a great talk.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It seems as though in many categories, especially in consumer internet space, a handful of startups pursuing quite similar or even apparently identical ideas launch within months of each other. The post The Startup Copycat Fallacy appeared first on NextView Ventures. Another d2c gourmet pet food company ?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

How to find venture funding? I have to start with a major negative: if you have to ask if your startup can get venture capital, then it almost certainly can’t. People without track records don’t get venture capital. People without track records don’t get venture capital. Are you still with me?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. Austin, TX.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities. Prior to this Series B, the company had already achieved meaningful scale but had raised only $15M in capital to date.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. It makes it extraordinarily hard to raise the next round of capital. What stage? What price?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I can tell you many angels I know – and really sharp ones with more than enough capital to put to work – are telling me, “I’m currently going to sit on the sidelines for a while. I have too many portfolio companies without exits and I want to see some returns before I put too much more money into this category.&#.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 19, 2009

Now with a new infusion of $8 million dollars of venture capital, SuperMac had been resurrected from the dead and was attempting to restart. Blog at WordPress.com. While I was consulting for them, I got a call from a recruiter for a company called SuperMac, which made add-on products for the Macintosh.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. Have a shorter to-do list with more things that are in the “done” category.

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Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s been an interesting several years in the early stage venture eco-system, and the sands have shifted considerably. As the venture capital industry has evolved, more and more seed investors are passing on traditionally “seed stage” startups because there isn’t enough traction. Belief #2: Capital is plentiful.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 27, 2023

Key Takeaway: Agency owners should consider investing a portion of their own capital into other businesses as a way of personal development and to gain valuable insights from different industries. Where have any of your investments fit into that category? [15:31] Check out Ben’s blog. Nudge website. Like this show?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

When I was new at Venture Capital I was trying to figure out the business. I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. They are venture bankers not investment bankers. It was a fun period for me because everything was new and I was curious. What stage? What price?

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View from Seed

AUGUST 13, 2014

We at NextView Ventures invest exclusively in a startup’s seed-stage round , meaning that many if not most of our deals are made alongside individual angel investors. So to successfully raise a seed round of capital, founders should possess at least a basic understanding of the different types of angel investors they’ll encounter.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 19, 2009

Years later he would become a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital.) Andy Wright , on October 19, 2009 at 7:25 am Said: Thanks for the insights, but I have one question — do you have any articles or blog posts that talk about what’s in “Steve’s one month MBA course for engineers.&# thanks to all.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. First up was Siobhan O'Brien with OnTrack Imaging , a medical diagnostic imaging venture catering to the horse owners and trainers market. Doesn't Retek have anything in that product category?

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Growthink Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Growthink Capital Research tracked $12.0 billion in new venture funding in October 2021 up from $10.3 The month’s biggest funding event belonged to Thrasio, an e-commerce and retail brand that acquires and cultivates category-leading products that people demand. billion in September 2021. Other than Thrasio, the […].

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. Use Gust to research funding sources.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

I was consulting for the two venture capital firms who between them put $12 million into my last failed startup. (My Both venture firms sought my advice for their portfolio companies. I began to gain an appreciation of how world-class venture capitalists develop pattern recognition for these common types of problems. “Oh

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The Curious AI Company , a General AI company whose first venture is waste sorting (the very definition of unsexy but lucrative), reportedly aims to sell its AI software as a toolkit. It also makes sense to include in this category companies that help to educate ( Udacity , Coursera , Kaggle etc), or that manage code bases and projects (e.g.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Some founders actually keep two lists, one of both categories. A running list of startup ideas isn’t a static document, but rather a living one in which the stronger potential ventures rise to the top. The post Keeping A List, Maybe Two appeared first on NextView Ventures. Many successful entrepreneurs keep a running list.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. I was pretty sure we were going to raise another round of capital. Apple announced that they’re shutting down your category. Many times it’s less. Far fetched stuff.

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Steve Blank

JULY 7, 2009

Blog at WordPress.com. The relevant part starts about 4:30 into the video (wait for it to download.) luck… and as one of Steve Blank’s posts today mentioned, you can’t test hypotheses from within your building. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

Reply One difference between VCs and Entrepreneurs « Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog , on April 20, 2009 at 7:06 am Said: [.] Reply Reversible vs. Irreversible Decisions at Oregonstartups.com Blog , on April 26, 2009 at 4:25 pm Said: [.] Blog at WordPress.com. Great startups have a tempo of 10x a large [.]

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog.

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Hunter Walker

MARCH 23, 2016

The next day, there was an email in my inbox asking if I’d consider a move to venture capital. HW: Once you were inside of a venture fund, versus talking with VCs as a reporter, what was most surprising or otherwise contrary to your previous assumptions? How does a16z teach you the investing side of the business?

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