View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 17, 2020

As she recalls, "once we as a team and ecosystem of stakeholders got our plan together--and a big part of that was our incredible school partners, who said, 'We are going to feed as many kids and families as we can,'-- within a week, we were building at light speed what would be the next iteration of Revolution Foods and our feeding system."

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View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

On Tuesday, July 21, we hosted the first-ever Boston Consumer Tech Summit. The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech.

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Agile VC

JULY 16, 2014

One of our portfolio companies, Plastiq , announced yesterday that they raised a $10M Series B led by Khosla Ventures and are planning to move their headquarters from Boston to San Francisco. Some lament the relocation of Plastiq and other companies who start in Boston but end up moving to Silicon Valley or other startup hubs.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2012

@jack : Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is on Twitter as well, sharing updates from his work as the CEO of Square. dens : Co-founder and CEO of Foursquare Dennis Crowley gets personal on his Twitter account, sharing his interests in soccer and hidden urban art. MichaelDell : Follow Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell.

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Cofounder Technical Review Social Media PR 239

David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Of all VC Partners studied, just 10% identified as Asian, 1% as African-American, and less than 1% as Latino. Conventional Founder Background.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 2, 2022

“Adding NatureBox to the HUNGRY platform enables us to provide our clients with exclusive access to NatureBox-branded snacks,” said HUNGRY co-founder and CEO Jeff Grass. and has rapidly growing operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Austin, Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. It was originally called Romotive, and I still remember founder Keller Rinaudo just crushing it at demo day that year. These are sorted by the year that we funded them.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Legendary partners all. That’s when you need that “perfect partner.” Finding that ideal startup partner can be as elusive as finding a compatible mate. Kaviani co-founded CoFoundersLab less than tw Shahab o years ago with the aim of bringing entrepreneurs together to launch startups. Adam and Eve. Sonny and Cher.

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Cofounder Founder St. Louis Sweat Equity 150

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

has announced that it is partnering search giant Google to support the startup and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the United States and around the world. Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Legendary partners all. That’s when you need that “perfect partner.” Finding that ideal startup partner can be as elusive as finding a compatible mate. Kaviani co-founded CoFoundersLab less than two years ago with the aim of bringing entrepreneurs together to launch startups. EDGE : Not everyone needs a co-founder.

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Cofounder Founder St. Louis Sweat Equity 110

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it. Startup Insights From Paul English, Co-Founder of Kayak - OnStartups , May 10, 2010 I’m just wrapping up several weeks of attending conferences across both coasts. Kayak is great Boston-area success story. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most of these rhyme with what we’ve said in the past, but some have also evolved to fit the changing landscape and our own convictions about what really matters for founders and their investors at the seed stage. Of the last 15 investments we’ve made, we’ve been the lead or co-lead investor over 80% of the time. .

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North America Seed Stage Early Stage Lead Investor 36

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Our Cities ▾ Boston ›. View More in Boston ›. Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. New York ›. View More in New York › ›. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. Boston Events ›.

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San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2021

After Jim’s company was acquired, Len asked him who else he should talk to in the Boston area. Jim introduced us, and that led to lunch near our office in downtown Boston. It took a while for me and my partner Dave Jilk to decide to do it, but we closed the sale in November 1993. Len loved to smoke a cigar.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met. Thanks to David Tile, Article-Writing Co ! #23-

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. SXSW and Edelman have partnered to launch a special report of the Trust Barometer?—?Edelman’s as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

View from Seed

JULY 28, 2015

While the startup environment in Boston has vastly improved over the last several years , I continue to hear the sentiment that it’s really tough to build a great consumer startup in Boston. This is expressed by people outside of Boston, but it often comes from those within our community too.

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Boston Marketing Early Stage Startup 120

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. A few days later Gordon became a founder. We were going to be guessing.

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North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 126

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

Ive been talking to the folks at [a very good VC firm] about helping them with a new venture. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th. Take a look and let me know what you think.

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Customer Development Engineer San Francisco Developer 131

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

New approaches to translational medicine have emerged. But a new class of life science/healthcare co-working and collaboration space is another. Testing hypotheses with doctors, patients, payers, providers, purchasing departments, strategic partners is hard. Our Lean Launchpad® for Life Sciences is one of them.

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San Diego North Carolina Chicago Lean 262

David Teten

APRIL 7, 2017

In my research on how private equity and VC funds source investments , one of our conclusions was that VCs get better returns when they invest outside of the traditional geographic hotspots of New York, Boston, and the Bay Area. I hope to see you on April 25 in New York! The official press release is below.

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New York Africa Cofounder Egypt 60

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 5, 2010

I have personally sold many copies of his book, and continue to recommend it as one of the most important books a startup founder can read. But be philosophically consistent: periodically take the time to question your own expertise and that of your friends, partners and investors. Make the effort to test your assumptions.

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Customer Development Developer San Francisco Customer 166

Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Being a co-founder of a real estate investment company allows me to set my own objectives, determine my work hours, and reap the rewards of my actions. Thanks to Dave Munson, Saddleback Leather Co. ! #16- have lived in Prince Edward Island, New York, St. Thanks to Katie Horgan, Giving Assistant ! #2-

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Entrepreneur St. Louis Florida Colorado 128

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 28, 2008

We pitch to potential partners, vendors, publishers, conferences, employees, and even lawyers. Most important slide: about the founders In a pitch meeting, try to spend as much time as possible talking about the key questions for your pitch. is it a revolutionary and novel idea? is this team the one to back? who is the customer?

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 128

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 30, 2009

I thought Id share a little bit of that, too: I’ve been interested in different approaches to software development going back to 1987 when – in my first company Feld Technologies – my partner Dave Jilk and I started talking about “semi-custom software development&# (way ahead of its time). Come to TS in Boston!

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Lean San Francisco Continuous Deployment DC 68

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

You might get a bunch of inbound emails from other press and partners, and all of these things can contribute to a feeling that you’re on your way to getting tons of traffic. Problem is, you inevitably become yesterday’s old news. It strokes your ego. No departments The Five Whys for Startups (for Harvard Business R.

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Audience San Francisco Continuous Deployment Lean 119

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. The founders have started companies before. According to Izhar Shay, a general partner at Canaan Partners, “The investment community has matured to recognize they need to plan for scale. as early as a year or two after founding.

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

There is a lot happening in the Boston restaurant landscape. Some say it’s the ridiculous and ever-escalating Boston rents, some say Millennials are to blame, but in either case – complaining never pays the bills. In Europe and New York, it is not uncommon for the best-paid member of staff to be the Maitre’d.

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Boston New York Hosting Cost 120

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2009

As a result, the companies get a lot of exposure to VCs, investors, and partners in larger, more traditional startup hubs. ► August (2) SXSW Case Study: SlideShare goes freemium ► July (4) Case Study: kaChing, Anatomy of a Pivot Some IPO speculation Founder personalities and the “first-class man&# th.

San Francisco 113

San Francisco Silicon Valley Startup Lean 113

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2009

Establish credibility with potential partners. In some businesses, especially in certain industries like traditional enterprise software, you simply cannot bring a new product to market on your own. You need to combine your product with others, and this requires partners like OEMs or system integrators. Founders push for it.

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San Francisco PR Lean Early Stage 168

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2009

This will be an in-depth discussion with a handful of entrepreneurs and founders that have been pre-selected. Herein lies the reason my partner and I started Dillotronics - as well as the reason your take on the matter resonated so well here. Thanks for an enjoyable evening. June 3, 2009 8:16 PM Tom Gimbel said. Amazon PostRank

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

When my Japanese husband died at a young age almost 16 years ago, I had been doing medical writing for a major New York Hospital and also helping him with his documentary films for Japanese and American public television. I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. Image Credit: Bess Heitner.

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Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Startup Lessons Learned

JANUARY 2, 2010

Sure, when entrepreneurs create startups that grow up into mature companies, they become part of an established industry, with its own ecosystem, norms, partners and best practices. Re-reading it recently, I was struck by an idea that I dont think is too widespread yet: that entrepreneurship is an industry. Teaching at Berkeley (and beyond).

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 122

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

This summer, I landed endorsements by Jack Canfield of Chicken Soup, master marketer Seth Godin, the founders of BNI and GreenBiz.com, and several others for my 10th book, Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World, forthcoming in March from Morgan James (and already available for preorder). #6 – Wonderful & Productive Summer.

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Los Angeles Las Vegas Entrepreneur Phoenix 48

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

I'm really fortunate that I'd found a wonderful development outsource partner in them. MapQuest Founder on the Past, Present. View More » Startups Facebook Co-Founder Launches Social N. 6 Promising New Companies That Emerge. Boston Globe" Pilots Site Checkins a. check them out at: www.amt.in

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