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JUNE 9, 2012

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. There’s a much higher probability this kid will stay in Boston now. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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David Teten

JULY 29, 2011

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management.

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Venture Capital Software Review New Jersey Technical Review 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. Brad’s start in Venture Capital. We just finished the second year in Boston. Venture Capital in Boulder and other smaller communities. “So was starting.

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Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2010

But until now, I’ve never seen a study of exactly how that plays out for startup founders for current venture-backed companies, specifically: race, age, experience and the number of founders per company. California (Silicon Valley), New York (NYC), and Massachusetts (Boston) are the places to be in the US for venture capital attention.

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David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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Revenue Cofounder Founder Venture Capital 60

Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

The SBIC was instrumental in the creation of the venture capital business. If you want to see a fun quote on it, read A History of Silicon Valley which quotes: “ …many venture capital pioneers think the SBIC program did little to advance the art and practice of venture investing.

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SBIC Venture Capital Colorado SBA 142

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

I hope to meet some of the local investor and founder community when I visit Boston October 3-5: On October 3 evening , SMA is hosting a discussion on “ New Models for Engaging Talent: the On-Demand Professional ” at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf. The post Visiting Boston Oct. expert on deploying on-demand professionals.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2013

Just back from 2 solid weeks on the road in Boston, New York & Philly. On my first real day back the first thought I have is that most entrepreneurs don’t manage their VC relationships as well as they could. Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice' It’s best to think of your VC partnership as a customer.

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Management Venture Capital Partner Boston 309

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I’m a mom, a full-time sales manager, and recruiter. According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. However, entrepreneurs still need to approach angel investors offline for larger amounts of capital.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

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. Kayak is great Boston-area success story. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 271

Altgate

MAY 14, 2009

A few weeks ago when I was talking with Scott about the event he asked what I thought was “next in technology.&# I think one of the biggest new opportunities is going to be a new class of companies that are now viable investments because of improvements in capital efficiency over the past few years. Bookmark the permalink.

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Boston Oakland Bootstrapping Venture Capital 28

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Massachusetts California 182

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 To some extent – of course they are. It is different.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com).

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San Francisco Bangladesh Ukraine Philippines 60

Up and Running

MARCH 9, 2016

On top of this, there are abundant resources available to business owners—be it venture capital funding opportunities or recruiting channels via one of the local universities. Boston, Massachusetts. While Boston wasn’t one of the top 10 cities on the climate index, it was rated as moderately efficient.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2010

After Stanford, Ann joined Mike Maples’ Venture Capital firm Floodgate as a partner. As the Stanford entrepreneurship program for the engineering school sits in the Management Science and Engineering Department , most of our TA’s are students in the MS&E PhD program. They set up and keep the class web site updated.

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Business Model Silicon Valley California Engineer 226

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

I still remember the first time I met Len, sitting in a restaurant in downtown Boston, wondering to myself “who is this guy and what does he want?” In 2000, I invested via Mobius Venture Capital in The Feld Group and joined the board. Len Fassler is one of the most amazing people I’ve had the honor of knowing.

Technical Review 150

Technical Review Boston Internet Venture Capital 150

Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

Each region already had the beginnings of a high-tech culture , Boston with Raytheon, Silicon Valley with Hewlett Packard. While this signaled that investments in technology companies could be very lucrative, both Shockley and Fairchild could only be funded through corporate partners – there was no venture capital industry.

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Engineer Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital 305

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

United States 48

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 48

Gust

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Boston, New York City, Seattle and Southern California spawn many exciting startups…but do not exceed the Valley in any measure of entrepreneurial achievement. This is not to say that there is no competition for deals in Seattle, Boston, New York and elsewhere.)

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Silicon Valley Southern California Tucson Seattle 107

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 5, 2009

I would learn a ton from Gordon for over a decade, not only about practical heuristics for managing complex engineering projects (i.e. He and his wife Gwen would found the Computer Museum, first in the lobby of DEC headquarters, then in Boston (and now as the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.)

North Carolina 125

North Carolina Silicon Valley Fractional VPE Part-Time VPE 125

Genuine VC

JANUARY 22, 2014

We are looking for a passionate, outgoing, and talented individual embedded within the local Boston entrepreneurial community to facilitate information sharing between NextView portfolio companies, spearhead community-building & outreach efforts, and help promote our firm. Exceptionally high attention to detail.

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Community Boston Seed Stage Venture Capital 113

Genuine VC

MARCH 25, 2014

Jay joins us from HubSpot, where he was a senior manager on the marketing team, specifically leading the blog and content strategy. In his Boston-based career, he’s also worked for Google and local startup Dailybreak, in addition to co-founding the community group Boston Content which has grown to hundreds of members.

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Boston Early Stage Portfolio Cofounder 123

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. If you don’t live in a major VC zone, I have some tips for how to make it easier to raise Venture Capital. Ask SuperCell. Or UrbanAirship. Take me for example.

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Kansas City San Diego Kansas Dallas 365

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC).

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Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles Baltimore 408

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

Meanwhile, Philly quietly chugs away drawing entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) dollars. The City of Brotherly Love cracked the nation’s top-10 venture activity regions in 2018 when $1.4 Photo by Proxyclick Visitor Management System on Unsplash. Boston and Pittsburgh are both slightly over 300 miles from Philly.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

I recently met with a friend who’s a senior executive at a large investment management organization. Most significant VCs in New York , including ff Venture Capital , are active investors in fintech. Aquiline Capital Partners. Other East Coast VCs: Fenway Summer Ventures (DC). Route Sixty-Six Ventures (DC).

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New York Community DC Boston 60

VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why get into the venture capital side of the business? I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Venture Capital IPO 60

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms. But I managed a few "good learning experiences" before throwing myself full-bore into IMVU. Amazing lean startup resources Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science?

San Francisco 155

San Francisco Technical Cofounder Fractional CTO CTO 155

David Teten

MARCH 8, 2013

Introductions: Dan Rosen (Partner, Commerce Ventures; Learning Officer- HBS Alumni Angels). Speaker: David Teten (Partner, ff Venture Capital, and Chair, HBS Alumni Angels NY). INTRO BY: Dan Rosen, Partner at Commerce Ventures & Learning Officer at HBS Angels. Time: 12:00 Noon Eastern Time (9:00 am Pacific).

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San Francisco Venture Capital Angel Groups LLC 114

abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

While I am extremely proud of that team’s accomplishments (the parent company recombined Nordstrom.com in 2002 and the direct division now has revenue of over $1.25B and is the fastest growing unit inside of Nordstrom ), I built a healthy respect for the complexities and difficulties of managing women’s fashion inventory.

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eCommerce Technical Review North America San Francisco 62

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

As your business grows, you will likely need more and more time from your accountant and at some point you’ll hire a full time person to handle the day-to-day, likely combined with roles as office manager or finance (not to be confused with accounting). Also, most startup attorneys will do deferred payment plans.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

According to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report , in 2017, global venture capital investments reached the record of $140 billion, while the total value creation of the world’s startup economy hit astonishing $2.3 Will it manage to stay dominant? The world’s startup landscape keeps evolving. unicorns dropped from 61.1%

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North America America Silicon Valley Los Angeles 69

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital. 16:35-19:35). 22:00-33:00).

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Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265