Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, Co-founder discontent. What would this founder do if he got an offer to be acquihired quickly by Facebook? And there’s conferences.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

million and is established by negotiations between the entrepreneur and the angel investors. Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. TARGETCOMPANY.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

If the deal is from out of your geography and/or out of your focus area or a deal is being referred by a well-know investor who normally co-invests with similar syndicates – at least ask yourself, “Why am I so lucky to be getting this call.” I seek out great entrepreneurs. End of story. Avoid the herd.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

The concept poses both great benefits and significant challenges to entrepreneurs. If you’re a startup entrepreneur, you risk facing a competitive disadvantage if you wait too long to expand your operations. With that in mind, here are four tips for entrepreneurs looking to expand globally. All Rights Reserved. startupcto

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View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

This is actually an imperfect definition, but let me first talk about why these are happening in the first place. After all, aren’t seed investors (like us) by definition supposed to be the first and earliest-stage investors? So here’s what I’d propose: A Better Definition of a Pre-Seed Round.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 4, 2015

Whether you are considering starting your own business, or you are already a successful entrepreneur, listening to how others succeeded can help you better achieve the goals you have set for your business. See Also 34 Educational Resources for Aspiring Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneur on Fire. Listen to Entrepreneur on Fire here.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

We don’t delineate between seed or pre-seed rounds, but as that definition has come into vogue, it’s clear that we are quite active as both “pre-seed investors” and “institutional seed investors.”. But let’s make this more concrete in the context of an entrepreneur raising a round: How NextView Approaches Pre-Seed Rounds.

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View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

As an operator, not an investor, I’m amazed at how many casual, throwaway comments that happen inside a VC’s office would be genuinely useful to entrepreneurs building their businesses. This particular company, as a B2B SaaS business, would definitely benefit from driving traffic to convert into subscribers or leads on their email list.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. But while many people have written about the topic, few have actually codified the process to help entrepreneurs succeed in the endeavor. Naming your startup is definitely a challenging process! Global Syndication Partners.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. Go check it out. Podcastbookers.com. I was that hired gun in some senses.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I know many super experienced entrepreneurs who don’t understand the basics of how fund size and age can affect them so I thought it was worth establishing a baseline. In a world of The Funded, VentureHacks and entrepreneur blogs this kind of informations spreads like wildfire. Let me explain: 1. Let me give you another example.

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OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

That inspired me to create a blog for entrepreneurs and leaders. Return Path , as we announce that Return Path has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an exciting new company called Validity. Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!),

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OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

That inspired me to create a blog for entrepreneurs and leaders. Return Path , as we announce that Return Path has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an exciting new company called Validity. Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!),

Syndicate 48

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

I think where we get into trouble is we have many definitions of quality. Excepting for cosmically co-incidental success stories, the fuzzy requirement stuff never congeals as a holistic engineering exercise. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? larry - well said.

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Rob Go

JANUARY 28, 2016

We don’t delineate between seed or pre-seed rounds, but as that definition has come into vogue, it’s clear that we are quite active as both “pre-seed investors” and “institutional seed investors.”. In my prior post, I talked about the rise of the pre-seed and a more nuanced definition of a pre-seed based on milestones, not financing labels.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!)

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