Hunter Walker

JANUARY 10, 2022

I love working with great people and as a venture capitalist, am fortunate the number of founders I’m impressed by far exceeds our investment capacity. Here’s an example of a founder that I’ve known for a while who recently raised a seed round with different firms than ours. Hunter Walk: Justin, thanks for agreeing to do this.

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Cofounder Founder Acquisition Startup 89

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

For most founders, fundraising is a struggle. Only a small minority of people are born into the kinds of connections and life paths to provide them instant access to capital. The rest have to work super hard to create access for themselves, build trust and win investors over. Drug kingpin?

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Cap Table Cofounder Private Equity Finance 163

Pascal's View

JULY 9, 2017

Andrew Krowne and I recently co-wrote an article in Tech Crunch , Why SAFE Notes Are Not Safe for Entrepreneurs. At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors. It will be worth the time and effort. Sound simple? Now go do it.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

In his post, Roberts says he was not turned off by the quality of startups, but by the investment philosophy pushed by the service. Chris McCann is the co-founder of StartupDigest , the members-only guide to the tech startup world. Theres now a heated discussion in the investor class about AngelList. social proof?

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Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

See Also: Venture Capital Funding: A Curated List of Our Best Resources. Securing startup capital: A brutal experience that drags on and on. For example, the VC you pitch on Monday might be focusing on investments in socially responsible startups. See Also: 17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. You were a VP at a company that sold for $200 million making the founder very wealthy. is now a VC.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Dave McClure: MoneyBall for Startups: Invest BEFORE Product/Market Fit, Double-Down AFTER. But before Foundry Group, my partners and I were involved in many seed investments, both at Mobius Venture Capital.

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Angel Investor Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 152

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. Co-founded a company in the private jet business – sold to Virgin America. Through this process he raised $2 million.

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Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2010

Startups Showcase Fashion 2.0 and FashInvest invite the online fashion community to present their startups to the audience and special feedback panel consisting of leading investors in the space. This month's talk is about corporate formation, investor visas and and tax accounting for startups. RSVP: [link].

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It has many stylistic errors — and a few substantive ones, too — that I would now change having learned more, but I realized that it still provides useful insights for entrepreneurs and startup participants outside of the Greylock network, particularly across three areas of interest: how entrepreneurs should approach the pitch process.

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Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

The Startup Lawyer

JANUARY 6, 2011

Founder and Partner at AOL Ventures , a few weeks ago. He graciously obliged and the following Q&A about AOL Ventures and “Corporate VC&# is an excerpt from that conversation/interview: Give us the background on your fund and what you guys are up to ? Have you invested in any startups thus far?

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