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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

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And there’s none that makes me happier than to announce that Jordan Hudson has been promoted to a Principal at Upfront Ventures. Portfolio company support & analysis. Portfolio community building. Smart founders use this extra resource to their advantage. Happy official New Year’s, all.

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

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.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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Meet Our Newest Portfolio Company, Airbnb

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This is a guest post by Jeff Jordan, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. They were joined by a third co-founder, Nathan Blecharczyk, who brought programming expertise. The community has substantially expanded the type of spaces offered on the Airbnb platform, moving well beyond a room in a house or apartment.

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Backing someone pre-pitch: The story of how I backed Clubhouse

This is going to be BIG.

I had already done two and was looking forward to joining people from the tech community. Of course, I had no business starting such a group, so I enlisted the help of some people I had met through the community--like my fellow triathlete Kurt Schrader , who was, at the time, leading tech for Intent Media.

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How to Decide, Convey vs. Convince, & More

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In conversation with a16z managing partner Jeff Jordan (and former CEO of OpenTable and former GM of eBay among other things) — so, from all sides of investing, operating, life — Annie shares tips for decision makers of all kinds making decisions under uncertainty… really, all of us. Jeff: It’s kind of interesting.

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How to Start a Brewery

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However, t he main thing is to start with the right space—and one that will be bigger than what you think you will need, says Jason Jordan of Propel Insurance. “I Word of mouth is no substitute for market research, says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation.

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How to Start a Brewery: Growing Your Own Craft Beer Business

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Building relationships with vendors and the local community. However, the main thing is to start with the right space—and one that will be bigger than what you think you will need, says Jason Jordan of Propel Insurance. “I Step 4: Building relationships with vendors and the local community. Finding a brewery location.

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