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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

He may have been named by Silicon Valley thought leader Paul Graham as one of the five most interesting startup founders since 1979, but Sam’s curious penchant for wearing t-shirts over long-sleeve shirts suggests that he’s definitely too young for me. What I fell in love with was Sam’s How To Start A Startup class at Stanford.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

We then spoke about startups. Again, Seth: “One of the things I noticed when I looked around at startups is that often the founding teams hired people just like themselves. Startups shouldn’t be like this. And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. And there you have it.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Everyone wants to work in tech startups. See Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups. “CEO is the new Analyst.”. Everyone wanted to work in finance.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

In the Q&A, Bill Gordon introduced himself as one of the principals of the Stamford Innovation Center, an incubator being formed in Connecticut. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team. This is an interesting trend we're seeing as we connect with incubators around the world.

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Addicted to Ruthless Efficiency

OnlyOnce

One of my Bolster colleagues who lives not too far away in Connecticut is having drinks with a very important potential partner one night next week as the temperatures outside warm up here in the northeast. We are a STARTUP. Sometimes I even get one done in 15 minutes. Very, very rarely, I’ll book one for an hour.

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22 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2020

Hearpreneur

These 2 businesses are the opposite end of the startup journeys and I am so proud to achieve that in this trying environment. My firm worked to expanded our criminal law practice and online presence in 2020 to domestic violence, child protection, and Connecticut Department of Children & Families defense. 3- Pivoting.