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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

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We’ve been dying to tell you all for a while that we had raised a new venture capital fund and of course given SEC filing requirements the story was somewhat already scooped by the always-in-the-know Dan Primack a few weeks ago. Why do they invest in venture capital? We raised $280 million.

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GPT-3:  An AI That Makes Cars, Not Wrenches And What It Means For The Legal Profession

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AI is getting tremendous attention and significant venture capital, but AI tools frequently underwhelm in the trenches. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and the University of Connecticut School of Law. Rudy is an attorney, technology entrepreneur, TEDx speaker and best-selling author.

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October 18, CT: HBS Panel on VC in Connecticut

David Teten

I’ll be a panelist at a HBS Club of Connecticut/HBS Angels Venture Capital in Connecticut Panel Discussion and Cocktail Reception on October 18. The third panelist, Douglas Roth , is also heavily involved in the Connecticut venture capital space through Connecticut Innovations (CI).

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

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He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford?

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Design Your Company Culture Like The World’s Largest Hedge Fund

David Teten

One of ff Venture Capital ’s recent portfolio companies, Memo , has made bridging this gap easy (and in fact, inevitable) by releasing a mobile app allowing employees to secretly verify their employer and anonymously participate in private company message boards with their coworkers. Photo credit: Prayitno . Cross-posted in Forbes.

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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”. We have evolved into an educational organization, holding investor education events in New Jersey , NY, Florida, Connecticut, Toronto, and San Francisco, as well as many webinars.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail. NAME David Cowan.