Agile VC

OCTOBER 3, 2016

If one were starting from a blank sheet of paper designing for a world with autonomous cars, you probably wouldn’t have most of this stuff. If you think about a road in the broadest sense, it’s in fact a system that encompasses the tarmac surface itself, lines or pavement markers (raised reflectors, Botts’ dots , etc.),

Technical Review 186

Technical Review Software Review Business Model Developer 186

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2012

To be fair Apple designs products in a holistic fashion… iStuff is remarkable not just for the physical product design but for the software user interface. At the end of the day, Apple isn’t really a software platform company.

Java 170

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 23, 2012

LPs investing in venture hold a subset of all the funds in the VC universe by design (see #4 & 5). It’s true that FoFs provide LPs a way to purchase VC funds in a basket, but by design these are comparatively narrow actively-managed investment funds rather than broad-based passive vehicles.

LP 176

LP Accredited Investor Carried Interest Portfolio 176

Agile VC

JANUARY 4, 2012

In addition to compelling founders, we were drawn to the company by their vision for a professional community for mechanical engineers and designers. You’ve seen this with companies like StackOverflow and Github in software engineering or Behance in visual design. It’s really been a pleasure for me to work with these guys.

Community 100

Community Estonia Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

He had a clear vision of what he hoped to achieve with GrabCAD… to make collaborative CAD design easier in our connected world, where CAD engineers and product designers are more distributed. million CAD engineers and product designers using GrabCAD. Fast forward to today and there are over 1.5

Boston 154

Boston Acquisition Estonia Viral 154

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? . If you know anyone who wants to join me building our little company (now 110 strong), send them my way. link] Graham. Great reading, what is the safest way to approach people about funding without your idea getting stolen.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

2) Design ethic vs engineers - Over the course of the last 5-10 years, many software-based startups are being built on competitive advantages of design and business model rather than technical differentiation. A hacker ethic is compatible with an urban setting just as design oriented one is compatible with a suburban one.

Silicon Valley 185

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