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Changing the narrative on distributed teams in Silicon Valley

Version One Ventures

However, the pressure of sky-high housing costs, salaries and competition for suitable candidates is causing start-ups and investors to rethink their approach to distributed teams. Among our Silicon Valley-based portfolio companies, not a single company past “A” does not have a distributed team. Slack, Zoom). Slack, Zoom).

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

Investment theses are just hypotheses; the portfolio shows how accurate the hypothesis was. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Investment theses are just hypotheses; the portfolio shows how accurate the hypothesis was.

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Opportunity is everywhere: we’re now investing worldwide

Version One Ventures

The rapid transition to remote work also triggered dramatic changes across our portfolio and startups everywhere, most notably by collapsing geographic boundaries. Many of our portfolio companies were able to recruit incredible talent that they never would have had access to previously. . The entire world becomes your talent pool.

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Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Klyati Trehan , a design student from India created a phenomenally impressive project, combining science and typography to visually represent 26 inventions that have changed the world. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. Find Out How – crowdspring.co/1j0S8nO.

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You Can’t Spell Hardware without H-A-R-D

K9 Ventures

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. In at least one case, one of my portfolio companies wasn’t able to source the parts they would have really wanted because Apple had locked up the entire supply chain for that part!

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All Startups Should Consider Expanding In Multiple Geographies

Feld Thoughts

My post The Future Of Work Is Distributed received some good comments. ” It’s an important nuance, as there is a big difference between a fully distributed workforce (which the blockchain kids refer to as a “decentralized workforce”) and a multi-location workforce. .”

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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

He was a lead for distributed teams in India, Europe and the U.S., Seeing that Web developers take a lot of pride in their online portfolios and keep their LinkedIn profile up to date this just appears incredibly dated. Remote teams are a great thing if you do it right: a team in India, a team in the U.K.

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