Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

'I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand. Let’s start with the fund. We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million. If you’ve been following the press about VC funds you’ll know this is no small feat.

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deal architect

JUNE 27, 2013

'I guess it was inevitable given the US Supreme Court decisions yesterday that the Oracle Salesforce announcement would invite comments like from my friend Larry Dignan "You could almost see the doves being let loose and Lionel Ritchie''s "Endless Love".

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2013

'Startups and entrepreneurs are drowning in the information overload, where the volume of data created is like a new Library of Congress every 15 minutes. That creates a huge gap between data and meaning, and makes quick decisions and action ever more difficult. We all need to take a little more time to think. On the other end of the spectrum, some people “over-think” things to the point of inaction.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2013

'With all the hype surrounding digital advertising, one would’ve thought that traditional methods of marketing have been rendered absolutely obsolete. Well, mostly… but not totally. Did you know, for example, that US$47.8 billion is still spent, ever year, on direct marketing? But isn’t print dying? Well, the truth is that direct mail outreach is on the rise, and is still a valuable marketing tool to consider for your small business.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Seeing Both Sides

JUNE 27, 2013

'Today''s IPO by Tremor Video is seen by many as a harbinger for the adtech community (full disclosure: Tremor Video is a Flybridge portfolio company). Rightly so. Tremor is the first public offering of an adtech company since Millenial Media''s IPO in April 2012. One can argue how successful the Tremor IPO was, and the broader industry implications, based on the first day''s opening price and trading, but the real test of these offerings is what happens next - how companies perform and exec

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2013

'We were seated in a small studio, temporarily converted into a press conference room, deep in the bowels of the massive complex that is Singapore’s Temasek Polytechnic , rather outnumbered by young, earnest faces that surrounded us. Each of these faces belonged to a young person studying for a Diploma in Retail Management and, by extension, has chosen – largely by their own volition – a future that involved being in retail. “I was inspired when I previously spoke to a fa

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 27, 2013

'Some of my favorite VC posts are ones that say what the VC posts that say what the VC thinks about how it all works. And – importantly – how it impacts the entrepreneur, his choices, and the dynamics between the entrepreneur and the VC. Fred Wilson does this regularly. For example, see his post today on Valuation vs. Ownership. My partner Jason Mendelson does the same.

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The Equity Kicker

JUNE 27, 2013

'I just read the following good list of e-commerce trends for 2013-14 on Quora : Commodotisation of online stores. Even lower barriers of entry for anyone looking to build an online store (or sell something) led by solutions like Shopify , WooCommerce , Gumroad and Tictail. Consolidation of niche online stores that focus on long-tail products by larger marketplaces e.g.

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The Next Web

JUNE 27, 2013

'Got a question for Arjun? Use the chat feature below to get it answered live. Arjun Dev Arora is the founder and CEO of ReTargeter. Prior to ReTargeter , Arjun was the Head of Business Development at Yahoo! Real Estate, and an investment banker specializing in the technology sector at Jefferies Broadview. Arjun also serves as a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council, an LP at 500Startups, and is an angel investor and advisor to multiple Silicon Valley startups.

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Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2013

'The following answers are provided by The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, the YEC recently launched #StartupLab , a free virtual mentorship program that helps millions of entrepreneurs start and grow businesses via live video chats, an expert content library and email lessons. 1.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 27, 2013

'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News How can your smart phone make your life more secure? Well, Toopher has created a security solution that uses your phone’s location awareness to provide additional authentication when you login to a website or perform a web transaction. Focused on creating something that’s “cool enough for James [.] The post Toopher Featured on Slice of Silicon Hills appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2013

'This story is part of Bplans’ “How I Did It” series—true stories of real businesses getting started, solving problems and finding success. Sam at Website Design Houston : “When I was starting out I was working for a non-profit for a few hours a week to help them build and manage their website. Ultimately one of their board members saw the great work and recommended me to one of the fastest growing companies in Houston and that was my first paid job.”.

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Babbling VC

JUNE 27, 2013

'Today is going to be an interesting day in terms of funding. A German start-up, NumberFour , just raised €38m for their Series A. It''s Marco Boerries, so a seriel entrepreneur, and the business has been around since 2009.just without launching any products. This is not a post about Marco. He''s a rockstar and if anyone should get this size round in Europe, it''s probably him.

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Up and Running

JUNE 27, 2013

'Michael Scott, the manager of Dunder-Mifflin on NBC’s hit situation comedy The Office , was a fool. Many of the jokes on the television show revolved around Scott’s ineptitude. However, even a broken clock is right twice a day. Michael did a decent job of managing his team despite his inanity. One of Michael Scott’s best ideas was The Dundies.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 27, 2013

'By ANDREW MOORE Reporter with Silicon Hills News Iraq war veteran Gary Walters lost his lower leg in an improvised explosive device explosion outside Baghdad in 2006. He now wears a prosthesis. Walters likes to stay active, but simply mowing his lawn can cause so much sweat buildup in his prosthesis that it quickly becomes [.] The post Leto Solutions Creates Prosthetics Cooling System appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 27, 2013

'Assuming first that a corporate whistle-blower is not tooting about you individually, such a class of people have been granted protections under the law and serve a function that needs to be acknowledged. First, the assumption is that such a person is not making his or her gesture for personal profit, but to give proper notice that there is something illegal going on within the company that the person cannot accept and must tell someone about.

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OnlyOnce

JUNE 27, 2013

'Book Short: Tales of Two Cities. Return Path is basically dual-headquartered in New York City and Broomfield, Colorado, so two recently published books which provide history and insights into the tech industry in those two cities were both of interest to me. Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City, by Brad Feld ( book , kindle ) came out a few months ago and is part of Brad’s Startup Revolution series which will also include my upcoming book Startup CEO ,

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 27, 2013

'Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Nicole Beachum – Enjoy! Photo credit: earningforever.com. Regardless of whether you are a small business owner or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, without customers, you no longer have a business. Therefore, when it comes to any business, the customer experience is essential.

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Bryce Dot VC

JUNE 27, 2013

'Yesterday, news broke of our investment in Planet Labs. I won’t rehash the, decidedly sparse, details of the post or reveal too much of what it is they’re working on. That said, I wanted to use them as an example of a trend we’re tracking closely; namely, Makers going pro. As I laid out in prior post , we view technologies along an evolutionary curve.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 27, 2013

'Austin-based Silverback Enterprise Group announced Thursday the purchase of Noetix Corp., which makes business intelligence and data analytics software. Noetix, based in Redmond, Wash, has more than 1,500 customers for its software products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “We are excited to welcome Noetix to the Silverback family of companies,” Jack McDonald, Chairman [.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 27, 2013

'This blindpost was recommended by @gumboshowjoe and is based on this article, The Number One Job Skill in 2020 , which I didn’t read until after I wrote this. Let’s start with this, what’s different in 2020? I suppose that’s the basis for answering this question, either that or you could go with the theory that nothing really ever changes when it comes to the #1 job skill.

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Early Growth Financial Services

JUNE 27, 2013

'Do you understand your true business costs? Do you know how much it really costs to run your business? If you don’t really understand your fixed and variable costs, how can you make sure that you are covering them? Lack of understanding about your business costs is one of the biggest rookie mistakes—and, if you are a new entrepreneur, heading up a new venture, or attacking a new marketplace, you are indeed a rookie.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 27, 2013

'As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors. For the Invest in Israel archive, click here. The highlight this [.]. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!

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Early Growth Financial Services

JUNE 27, 2013

'Do you understand your true business costs? Do you know how much it really costs to run your business? If you don’t really understand your fixed and variable costs, how can you make sure that you are covering them? Lack of understanding about your business costs is one of the biggest rookie mistakes—and, if you are a new entrepreneur, heading up a new venture, or attacking a new marketplace, you are indeed a rookie.

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