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A conversation with Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz, author and speaker at Lean Startup Conference 2019

Startup Lessons Learned

I caught up with him recently to talk about venture capital from both sides of the equation, investing for the long-term, missed opportunities, and how he gets good ideas. ** Let's start with something basic. First, the introduction of seed money as an institutional form of capital. What about in the public markets?

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup. About a year ago I had lunch with a guy who I believe is an amazing entrepreneur. What about VC’s and Risk? I finally called bullshit.

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A Year in Review: 2016

Version One Ventures

This has been an important year for us as a firm, as well as the market in general. We couldn’t begin any recap of 2016 without focusing on the bubble we hear so much about. At the same time, seed money is still abundant due to the proliferation of micro VC over the past few years. Looking ahead to 2017.

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The best advice startups will never follow

Berkonomics

There’s a common expectation among entrepreneurs that seed money from family is great – letting close relatives in at the ground floor. Don’t talk yourself into a high valuation for the first round of financing for any reason…. Try not to take “dumb money” where the investor or lender supplies nothing other than cash. .

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Seed and Later Investments for Startups are Booming

Startup Professionals Musings

The number of startups getting seed funding in 2012 jumped by 65% over the previous year to a total of 1749, according to a recent report by CB Insights. Seed investments” are early stage financings (typically less than $1.5 This is great evidence that the recession drag on funding new startups is behind us.

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How to Meet VC's

Babbling VC

apprupt The apprupt founders initially launched and received funding from us for Jupidi. To be honest, had I not known them to some extent by this point and had I not seen how "hungry" they were to launch something, they probably wouldn't of had a chance of getting an investment from us. This was before my time with Neuhaus Partners.

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Top Startup Advisor Paul Graham Just Warned Against Taking Google's Money

www.businessinsider.com

Some Of The Most Important Gadgets Of The Year Will Be Announced This Week (And Were Not Just Talking About The iPhone 5). Your Money. The Editor Of German Tabloid BILD Tells Us What He Really Thinks About The Greeks. 10 Things You Need To Know About Your Job Interviewer. What does this incident tell us?