ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 20, 2023

While Silicon Valley remains iconic, cities from Bangalore to Berlin are making names for themselves as hotbeds of tech innovation. The Venture Capital Influence The role of venture capital (VC) has become increasingly prominent in shaping the tech startup scene.

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David Teten

MAY 1, 2013

This is part 1 of a 2-part series on domain names and startups; part 2 will be “ Build Your Startup on a Vacant Domain Name ”. This bench at Cathedral Lawn is engraved with country domain names such as.uk,us,nz It is no coincidence that companies with the best domain names often tend to rise to the top of their space.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

The most underrated piece of marketing advice is that you’ve got to name something,” Drift’s Dave Gerhardt told Leadfeeder. “If If you don’t name something, then it doesn’t become real.”. Ellis identified the perspective while, as a consultant, he struggled to find hires to fill his shoes. It’s conversational marketing.”

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VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

For the past few week I’ve been sharing here the impact of the current downturn that started in the public markets on startups and venture capital. Dealroom shared very interesting data in the “ State of VC in 2022 ” on the slow down in Venture Capital activity in Q2 2022, particularly in the growth stage.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The billion dollars he just raised is on top of the $750 million NewTV’s parent company, WndrCo, has raised for the venture. He just hired Meg Whitman. Almost overnight the floodgates opened, and risk capital was available at scale from venture capital investors who rushed their startups toward public offerings.

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View from Seed

MARCH 4, 2020

I’m quite optimistic about the direction that this is headed based on the momentum of more diverse hiring in the junior and mid-level ranks of the industry. The biggest rise, unsurprisingly, was China, which enjoyed a huge surge in venture capital dollars over the past decade and enjoyed its fair share of blockbuster exits.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 5, 2023

Neko Health is well positioned to achieve its goals, as the board of directors recently welcomed notable investors such as Niklas Zennstrom, co-founder of Skype, and Klaus Hommels, founder of the venture capital firm Lakestar. In addition, the images captured by the 3D scanner are sent to a remote location for analysis.

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Sweden Artificial Inteligence Cofounder Technical Review 126

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Myth #1: Venture capital is a growing opportunity for funding businesses. Actually, venture capital financing is very rare. I’ll explain this more later, but assume that only a very few high-growth companies with high-power management teams are venture opportunities. Venture capital.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. Venture Capital used to be a tight club clustered around formal firms located in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York.

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Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 238

David Teten

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Last week I had a chance to interview Kyle Stalzer, President at Tackk (a portfolio company of my firm, ff Venture Capital ), about an issue that’s top of mind for a lot of our companies: How to Recruit an A-Quality Designer for Your Company. With 99 Designs and Crowdspring , you post your design project and name your price.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 19, 2011

has evolved an entrepreneurial ecosystem with two of the most unlikely partners – venture capital investors and technology entrepreneurs. 30 months ago he raised a Series A venture round from two name brand Silicon Valley VC firms. He was a great engineering manager and recruited, hired and inspired a world-class team.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 236

VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2020

In the past I’ve covered the rise of corporate venture capital and the growing number of Fortune 500 companies who are actively launching CVC arms or investing in startups/funds. Gradient Ventures – an early stage fund backed by Alphabet, investing exclusively in AI first companies.

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Technical Review Startup Early Stage Cloud 131

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! It’s ok to raise venture capital and try to build a monster business.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Startup Technical Review 390

This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 31, 2011

At a board meeting yesterday, a management team was talking about their hiring needs and some of the challenges they're having hiring great people. Here's a simple tip: track hiring analytics and assign them to someone. If you're not interviewing enough people, you're not going to be able to hire someone--simple as that.

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www.geekwire.com

JULY 10, 2012

VENTURE CAPITAL. NAME THAT TECH TUNE. You are here: Home / Startups / Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S. Posts Comments Startups. STARTUP SPOTLIGHT. ENTREPRENEURS. E-COMMERCE.

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Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 14, 2017

To support the three Cs, ING has also developed their own iterative practice named PACE. LESSON #3: Avoid these three hiring mistakes. When it comes time to grow your team, Jeff Jordan and Eric pointed out three hiring mistakes to avoid. First, do not hire someone just because they have the domain expertise.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My original post was directed at hiring managers. It said that I didn’t believe it was a good idea to hire job hoppers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element.

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Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2014

You''ll get a venture capital analyst from a brand name firm who has just recently taken his job talking about what makes a company successful. Sometimes, I see people on venture capital panels that aren''t even VCs! To me, the absolute minimum criteria has to be that you work for a venture capital fund.

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Venture Capital Cap Table Startup Early Stage 158

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 30, 2016

Safe Eyes had been named the #1 parental control product out of 11 products tested by Consumer Reports. We hired a CEO to help us build the business. We hired a CEO to help us build the business. We received a venture capital investment. This rating put Safe Eyes on the map. We didn’t even know they were doing it.

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Software Review Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 188

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

This is part of my series on Raising Venture Capital. Many businesses that pitch to me have White Elephant issues and I’d like to tell you how to deal with these when you’re raising venture capital. I hired an executive recruiter and had 7 finalist candidates that I interviewed. He disarmed me.

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Venture Capital Due Diligence Flash Strategic Investors 264

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

He wanted to work in venture capital and I was new to the industry and in no position to hire anybody. A few years later I was in the position to hire but Aaron was way more senior than our entry-level positions. In this case somebody named Todd Adamson. We got along and shared stories about the startup market.

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San Diego Technical Review Seed Capital Sacramento 344

Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s become fashionable among some entrepreneurs, and even some venture capitalists, to badmouth the venture capital industry. But to paraphrase Winston Churchill, venture capital is the worst method for financing scaling startups except for all the others. All seven raised venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? One of the most common questions I’m asked by people intrigued by but also scared by venture capital and technology markets is some variant of, “Aren’t technology markets way overvalued? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. I told them that True Ventures had stuck to their brand name and submitted a totally clean term sheet. You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company.

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2017

In the years following its implementation, the number of minorities hired to fill head-coach roles doubled. I’ve named the Walker Rule after Madam C. The Walker Rule calls for diversity and inclusion in interviewing and hiring of startup co-founders, CEO, senior team, management, staff, board of directors and advisors.

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Austin Angel Investor Startup Term Sheet 54

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers Private Equity 313

Growthink Blog

MAY 20, 2014

At the time, Tom was a partner at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital in San Diego. At the time (around 2003), many venture capital firms were licking their wounds. This entrepreneur’s name was Chet Holmes. Years ago I served on a funding panel with Tom Clancy. This led Clancy to make an important decision.

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www.ericsink.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. Summary : Eric offers guidelines for handling tough hiring decisions in a small ISV. In the many e-mails I received about that column, one of the most common questions was why didnt I list any hiring mistakes. Ill start with four general guidelines for how to proceed with a hiring decision.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. The Kauffman Index recently named Miami the second most entrepreneurial city in the U.S., Austin, TX.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Some have made the model work. It’s great advice.

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Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Sequoia, the top venture capital firm on the face of the earth, put in a growth round that valued the company at close to half a unicorn. I imagined a future Wing media arm with a TV channel, a venture capital fund… …and then it all came crashing down. Audrey Gelman was on the cover of Inc magazine, visibly pregnant.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. In my last post, I mentioned that you should strive to hire people with the right kind of ambition. The Dry Run.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

David Teten

MARCH 28, 2012

Best Practices in Venture Capital Portfolio Company Value Creation. Lowering that failure rate would be highly impactful on venture capitalist returns, if we could figure out how to do it. Koen, Gyorgy, and Adham are all Columbia Business School MBA 2012 students and former consultants with McKinsey and BCG.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Deep Instinct was named “Cool Vendor in 2016” by the Gartner Research Group.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Startup 122

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Something isn''t going to go your way--product development, hiring, revenues. It was a party round before anyone used the term--twenty one angel investors including a lot of top names. Venture Capital & Technology' Tough questions are a godsend. Running a startup is going to be difficult. My fundraise was relatively easy.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Venture Capital 136

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. If you hire subcontractors or friends to do some work, get assignment agreements as well.). Posted in Technology, Venture Capital. Tags: Technology Venture Capital. You can protect business processes, know how, customer information, product road map. In the U.S.

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