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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

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And many of these people are money managers rather than people like Gus who inspire entrepreneurs. At just 24 years old I was given the responsibility of managing teams. I think the best VCs act as a sounding board for management. They think that they know better than management. But much good also came.

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The Importance of Teams and Why the Best Leaders Cultivate Them

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The show has become my best curator of which books to read (including my favorite of last year, The Accidental Superpower ) and my go to for understanding geopolitics of: Russia, Iran, Pakistan, China, India and of course the US. But they also take on issues in science, technology and management.

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9 Women Can’t Make a Baby in a Month

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I was management. I added a dev team in India to spearhead new initiatives and design our future UI. What did he know? He was tech. He didn’t feel my pressures on sales, marketing and ops. I had built computer systems before. I had been part of large, multidisciplinary teams.

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Do Less. More.

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They don’t feel the need to do a deal in NYC today, India next week, SF the following. ” I spend more time helping manage Upfront Ventures so that we as a firm are better prepared as a team to succeed vs. just any individual. Markups do not equal success and sometimes equal zeroes for early investors.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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They point out perceived market risks, they might question the management team’s experience, they might worry about regulatory risk or incumbent competitive powers. ” So other partners at the firm might sling mud at your ideas as you go for approval on an investment.

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This Week in VC with Jim Armstrong of Clearstone

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Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Investors: Allen Morgan of Mayfield Fund, ff Asset Management, Bobby Yazdani, Nova Spivack of Lucid Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Paige Craig, Tom McInerney, Michael Yavonditte of Quigo Technologies, Ofer Ronan. The race is on!

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Startup Founders Should Flip Burgers

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I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. From then on I was forced to do detailed sales calls, get intimately involved with product management decisions and even make minute technical operation decisions. We had 6 developers, 1 head of product management, 1 QA in India and me.

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