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Do Less. More.

Both Sides of the Table

One would think entrepreneurs would never want less available cash – until such time as their competitors ridiculously and unnecessarily all raise $50 million in the name of a “land grab” thus making it much harder for your totally reasonable company to attract investors. I can’t do every deal.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

And rather than a small group of our partners and associates all thinking it’s a good idea we don’t mind if there is strong internal debate and at Upfront there often is. ” So other partners at the firm might sling mud at your ideas as you go for approval on an investment. As I like to say, “We need to fight.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

First up, Satya Choppadhandi from Bangalore, India, presented Evolutech Networks, a company that manufactures wireless energy monitoring devices for the smart home. The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. These resellers buy devices from the U.S.

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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Let's face realities here: it's no doubt tempting and cool for many developers to work for Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook or Twitter to name but a few. He was a lead for distributed teams in India, Europe and the U.S., 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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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

You’re two guys in a garage, two guys across campus trying to make a name for yourself. But the current company he’s created, which I won’t name – he just knows it’s not going to be a $1 billion company. It’s humbling to spend time in India. So what are some of the things you could do?

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Sisu is currently expanding its product portfolio and geographic scale to develop additional cutting-edge, patented, clinically proven medical devices, and to create a system for medical device commercialization in emerging markets. Prior to Sisu, Yarina founded a medical device non-profit working with rural mobile clinics in India.

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The Seeds Have Changed: An Epilogue to The New Venture Landscape

K9 Ventures

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Moving up stream is a natural evolution of a venture fund, especially as you get more money and more partners. Implications for Founders.