Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Finally, for those of you who need some additional infusion of courage, please study the story of Ryan Allis in North Carolina who bootstrapped his company iContact to $1 million in revenue and THEN raised venture capital to get to $40 million. So, please don't get discouraged; there are many paths to success. Discuss.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Yes, venture capital is very good for scaling businesses rapidly. I personally have nothing against venture capital. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. In that case, why bother wasting time trying to raise money right now?

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Technology Live. Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Skip to Main Content. Tech: Blogs. Game Hunters.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. The transformation in the economy has been profound.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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SiliconHills

OCTOBER 16, 2016

It’s in good company with Stanford taking the top spot, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. And Pitchbook, a venture capital research […] The post Professors Pitch a New Mouse, Exercise Device and Better Catalysts at UT Austin appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

A similar pattern exists for venture capital funding: In 2020, just three regions — the Bay Area, New York, and Massachusetts — accounted for 70%+ of total venture funding in the U.S. Technology transfer office. Venture capital. Furthermore, as of 2016, the U.S.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 7, 2017

(Don’t worry — not there for dialysis) Special shout out to Gil Beyda who taught me 90% of what I know about venture capital. According to the NVCA, Texas has consistently ranked 4th in VC investment by state behind California, New York, and Massachusetts. On the Austin market Austin has a very interesting startup ecosystem.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 22, 2010

In between events, Mark gave a talk titled “How Does Venture Capital Work”, Sameer gave a talk titled “Business Plan 101”, and I gave a talk titled “Do You Have The Balls To Start A Company?”. Josh Runge ‘07 and Zach Clifford ‘08 are working furiously on a task management/task optimization startup called Lazymeter.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Venture capitalists today don't exactly practice venture capital. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

He needs some knowledgeable and credible people to validate that the technology for which OBM already has issued patents, works, or at least has the potential to work. It is not possible for financial investors to gauge the viability of this technology without some help from scientists and researchers. Photo by ilco. Discuss.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PROMINENT. --> The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. The National Venture Capital Association estimates that 25% to 30% of venture-backed businesses fail.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

It is clear to me, after doing these strategy sessions for over two years, that entrepreneurs need a lot more training on positioning and go-to-market, financing strategies, including alternative financing besides venture capital. Photo by yirsh. Discuss.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

These modern times of ours, so empowered by technology, are filled with inspiration and empowerment like never before. I feel this loss badly for my sons, who unfortunately will not grow up in a world as I did where admirable role models could be found in the national conversation. We just need to find them in different places.

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Altgate

JANUARY 16, 2009

← Help Ban Non-Competes In Massachusetts Fidelity Center For Applied Technology → Comments are closed. So the lesson here, if there is one, is that if your product is mediocre or worse, you might just try to market it as ridiculous instead of trying to put lipstick on a pig. Bookmark the permalink.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 23, 2015

I never knew what it was going to be, so I was always very excited when the blue Petcom check showed up at 351 Massachusetts Avenue in my mail cubby. My royalty checks had stopped, but fortunately I had started Feld Technologies and 1986 was the summer of 2430 Denmark in Garland, Texas. via chartsbin.com.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

technologies, there are many nuggets that will help you build an efficient, repeatable sales process.) Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. She has a masters degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

technologies, there are many nuggets that will help you build an efficient, repeatable sales process.) Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. She has a masters degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Venture capital is still alive and well, at least it was in the third quarter of this year. CB Insights, a venture capital database, just published its Q3 2012 VC Activity Report which gives an industry look at where the funding went between July and September. Top states where investments are made.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 26, 2009

  At $20-30 billion per year, the venture capital industry as a whole remains a “drop in the bucket” in terms of capital deployed relative to the over trillion dollars sitting in private equity firms.    Yet the impact is enormous, with 18% of GDP provided by venture-backed companies. 

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www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Venture capital is one method of getting a company off the ground, but it’s not the only method. Venture capital is also not a guarantee of success. Venture capitalists invest in multiple companies because they know that not all of them will succeed. If so, then this is true…for you at least.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2012

The 2012 fellowship recipients, along with their university affiliations and the titles of their dissertations, are: Mabel Botelho Abraham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Gendered Networks or Gendered Networking? More information on the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program can be found at www.kauffman.org/kdfp.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 4, 2012

Israel’s AeroScout, which develops chips that use RFID technology to track objects, animals and humans through Wi-Fi networks has been sold to an unnamed international infrastructure and services company for $240m. XtremeIO is a maker of flash memory storage technology, and will now become an R&D unit of EMC.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs. run technology-focused programming, e.g., trade missions. The Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative is another very successful parallel initiative in New York and elsewhere. . In its first two application periods, the initiative received over 215 applicants.

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 6, 2016

The power of entrepreneurship, mixed with technological disruption, is creating an "acceleration of productivity" that is leading to rapid, massive wealth creation. As a venture capitalist, investing in and supporting entrepreneurs focused on turning Flybridge's seed and Series A investments into something very valuable is my day job.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The latter is the domain of venture capital, but the former is what we need to build the foundation for Capitalism 2.0 From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. on a global scale.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 31, 2012

Right now, the only entities that can invest in startups are those that are accredited investors such as venture capital firms or venture banks. To a certain extent, the Democratizing Access to Capital Act fits in the same realm. has the technological prowess to create a dynamic new economy. Sponsored by Sen.

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