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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

Pienza , a Seattle based B2B startup studio led by Bizible founder Aaron Bird, raised $5.1M. . Manny Medina of Outreach was named to Comparably’s Top 50 list for Best CEOs in 2020 as rated by employees. . Zenput was named a Great Place to Work ! Zenput was named a Great Place to Work ! . Jam raised a $3.5M Product news.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

We just held our seventeenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy.

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Recapping Q4 2019

Version One Ventures

Congratulations to Manny Medina and everyone at Outreach , which was named the Fourth Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500™. Lolli was named to CNBC’s 2019 Upstart 100 list (they were the only bitcoin-related company on this year’s list). Product launches.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled workforces that can support tech startups. . The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. In 2010, the city had six times more high-tech startups per capita than the nation’s average.

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Fad, Shmad. New Domain Extensions Like.FAMILY Are Here To Stay.

YoungUpstarts

Instead of being limited to domain names such as.COM,ORG,EDU , etc., NEWS ,LIVE,ROCKS,ATTORNEY,REVIEWS, and.VIDEO. And, it’s not just brands, it’s also people buying domains to secure their family name or an easy to remember email address for business cards or redirecting to an existing personal website.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. In 2010, the city had six times more high-tech startups per capita than the nation’s average. Los Angeles.

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29 Entrepreneurs Reveal the Pivots They’re Making in Their Business as a Result of Pandemic

Hearpreneur

When open houses in Seattle Real Estate shut down at the beginning of the pandemic my Photography business knew that Virtual Tours were going to be very important. Due to that, we decided to widen our client base to increase our revenue. It took a while for the business to adjust to the work environment and the new technology.