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JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. As with most of life, it’s more about whom you choose to work with, what their reputation is from others and how well you’ve vetted them more than an absolute need for control.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Has written a book on venture capital.

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APRIL 27, 2013

Just ask the people of Portland, Seattle, Boulder, Iowa, Princeton, Dallas or countless other cities that don’t have enough venture capital. If you don’t live in a major VC zone, I have some tips for how to make it easier to raise Venture Capital. Ask SuperCell. Or UrbanAirship. and say the following.

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JULY 13, 2013

So then when I wanted to go into venture capital, they said, “You can’t do that, you need to be in EIR.” So when I got into venture capital, I thought, “Well, what can I do that’s different?” ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.”

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Some angel groups have a reputation for slow decision making processes and not enough value add. I can say that you should do your homework to find out the reputation. If you’re really an entrepreneur you’ll find a way to network with the right people. And each town has their own group.

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APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of my ongoing series on Understanding Venture Capital. I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. I believe these VC funds have suffered some amount of reputation fall out. Same with True Ventures.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

I titled this post “We Must Have Zero Tolerance in Venture Capital” but of course I could just say “zero tolerance anywhere” because that’s true. Note to harassers - you don't get to use this moment to try and repair your reputations. Men must speak up, too. As a VC let me specifically just speak out for our industry.

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APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. The biggest difference from experience is that in bad markets people without venture capital experience or strategies are the first to the exit. You have to deal with CEOs who resign.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

By having reputable people from reputable businesses listed in case studies, on the website with quotes and/or willing to take phone calls makes all the difference in the purchasing decision. It’s what kills most sales cycles including raising venture capital. Why Buy Now?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

While this post is written about raising venture capital (which I always remind entrepreneurs IS a sales process) the lessons can be applied to any sale or biz dev deal. They are people who are persuasive (see point 3 below), who compile relevant facts and who are willing to put their reputations on the line to get a deal done.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2012

He shut down his company gracefully and even thought it must have felt like a crap sandwich doing so I’ll bet his reputation is still solid with his backers. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

You’re old enough to have established your reputation and you know right from wrong. We then went on to film an amazing 90 minute discussion afterward for This Week in Venture Capital. We want you to play games. Let your hair down.” ” “Isn’t that what Wii is for? ” “Well, think about it.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

They are at the tops of their classes and want to get into private equity or venture capital some day. Check out The Funded for their firms reputation and ask a couple of friends. I have nothing against these young people – the dialers. They are often from the best universities: Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Princeton, Yale.

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APRIL 27, 2010

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming.

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JUNE 29, 2017

I am so proud and humbled to be able to formally announce that Upfront Ventures has raised its 6th venture capital fund in the past 21 years. A huge thank you to all of the Limited Partners who have entrusted us with your capital, time and reputations.

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JUNE 23, 2015

Brian grew up locally and after he was graduated from Stanford (engineering) and Stanford MBA he went to work at a firm called Palomar Ventures. Rick was a partner there having previously been a Managing Director and founding member of Sun America’s venture capital practice and having been graduated from Harvard Law School.

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MARCH 6, 2011

My opinion is that it’s very important to raise money from someone who is helpful and reputable and is willing to bring in the same types of investors. With more companies and more investors capable of funding them, VCs are simply given a larger pool of deals to select from. I ask Naval about the importance of a lead investor.

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OCTOBER 6, 2012

Including ff Venture Capital’s unique approach to finding deals and the services they provide to their startups. And ff Venture Capital cleverly has created a blog where their portofolio companies contribute. 27:00 John: Trust and reputation are hard to earn and easily lost. 500px is in Toronto.

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OCTOBER 18, 2015

There is a lot of uncertainty about the state of the private, high-growth technology markets and the venture capital markets that underpin them. Technology riches yield bumper crops in venture capital with new firms and new largesses – the rewards of LPs rediscovering our asset class. Are LPs to blame?

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MAY 7, 2011

To get reputation, you answer questions and they’re peer reviewed. You can only gain a certain amount of reputation in a day. With StackOverflow, Joel raised money through venture capital. None are in Silicon Valley, one is in New York City, they’re spread out across the world (France, Estonia, St.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Let me outline the contra viewpoint, which is never expressed openly, but it what I believe gives our industry a bad reputation. Let me outline the contra viewpoint, which is seldom expressed openly, but it what I believe gives our industry a bad reputation. Not so venture capital. It’s the “entrepreneur thesis.”

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

If you want to buy artisan goods on Etsy, the marketplace helps you source goods and verify a degree of reputation. So however populist the idea of cutting out people from the process may be, I strongly doubt it will replace the role of the existing venture capital ecosystem. Same Airbnb, Upwork, Thumbtack and others.

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