Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Last week I had the great pleasure of sitting down with Andrew Chen for a fireside chat on growth strategies as part of the Version One marketplace meetup. Growth hacking and growth teams are so commonplace today, at least inside Silicon Valley, that it’s easy to forget that “growth” (as we know it now) is a relatively new phenomenon.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

It lays out, in clear and concise terms, a two-part strategy: first the hammer to flatten the curve as fast as possible. Now, six months in, the virus looks different in every part of the country and the world. Now, six months in, the virus looks different in every part of the country and the world.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan Kimerling – Deciens Capital. I have known Dan for a decade through the NYC tech ecosystem. I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. Eric Friedman & Dan Kimerling.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2022

He’s the author of a new book we’re talking about called – The Bezos Blueprint: Communication Secrets of the World’s Greatest Salesman. 6:20] You start off the book with – “Simple is the new superpower.” 12:08] You break the book into three parts. 19:32] Part three then is about delivery.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 1, 2022

Xenia graduated from Tim Draper’s startup academy in Silicon Valley and took Planable through the Techstars London accelerator in 2017. 6:31] What’s been the most rewarding part of growing your own growing Planable? [7:23] Marketing Podcast with Xenia Muntean. Prior to launching Planable, at 20 y.o.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

We thought the following: No new deals close until we figure out WTF is going on with the market. We thought the following: No new deals close until we figure out WTF is going on with the market. Why is that? But probably because as a group we travel a lot. Yesterday was a Monday. And not a pleasant one. It was September 2008.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 1, 2015

In 2005, David Choe was invited to paint a number of murals at Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto. At the time, Facebook wasn’t the goliath it is today and so, Choe was given a couple of options: he could have $60,000 in cash, or stock (equal to the equivalent amount of the cash back then). David Choe, with some of his work. Types of equity compensation.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

It also puts another chink in the armor of the meme that monster internet companies can only be built in Silicon Valley (LivingSocial, Kayak, Gilt Groupe, CSN Stores, et al doing damage here too). How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. June 5, 2011. Groupon, Inc.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). Startups in the city of SF are not exactly a new phenomena… a bunch of startups have been founded/built in SF in the last five years or so. How To Think About The Future. Urbanization of Startups.

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www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Microsofts New Enterprise Operating System Is Going To Be A Big Hit. Meet The Former New York Jets Superstar Wide Receiver Who Is Now Working At Barclays. Meet The Former New York Jets Superstar Wide Receiver Who Is Now Working At Barclays. Meet The Former New York Jets Superstar Wide Receiver Who Is Now Working At Barclays.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials. So I’m packaging the best of them up for you here in a new series called The Entrepreneur’s Essentials. For the eleventh selection of The Entrepreneur’s Essentials, I’m in a New Year’s type of mindset with this date being Dec.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 30, 2019

I have had my business for 2 years and part of my motivation is the passion I have for menswear. I have had my business for 2 years and part of my motivation is the passion I have for menswear. When the going gets rough in business, you’ll need motivation to keep moving. 1- Two primary ways. 1- Two primary ways. Thanks to Patrick B.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 28, 2009

Getting B-52s through the Soviet Air Defense System Posted on March 29, 2009 by steveblank This is post II of how I came to write “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley “ 1974. The Vietnam war was winding down. Imagine how hot, humid and unbearable the weather was in Thailand.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. The one-page pitch format is also more suitable for SaaS businesses that are constantly testing new ideas. If you want a slice of the pie, there isn’t a better time to get involved. Step 1: Start with a lean plan.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Then, forget everything else, VCs included, and just build. Like I said, forget everything else and just get your product out the door. Tweet View Comments Guest Author Sep 20, 2009 This guest post was written by Meebo CEO Seth Sternberg. I was one of those kids who just couldn’t stop trying to start a company.

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Steve Blank

MAY 13, 2009

As it was a vocational school, I think the most math we had to do was to figure out whether we got a passing grade, and no one was in any danger of actually designing new equipment, but I left with an excellent education in troubleshooting, and solving complex problems in real-time. T hink of it as the ultimate vocational training school.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 8, 2008

Its part workbook, part war story compendium, part theoretical treatise, and part manifesto. But too often when its time to think about customers, marketing, positioning, or PR, we delegate it to "marketroids" or "suits." Many of us are not accustomed to thinking about markets or customers in a disciplined way.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

But in order to do that, we have to start with the right first principles. In addition, a transcript of this part of the conversation is below ( the transcript for the first half is here ). Our focus shifted to entrepreneurship and what might be possible now that everything as we've always known it has been called into question.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users. The old models are broken, and we do not yet have new models to replace them. What accounts for the difference?

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2009

This post is not advice, nor is it recommendation of what you should do, it’s simply what my wife and I did to raise our kids in the middle of starting multiple companies. Our circumstances were unique and your mileage will vary. Read the previous post first for context. My friends noticed that I was picking up other people’s babies a lot.)

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 23, 2015

I truly enjoy waking up every day and knowing that there will be new things to learn, clients to talk to, and work to perform that I may have (or never have had) the experience to do prior to waking up that day. 5) New & Different. Different business owners also have different reason why they love their business. 2) Freedom.

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Up and Running

JUNE 19, 2015

Alex Blumberg at Internet Week in New York. This week, we hear from Alex Blumberg from Gimlet Media and the Startup Podcast in our new Bcast Bytes segment. We’ve got a new segment coming out. We’re going to launch a new segment here on the Bcast called “Bcast Bytes?” Learn more about Gimlet Media.

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Diego Basch

JUNE 21, 2012

I believe that Silicon Valley is like Las Vegas, except they make you pass a number of tests before they let you gamble. The purpose of this post is to analyze the folowing problem: Joe Founder comes to Silicon Valley with a laptop full of dreams, but no money. What should Joe do? Joe does not like.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It could be more revenue, hiring clients or launching a new product or service, where setting goals presents a fresh opportunity to achieve different objectives. As a SaaS company, we have had pretty good success in acquiring new customers for our business using various techniques: organic traffic, paid ads, email marketing, etc.

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Up and Running

JUNE 23, 2014

I’m here to help so grab a coffee, forget the report and the emails, blank out your own critical inner voice (and your boss’s voice if possible) and listen up. If you’re under the illusion that you need an innovative idea in order to succeed, you couldn’t be more incorrect. We will do our best to get to everyone!

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tweet View Comments Sarah Lacy Feb 19, 2010 Pepperdine has a new study out that attempts to shed some light on the clubby, shadowy world of private finance. Researchers polled experts in lending, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital and private businesses themselves. A lot of the stats weren’t surprising. Add to this that 72.7%

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

As part of the strategy gathering, Paul Walborsky,who is GigaOM’s chief executive, asked me about the company’s ethos, principles, what I think about us as a group, and the world at large. I’ve divided it into four parts: Starting It Up. Om Malik is the founder of GigaOM. He is a venture partner at True Ventures.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2014

I have the luxury of working with a bunch of really smart people, so new ideas for things that we could do come up all the time. From potential partnerships to new product and marketing ideas, I feel like we’re swimming in opportunity. All new businesses need a sense of purpose. Of course, you could just rely on your gut.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

With that preamble, here is the list in no particular order. Investors Companies. 25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time. October 3rd, 2010 the Chubby Team 48 Comments. Want more entrepreneurial goodness? You should sign up for our newsletter here. Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. Last month they turned the tables on me. Here is the link to the video interview. 00:00:52] MARK: Sure.

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K9 Ventures

MAY 27, 2011

It is the kernel that is the start of something new. execution, in order for the seed to grow. execution, in order for the seed to grow. ” But they forget that we’ve had pen and touch screen devices for years, if not decades before. The truth is that Ideas DO Matter. Well, it is about the idea.

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www.ere.net

JULY 15, 2012

Browse Articles by Tag. advertising. assessments. coldcalling. corporatecareerswebsite. corporaterecruiting. economicdata. employeereferrals. financials. interviewing. jobdescriptions. networking. onboarding. outsourcing. passivecandidates. recruiters. socialrecruiting. talentacquisitionsystems. talentmanagement. technology. thirdpartyrecruiting.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

If so, stick around—in this webinar, we featured a panel of experts to answer questions about funding your small business. For this discussion, we were joined by CEOs Jared Hecht of Fundera, Joshua Reeves of ZenPayroll, Matt Rissell of TSheets, and our own Sabrina Parsons of LivePlan and Palo Alto Software. My name is John Bates.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 13, 2012

I got about 20 feet off the ground before my expectations about the laws of gravity set in, and I sank back to the ground, forgetting I was dreaming. It’s time to talk about the downside to these Kickstarter gizmos we keep buying. Do we have any bummed-out Pebble watch buyers in the house? I am a hippie-nerd like that.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

So we had to start enforcing new content policies that restricted what kinds of virtual goods could be bought and sold on IMVU. For example, we spent some time researching the usage of virtual goods that would be disallowed under the new policy and were relieved to discover that they accounted for less than 0.1% of all usage.

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