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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In addition, a complete transcript of our conversation follows the show resources below. His main message throughout all of this, Let's not waste the opportunity this time.Here's my conversation with Alpha Lee.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. He provided our initial seed funding to launch the website publicly on May 5, 2003.

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Support an Entrepreneur: Buy Local Technology

ReadWriteStart

There was a wonderful conversation two weeks ago on the NY Times' Room for Debate around " Can New York Rival Silicon Valley." That certainly wouldn't have been a credible way to frame the question in 2003 and today while I hope it doesn't try to become Silicon Valley the entrepreneurial community in NYC is second to none.

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The Austin Startup Diversity and Inclusion Pledge

Austin Startup

The core idea is that startups will pledge to take a few concrete measures in the way they operate their company that should, over time, increase the number of minorities, women and people who identify as LGBTQ in the startup community.

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The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward

Both Sides of the Table

We thought making our values and expectations clear could have a positive impact on driving the conversation and actions inside portfolio companies. Thank you to Hamet Watt for being such a positive leader in the African American community?—?I The idea came from a full-day session we held last year at Upfront.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Teuko is now the lunchbox community that empowers families who pack lunches. I work with the LGBTQ and transgender community as an affirming therapist and it was important for me to instill in my clients that I want them to be their authentic selves. I lost my husband Rob to depression in 2003, when he was just 42 years old.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. → Learn More. Wednesday, April 24th, 2013. The site is also a data goldmine.

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