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Why LP’s Passed on Seed Funds 10 Years Ago (And What’s Happened Since)

View from Seed

The reality is that seed investing as a strategy was not a new thing back in 2011, and one could point to multiple prior waves where this sort of investing just didn’t work. When we started in 2011, YC was in its awkward growth/teenage years as they were expanding the classes pretty aggressively. That year, they invested in Segment.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

NextView originally invested in the company’s seed round in the spring of 2011 and we again participated in this latest round along with Atlas Venture. I haven’t blogged about GrabCAD much here at AgileVC in the past, but we’re excited to be invesetors in the company. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved.

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When The Mobile Evolution Turns To Revolution

YoungUpstarts

It wasn’t that long ago that web-savvy marketers were touting the advances in technology that allowed anyone to build a website, publish a blog, or embark on a social media campaign. by Scott Hirsch, f ounder and CEO of Appsbar. The advent of mobile platforms has rendered all of those tools passé.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. May 7, 2011 03:24:52 Reply 0 Flag this comment LarryN1 Follow A good profile for most if not all hires.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

In 2011, our family was sitting around the dinner table brainstorming when our teenage daughter Mia had a great idea – starting a company that sells the best possible organic roasted seaweed in delicious flavors. Thanks to Pete McPherson, Do You Even Blog ! #4- When Carle Publishing was born in 2011, I needed a business name fast.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

May 26, 2011. Your quote “startup fundraising isn’t about convincing skeptics but rather finding true believers” is amazingly true and made it into my blog “Founder Hacks” @ [link]. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. How To Think About The Future.

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Ethos: What 'Blank Canvas' Means to NextView ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm. What’s Your Favorite Future?