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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug. We were infatuated with tech.

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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

Up and Running

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. What about “leaning in”?

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

I began my business in 2014 because, well, it was just time. For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. Tampa Bay community and make a difference in people’s lives. Thanks to Adam Hergenrother, Hergenrother Enterprises ! #12

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The Playbook for Scale Up Nation

Seeing Both Sides

In 2014, for example, 18 IPOs raised a record-breaking $9.8 According to Izhar Shay, a general partner at Canaan Partners, “The investment community has matured to recognize they need to plan for scale. Although the technical team often remains in Israel, many of the executives interviewed recommend departing for the U.S.