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Entrepreneurs Share Their 2016 Resolutions

Up and Running

I asked entrepreneurs to send me their new year’s resolutions, so you can get a snapshot into the mind of small business, and maybe find some 2016 resolution inspiration. — Bplans.com (@Bplans) January 13, 2016. In 2016, try something new. In 2016, try something new. In 2016, unplug.

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How To Counter Criticism Of Your Million Dollar Idea

Startup Professionals Musings

In my role as an advisor to entrepreneurs, I often find founders who have such conviction and passion for their new idea, that they can’t believe anyone could challenge it. Bacharach, Cornell Professor and cofounder of the Bacharach Leadership Group. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 09/29/2016.

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Lightspeed is growing our Consumer Investing team

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Since then, as a team, we’ve been fortunate enough to invest behind the vision of the founders of some tremendous consumer companies across messaging, social media, e-commerce, Internet of Things, marketplaces and gaming. But I was the first person to solely focus on consumer investing. As a team, the next ten will be even better.

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The Entrepreneur’s Essentials: Afterword (by Bob Campbell)

Austin Startup

data.world was Brett’s sixth startup, and was first structured as a C corporation but then converted to a B Corporation on the day of its public launch of July 11, 2016. I had the good fortune of being asked by Brett to serve as an advisor to data.world and readily accepted.

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SXSW Startups: New Age Meats

Austin Startup

New Age Meats cofounders Brian Spears and Andra Necula The Forrest Four-Cast: March 1, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. Brian Spears , Cofounder and CEO, spoke about his San Francisco-based company.

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Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women & underrepresented founders?

David Teten

Many are reporting that they’re seeing a more diverse pool of applicants than traditional equity VCs… even though virtually none have a particular focus on women or underrepresented founders. For more background, see Revenue-Based Investing: A new option for founders who care about control.

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum. We doubled down on our Ethereum bet through the DAO crisis during Summer 2016. He co-founded the first angel investor group in the Bitcoin space, BitAngels , in 2013, which grew to over 500 members globally.