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What Do LPs Think of the Venture Capital Markets for 2016?

Both Sides of the Table

At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. However, they have been sending VCs far more investment checks in the last ten years than they’ve gotten back as distributions.

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What is the secret to remote work? Just ask your Sales team.

Austin Startup

The hype cycle for “Remote Work” and “Distributed Companies” has reached a fever pitch, and everyone has an opinion about it. Let’s take your standard Enterprise Client Partner, who manages a $3M book of business with 20 Accounts. In a distributed environment, work is often solitary. Take it off email (and Slack!)

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Success Stories of Previous Winners at the Vernadsky Challenge

The Startup Magazine

The Challenge is just 3 years old; it was initiated in 2015 by the Head of Google Ukraine, Dmitry Sholomko, and managing partner of Noosphere Ventures, Max Polyakov. These guys took the first Vernadsky Challenge in 2015 by storm with their drone management systems. Image Credit: Vernadsky Challenge via FB. Avision Robotics.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

WINTER For starters when we conducted our annual VC & LP survey in December of 2016 to prepare our annual Upfront State of the VC Industry report we found that twice as many VCs cut their investments in 2016 relative to 2015 with > 30% of VCs having cut investments. Unless of course something Trump’s our good weather.

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SXSW Startups: Pawame Powers Africa

Austin Startup

Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Pawame uses tech-enabled loan management and mobile money payment platforms to offer its customers a means of finance that is not limited by distance or lack of Internet access or a bank account. and we can’t do it by ourselves. What kinds of people is your team looking to meet at SXSW 2018? The founders?—?Alex

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26 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2017

Hearpreneur

We managed to automate 25% of our bookings and achieved higher ratings than before. In addition, we were lucky enough to finally find reliable partners, thus adding a few more services to our portfolio – like Locksmith and Childcare. This year have been fantastic for both me and the company. 3- Quitting my day job.

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How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm

David Teten

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. So assessing fit is critical.