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What’s Your VC Tech Stack? Results from a Survey of Early-Stage VC Funds

David Teten

VCs are at the forefront of technological disruption, funding many of the latest cutting edge productivity tools. Clint Korver, Partner at Ulu Ventures , remarked: “I’d compare this technology transformation as akin to what happened in public company investing. But what tools are they using themselves to automate their own processes?

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The Very Best Digital Metrics For 15 Different Companies!

Occam's Razor

All I have access to is just a cursory review of their digital existence. Remember: All data in aggregate is crap, segment or suck. You can still put together a quick dashboard that will allow Jim and Bob to do a quick review of the data and make smarter decisions about how to invest their limited budget on digital upgrades.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. Between the worse data aggregation method and the much higher amount of work Wesabe made you do, it was far easier to have a good experience on Mint , and that good experience came far more quickly. We focused too much on technology. Company : Wesabe.

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

Songza demonstrates great use of technology, but not in an in your face look at how smart we are way. Shows me again if the product is in stock. the reviews. Read their invitation to get you to write a review. Then some reviews (they float by). or 1345 hrs or 2200 hrs. They deliver delight. How soothing. :) 3.

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

I'm from New York, upstate New York. But you go to New York City and people just kind of. Eric Ries : You're not like a lot of other tech folks. Eric Ries : And pretty unusual among tech platforms, if we're being honest. You created the longterm stock exchange. They don't really smile.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. I don't see any big tech companies that have great cultures that are doing fully remote. BA : Yeah, well, the first time I saw the Bitcoin white paper, I saw it on Hacker News, which is a website that YCombinator runs. BA : Yeah.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Technology Poverty – Every revolution has its downsides – those who miss out. Technology is bringing about a new form of poverty to those who don’t have equal access to it. The technology minimums are changing quickly. The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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