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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose

Duct Tape Marketing

So went back to school, got my M B A from N Y U and had a very brief stint in finance. Felt like I had to try out finance just because I had my M B A from N Y U, and that's what people from Y U did. 70% of majors went into were finance majors, and I tried it, tried it out. At the time, there were about 10,000 other companies.

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Be Coachable

Austin Startup

I don’t source financing on their behalf, they generally have the reputations and the personal networks to attract capital if I just get it structured fairly. I started every one of my tech businesses after Peachtree Software in the ATDC in Atlanta and was part of the Georgia Tech alumni committee that founded it.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. VI: Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment. This is a summary of: Revenue-Based financing: State of the Industry 2020. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. It possesses a strong corporate base, talented workforce, and a vast network of nationally ranked universities, startup development organizations and innovation-minded companies to support a robust tech ecosystem,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. It began as a network that brought physical copies of newspapers to travelers abroad. My greatest strength is in connecting with people.

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Out of the Crisis #14: Robert Rhinehart on the Corona Initiative, accelerating basic research, and finding a cure faster

Startup Lessons Learned

Robert and I talked about how it's working, the science of pseudoviruses and reporter genes, how his father's example in science and business set him on his path, and how to bridge the gap between science and finance. I'm general partner at MarsBio VC and Director of The Corona Initiative. Here is my conversation with Robert Rhinehart.

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My XOXO Talk

Bryce Dot VC

Most people who want to build something independently make this trade-off: they give off pieces of independence to access to the capital and networks that venture capital can provide. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson.