This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. It will also be my last venture capital deal. For me, I don’t mind sharing how I think about it.

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Genuine VC

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

It was not large enough produce more efficiently and price more cheaply, was not that much different a style, nor was it aimed at a certain subsegment audience. As the venture capital space matures, I see a similar pattern emerging. In many ways, the beer market of the 90’s is like the venture market today.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

Venture capital and other forms of seed funding have been crucial for the development of the best online colleges. Many third-party educational organizations exist to maintain online schooling ventures, and these organizations typically receive most of their funding from venture capital firms. By Estelle Shumann*.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

A new flock of startups has launched to support content creators to craft (videos, art, newsletters, music, games, courses, etc), find an audience, generate income (subscriptions, tipping, ecommerce, NFTs, etc) and engage their communities. The creator economy market map, Singalfire. To understand the trends, follow the money.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

What makes these ventures interesting to me is how focused they are on their particular audiences of either potential users or customers. Norse-Corp.com developed a fraud-detection system using distributed Internet-monitoring tools, and now is looking to sell this to credit card payment networks for their antifraud programs.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Not all businesses are a fit, or require venture capital. But for fast scaling tech startups, to attract venture capital, they will need more than greeat tech and a strong founding team. Venture Capital investors look for ‘Big markets’, ideally multi billion Dollars in size and growing.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Evaluate your target audience. Depending on the size and goals of your venture, you may need to seek financing from an “angel” investor or from a venture capital firm. Investment and lending options include: Venture capital. Angel investment (similar to venture capital). Commercial (banks).

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

VP of Engineering, AppNexus - New York, NY "It's over a billion ad impressions a day, we got a full tank of venture capital, half a pack of cigarettes, the future of ad networks is dark, and we're wearing sunglasses." One thing is for certain — you must have experience dealing with large scale distributed applications.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Sometimes that’s venture capital generally (like last year’s conversation with Reid Hoffman ) and sometimes it’s in a space where I’ve invested (like mobility and city innovation with Bird’s Travis VanderZanden , one of our portfolio founders.) Between the heavy hitters at the helm, the more than $1.4B

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Current round: $20mm in Series C by Accel Partners (Jim Breyer, board member at Wal-Mart, Dell, and FaceBook), KPCB, and DAG Ventures. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 4, 2023

It also allows entrepreneurs to create awareness around their product or service and provides an opportunity to engage a larger audience of potential customers. Founders should consider other fundraising possibilities, such as traditional venture capital or angel investment, as well as non-dilutive funding sources such as grants or loans.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Want Venture Capital Funding? Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link]. How PRWeb Helps Distribute Crap Into Google & News Sites – [link]. Venture-Backed Commerce Sites Banking on TV Ads to Lure in Audiences | AllThingsD – [link].

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 3, 2013

Look back to the reasons why there was a Cambrian explosion of seed funding in the first place – a dramatic reduction in the initial capital requirements to launch a new company because of cloud hosting infrastructure, social graph distribution platforms, open source and low-cost development tools/methods, etc.

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Up and Running

JULY 3, 2017

Instead, select a specific target audience. Once you have identified your specific target audience, uncover the specific problem they have in the niche. Not all of my ventures have been successful, but when you are successful there is never anything more fulfilling. Don’t try to be everything to everyone.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Postpone brand and agency intros until you’ve built your own audience – the only thing brands are interested in is accessing your audience. This point generalises to distribution deals for just about any startup. Forward Startup general interest Venture Capital'

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

One is explaining the world as it used to work: the importance of gatekeepers, the scarcity implied by limited distribution, and the resulting quality bar that the industry is so proud of. Mostly it is the time and expense required to create the means of distribution for that industry. It’s just taking some longer than others.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Why get into the venture capital side of the business? I first got into venture capital about 10 years ago and I love my job. Unlike many venture capital firms that invest in certain geographic regions or specific technologies and sectors, Foundry Group’s investing activity is largely driven by a thematic approach.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

It seems that four different models of "discussion creation" have occurred: Organice Discussion - someone posts something interesting, lots of bloggers post on the topic, distributed discussion ensues. Tag Memes - Someone posts a question and "Tags" five people to give their response. See Five Things Meme as an example. as an example.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 11, 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. How did you ensure that the app was user-friendly to its diverse target audience? COO Cheryl Beninga shared more about the company.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 12, 2012

Now that distribution is as easy as uploading a file to the internet middlemen simply don’t add enough value any more. Nicholas Lovell and I saw something similar when we talked to publishers about our 50 Questions you should ask before raising venture capital blog series and book.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Most importantly, the phrase “ bootstrapping a startup ” translates into “growing your business with little or no venture capital or outside investment. It is also important to realize that, statistically speaking, most startups become operational without any venture capital or external funding sources.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. Try to sample your ideal audience, and not just anyone.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

With these obstacles, it is sometimes smarter to target the US market first, even though you may reach a smaller audience. Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. Furthermore, the steady cashflow in the Western market also comes about because of one key factor: the distribution model.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 31, 2019

He’ll be speaking at this year’s Lean Startup Conference , and also has a new book (for which I very happily wrote a short foreword) coming out next month: Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. What is venture capital, really? And what does a venture capital firm do?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Fund/SPV management services specifically are provided by Assure Services and Proteus Capital. 2) Market

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

This is a great trend and in addition, it helps widen the audience for the games industry with many non gamers joining in. The Internet made it easy to distribute cognitive games, and mobile devices meant they could be played anywhere. Both companies are backed by venture capital funds.

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Steve Blank

MAY 22, 2009

Your sales people can gather the crowd, work the crowd and use their sales skills to see if prospects in the audience have interest. Everyone should have a chance to walk the floor looking for deals, technology, distribution, customers, etc. The difference between booths offering a demo and those without one is striking.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Technologists are now aided by sociologists, psychologists, anthropologists and domain experts in every field (from media to fashion to art to architecture) to create products and applications that will appeal to this expanded target audience. What’s Next in 2012….

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

That is, until electronic cigarettes were first introduced to the US some time in 2006 and vaping captured the attention of a large and eager audience looking for a safer and healthier alternative to smoking combustible cigarettes. Almost all of the early entrants into this industry were smaller startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

Closely just launched at DEMO this week and is the natural evolution of group buying and discount sites—allowing retailers to run these deals on their own in front of their own audiences. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Community is one solution I had in mind.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups At an entrepreneurs panel last week questions from the audience made me realize that the phrase “Lean Startup” was [.] [.]

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

Each panelists talks about an '09 social media campaign she/he hates, showing a slide or Youtube clip, then the drunken mob audience comments and votes on the worst campaign of that round. Audience heckling and wisdom are welcome throughout. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. RSVP: [link].

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

If you’re working closely with partners who are helping you distribute your product, it’s especially important to make sure they understand who you are, how you speak, and who you serve. venture capital. Seek out venture capital funding. 17 Venture Capital Blogs You Should Be Reading. Funding Guide.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

I particularly urge you to review SpeakerNetNews ; it contains a tremendous amount of curated wisdom from professional speakers: how to be a more powerful speaker, deal with distracting audiences, etc. Distribute press releases on free sites like Free Press Release and PRLog.com. Enter into personal competitions.

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Software By Rob

JUNE 25, 2013

Not Distribution. Alongside growth hacking there is another buzz phrase titled distribution hacking. Growth hackers generally tend to focus on product centric growth mechanisms, while distribution hackers focus on distributing a product using paid channels (i.e. Think Product. pay-per-click, retargeting, etc.).

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 20, 2009

Do you know have they distribute their product? Even though out product is targeted to a niche audience(female in our case) and have many unique features for niche audience. Me – “Have you used Company x’s product? Do you know how they create demand? Do you know how many units they are selling?

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