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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

I think you’ll also see more intentional syndication of seed and series A rounds with like-minded co-investors teaming up together and splitting rounds more intentionally. Business Models and Sectors. In a FOLD world, I think you’ll see a narrowing in strategy around their core. In a FOLD world, this is going to continue.

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A Venture Capital History Perspective From Jack Tankersley

Feld Thoughts

Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Not Coming To The Rescue Of Victory

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I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet. We're trying to bring the lessons we have learned in Silicon Valley to a million entrepreneurs. The crux of the discussion revolved around segmentation and business models.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

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Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8 Also, the business model for the business is unclear. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. million financing round for.

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What Is Venture Debt and How Should Startups Use It?

View from Seed

Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. If they can’t, then we want to know more about the existing investor syndicate, so we’re not the only ones at the table. Business model? Traction and revenue? Previous capital raised?

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. ProfessorVC.