Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2021

You’ve got a business loan, or maybe you’ve located a venture capital firm that’s willing to back you but want to avoid any difficult startup niches. They might try to beat your prices, or they may do a better job of keeping up with emerging technology than your staff does. Source: Pixabay. The Construction Industry.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

News )—Stanford GSB, Harvard Business School, UPenn Wharton, Chicago Booth, MIT Sloan, Kellogg, UC Berkeley Haas, and Columbia Business School—and eight of the top ten global MBA programs , are all on the list of unicorns. and in more technical areas, such as hardware and energy. as ranked by U.S. have reached unicorn status.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Perhaps the biggest piece of new news is that after 17 years of operations we’ve changed our name from GRP Partners to Upfront Ventures. Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too. What’s up with that? Our portfolio companies value us as sparring partners.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce. The city is renowned as a center for tech entrepreneurship.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Somewhat to their surprise, the tech section is one of the highly-trafficked and well-read topics. Karen Bantuveris, Founder/CEO, VolunteerSpot *.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” Also, many of our deals were in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco or London. It was more hedge fund than venture capital. It was stunning but sterile.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

There are now many metro areas with growing infrastructure and increasingly skilled work forces that can support tech startups. In large part due to the University of Texas at Austin and other universities’ influence, Austin is known for having an educated workforce. The city is renowned as a center for tech entrepreneurship.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. Why Introverts Make Great Leaders – crowdspring.co/1yhmaS5.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

We are so proud to be a part of the entrepreneurial and technology community in Chicago where we are based. Identifying the Biases Behind Your Bad Decisions | Harvard Business Review - crowdspring.co/1sSZZst. The Thin Skin of the Venture Capital Market - crowdspring.co/1xaoN3x. By @jopas pic.twitter.com/35FAQfMeow.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. .” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

You grew up with a guy who went into law and has some Chicago money connections. Unlike a venture capital firm that states its criteria on its website and has forms, e-mail addresses, etc to encourage outreach, your site does a lot better job of saying "Go away!". remember Woody Harrelson on Cheers?

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crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 11, 2014

The image above shows a typical rush hour in Chicago in 1909. Five Reasons Not To Raise Venture Capital, by Rachel Chalmers | Model View Culture - crowdspring.co/1lIlpYH. Here’s the Data | Harvard Business Review – crowdspring.co/1lLgAjK. Chicago Rush Hour, 1909 – pic.twitter.com/JJP7AwhMzv.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

Incentivize the Formation and Commitment of Angel Capital. Fix Venture Capital by Fixing the IPO Market. Increase Startups Access to Capital. Enhance the Science and Technology Capacity of the U.S. Require Third-Party Review of All Proposed Regulations. Cultivate the Formation of Viable New Businesses.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I don''t know the startup networks in Chicago or Boulder, so it''s that much tougher to filter the top of the funnel for out of towners. It takes longer to diligence them. Venture Capital & Technology' It takes longer to get to know the founders. These are cycles more effectively spent locally.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 4, 2013

Why Menus Suck + Other Deep Thoughts on the Food Tech Revolution. How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. 8 Major Tech Predictions for 2013 | Business Insider – [link]. 8 Major Tech Predictions for 2013 | Business Insider – [link]. – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Fortunately I was mostly a technology consultant, which meant that I coded computers, designed databases and planned system integration projects. He said, literally, I sh*t you not, “well, my report was due and I didn’t have much time. I’m writing this post to make sure you’re all on that same playing field.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 10, 2010

How to Create a Highly Detailed Hi-Tech Power Button – Basix – [link]. Venture-Capital Firms Caught in a Shakeout – [link]. Good interview with @andrewmason on Chicago Tonight (WTTW) about @Groupon – [link]. Cuevas (Philippines) [interview with a crowdSPRING designer] – [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. Others that are experts in this field include Matt Harris at Village Ventures and Jim Robinson at RRE. In ad tech there’s Seth Levine at Foundry Group and both Dana Settle & Ian Sigelow at Greycroft. Right for my stage?

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. No, thanks.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 25, 2013

How One Startup Grew a $100M Business Without Spending Venture Capital | Forbes – [link]. Chicago venture picture better than U.S. Five of Steve Jobs’s Biggest Mistakes | Peter Sims-Harvard Business Review – [link]. Samsung’s road to global domination | Fortune Tech – [link].

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The entertainment concept remains evergreen due to creativity and innovations that surrounds it. He opened the first of many PanIQ Escape Rooms in Hollywood, California, and today, they have locations in San Jose, Phoenix, Miami, NYC, Dallas, Nashville, Chicago and many more.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2011

An AMAZING amount of funding activity in Chicago – [link]. Good data from @msuster on The State of Venture Capital and the Internet – [link]. Small business and startups: great reads from the business press – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Coupon Cactus – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

The Chicago FireStarter Venture Capital Fund – [link]. The Perpetually Vexing Problem of Hiring Programmers – [link]. 5 Reasons The Windy City is a Great Place for Startups – [link]. How to build your startup without learning code – [link]. Could Your Business Survive Without You?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Growthink Blog

AUGUST 3, 2016

The 21 year old Chicago Bull rookie Michael Jordan, starting his career with no professional resume or accomplishments, or his 40 year Washington Wizards version, possessive of 6 NBA Finals MVPs, over 30,000 points scored, and universally regarded as the greatest player in basketball history?

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Venture capital remains white boys club – [link]. Kevin Willer Shares His Experience Building Google’s Culture In Chicago – [link]. What Does Being a Hustler Really Mean? – [link]. Startups rarely do anything well – [link]. Advice to advisers: Stop being so nice – [link].

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

My name is Bryan Clark and I am a professional writer and blog editor in the tech, entrepreneurship, finance and digital lifestyle fields. This blogger may or may not have pulled out the ole’ LG Android phone and snapped a photo of the mayor with a Chicago-style hot dog in his mouth. Oh, the humanity. But I digress.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

My name is Bryan Clark and I am a professional writer and blog editor in the tech, entrepreneurship, finance and digital lifestyle fields. This blogger may or may not have pulled out the ole’ LG Android phone and snapped a photo of the mayor with a Chicago-style hot dog in his mouth. Oh, the humanity. But I digress.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

proving that this “consumer purchase” is, in fact, a journey not a one-time use) Our leadership and vision earned marquee partnerships and champions in both the public & private sectors from the United Way of Central Texas, Partners in Parenting, Promise Venture Studio, IDEO and more! So, we worked to raise capital. Of course I do.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

They quickly went into production at Sylvania Electronic Defense Labs down the street in Mountain View and Hallicrafters in Chicago. Other universities doing classified ELINT and Electronic Warfare work attended including University of Michigan, Georgia Institute of Technology and Cornell.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

I farmed out work to Wharton undergrads that were in the Management of Technology program. I had MIT, Harvard, Chicago, and other top-tier schools interested in buying it and Wharton actually using the solution (and they kept it for four years). Because it almost always requires capital to build a complex, difficult-to-copy solution.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Guess which technology we have the least trouble with. You have a CEO that clearly hasn’t taken the time to understand a technology platform. who forms technology biases based on old Visual Basic stereotypes or shallow interpretations of. ability based on one of many technologies. March 25, 2011 at 1:36 pm.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

Ryan Sarver was a partner at venture capital firm Redpoint. When is our society going to start treating nurses with the respect they're due? Sydney Gressel : I've got to say, I've been like, "Oh, so this is how the tech world is, huh, guys?" And that was $100,000 that came in to bootstrap Chicago and Detroit and Atlanta.

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