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How We are Investing Through The Covid Correction

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Founders do not have this luxury. Most founders are going through hell right now, and that is not going away any time soon. For investors and founders, the next several years are going to be very different. We believe that it is unwise for VCs to try to time markets or do unnatural things to manage investment pace.

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The Care And Feeding Of A Startup

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Neil Blumenthal , the youthful cofounder of Warby Parker, a disruptive company that transformed the conservative eyewear industry by creating affordable, stylish glasses for people across the world, defined a startup as “ a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed. “

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. See Should you co-found a company with your friend? Q: Is this civic tech?

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Briefly, we think there’s a substantial market for a business which helps enterprises to execute initiatives which require coordination across diverse stakeholders, e.g., make a large sale to a critical client, or lobby for a change in regulation. See Should you co-found a company with your friend? And how do you split the equity?

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

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Today’s $24 billion storage market in the US has these same key disadvantages and that was the genesis of Sam Rosen’s initial idea for MakeSpace , which I initially funded 15 months ago. After 9 months it was time to raise seed capital and go test drive our new software and processes. 10x the experience.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 29: Ajay Kshatriya and Steven Cohn

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Ajay Kshatriya , co-founder and CEO of Biota Technology , which applies DNA sequencing technology to the energy industry. Steven Cohn , founder and CEO of Validately , which helps user researchers, product managers and others validate demand or usability for prototypes and live sites. Ajay Kshatriya. We built before testing.