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Why Online Video Just Took One More Big Step to Legitimacy

Both Sides of the Table

He became a VC at London-based Benchmark Europe (now Balderton) and then CEO of Endemol, a large multibillion media company best known for creating & owning global franchises for Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and other unscripted television. ” Dana & I took a chance on the founders early on. billion deal to Disney.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.

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Why Defense Could Now Be a Market for Startups

Steve Blank

Jeff Decker is a co-instructor of the Hacking for Defense class and the Stanford program director. At a time when young companies struggle to find technology sectors not dominated by Silicon Valley’s giants , most startups remain oblivious to one of the largest markets in the world, the U.S. He’s a former U.S.

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Learn your Austin ABC’s and become a local super-connector

Austin Startup

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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Nike Accelerator – Powered By TechStars

Feld Thoughts

We’ve seen this dramatically accelerator around the world through the Global Accelerator Network and when I wrote Startup Communities: Building a Startup Ecosystem in Your City , much of what I used as the basis for the Boulder Thesis came from my experiences here. That’s what the goal of the Nike+ Accelerator program is.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Ownership Matters

ReadWriteStart

We discussed the possibility of recruiting a couple of cofounders who can help him build out the core skill-set needed on his team right now. Last up was Sanjeev Arora from Oakville, Ontario, Canada discussing Tabillo , a collaboration and content management solution for SME customers across verticals like legal, engineering, etc.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Personalization Remains An Open Problem

ReadWriteStart

Sajeeva and his cofounders have good domain knowledge of the retail business, but have not yet done sufficient validation of the idea. He has run some experiments within the entrepreneurship training vertical, and has seen success when he has brought on known thought leaders. You can register for the next roundtable here.