thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). I founded FuturePerfect Ventures earlier this year because I believe that technology’s potential for positive social impact is still in formative stages. Even in the United States, one in five households are underbanked.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. David Teten, HBS 98, Partner, ff Venture Capital, will discuss his research study on VC portfolio operations, recently featured in Forbes ).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both graduates of one of the most premier science institutions in the United States: Caltech.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. The first is from David Rubenstein (Carlyle Group co-founder – one of Blackstone’s competitors) in 2006. And then, a year later, the global finance crisis was in full bloom.

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thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). I founded FuturePerfect Ventures earlier this year because I believe that technology’s potential for positive social impact is still in formative stages. Even in the United States, one in five households are underbanked.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . Apps World North America will be taking place in the tech capital of the world San Francisco on February 5th-6th February at the Moscone Center. Venture Summit Silicon Valley. Others Alon Alroy Bizzabo conference event startup technology United States'

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice).

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Startup Magazine continues our Founder Interview series with entrepreneur Richard Lavina, Co-Founder and CEO of accounting services platform, Taxfyle. Richard Lavina, CPA, Co-Founder and CEO of Taxfyle. TSM: What is the most important thing you tell other startup founders?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Now the 9th largest economy in the world, it‘s clear that the rest of the world is waking up to the potential in Texas.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

According to a study by CB Insights (2017), a software that gathers essential data from investors, companies and industries, more than 70% of startups do not exceed the first stage of venture capital investment. The rounds were conducted from 2008 to 2010, starting from seed capital. Data Says Otherwise.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

2018 set yet another all-time record for the number of paper books sold in the United States, as has been repeatedly true during the era of Amazon. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age. It’s a great business. It still serves just 60 customers per day.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

I’m an investor in Danielle’s company Mattermark and was parters with Heidi at Mobius Venture Capital. We did about ten investments in 2007, 2008, and 2009 – which, if I remember correctly, is a period of time referred to as the Global Financial Crisis. That started the intellectual dissonance in my brain.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Though, this article is not a reflection on the fundamentals of unicorns—rather, I am using them as a proxy for situations in which founders have executed on big ideas. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. 63 MBA founders are represented among the 157 unicorns. Global Fashion Group (3x HBS, 2x Wharton).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

Yes, the country north of the 49th parallel may have 1/10th the population of the United States , but when it comes down to pure entrepreneurship it punches far above its weight class. We’ve previously looked at the best cities in the US to build your startup , and we’ve even looked at some of the best cities globally.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

They will now be leveraging the 1M/1M-Persistent channel to go to market in the United States. Today, I am thrilled to see that OrangeScape is emerging as a promising player in the Indian startup firmament, and reaching for global market penetration. Multi Angular Force Generator. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Interestingly enough, CooTek’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Wong , who was formerly from Microsoft’s R&D unit, took an unconventional route by launching in the Western market first. Asia Entrepreneur Insider Mobile Analysis and Opinion china Europe Mobile Apps Profiles and Interviews startups United States'

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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. . To learn more about this space, I suggest join an online community I co-founded, PEVCTech. . 3) Raise capital. When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites.

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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. Today, we are lucky to welcome Dan Kimerling of Deciens Capital. On Sushi and VC. We’re in the first bucket.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

Yes, the country north of the 49th parallel may have 1/10th the population of the United States , but when it comes down to pure entrepreneurship it punches far above its weight class. We’ve previously looked at the best cities in the US to build your startup , and we’ve even looked at some of the best cities globally.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As a globally focused LP in early stage VC funds, we at Blue Future Partners have observed a growing trend of firms investing substantially in software tools, whether developing proprietary solutions or adopting off the shelf tools. I’d expect a similar shift in venture over the next decade or two.”.

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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. See Also: Got “Founder Fit”? If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. He calls this “the secret of the market.”.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Startup founders will work with Google engineers and receive mentoring from over 20 teams at Google, as well as outside experts and local mentors. Bluhm/Helfand Social Innovation (BHSI) Fellowship. Summit Fellows.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

As companies and cities wrestle with the future of work, future of cities, and future of tech made possible in a post-COVID future, the question is whether it also impacts — and presents an opportunity to address — one of the greatest problems of our time: the unequal distribution of economic opportunity across the United States.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

Texas has 4 of the 11 largest cities in the United States and they are all within driving distance of each other. Texas is the most promising technology investment opportunity in the United States and Capital Factory is going to turbocharge it. Texas is part of a global ecosystem No city lives in isolation anymore.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Amidst an increasingly connected world, globalization is the order of the day. However, while the benefits are many (including more efficient communication and greater potential for collaboration), today’s digital age can put increased pressure on young businesses to expand globally — and to do so quickly. from France.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List : of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List : of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. According to the NVCA 2017 Yearbook , in 2004, 77% of global VC fundraising went to US VCs, and 85% of global VC dollars went to US startups. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely. Upwork is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals can connect and collaborate remotely. The idea is simple and simultaneously brilliant.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). What can we learn from the best 40 venture capital investments of all time? We reviewed CB Insights’ global list of “40 of the Best VC Bets of all Time.”

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Pascal's View

OCTOBER 6, 2009

To be clear, this process began over eleven years ago and, in my view, it is the single most important issue for the venture capital community because it jeopardizes an entire generation of innovative American companies. will efficiently create new jobs and drive a new, sustainable economic growth cycle in our country.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. of the world’s population — has more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any country in the world save the United States and China. Here's what the data say about Israeli startups: They’re Israeli-run but with global footprints.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

New York venture capitalists like HOF Capital recognize this trend, and more and more of us are opening our doors to invest in startups with international roots. I see four main reasons for this: Less capital intensive (and consequently lower valuations). Founders’ determination. They burnt their ships behind them.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

As the former co-founder and CEO of two technology companies, Caroline has experienced both start-up failures and successes, and has raised close to $1 million in investment capital. I wanted to make sure we got it out there, the idea of how does one find a good co-founder? Where do you look?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

He admitted no one would want to watch a seven-hour fight with his cofounders.”. In the real world, the montage is where ff Venture Capital and our founders live. trillion global industry, but I find most of the content is, well, misleading. Media and entertainment is a $1.9

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