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Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA

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Founder Feedback. Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA. Founder Feedback gives you insights from the startup trenches. Applications to the Seattle Founder Institute are also due this Sunday, February 26th: click here to apply. Kuala Lumpur. Los Angeles. Mexico City.

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TechStars Seattle Demo Day Was Awesome

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I formally declare year one of TechStars Seattle a huge success. I was absolutely blown away by the companies at Demo Day last week along with the reaction and support of the Seattle tech community. The Seattle tech and entrepreneurial community has really embraced TechStars. Tags: TechStars seattle.

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How VCs Think About Adding New Partners

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M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC). Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman). She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. XO along with my good friend Soleil Moon Frye.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

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But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. I stayed close.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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Vote For My SXSW Panel – An Inside Look at BigDoor’s Venture Funding

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An Inside Look at BigDoor’s Venture Funding is going to be me, Keith Smith ( BigDoor CEO), and Andy Sack ( Lighter Capital , Founder’s Co-op , and the TechStars Seattle Managing Director). Both are good friends of mine and have really interesting philosophies about startup funding.

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How I Found a Great CTO

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Because we achieved our most aggressive revenue targets and built a strong community, we realized that we had a broader opportunity to change the world of graphic design. I was lucky to sign on as advisor and investor the founder of a very high-profile consumer Internet site who happens to also be a former engineer, who I will call Richard.

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