VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. Sustainable growth: Prioritise sales efficiency over growth at all costs. Patrick Collison , self-made billionaire founder of Stripe. Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The sales helped them raise $30K and the attention of a startup incubator, which offered them training and another $20K in funding. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood. 3- Sam Walton.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Jan Koum, one of WhatsApp’s founders, immigrated to the US from Communist Ukraine as a teenager. He worked at Yahoo, where he met his co-founder. This is also the first year that smartphone sales overtook feature phone sales globally – driven by sales in India.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com). It was an absolute honor working with such talented founders Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis and CEOs Gary Swart and Stephane Kasriel.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Founder of JackCards.com. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). I met 2-4 women whom I’ve met at other SV events. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Senior (Health) Benefits Consultant. Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Founder of JackCards.com. CEO of a software development outsourcing firm (Ukraine). I met 2-4 women whom I’ve met at other SV events. Some folks whom I met: Debra Bowen, Secretary of State of California. President of The Tech Museum. Senior (Health) Benefits Consultant. Business development consultant. Check out the tweets here.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

So, think of the typical two founders with a pitch book in a garage. Instead, that’s the sort of pre-series-A investment where companies or founders have visions of where they think there are underserved market needs, and they’re coming up with something super excited to try to solve that. . We’re a crossover fund.

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