This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 9, 2011

Five years ago, I started nextNY with the idea that it would be participant driven--that the community would take an active role in managing itself. Monthly small group lunches with leaders in the innovation community--like venture capital firms and successful entrepreneurs. - The details of this program are below. .

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It’s Never Been More Important to Understand Your Capital Provider’s Business Model [Charles Hudson/Precursor] – Charles is just a wonderful human and his posts about venture capital are essential for anyone who considers themselves part of the startup community.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY. Andressen Horowitz,ff Venture Capital,HOF Capital, Sequoia .

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2021

When it comes to my job, after practicing venture capital for seven years under normal circumstances, it was instructive to get thrown into this new scenario, because I don’t think we’ll ever fully “return to normal.” There’s just so much community and learning-by-osmosis (or serendipity) that comes from being together.

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Version One Ventures

MAY 3, 2023

There is definitely an enthusiastic community to build on and I met some very smart crypto founders during my trip! Venture Capital The VC scene is dominated by US and US-affiliated funds. Sequoia, Accel, Lightspeed, Nexus, Matrix and Elevation came up in conversations all the time.

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VC Adventure

JULY 1, 2021

Sweet Grace was born in 2008, as the Great Recession ripped through the United States, particularly affecting working-class communities like Lawrence, Massachusetts where Danaris lives. Based on our research and the conversations we had in the course of writing our book , we believe there are countless potential Denarises out there.

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Technical Review America Massachusetts Finance 106

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 5, 2018

The following on gender roles in the startup community was written and contributed by Marina Sarkisian. Hard to spark a meaningful conversation. Our conversation is animated. Since I moved to London, twelve months ago, networking events have been an incredible way to meet people from the tech community. Thursday evening.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

If you believe that more great firms will be created out of the successes of Riot Games, Maker Studios, Snapchat, Tinder, Dollar Shave Club and all the other wealth creation activities over the past 5 years — then you have to believe that LA Tech is on the rise and LA Venture Capital is well positioned to be a part of that future success story.

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IPO Los Angeles Technical Review Silicon Valley 214

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 15, 2020

There have been a lot of calls for VC firms to make more hires from the Black and Brown community, as well as to hire more women. In venture, it’s all about getting an opportunity to make partner and being included in the carry—the economic upside of a fund. Not all hires, however, are made equally.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

In that time, I’ve been consistently delighted by the support and enthusiasm of the Austin startup community. but more importantly there’s a community that wants to support and see others succeed. General Partners Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp are fixtures in the startup community, and especially in driving forward female entrepreneurship.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

According to the Angel Capital Association: Angels (private money) invest in 55,000 startups each year versus 1,500 companies by VC (venture capital) funding. They will typically ask a question about your business and the conversation begins! Look for community supporters and ask around about space.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

I was visiting as part of Terrapinn Private Equity World, a leading private equity conference for the Latin American technology community. Miami has many of the assets of an entrepreneurial hub, notably a flourishing creative community, and a strong public university system. that cities such as San Francisco and New York have built.

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Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Grab a group of friends and tour the latest and greatest of Austin’s startup community. 1:30PM HILTON AUSTIN DOWNTOWN, SALON K SIMÓN BORRERO, Rappi RODOLFO GONZALEZ, Foundation Capital COURTNEY MCCOLGAN, Runa HR DANIEL VOGEL, Bitso Latin American startups are attracting a record amount of venture capital funding.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

It was a full room of entrepreneurs and what I hope was a stimulating and useful conversation for them. Matt and I were on the FeedBurner board together and he’s got a powerful connection between LA and Chicago – another city with an incredibly thriving startup community.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2020

To that end, my goal was to make the firm the most accessible VC fund in New York—showing up across diverse communities, getting rid of barriers to access like requirements for warm intros, and being conscious of which patterns of success I believe in and which only serve to reinforce certain power dynamics.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 3, 2009

This is part of my ongoing Raising Venture Capital (VC) series. It felt like Groundhog Day because I have this conversation again and again – literally dozens of times each year. But the venture guys don’t make the calls on what the product / business guys do. The topic of &# strategic&# investors came up.

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Strategic Investors Venture Capital Due Diligence Early Stage 279

David Teten

APRIL 17, 2012

After work on April 18, thirty-five curious developers will visit the ff Venture Capital offices to learn about our fund and listen to technical talks by the founders and technical experts of Parsely and Movable Ink. Instead they create a welcoming environment for two-way conversation.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

The tricky question is whether these early conversations should count as fundraising. To me, these early conversations were extremely critical to helping me get to know a founder, to sharpening the plan, and to build relationships for later rounds. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Austin Startup

JULY 22, 2017

The core idea is that startups will pledge to take a few concrete measures in the way they operate their company that should, over time, increase the number of minorities, women and people who identify as LGBTQ in the startup community.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2017

The field uses the broader term “gender” rather than “female” because, as the Stanford Social Innovation Review states, “Using ‘gender’ brings both men and women into the conversation. Despite all of this collective data and momentum, we have seen little, if any, progress in the private equity and venture capital space.

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Private Equity Venture Capital United States Equity 54

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Austin-Based Venture Capital Firms There are a eleven venture capital firms based in Austin that are actively investing today, six of which are first funds. VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here.

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Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

(There is a huge difference between the Chinese who have never left and those who went to school abroad, even for a few months – at least a difference in their ability to relate to me and have a conversation on the same wavelength. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

When I was in college, at Fordham''s scenic Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, I deeply rooted into my community. Being intensely involved in community life there made the campus seem small and familiar. Passing on that experience has been at the core of what I do in the NYC tech community for the better part of the last decade.

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Community New York New York City Hosting 137

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Earlier this year, I was on a panel with Guy Podjarny, Snyk’s founder, at SaaStock Remote to discuss how the team’s community-driven freemium approach led to the company’s stellar growth. The value of freemium is that you want that use case to generate a community. This makes it hard to build a community of users and advocates.

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Early Stage Open Source Development Team Review Security 62

Austin Startup

AUGUST 30, 2019

On August 14–15, the Air Force, through AFWERX , hosted a two-day Spark Collider event at Capital Factory to bring newly awarded 19.2 SBIR Phase I companies together with relevant Air Force and venture capital stakeholders. Really impressive & demonstrates how serious the @usairforce is about fostering true #innovation.

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SBIR Government Venture Capital Startup 48

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

From tips on international expansion strategies to using XR as a musical instrument, these sessions at Capital Factory showcased some amazing innovation in Austin’s startup community. Whether you’re an experienced entrepreneur or just recently entered the tech community, keep up with our events throughout the year at Capital Factory!

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Fractional VPE Austin Artificial Inteligence Fractional CTO 49

Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

Understanding the left-side of the mission model canvas ( activities, resources , partners , and costs) forces all teams to ask, “Are we building a product for a DOD/IC customer only or do we have a “dual-use” product that could be sold commercially and get funded by venture capital?”. This post is a continuation of the series.

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Silicon Valley San Diego Technical Review Incubator 120

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

All four companies were in Los Angeles (or adjacent … Santa Barbara) and our community has now matured and regularly produces billion dollar+ outcomes. For years I’ve argued that there was a benefit in giving some of these companies like Invoca the time that it takes most enterprise companies to show the benefits of size and scale.

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Venture Capital LP Valuation Later Stage 363

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Later today, I’m on a panel run by Capital Factory with 75 investors from around the country eager to tap into the Austin ecosystem. that is hosted by Xoogler.co, an ex-Google community with thousands of members around the world, to answer questions from an audience of top talent.

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Austin Technical Review Software Review Early Stage 63

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 28, 2016

I’m glad I did – the conversation with John was stimulating. If you disagree with any, or have any to add, please toss them in the comments as I evolve this as a list of “ways government can help startup communities.” Incentivize the Formation and Commitment of Angel Capital. They follow.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 13, 2018

Support the ATX Startup Community by voting for this selection of panels featuring Austinites. Once submitted, the community is allowed to chime in and vote on what topics capture their interest. Once submitted, the community is allowed to chime in and vote on what topics capture their interest. We reached out to the M.io

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Most significant VCs in New York , including ff Venture Capital , are active investors in fintech. Aquiline Capital Partners. Conversion Capital. FTV Capital. AXA Strategic Ventures. Citi Ventures. Capital One Growth Ventures. Transamerica Ventures. Worldquant Ventures.

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New York Community DC Boston 60

Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

We were roommates at the time and launched two different companies out of a kind-of dumpy apartment: We both went on to raise millions in venture capital and build meaningful businesses in interesting spaces. has about ~40 employees and has raised $9M in venture capital. But we never lost the finance bug. Factom, Inc.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Austin 48

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. These are many of the steps I went through when I joined HOF Capital. The post How to Negotiate a Partner Role at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Firm appeared first on David Teten.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

(There is a huge difference between the Chinese who have never left and those who went to school abroad, even for a few months – at least a difference in their ability to relate to me and have a conversation on the same wavelength. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 219

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Old and new friends have reached out to welcome us to their community and share ideas about how we could play an impactful role in this remarkable city and state. Even in 2020, a difficult year by any measure, the Austin community has surpassed all of my expectations. Breyer Capital Austin?—?End

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Austin Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas 84

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

On the first official day of SXSW I’m going to be at the convention center all day until I head over to Capital Factory to kick off the SXSW Startup Crawl ! Join us and learn how to attract Venture Capital investment in your startup when you live somewhere other than Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, or Boston.

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