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Afraid To Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone? Then You Can’t Lead In The Age Of COVID.

YoungUpstarts

by Dr. Jim White , founder and president of JL White International and bestselling author of “ Opportunity Investing: How To Revitalize Urban And Rural Communities With Opportunity Funds “ COVID-19 has disrupted the business world, and the “normal” of a few months ago may never return. and Growers Ice Company, Inc.,

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

Avataar Ventures invests exclusively in companies which fit these criteria: “$15 Million + in Annual Recurring Revenues; Strong Tech-Led B2B & SaaS Companies; Core Operations in India/ South East Asia; Open to Active Partnering.” As such, there are 3 stakeholders when building a thesis: the investing Partners, the LPs and the founders. .

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Changes in Software & Venture Capital – Part 2 of 3

Both Sides of the Table

Open cloud led by Amazon with their AWS services drove total operating costs down by 90%. The LP Community Hasn’t Yet Caught Up. As I’ve started to get to know the other side of the VC industry lately (the people who invest in VC funds or “LPs&# ) one thing has occurred to me. I think some will do this.

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Startups: It’s not Thelma & Louise

Austin Startup

Last Friday, June 21st I sent the following message out to our community of users, colleagues, friends and supporters. With the help of advisors Ada Ryland and Wayne Lopez, we set up data-driven operation to get clarity on what and why we measured?—?and Our Monthly Active Users was 53%?—?(people people were coming back (!)

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. We also talked about why he took a very public stance on the role of corporate leadership in social issues, and how it relates to fulfilling Coinbase's mission.

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Perot Jain steps up to support Dallas entrepreneurs

Austin Startup

Cindy Revol, Joe Beard and Anurag Jain from Perot Jain, LP We received a warm welcome from Trey Bowles when we first came to Dallas and there have been many others who have opened their arms to us since. We are glad that Capital Factory is in Dallas and thrilled to see that they are also community builders who grow through collaboration.”

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ProfessorVC: Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

Professor VC

I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. I generally get asked about skills required (leadership, tolerance for ambiguity, risk taking, persistence, opportunity recognition, etc.), ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley.