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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

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 And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Techstars is evolving and growing

David Cohen

I was personally absolutely super sad about closing the original Techstars accelerator location in Boulder after this next class, as well as Seattle (another of the original locations.) The separately funded partner accelerator programs which operate in more than 30 locations worldwide are unchanged. We’re sorry for that.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. 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. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners. What does that mean?

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New Year, New & Improved NextView Accelerator

View from Seed

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week. This is true.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

NAME THAT TECH TUNE. Share this: We’ve seen a flurry of activity in recent weeks among Seattle area venture capital firms, led by Madrona Venture Group which raised $300 million last month and Divergent Ventures which pulled in $6.9 million of what partners hope will be a much larger fund. Location: Seattle.

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Out of the Crisis #15: Lenore Estrada on her SF New Deal, serving the hungry, and civic engagement

Startup Lessons Learned

SF New Deal partners with local restaurants to provide meals on a weekly basis to those who are the neediest among us. SF New Deal partners with local restaurants to provide meals on a weekly basis to those who are the neediest among us. Lenore Estrada : Hi, my name is Lenore Estrada. Here's my conversation with Lenore Estrada.

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Welcome Young College Graduates Into Your Entrepreneurial Community

Feld Thoughts

I feel strongly that the one of the important elements of building a sustainable entrepreneurial community over a long period of time is for the entire existing entrepreneurial community to be extremely welcoming to young college graduates. In addition, it keeps smart, well educated people (college graduates) in the local community.

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