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Upfront Ventures Raised New $280 Million Fund

Both Sides of the Table

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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October 18, CT: HBS Panel on VC in Connecticut

David Teten

I’ll be a panelist at a HBS Club of Connecticut/HBS Angels Venture Capital in Connecticut Panel Discussion and Cocktail Reception on October 18. The event will be held at the recently-established Stamford Innovation Center , of which fellow panelist Barry Schwimmer is Founder and Managing Partner.

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GPT-3:  An AI That Makes Cars, Not Wrenches And What It Means For The Legal Profession

YoungUpstarts

Early in my legal practice a senior partner once told me “We created a set of documents in the Garden of Eden and have just been modifying them ever since.” He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and the University of Connecticut School of Law. GPT-3’s garden is much larger – it can include your collection, plus everything else.

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Seth Sternberg – Meebo

Both Sides of the Table

He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. Although both parents are educators, his father a professor and his mother the Commissioner of Education in Connecticut, they did not teach him business. Why did you pursue an MBA at Stanford? For Meebo 1.3%

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Incubators Are Reaching Out To 1M/1M

ReadWriteStart

In the Q&A, Bill Gordon introduced himself as one of the principals of the Stamford Innovation Center, an incubator being formed in Connecticut. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team. This is an interesting trend we're seeing as we connect with incubators around the world.

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

Kevin Hale, Founder, Wufoo, and Partner, Y Combinator. Justin Kan, Founder, Twitch, and Partner, Y Combinator. Alfred Lin, Former COO, Zappos, and Partner, Sequoia Capital. Reid Hoffman, Founder, LinkedIn, and Partner, Greylock Ventures. Keith Rabois, Partner, Khosla Ventures (formerly PayPal, Slide, Square and LinkedIn).

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. This is a topic we care a lot about, given HOF Capital’s long-term strategy for partnering with universities and my forthcoming book on “ hacking the university ”. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.