Version One Ventures

APRIL 8, 2014

Thus, it should come as no surprise that we are now seeing Venture Capital being disrupted by these forces as well. In his post The Disruption of Venture Capital , Albert Wenger described VC as “the club you had to be invited into.”. Enter Mattermark: where “Big Data Meets Venture Capital”.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

The venture capital industry is facing real competition for the first time in decades. Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The answer is the rise of super angels, Graham said.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

After checking out The Information's "open dataset" on diversity in venture capital , I felt pretty disappointed. I went back and calculated the number of companies in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures portfolio who have at least one founder who is female, from an underrepresented minority group, or LGBT.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

We have spent a great deal of effort to pull together some of the smartest experts in the money-raising field, and the blog is carefully curated to be useful specifically to entrepreneurs seeking funding. There’s no use banging your head against a VC’s door with a social network venture if they only invest in biotech companies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like Brainly , which is a learning network or massively multi-player question and answer tool. Utilize business content curators and coaches. Entrepreneurs should be monitoring online curator platforms and blogs. Help entrepreneurs with constant learning.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

That is the very month that Facebook became the largest social network, outpacing MySpace. People used to ask you where you are present--where you can be found--and it was all about what you consumed, curated and liked. The collaborative web arrived after the social web hit a tipping point. Find me on."

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 1, 2015

It needs to help us to discover and curate content that is relevant to us from all the noise. Machine learning in cyber security has already attracted a substantial amount of venture capital (e.g. “What’s that film, the one with the German actor that my sister likes… something to do with aliens… really punky soundtrack?”.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

I was speaking at Internet Week yesterday on networking and so I wanted to gather some of my thoughts. I have a huge network of people here and it's probably the thing I get valled out the most for--and complimented on. Building my network is something that comes naturally to me, but it's also something I put a lot of hard work into.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. A Venture Capital Outlook on Industry 4.0

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David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. PEVCTech.com , a community for investors and technologists responsible for investing in private companies, primarily at private equity and venture capital funds. This is why I do speak regularly at various conferences.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Competitors: Playdom , Social Gaming Network. Read more: PaidContent.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

Universities and the marketplace are spawning tools like OpenStudy , which is a learning network enabling massively multi-player study groups. Crowdfunding is just the latest alternative for assistance to entrepreneurs who need help, supplementing the existing alternatives of loans, grants, angel investors, venture capital and many others.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Create a national network of colleges and universities that use the Hacking for Defense Course to provide hundreds of solutions to critical national security problems every year. The CIA set up In-Q-Tel to be the venture capital arm of the intelligence community to speed the insertion of technologies.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

The reason podcasts captured my imagination today, is a podcast I listened to (very meta) by Recode’s Peter Kafka, and Nick Quah, journalist and curator of HotPod. Superbly curated, and Guy Raz is just a pleasure to listen to. The James Altucher Show by Stansberry Radio Network on Apple Podcasts. itunes.apple.com.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

Sprinkled among the travelers were some stand-out personalities that had ample opportunity to shine in the close quarters, including Silicon Valley super angel Dave McClure; Scott Kveton of Urban Airship; Rick Turoczy, curator of the Portland Incubator Experiment and lolcat king Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Haz Cheezburger.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2017

My guest for this week’s episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is Brian Clark, CEO of Rainmaker Digital , founder of Copyblogger , host of Unemployable , and curator of Further. Copyblogger never took venture capital and made it to 8 figures in annual revenue without advertising.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Create a national network of colleges and universities that use the Hacking for Defense Course to provide hundreds of solutions to critical national security problems every year. The CIA set up In-Q-Tel to be the venture capital arm of the intelligence community to speed the insertion of technologies.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. These include editorial features, discount coupons and more.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 17, 2013

It was a time before the widespread use of social networks, obviously. I then reached out to the people I wanted to spend time with and offered up spots with small, curated groups around great food. It''s My Life Venture Capital & Technology' That''s important for one guy with a tiny fund.

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Hippoland

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Entrepreneurs whom I meet aren’t lazy, but when faced with balancing the needs of a business and spending the time networking with investors, it’s a hard tradeoff. This means that the attendees will be highly curated. So, I’m trying a little experiment here on my blog. The Straits Times, Harper’s BAZAAR, etc.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 26, 2021

Readers of VC Cafe know that I collect and curate Israeli startup landscape maps. In March 2021, Israeli venture capital fund Benson Oak introduced a “passionware” as a new category of software tools and platforms? The latest edition from March 2021, comes from Glilot Capital Partners in collaboration with IVC.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

The reason podcasts captured my imagination today, is a podcast I listened to (very meta) by Recode’s Peter Kafka, and Nick Quah, journalist and curator of HotPod. Superbly curated, and Guy Raz is just a pleasure to listen to. The James Altucher Show by Stansberry Radio Network on Apple Podcasts. itunes.apple.com.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

Sprinkled among the travelers were some stand-out personalities that had ample opportunity to shine in the close quarters, including Silicon Valley super angel Dave McClure; Scott Kveton of Urban Airship; Rick Turoczy, curator of the Portland Incubator Experiment and lolcat king Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Haz Cheezburger.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

Sprinkled among the travelers were some stand-out personalities that had ample opportunity to shine in the close quarters, including Silicon Valley super angel Dave McClure; Scott Kveton of Urban Airship; Rick Turoczy, curator of the Portland Incubator Experiment and lolcat king Ben Huh, CEO of I Can Haz Cheezburger.

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Babbling VC

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

There's a saying in venture capital that goes "Bet on the jockey and not on the horse!" They are problems that machines can’t purely solve and people can’t purely solve, and each of these companies tries to use both to solve them, rather than Google’s slavish love of the algorithm or Yahoo’s early belief in directories and curation.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 29, 2010

All of the current sites revolve around a centralized curation and sales function. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Community is one solution I had in mind.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2013

You're in a different network of peers and they're getting some invites that you don't. I curate both personally and from lots of suggestions from others as to who should be there. Of course, you get invites that they don't either, but that's not exactly bothersome to you. Every year I run an event at the Shake Shack.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 31, 2010

The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. RSVP: [link] 12PM Networked News Gatherers: Defining the Social Media Editor Role, hosted by Time Inc. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. So which is it? Does crowdsourcing represent the beginning of the end of creative organizations?

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

These conferences are not only a great way to raise your startup’s profile, they also serve as valuable networking opportunities within the tech/VC community. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2019

Venture Capital ?—? 2019 Capital Factory VIP Lounge during SXSW Interactive The 16th floor kitchen and coworking area will be buzzing with even more energy and excitement than normal. Search for technologies and industries you’re interested in, companies, people, topics… it’s easy. What do I search for? Startup ?—? Robotics ?—?

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Gust is great for startups that are looking for angel investment and potentially a venture capital investment. It’s simple and can create images that will work on all social networks. Gust : Entrepreneurs can post a free business profile on Gust and share it with investors around the world. Outsourcing work.

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www.avc.com

JULY 15, 2012

The users create the service, curate it, and make it what it is. When scale matters, when network effects matter, when your users are creating the content and the value, free is the business model of choice. Wikipedia, Craigslist, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Wordpress, etc, etc. How well did they do?

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2013

These conferences are not only a great way to raise your startup’s profile, they also serve as valuable networking opportunities within the tech/VC community. ff Venture Capital recently hosted an event in its offices to feature two of its portfolio companies: MovableInk and Parse.ly. Enter into personal competitions.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 24, 2012

Once you get to a certain scale and it reaches a tipping point, if you have network effects, meaning there’s such a tight network that goes to a single place to do a single kind of transaction that popping up and doing it somewhere else becomes harder to do. of companies should never raise venture capital.

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Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 25, 2011

More recently Q&A sites have morphed into a variant of social network where users build profiles and interact with other members and topics by following them and cross posting to Facebook and Twitter. I am most interested in the generalized Q&A communities, not the expert networks. Search and Q&A are Different.

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