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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Having time to think about “leadership” at most startups feels like a luxury. It feels like something you could turn your attention to once you have tens of millions of dollars and a large staff to run operations and you could step back from it all and think about how to lead. The reality of most startups is about survival.

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How and Why the NextView Everyday Economy Accelerator is Different

View from Seed

This initial wave of applicants resulted in the selection of six initial Accelerator participants – female & male founders at startups hailing from the Bay Area to Miami to Alabama to Boston, ranging from b2b SaaS offerings to consumer services… all transforming people’s everyday lives.

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Helping Women And Minorities Raise Angel Capital

David Teten

In the first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. As usual, we’re investing in companies without regard to the university affiliation of the companies’ leadership. Going forward, VCAP will primarily focus on 25-35 of the most investment-ready early-stage women and minority owned companies (the “VCAP Fellows”).

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4 Major Mistakes Established Companies Make

YoungUpstarts

Goldstein, author of “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? “. Once they make the decision to start their business, they must operate at full throttle almost immediately. His forthcoming book, “ Why Are There Snowblowers in Miami? “, will be available in Sept 2016. By Steven D.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

So I went from San Diego to LA to Miami to the south of France. You’ve got entrepreneurs and founders who are really – a lot of them are in the very early stage of their startup. ” “Okay, well you can be an operating partner or a venture partner.” So that didn’t suck.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

Both Sides of the Table

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

Other companies, like Blue Origin, Firefly Space and Space X are all conducting operations in Texas, both together with NASA and for their own unique space ventures. At the same time, early-stage companies are thinking beyond the high prices of Silicon Valley to put down roots and find financing and growth partners. “In

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