View from Seed

JUNE 10, 2020

of teams’ online pitch decks and recorded videos, as well as loved the dozens of second-round video conversations which we had with Founders working on quite compelling startups. Many of these Founders we wouldn’t have had an opportunity to connect with if we hadn’t launched this program.

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David Teten

APRIL 29, 2014

In addition, 83% of companies had a racial composition that was entirely Caucasian, while only 12% of founders were Asian and less than 1% of founders were African-American. Conventional Founder Background. Quadrant I : Most VC-backed companies, e.g., Mark Zuckerberg, Founder/CEO, Facebook. Non-Majority Markets.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

We first invested in co-founders Ben Forgan & Pat Wilbur in early 2015, when NextView led a $1.3M And early-stage VC investors have increasingly ventured beyond their backyards of SF, NYC, and Boston to more actively invest in (and in some cases relocate to) places like Miami, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, and other cities.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 6, 2016

These people are true founders and entrepreneurs just like any venture backed company. Sadie (Founder): 305 Fitness is a dance cardio workout with a live DJ. My senior year, I was out at a nightclub in Miami — where I’m from — with my best friend. Hunter Walk: Can you share the founding story of 305 Fitness ?

Technical Review 54

Technical Review Miami Software Review Boston 54

Hunter Walker

JUNE 6, 2016

These people are true founders and entrepreneurs just like any venture backed company. Sadie (Founder): 305 Fitness is a dance cardio workout with a live DJ. My senior year, I was out at a nightclub in Miami — where I’m from — with my best friend. Hunter Walk: Can you share the founding story of 305 Fitness ?

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Miami Software Review Boston 48

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Notice that I didn’t say I wouldn’t invest in a founder with an MBA; there are many amazing entrepreneurs and investors with MBAs, such as my friend Aneel Bhusri of Workday. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

Notice that I didn’t say I wouldn’t invest in a founder with an MBA; there are many amazing entrepreneurs and investors with MBAs, such as my friend Aneel Bhusri of Workday. Like many first time founders, I ran over that landmine. In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Balance Sheet Cofounder 69

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. This, of course, doesn't mean that we discourage entrepreneurs from seeking financing.

Silicon Valley 118

Silicon Valley India San Francisco Entrepreneur 118

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2022

We’re seeing more interest from people to follow their passion and become founders. We announced our investment in Gadze Finance and welcomed Mike Silagadze and Andrew McGrath (from Top Hat) back to the portfolio. Gadze’s ultimate vision is to democratize finance by providing access to custom investment products to anyone. .

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

I’m Shelia Fitzgerald, owner and founder of EliteFitz, a destination inspired women’s boutique. My strength was not in finance, so one of the first things I did was hire someone to handle the books and keep me on a solid financial path, so I could focus on running my business. Thanks to Nick Gray, Museum Hack ! #2

Entrepreneur 127

Entrepreneur South Africa PR Thailand 127

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

million Series B financing round led by Carmel Ventures with follow-on investment from existing investors Baytech Ventures (Germany). I’ve been dealing with this world for many years, both as a founder and an investor, and I still don’t fully understand it. venturebeat ]. Dear Entrepreneur, Are You Happy?

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

million Series B financing round led by Carmel Ventures with follow-on investment from existing investors Baytech Ventures (Germany). I’ve been dealing with this world for many years, both as a founder and an investor, and I still don’t fully understand it. venturebeat ]. Dear Entrepreneur, Are You Happy?

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

million Series B financing round led by Carmel Ventures with follow-on investment from existing investors Baytech Ventures (Germany). I’ve been dealing with this world for many years, both as a founder and an investor, and I still don’t fully understand it. venturebeat ]. Dear Entrepreneur, Are You Happy?

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

million Series B financing round led by Carmel Ventures with follow-on investment from existing investors Baytech Ventures (Germany). I’ve been dealing with this world for many years, both as a founder and an investor, and I still don’t fully understand it. venturebeat ]. Dear Entrepreneur, Are You Happy?

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

Being a co-founder of a real estate investment company allows me to set my own objectives, determine my work hours, and reap the rewards of my actions. Soon after I relocated to Miami to be close to my family without disrupting my business. Thanks to Katie Horgan, Giving Assistant ! #2- 2- Lot’s of fun. Photo Credit: Sid Soil.

Entrepreneur 128

Entrepreneur St. Louis Florida Colorado 128

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. We had a finance group for all of the bank branches based in San Diego, and I wrote programs to download stuff from the mainframe so we could do analysis three days faster than they could send us the data. Technical founder. So that didn’t suck.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

David Teten

MARCH 3, 2016

Richard Diamond , Head of Technology, JP Morgan, Mr. David Rosenblatt , Founder, 1stdibs and Ex CEO of DoubleClick, Mr. Caspar von Winterfeldt , Managing Partner at Baron VR, Mr. Anthony Russo and Mr. Joseph V. Other sister events this year that DC Finance is running: London Family Office conference ( www.london-wealth.com ) in May.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

Most founders have a strong sense of what they’re trying to achieve. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” We tend to stick by founders in tough times and often roll up our sleeves in the darkest hours. A Sense of Purpose. Great leaders are doers.

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Leadership Southern California San Diego Hiring 150

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 13, 2011

You then become dependent on outside financing, and that is a slippery slope. Debra Cortese, from Miami, Florida, discussed Cortese Design Bags , a designer of tote bags with natural designs. Giving stuff for free is a dangerous game, and it is difficult to sustain operations that have large numbers of free users. Cortese Design Bags.

Business Model 122

Business Model New Hampshire Dallas Entrepreneur 122

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

He is also the co-founder of Idea.me, Sauber Energy, and the LAB Miami. And Buenos Aires-based Urbita has not even done a Series A round of financing. Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. His blog can be found at www.jpc.vc. In 2000, the U.S.

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America Canada Brazil Mexico 164

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Today, startup founders focus on the fundamental challenges of our time with energy, life sciences and industrial technologies dominating Houston’s tech scene. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We are proud to announce the close of our 7th early-stage fund with $280 million to invest in seed and early stage founders. The Upfront VII and Growth teams are made up of 10 partners: 6 leading investment activities & 4 supporting portfolio companies including Talent, Marketing, Finance & Operations.

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San Francisco Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles 408

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. For nearly 15 years I had analytical, numbers-driven jobs in finance and banking, working for some of the world’s largest banks. When I met my co-founder and partner, we inspired each other to take a chance and start our own business.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Up and Running

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Step 3: Get financed. It was created by Taylor Reid, the founder of Beginning Farmers. What if, as you’re getting ready to harvest your first batch, you then find out that all the demand for passion fruit is centered in Southern California, and not in Miami like you thought? Step 3: Getting financed. In the U.S.,

Colorado 60

Colorado Southern California Business Plan Oregon 60

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 10, 2020

That's the impulse that led Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy , to believe he might someday be able to turn the not-for-profit online learning platform into a world-shaping institution along the lines of the Smithsonian or Oxford. I'm the Founder of Khan Academy. How did you become this unusual founder of this education movement?

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