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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

Last week a company we enthusiastically backed, uBeam , led by a very special entrepreneur, 25-year-old Meredith Perry , announced a $10 million round of financing. Now they are partners. Are we right in all of our assumptions and diligence? Who in the auto industry believed Tesla, a totally electric car, was a good idea?

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Does Your VC have an Investment Thesis, or a Hypothesis?

David Teten

“Europe” means a handful of countries, for instance, France, UK, and Germany. Foundry Group, investing primarily in “ Software and Internet ”, follows six major themes, e.g., Human Computer Interaction (HCI) or Distribution. Software is by far the most sought-after class, with 94% of VCs investing in it.

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Unlocking the Power of Data: Transforming Metrics into Actionable Insights

Duct Tape Marketing

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! This company, databox, is a business analytics software company that helps companies monitor, report, predict, and improve their entire company's performance in one's spot. I should have gotten on the partner train. So Pete, welcome to the show. So quite an experience.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

VC Cafe highlights everything you need to know from hosting your code in hackathons to open source legal docs. s the new way to code, and quite easy to learn. You can write back end code in javascript, one language conquers all! Code Igniter. Code Hosting and Version Control. code spaces (svn). SlideShare.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

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How to Meet VC's

Babbling VC

The heavy lifting which takes place on both sides as part of the due diligence process is not addressed with this post. Since joining Neuhaus Partners in late 2006, I've done 6 deals directly. This was before my time with Neuhaus Partners. As a side not, this was my first investment at Neuhaus Partners.

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Out of the Crisis #10: HelixNano founder Hannu Rajaniemi on vaccines, suspending disbelief, and the power of stories

Startup Lessons Learned

It's a little capsule made out of proteins which contains a bit of genetic code, which is actually instructions for making also the bottle and for copying itself. So the virus then has delivered its code into your cells and is making more virus. They can make almost anything they have genetic code for.

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