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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

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. We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. Communications.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

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. Comp sci in the 80s was terrible.

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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. in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

Richard: I went to school for accounting and followed a path after graduation that those of us in that major typically follow: I started working for a CPA firm in Miami. That’s groundbreaking in accounting, where margins are thin and the overheard of operating in-office with year-round staff is high.

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

Both Sides of the Table

In short, In Venture Capital, Size Matters Size matters for a few reasons. As a starting point we believe it is easier to consistently return multiples of capital when you aren’t deploying billions of dollars in a single fund as Fred Wilson has articulated consistently in his posts on “ small ball ” and small partnerships.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

That’s why I continue to be bullish on Silicon Valley and perhaps not so bullish on Miami, despite the great progress that city has made recently. In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don’t fully understand how venture capital works.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

That’s why I continue to be bullish on Silicon Valley and perhaps not so bullish on Miami, despite the great progress that city has made recently. In particular, Bill Sahlman’s Entrepreneurial Finance course was excellent. I think a lot of entrepreneurs don’t fully understand how venture capital works.