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Announcing our summer intern class

David Teten

A bit belatedly (due to a backlog of blog postings), I wanted to announce ff Venture Capital ‘s summer intern class. Franklin Bi became passionate about venture capital and entrepreneurship after he spent a summer in Silicon Valley, working on an information services startup focused on innovation management.

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What is Sweat Equity Worth?

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. Well, for starters, I was born in Philadelphia, so I’m a lifelong Eagles fan. I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. it would make more sense than “me.”

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. Mr. Fralic earned his BS in Finance from Villanova University and his MBA from St.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures. We want to invest in early-stage technology enabled startup businesses – upfront in the funding cycle. We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

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Reinventing Life Science Startups–Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Steve Blank

But what if we could increase productivity and stave the capital flight by helping Life Sciences startups build their companies more efficiently? At the same time, Venture Capital, which had viewed therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices as hot places to invest, is fleeing the field. Venture Capital Issues.