This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 16, 2020

The venture capital community reacted to the racial reckoning the country experienced in June in ways I felt were pretty underwhelming—one-time pitch events for Black founders or promises to only meet with Black founders for a month. We’ll follow with events on Fintech, Climate, AI, and other sectors of innovator interest.

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techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Founders Den co-founder and angel investor Zachary Bogue has joined forces with seasoned big data VC Matt Ocko , Metamarkets founder Michael Driscoll and Prismatic CEO Bradford Cross to launch Data Collective , the world’s first Big Data-only early stage investment fund. → Learn More.

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Reid Hoffman

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Part of why I’m on this trip with Wences Casares (founder and CEO of Xapo ) is to learn (and share) a broader view of entrepreneurship, where the strategies of Blitzscaling can be applied outside of Silicon Valley and China, and participate in Endeavor’s critical global mission for building the industries, companies, and jobs of the future.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. So why do inexperienced (as entrepreneurs), ultra-skilled CTOs fall into the trap of engaging a business partner too early? Lack of confidence?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Taariq Lewis, the founder of Voluble, is a 1M/1M premium entrepreneur. However, the mistake Said has made is to go "spray and pray" and build numerous different verticals without really fleshing out the business strategy for any of them. We thought it was very cool! PTA Portals.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 23, 2011

I asked Harshil to focus his entire product and go-to-market strategy on the college-bound age 18 market and develop his assessment module, vertical search engine for colleges and trust network to address the needs of that market and that market alone. partners to help bring his product to market.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

PEVCTech is partnering with Blue Future Partners to run the first large-scale survey of VCs’ technology stack. Johann Kratzer of Blue Future Partners , a fund of funds, observed, “The majority of the hundreds of funds we’ve diligenced rely predominantly on their relationships to source deals. Greylock Partners.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Technical Review 60

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

He has served as a teacher for the Stanford ME310 Global New Product Design Innovation Program and has also been recognized as one of the top 30 Designers Under 30 in 2015 by Forbes magazine. The mission of Ling Technology’s founders was to create a “Ling” world with man and robot symbiosis. Tell us about your products and services.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. In this case, they could build and service it but they needed a third co-founder to sell it. one that got us into a new vertical or geography or product line. There is usually a way.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

Acceptance that leading VC franchises needed to be multi-stage and global. To me, it makes sense, because “tech” is no longer a vertical – it’s seeping into every sector horizontally. Acceptance that firms and partners need to actively market themselves. No doubt, a16z changed the game here.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

Drawing on traditions in the Latin American community, Julie and her partner are bringing to market a very specific product to address a very specific pain, and I believe she can build a very successful e-commerce business based on this idea. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 7, 2013

In fact the e-commerce site aims to be the world’s largest online crafts store, seeking to expand to other craft verticals pending profitability or an angel investment. The winning startup also receives a complementary booth at Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing on May 7 and 8. Image credit: Tech In Asia ].

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Find the Connectors , the Angels , the Venture Capitalists , the Founders , the Professors , the Hackers , and the Legends you need to meet and get some hints about the best ways to meet them. Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Because of a global donor blood shortage, particularly in emerging markets, clinicians and patients don’t have enough access to donor blood. Carolyn Yarina , Co-Founder and CEO of Sisu Global Health. What is your top goal for Sisu Global for 2020? We are proud to be a Baltimore-based company with global reach.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In fact, the food we waste is responsible for roughly 8% of global emissions, so wasting less food presents a key opportunity to address climate change. Amy Keller , PurePlus Co-Founder and CEO calls this a revolution in the whole plant foods-based economy. Global social impact campaigns focused on the environment.

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Los Angeles Stealth Cofounder Bandwidth 62

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 14, 2022

Bob is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of BrandCycle. 9:14] How do I find partners? [12:58] 12:58] Is there an example case on finding partners that you’d like to go through with us? [15:43]

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Marketing Affiliate Channel Software Review 90

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

One of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , Winding Tree drives the development of open source protocols for the travel industry, starting with ORG.ID, a global registry of business entities that streamlines access to APIs in an automated and secure way without the need for third parties. What is your top goal for Winding Tree for 2020?

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United Arab Emirates Switzerland Cofounder France 63

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses. Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This transcript is sponsored by our transcript partner – Rev – Get $10 off your first order. Vince Molinaro: Well, it’s really came about from working with a lot of my clients globally who had been investing a lot in leadership development, but not see it translate into stronger leadership within their organizations.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

Even in 2006, when I joined Bessemer Venture Partners, there was still a lot of skepticism in the Silicon Valley around SaaS (one of my first blog post in 2006 was titled: “W hy I disagree with Tony Zingale — CEO of Mercury Interactive — on the future of SaaS "). My SaaS focus at Accel Partners is the natural continuity of this path.

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David Teten

JANUARY 21, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders?

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Equity Revenue Cofounder Colorado 78

The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Mat Ellis is the CEO and founder of Cloudability. Defrag and Gluecon founder Eric Norlin believes there are three defining characteristics of this integration shift. In fact, a recent IDC study showed 85 percent of respondents who said IT has become a more valuable partner compared to three years ago. New issues to resolve.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Some vertical ad networks have gone after this opportunity, Glam Media being one of the most successful of the lot. There are some excellent comments, especially observations made by Vikrant Mathur, founder of iFood.tv. In 2012, finally, we will see the first major crop of Indian entrepreneurs playing on the global stage.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 13, 2010

The financing round, led by PerformanceEdge Partners and existing lead investor S3 Ventures, provides the company with the funds needed to extend its marketing and sales initiatives and grow new partnerships. Most recently he served as vice president within the global strategic partner and channel sales organizations for Symantec.

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Vertical Early Stage Cofounder Channel 59

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

Ben's Blog

JULY 24, 2011

This is a guest post by Jeff Jordan, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz. They were joined by a third co-founder, Nathan Blecharczyk, who brought programming expertise. Platforms upon which their community of users continually expands into new verticals. Talk about a business with humble roots.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2018

AirPop’s co-founder Chris Hosmer (pictured above) answered our questions for this interview. AirPop hopes to connect with other entrepreneurs and partners in digital health who are exploring the potential of lo-fidelity/hi-value sensing in next generation wearables and smart city applications. What is the AirPop competitive advantage?

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In many cases, a deeper focus on a particular category or vertical allows these marketplaces to distinguish themselves from broader marketplaces like eBay. We estimate that the global GMV for ride sharing was over $100B in 2018 (including Uber, Didi, Grab, Lyft, Yandex, etc) and still growing handsomely.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

The Next Web

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Interestingly enough, CooTek’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Wong , who was formerly from Microsoft’s R&D unit, took an unconventional route by launching in the Western market first. You figure out a way to compete with them, not on the surface but in a different direction… Make a vertical (niche) so good that you own a large market share.

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China Developer Intellectual Property Mobile 122

Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

We’ll be bringing other entrepreneurs, mentors, investors and corporate partners with us. Partnerships with innovative global companies in major industry verticals provide unique opportunities for customer validation, pilot programs and strategic investment. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

Co-founder and CEO Jason Goldberg said this was the first of several companies he’s started that was so intensely personal, he couldn’t imagine ever doing anything else. Sarah Lacy is the founder and editor-in-chief of PandoDaily. anyone of any age can be an entrepreneur youngster founders may have one advantage -- time.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

UbiQD Founder and CEO Hunter McDaniel, PhD, explained more about how UbiGro works. We are focused on agriculture, but if a partner comes to us or if resources are available, we will also work on other exciting use cases like security inks. What is your competitive advantage? Our materials are very special, and hard to make.

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Technical Review Startup Harvest .Net 54

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2023

To put things in context, global venture funding in Q2 2023 reached $65 billion, an 18% decline quarter over quarter, and a 49% drop compared to the second quarter of 2022, when startup investors spent $127 billion, according to Crunchbase. I can imagine there are opportunities here across industries/verticals.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

The founders coming out of the DEC ( Digital Equipment Corporation ) and Intel culture of the 1960’s and ‘70’s. And one would become my mentor and partner in later companies.) Filed under: Customer Development , Family/Career , Technology | Tagged: Steve Blank , Entrepreneurs , Tips for Startups « Am I a Founder?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Surfers alway want to know the waves conditions in real-time and they want to stay connected with their local and global community. 4) Used to Reconnect. 6) Abolish a Phenomena.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

Fullfunnel co-founder Andrei Zinkevich says, “ABM is not that complicated, and it’s also oversimplified.”. iRidium narrowed their audience into five segments: Best customers; Members of the target account buying community; Thought leaders ; Partners; Media and industry publications. Results from SE’s ABM efforts.

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Marketing Campaign Artificial Inteligence Sales Cycle 105

mashable.com

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Then research which journalists at that publication cover the vertical in which your startup or its news would fall. Founder and President Gilt Groupe. Global Syndication Partners. Determine which demographic — and therefore, which publication — would be interested in your startup. Social Good Summit.

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