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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

But it will be patiently deployed, waiting for a cohort of founders who aren’t artificially clinging to 2021 valuation metrics. We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but What is a VC To Do? I can’t speak for every VC, obviously. But the way we see it is that in venture right now you have 2 choices?—?super

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Techstars is evolving and growing

David Cohen

We are strengthening our ability to invest in more startups and their founders than any other company in the world. And helping founders be successful has always been our goal. I expect that new opportunities will fill the gap to support founders and their startups in places like Boulder and Seattle.

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TechStars Seattle 2013 Applications Are Now Open

Feld Thoughts

TechStars Seattle applications for year four of the program are now open ! The startup community in Seattle is expanding rapidly and TechStars Seattle is right in the middle of it all, located in South Lake Union surrounded by Amazon, Microsoft and tons of other amazing startups. We love Seattle as a startup community!

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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

Pienza , a Seattle based B2B startup studio led by Bizible founder Aaron Bird, raised $5.1M. . The company also welcomed Kelly Kramer to the Board of Directors, appointed Marc Andreessen from Board Observer to Board Director, and promoted Emilie Choi as president and COO. . Jam raised a $3.5M seed to Figma-tize product collaboration.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

My views, influenced by watching Brad’s tireless efforts across the country, were first encapsulated in a post I wrote about Seattle titled, “ A Few Key People Can Make a Huge Difference.” A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious. Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on.

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Learn To Code With One Month Rails

YoungUpstarts

You can either search for a technical co-founder who shares the same vision – which is a lot harder than it sounds – or look at outsourcing to a competent and affordable agency that can help you put something together (but without the soul). One Month Rails is me teaching people to code the way I wish I could have learned myself.”

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Seattle, WA.