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The Due Diligence Hierarchy of Pain

View from Seed

When a founder is raising money, he/she should expect that any serious investor will conduct some level of due diligence before getting to yes. More mature companies will have to answer more detailed questions around their tech, product, and business. This could look somewhat different depending on the maturity of the business.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

We just had our final session of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class. 20+ guest speakers on technology and its impact on national power – prior secretaries of defense and state, current and prior National Security council members, four-star generals who lead service branches. Lectures/Class discussion.

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Version One’s Year 2023 in Review

Version One Ventures

To recap the year, here are some of 2023’s biggest themes for Version One: 1) Building in AI While still early in the AI wave, we’re seeing not only technological innovation but also business model transformation. And thank you to our LPs, peers, partners, entrepreneurs, friends, followers, and our families for their support!

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

Even if your business is purely local, growth must always be a priority, and you need to utilize all these digital channels available to you today, as well as traditional media channels and industry forums: Maintain an active current presence on the Internet. Acknowledge every customer feedback and review.

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McLaren Strategic Ventures Sajan Pillai Discusses the Top Five Trends for Advancing Global Technology in 2022 

The Startup Magazine

Heralding a new era of digital transformation, technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are being infused exponentially into the world around us. Most notably, the ground-breaking development and rapid global distribution of mRNA vaccines highlighted the speed and scale of technological advances to outsmart humanity’s most dire threats.

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18 years of VC Cafe

VC Cafe

Reflecting on this journey, the tech world was a completely different landscape back then. I’ve written on the VC boom (when money was cheap and due diligence was minimal) to the major reckoning that followed and we’re still yet to see its full impact.

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An Easy Guide for Perfect UI UX Development Partner for Mobile App

ReadWriteStart

In the same manner, each and every industry has started to make its appearance on the internet. So, if you too want to have a web app and mobile app for your company, all you need to do is approach a UI UX developer or agency who will take care of all the technical complexities for you and create a web app and mobile app based on your choice.

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