Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and I called an (ex) LP to tell him about her and my goals for her. In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. So why now?
Genuine VC
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
The famed business strategist Michael Porter described a set of successful general strategies which firms employ to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage: differentiation strategy and cost leadership strategy for those firms with a broad market scope, and a segmentation strategy for those with a narrow market scope.
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Professor VC
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. I generally get asked about skills required (leadership, tolerance for ambiguity, risk taking, persistence, opportunity recognition, etc.), How Much Diligence is Due. ProfessorVC. ► February. (1).
Austin Startup
JUNE 26, 2019
proving that this “consumer purchase” is, in fact, a journey not a one-time use) Our leadership and vision earned marquee partnerships and champions in both the public & private sectors from the United Way of Central Texas, Partners in Parenting, Promise Venture Studio, IDEO and more! Our Monthly Active Users was 53%?—?(people
David Teten
MARCH 18, 2021
A typical VC thesis: “we invest in tech startups in Europe at an early stage” However, our experience shows that in many cases: . “Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Technical” Companies (i.e. any mention of a focus on tech companies). Technical founders . Occurrences.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
We had just gotten over the dot com crash and return to normalcy where nobody seemed to give a s**t about tech companies any more. Many people knew that I knew him due to our Twitter conversations but also because I had him speak at every one of our conferences. We chatted about the shitty things VCs did to us. Question not.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 4, 2021
We also talked about why he took a very public stance on the role of corporate leadership in social issues, and how it relates to fulfilling Coinbase's mission. Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. BA : Yeah.
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