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When Should Technical Founders Become CEO?

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t think that Google would have become the success story we all know without the leadership of Eric Schmidt through the years he led the company. Under Rob’s leadership we built out an amazing organization of seasoned enterprise software veterans in the US market. So why did Larry need to return?

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How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate

Genuine VC

Term-driving investor approach – An entrepreneur finds a lead (quasi-)institutional venture investor to price and set the structure/dynamics of the round, working together to bring in additional syndicate partners (either/both other funds and individual angels). larger check writers have a greater tendency to lead rounds).

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The Rise & Fall of Great Venture Firms [Part 1] ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Why We Invested in Flyp: Unlocking Recommerce Supply

View from Seed

These two “Forbes 30 Under 30 List” entrepreneurs have spent their entire careers focused on building marketplaces within the secondhand resale economy, including product & leadership roles at Mercari, which went on to IPO.

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How and Why the NextView Everyday Economy Accelerator is Different

View from Seed

The NextView Accelerator is different in that the experience is a bespoke hands-on effort with the senior leadership of the NextView partnership. But the emphasis of our program is the direct one-on-one interaction with NextView partners to help push the company forward.

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An Investor’s Personal Social Media Tech Stack: In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers

David Teten

They’re taking a $1m check from me, or giving $5m to me as a limited partner. Other coinvestors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, private equity funds which are potential growth-stage investors, etc. Jourdan Urbach, Managing Partner of Brandt & Co. Kevin has written over 620 syndicated columns).

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

He is a serial entrepreneur, internationally syndicated columnist, angel investor, public speaker and author of the best-selling book Never Get a “Real&# Job: How To Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. Leadership Abilities Are A Must It’s natural to want a tech savvy and competent CTO. Have an account?