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Nobody Announces Their Seed Round Anymore and That’s a Mistake

View from Seed

With the atomization of seed and an increasing number of rounds prior to Series A (pre-seed, seed, super-seed, etc.), Inbound partners. But in my experience, it rarely fails that press coverage attracts the attention of a potential customer or possible new partner. and hopefully media coverage?

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Got "Founder Fit?" If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It

Up and Running

A few weeks ago I spoke with Boris Wertz, founder of JustBooks, COO of AbeBooks and founding-partner of Version One Ventures. In In as much as a scheduled interview with an angel investor can be, talking with Boris about what it takes to spark the interest of a venture capital firm was a coincidence. Boris Wertz.

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What’s Happening Today That No One Sees?

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I watched The Big Short on Tuesday with my partner Jason and his wife Jenn. My partners and I hadn’t yet created Foundry Group. Venture Capital and entrepreneurship was dramatically out of favor. Early stage and seed capital was extremely difficult to find. Techstars didn’t exist.

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An Inside Look at Capital Factory’s Women in Tech Summit

Austin Startup

The Women in Tech Summit, produced by Capital Factory in partnership with DivInc and Women@Austin , included programming that ranged from an empowering Google workshop, to a pitch competition for the chance to win a $100,000 Investment. Throughout the day, attendees shared some of their favorite moments from the Summit across social media.

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Stanford Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Grows

Campus Entrepreneurship

Early stage investment firm North Bridge Venture Partners has joined with the Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Society (ASES) and announced a $75,000 seed capital competition. “In our 2010 seed competition, we saw some great ideas coming from university campuses, so this year we decided to concentrate our efforts there.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz.

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Disrupting VC

thebarefootvc

Talent and domain expertise in NYC’s large industries such as financial services and media, would free up. Media outlets, from Mashable to the Wall Street Journal, didn’t think it was an interesting story at the time and it went unpublished.