crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 To some extent – of course they are. It is different.

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

After being installed in 2014 as Microsoft’s new CEO, Nadella has turned around the Seattle ocean liner on a new course after the Ballmer regime. Buying that time and capital paid off, as Microsoft recently announced it would purchase GitHub for $7.5B. Satya strikes again. 4/ “Readjust Your Comps” With GitHub price at $7.5B

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group.

United States 48

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the US, places like San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, and Washington, DC get the lion’s share of attention as startup sweet spots. Meanwhile, Philly quietly chugs away drawing entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) dollars. Philly welcomes startups with a growing network of coworking facilities, incubators, and accelerators.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

As a result we need somebody well networked into these communities already. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. Her network from her educational institutions alone has friends in all of the top tech, media & banking institutions. billion IPO), Envestnet (Chicago, $1.25 So there you have it.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

It’s an exciting time to be launching a new fund as our focus on network effects and broad geography are driving opportunities in both existing and emerging markets. We invest in companies and platforms that leverage network effects. and Canada, offering portfolio companies strong networks and resources on both sides of the border.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m in Seattle this week. Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. I believe investors had forced him to do this.

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Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

We are geographically agnostic, though focused on North America with main “hubs” in SF, Toronto, NYC, and Seattle. Yes, we still invest in marketplaces as this is one subset of network effects (our investment thesis). . And finally, we are not afraid in investing in hard things (i.e. crypto/blockchain, AR)!

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

I was making short films, working with major networks like the NFL, had a two-year first look deal with DreamWorks, and living an artistic life. The company was based in Seattle. The company ultimately sold to Northwood Venture Capital in 2010. Zevia Natural Soda was a brand I helped build, nearly from conception.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you’ve begun the process of raising capital, ask the angels or venture capital partners to recommend technologists who consult on a part-time basis. Reply What To Do When There’s No Venture Capital « Web Startup Help says: January 13, 2009 at 10:42 pm [.] Also try a search on LinkedIn.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

We pulled into Seattle about four hours in to scoop up the city's GROW-bound passengers (and, mercifully, to restock its beer supply) before rolling on to the Canadian border. We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake. benhuh planking the luggage racks on # goat.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

When I used to travel to Los Angeles and Seattle on business I would use a rental car. Increasing returns are particularly powerful when a network effect is present. According to Wikipedia , a network effect is present when “… the value of a product or service is dependent on the number of others using it.” Today I only Uber.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. What She’s Learned, And What You Can Learn From Her. We had overlapping circles and then became friends. Enter Box.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Network effects of cities and innovation — and how it ties to inequality Just as there are network effects in online platforms, where a network grows more valuable to users the more users that join and use it, there are also network effects in the physical world. Venture capital. The same applies to cities.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

We pulled into Seattle about four hours in to scoop up the city's GROW-bound passengers (and, mercifully, to restock its beer supply) before rolling on to the Canadian border. We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

We pulled into Seattle about four hours in to scoop up the city’s GROW-bound passengers (and, mercifully, to restock its beer supply) before rolling on to the Canadian border. We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake.

Portland 60

Portland Elevator Pitch Silicon Valley Incubator 60

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast. of partners at venture capital firms in Canada are women , which more than double the US rate of 6%. ” Montreal.

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Up and Running

JUNE 2, 2010

Still, I was quite concerned the other day to read the fox-in-henhouse problem posted in a very well-written and thoughtful post called 11 Lessons I Learned Raising Venture Capital : “Be wary of angel networks. We presented to two angel networks in Seattle. In my humble opinion, this is complete bullshit.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

John has rightly observed that many small companies, as well as foreign companies trying to get into the United States, have limited budget, and could use 25% of the time of a sales rep in each geography, say, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Seattle. In the case of J.J's business, the customer is the Network.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

This is particularly true in the early stages of a new venture when you may be a solopreneur or working with a very small team. Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? You will learn from their successes and their missteps alike through a series of workshops, presentations and networking events.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

Rand Fishkin: I think one of the challenges is that Silicon Valley startups are built for a very specific asset class, venture capital, which is an asset class that’s designed to invest in 100 companies and three or four of them will return the entire fund and another 10 will be doing okay. Rand Fishkin: Well, thank you, John.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

DocuSign’s second office, the ‘Garage’ From printer & fax to computer When Tom Gonser, Court Lorenzini and Eric Ranft started the company in 2003 out of Seattle in the overhang of the dot.com explosion, the business world was used to the print-sign-fax routine. And this is just the beginning!

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 30, 2014

Ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence and pervasive networks are changing the way humans interact with everything. Think of it as a cross between a landlord, summer camp, and venture-capital firm. The Platform is a regular column by mobile editor Dan Rowinski.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The city’s close proximity to major business centers like Seattle and Silicon Valley is another notable benefit, enabling a vibrant flow of talent between cities up and down the west coast. of partners at venture capital firms in Canada are women , which more than double the US rate of 6%. ” Montreal.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Wilmington Investor Network. Central Texas Angel Network. Incline Village, NV. Louis Arch Angels. Wilmington, NC. Launchpad Angels. Golden Angels. up slightly. Alliance of Angels. Hub Angels. up pressure. Sand Hill Angels. Silicon Valley. up ~ 20%/yr. . up ~ 20%/yr. Virginia Active Angels. Charlottesville, VA. Golden Seeds.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Veteran investor Timothy Draper says venture-capital firms are taking notice of Silicon Beach. Nick Smoot just leased offices in Venice for his social-networking app for businesses, Here On Biz, based on all the activity in the area. "I But there will be," Citron says.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think partners coming together to tap their own networks for your follow-on rounds of financing. Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley. Accelerator Nuts & Bolts. Who You Are.

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market. On top of that, the HackerOne network of over 300,000 hackers (adding 600 more each day) has resolved over 100K confirmed vulnerabilities which resulted in over $46 million in awards to these individuals.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. If you are talented, of course, you can get funded in any region with enough venture capital and obviously in markets outside of the Valley it is easier to get noticed and get access.

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Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

cities to start a business in for 2016 ), you will need to focus more on access to angel and venture capital funding, business incubators and accelerators, and a climate that is supportive of startups. Chicago Guide for Startups—Networking in the Windy City. Seattle, Washington, USA. AngelList Seattle.

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Version One Ventures

AUGUST 31, 2015

I suppose this is because to many people, being a VC is a coveted position: you control large amounts of money and can pick and choose where that capital goes. The traditional career path in venture capital has been around for decades. But if you don’t already come with a natural network, you’ve got to put the effort in.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. He tries to write things that havent already been written 9000 times.

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