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The VC Industry Norms Which Changed Over The Past Decade

Haystack

To be fair, not all of them held this view and many of them were investing nationally earlier, but as we flip over to 2020, there is a general acceptance among Bay Area VC partnerships that they need to be able to invest across the country, not just NYC and LA or Seattle. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share What Makes Their Business Unique

Hearpreneur

Members from the strategy team might have some insights that can help the Public Relations Team, while the PR Team might have share ideas to pitch to Creative. We are ready to go national with expansion deals already in place in Seattle and San Francisco. We are able to do that because: 1.