View from Seed

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Marlo founders Ankith Harathi and John Keck decided to found Marlo in 2018, after meeting as students in the Harvard MS/MBA Program, where they are completing both an MBA and a Masters in Computer Science.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2014

And finally, in Darwinian fashion, competition for market share amongst the venture capitalists as a result of increased numbers of angel investment syndicates will clear the decks of the low-value add venture capital dollars. All of these attributes will effectively benefit the entrepreneurial community.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

During this week's roundtable, one of the questions that I answered was about the One Million by One Million program's plans around supporting social enterprises. Next Annette McClellan presented DaisyClip , a non-surgical contraception device for women that she is in the process of syndicating a $1.8 million financing round for.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

The following day, I delivered a four hour workshop on capital sources and pitch strategies for fifteen entrepreneurs in the Propel program. Three hundred and twenty-five delegates participated in an interesting program highlighted by a gala awards dinner boat cruise on the Moscow River, with Frank Peters acting as master of ceremonies.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 6, 2016

The program examines the DNA of entrepreneurs: what makes them tick, how they came up with their ideas; and explores the habits that make them successful, and the highs and lows that pushed them forward. Evangelos : You need to be able to change people, you need to be able to put the right people in the right role. Evangelos : Yes.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 30, 2012

Thanks to Kenny Jahng of Big Click Syndicate LLC. I met my first assistant in a mentoring program for college students started by my local chapter of Women in Communications. And friends of volunteers are also great connections. Customers Know Best. Want to find an employee that totally gets what you do. Hire your customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

During this week's roundtable I addressed a commonly held critique of the 1M/1M program: that we're focusing on the basics and stating the obvious. I have seen this criticism at various places where this recap is syndicated on a weekly basis, as well as in certain random forums on the internet.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 20, 2017

A key ingredient of Techstars accelerator programs is our experienced and engaged mentor community. Our first two pilot funds will be the 2017 city programs in Austin and Boston, launching on January 23rd. At Foundry Group, we learned a lot by running our own FG Angels syndicate.

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David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. Though these tools can be helpful to the syndication process, I believe it will largely remain a relationship-based process for some time to come. . – Drop Technologies *: The fastest-growing mobile rewards program.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 15, 2021

Duct Tape Marketing is a brand partner – We are often called upon to produce sponsored content, syndicated and cobranded eBooks, training, channel marketing programs, and consulting – for brands such as HP, Dell, UPS, FedEx Office, Sage Software, and Microsoft.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2020

As with any marketing effort, a podcasting program should start with a foundational alignment to marketing or business objectives. podcast directories) pick up and syndicate your podcasts for free via RSS feeds. One of the most effective methods is to optimize and syndicate your podcast to podcatchers. to support the show.

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David Teten

JULY 10, 2017

Adam Carver of AngelList observed that this is parallel to late-stage funds’ scouts programs, some of which have 50-150 scouts (e.g., – Firm provides educational programming for employees on angel investing. I have posted content from some of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels past educational programming here.

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

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. A Painter With Programming Chops What I usually look for is a developer who is creative. All Rights Reserved.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Eldon Mascoll’s media career began at HBO Pictures in Los Angeles, where he worked as an intern learning the ins and outs of the development and production of feature films and television programs. Taking what he learned at HBO, Mascoll formed EME Inc.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

MAY 10, 2010

At the moment I’m going through the process of hiring new full time workers, plus John Reese is launching his Outsource Force program and giving away free videos on how to outsource, so this subject is a bit in focus for me right now. affiliate program. - affiliate program. programming. customer support.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Today, TechStars announced that they’ve raised $24 million from a broad syndicate of investors to fund an additional $100,000 for every TechStars company going forward. One of the principles of TechStars has been to be as inclusive as possible for the VC and angel investors in the communities in which we run programs.

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David Teten

JUNE 12, 2012

Harvard Business School is featuring an article about the Venture Capital Access Program on the website of the U.S. Because of our large network, we can identify angels who have very specific industry background pertinent to a given company, and solicit them to join a given syndicate. Competitiveness project.

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OnlyOnce

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

On the heels of the announcement we made last month about our Series B financing , we are now announcing the launch of a new program called Bolster Prime and a new venture capital fund called Bolster Ventures. This is another big week for us at Bolster.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2015

million and is normally syndicated from one to three institutional seed investors or larger VC funds. While an accelerator offers a specific program to startups for a fixed period of time, usually 90 days to four months, incubators tend to be more open-ended. Business accelerator funding. Startup incubator seed funding.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 22, 2015

Run a reward point campaign or a loyalty program. Managing third-party reviews can get a little twisted if you do not have an automated services like Yotpo , which will syndicate all reviews in one dashboard and give you a chance to monitor and reply them instantaneously. For the hesitant ones, incentivise the review process.

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Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales. What They Do: Deeply discounted coupons (often 50% off redeemed value) for local merchants. Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Most metropolitan areas have groups of local high-net-worth individuals interested in supporting startups, and willing to syndicate amounts up to a million dollars for qualified startups. A good place to start looking is Grants.gov , which is a searchable directory of more than 1,000 Federal grant programs.

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Equity Small Business Administration SBA Syndicate 120

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm. [link] Terence Donnelly. to personalize and enrich the experience.

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ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

Demand generation combines marketing tactics, strategies and programs to create awareness and drive interest in your products or services. They typically report to a CMO, VP of Marketing, or director of demand generation and work to plan, build, and execute marketing programs. What is a demand generation manager and why do they matter?

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. Who should come on the bus? This is going to be an amazing trip. and around the world.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 21, 2014

As the seed-stage startup fundraise process has received more transparency in recent years, ranging from published advice on how to raise seed capital to increased availability through AngelList, Funders Club, and various accelerator programs, I’ve noticed another trend emerging.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Retail or end user web sites do not even receive limited notice without being discovered through a real marketing program, aimed at finding the flywheel effect (the moment. Dave’s syndicated cable show: The Berkus Report. Here is my list. First: Planning. of going viral that makes all the difference between failure and success.)

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Viral Matching Syndicate Syndication 71

Professor VC

JULY 25, 2013

Another area where I''m not sure I stand is with some of the more formal referral and syndication programs that are emerging now. AngelList (which I remain a big fan) also recently launched a syndicate program. The other investor could''ve certainly lobbied to get me an allocation.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Comcast’s Internet Essentials program ), education, and non-profit initiatives a broad swath of the American public now has a broadband connected computer at home. The ’90s saw broader adoption by the middle class but even in 1995 only 28% of US households had a computer (US Census / Pegasus Research).

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 133

Feld Thoughts

MAY 8, 2012

We are syndication agnostic – happy to invest alone and equally happy to invest with firms we like to work with. We don’t have a seed program, nor do we expect to – if we invest, we are in for the long term. So – what do we do?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2010

Like Brad Feld I’m syndication agnostic but I have a slight preference toward working with others. But if you had a seed program that guaranteed the next round of investment it would be even more liberal than an A Round investment and there’s no reason for that. This is the nature of compromise.

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Hunter Walker

JULY 19, 2017

” Yup, after Sequoia and a few others funds debuted a ‘Scouts’ program several years back, many firms have lined up their version. As Tomio Geron wrote in this week’s WSJ , At Homebrew , we don’t currently use Scouts, but generally welcome any investors into syndicates who can provide value to the founders.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 1, 2008

We have some engaging and topical new content on our VC-InsideOut podcast program– Episode 7 in our Governance Series, "Best Practices for the High-Performance Board"  This is a first for VC InsideOut as we recorded a live, 92 minute program at the Pillsbury Winthrop law firm this past Thursday morning.

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Genuine VC

JULY 30, 2012

On the other end, I’ve seen the highest-priced seed rounds come from a syndicate of individual angel investors who were essentially price-insensitive (investing in a convertible note without a valuation cap).

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View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

This means that we have resisted the temptation to create a “pre-seed program” or some structurally different approach to investing in different sorts of companies. But let’s make this more concrete in the context of an entrepreneur raising a round: How NextView Approaches Pre-Seed Rounds.

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