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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll complete my next investment. Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: #OpenToWork reality check, deck-free pitching, ARR growth lessons

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Drawing from the early chapters of her book, this post includes a target prospect list for new investors, along with relationship-building advice from experienced VCs. How you invest your time is just as important as how you invest your money Who’s #OpenToWork? ” Should you post that you’re #OpenToWork?

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Extra Crunch roundup: Edtech VC survey, 5 founder mistakes, fintech liquidity, more

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Mercedes Bent and Bradley Twohig , partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners (a multistage generalist fund with investments including Forage, Clever and Outschool). This year, we’re adding a new feature: Our guests will analyze pitch decks submitted by members of the audience to identify their strengths and weaknesses.

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Austin’s Will Hurley on the city’s incredible tech rise

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In addition, he created Ecliptic Capital, a $100 million evergreen investment fund that could grow to $150 million by the end of the year. But most of all, he will go out of his way to help newcomers (as well as veterans) of the Austin tech scene whenever they need help or advice or counsel,” Forrest said. “We

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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. Spend time researching your buyers and not just pitching them.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur (4/11) – Resiliency

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That next round of investment is proving difficult. You’ve got to be able to come out of unsuccessful VC meetings, pull your socks up, and go into the next pitch. This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die.

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