Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Co-Working Space.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

We have collected a wide range of freebies, contests, accelerators, online communities, and VCs designed for student tech founders. You could also live in a local “hacker house” for community support, e.g., Edyfi , The Garden , or Womxn Ignite. 4) Student-focused founder communities. Right here. school of engineering).

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

.” That was Lori Coulter, CEO and co-founder of Summersalt, speaking at the State of the Midwest Startup Community 2020. Since 2012, there’s been little increase in venture capital going to women-founded businesses. Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding? Summersalt (St. The Lip Bar (Detroit).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

He’s pushed us to be out in the community more. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. He’s proved much more efficient that I ever was at tracking the activities of the community. He’s even challenged some of our sacred cows on investment philosophy. I tried to be at every event. I sat on panels.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 9, 2020

She left in 2012 after learning everything she needed to know about running and managing a successful retail business. Marketing Advice for Fashion Brands. Nubian Hueman is a catalyst for culture, community, and the development of the creative economy by connecting the consumer to independent artists from across the world.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains. or EO on Inc. ?

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David Teten VC

MARCH 21, 2024

The 2012 bipartisan JOBS Act was supposed to empower funds and individuals to raise capital more openly: to publicly advertise their track record and what they’re selling, just like almost every other industry. How can someone who has built a following online successfully raise from their community under 506(b) without general solicitation?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

And it does it by combining advice from clinicians, a community of others going through the same process and “prescription interventions” when deemed necessary. Also, Dame and Prithivi worked closely together at Uber from 2012 to 2016. “I I always admired her focus and dedication to operational excellence,” Dame said.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

He had joined a young startup in LA called HauteLook and was interested in getting to know the local tech community. After that you could tell that Greg was really “all in” on the LA technology community. Community builders. So why Greg and why now? I first met Greg about 4 years ago or so. Open & transparent.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Zach Perret, the co-founder and CEO of Plaid, about how Plaid built a community in the early days to acquire customers, how they tracked “free radicals,” and how to orient your first customers around speed. This was in 2012, and we were based in New York City.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

At Early Stage, experts will share advice on protecting intellectual property, structuring cap tables, developing target customer personas and more. Aside from 2016, the last time all-women-led startups raised such a low percentage of funds was in 2012, another period of funding decline caused by economic uncertainty and an election.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

This particular newsletter provides personal insights and practical tips on various aspects of marketing, including content creation, social media, email marketing, and community building. In some editions, Amanda shares her first-hand experience with experiments conducted at SparkToro.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media. Was posting this fact to his Facebook page on July 3, 2012 sufficient to satisfy the Reg FD requirement that it be broad public disclosure ?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

This article was originally posted on Inc.com, a partner of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization , the world’s most influential community of entrepreneurs. What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. Each year we vow to be more productive.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Extras: Hana Mohan’s Twitter thread on the YC advice to founders. Sean Lane co-founded Olive in 2012, and signed on Chris Olsen from Drive Capital as the company’s first investors. Other news from the week: It’s official: Broadcom to acquire VMware in massive $61B deal. Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. She became part of the fabric of her community. How’s that for an ex painter? When Sam Teller first encountered Tracy he knew instantly he wanted to work with her. Sam just told me, “You HAVE to meet Tracy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Defy Ventures runs business plan competitions and has people like us who attend and give business advice and feedback. Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012. You can go. You SHOULD go. Here is how. You can make excuses — many do.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Our team has been involved and invested in crypto since 2012, so we’ve been excited about the industry for a long time. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think it’s probably about 40% with the portfolio, about 40% with the executive community, and then about 20% on work with the veterans community, which we can get into later. And one of my biggest advice to those folks is, look, presumably, we all have the technical and functional skill set for this job.

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propel(x)

MARCH 2, 2017

The outside interest that generated in the investment community got me thinking about whether I should make the leap and figure out how to commercialize the technology. We had a good 4 year run with this company and built up some valuable intellectual property, which we sold to another company in 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011). It is company 500px who has a beautiful product and a burgeoning community on the iPad and web. But since he talks about it in the video I’ll spill the beans. 500px is in Toronto.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

And beyond the network, we take software very seriously, and so we have about a half a dozen people on our product, engineering, and design team who work in partnership with our venture team, our community team, others to look at software as core to the VC model. My first piece of advice is to consider not raising money from VCs.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Lighter Capital is a RBI VC which has provided over $100 million in growth capital to over 250 companies since 2012. Inflection Community. Note that none of the lawyers quoted or I are rendering legal advice in this article, and you should not rely on our counsel herein for your own decisions. Conferences. I am not a lawyer.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Whiskey, specifically bourbon, scratches a bunch of itches for me: a love of American history, a community of people to share the enjoyment, and a deep rabbit hole of bottles to sample. I opened a cocktail bar ( Ward Eight ) in 2012, and it was pretty successful. We welcome all kinds. CM: Unicorn Auctions is a trust platform.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

From their website: “We invest via a Shared Earnings Agreement , a new investment model developed transparently with the community, and designed to align us with founders who want to run a profitable business and never be forced to raise follow-on financing or sell their business.” Key elements: . “We I am not a lawyer.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Other people were in the online community called “ The Well &# (founded in 1985). We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). I predict this will come before the end of 2012.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. You believe in your community, you believe in your friends, and you believe in someone that everyone believes in, right? But when you’re buying from someone in your community who you know very well, that trust deficit goes away. The community helps each other out.

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