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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a new year – 2016. Strictly for example sake I’ll take our mission at Upfront Ventures. We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. I may choose different words from time-to-time to describe Upfront Ventures.

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Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching

TechCrunch

Christine Tao and Lori Mazan , the brains behind Sounding Board , want to train any leader within an organization to be a better leader. Revenue has doubled or tripled every year since 2016, which the company says hovers in the “multi-millions” range. Quarterly bookings have increased 3.4 Tao admits that the startup isn’t for everyone.

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Startup’s Advisory Board Draws in Eight Unicorn Founders and Executives

American Entrepreneurship

Their two plus year old startup just raised $20 million in funding and set up an advisory board comprised of eight unicorn founders and executives. Eber completed his PhD in 2016 and Wehmeyer was a Research Associate for a year, 2016 to 2017. Possibly the co-founders of Taktile, Dr. Maximilian Eber and Maik Taro Wehmeyer know.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.

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The venture bull market is great for founders, but not in the way they might expect

TechCrunch

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Andy Stinnes. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Boardable secures $2.6M to fund product innovation, welcomes Jon Schwander as CFO

AsiaTechDaily

Register Boardable , an online board management and meetings platform , secured another $2.6 million to fund product innovation and accelerate its growth in the markets that need board management tools the most. The online board management portal announced that it closed $2.6 Username or Email Address. Remember Me.