A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The video does a great job of showcasing what Westbeth is and so I am embedding it here on the blog. USV TEAM POSTS: Albert Wenger — Oct 10, 2020 Innovation Upends Extrapolation: Urbanization. That project was funded and is over now. If you are reading this in email you can go here and watch the video.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Ramon hosted his 2020 holiday party with some of the best industry experts out there. So whether it's podcasts, webcasts, speaking, or blog posts, (and more) they need in order to connect to any part of the market, they are supported. “So Many companies spent a lot of time figuring out where they wanted to be at the end of 2020.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2020

I used this title for possibly the most regrettable blog post I have written on AVC back in 2011. My friend Alex’s post on the topic this weekend has made me revisit my thoughts on the subject of marketing. Alex starts off his post with this assertion: 2019 was the year when VCs and startup founders soured on paid acquisition.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 22, 2020

Prashanth wrote a “State of the Company” post yesterday on the Stack blog and I would like to highlight a few sections from it.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 5, 2021

There has been this narrative about investing in VC funds that you have to get into the top quartile (25%) or possibly the top decile (10%) in order to generate good returns. I have heard that for as long as I have been in VC and probably have written it here a few times. Well, it turns out that is not right.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2021

We started 10 years ago by using only alternative energy in our offices. At the beginning of 2020 we decided to finally kick off our GREENAMBER initiative and go public with it. The first step was to switch to alternate energy 10 years ago. appeared first on THE BLOG. We hope that many other EO members join forces.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

And more recent research from Stanford University showed that remote work efficiency actually increased throughout the pandemic, from 5 percent better than in-person in May 2020 to 9 percent in May 2022. and more articles from the EO blog. That’s because we learned how to be better at remote work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Joe started the company in November 2020 from his dorm room at Walsh University in Ohio. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, our first well was nearly completed. For every 10 participants, we’ll have enough to build one more well. and more articles from the EO blog. The problem at hand: Access to clean water.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The most gratifying thing writing this blog is the feedback from readers who say the content is useful. The Benefits of and Questions Facing Remote and Distributed Startups - One major trend for 2019 and for 2020 is the rise of distributed companies. It's been an incredible year and one I'm grateful for. That's the goal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 11, 2021

Here are 10 key conclusions of a meta-analysis comparing all of these studies: Over 66% of employees who worked remotely during the pandemic want and expect to work from home half the time or more permanently, while 20% want to work remotely full-time. What employees seek in return-to-office plans appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

No blog post about how Tiger is crushing everybody because it’s deploying all its capital in 1-year while “suckers” are investing over 3-years can change this reality. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” Across more than 10 years we have kept the size of our Seed investments between $2–3.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Instacart grew more than 300 percent year over year, and its valuation doubled in 10 months—reaching an astonishing US$18 billion. The pandemic and 2020 did a number on businesses throughout the world, but those that made it to the other side did so because they maintained a culture of openness and innovation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2020

EO members who are interested in this unique private safari and leadership journey: The next opportunity to experience Tasimba with MyEO is after EO GLC 2020 , from 10–17 May 2020. The post The Value of Letting Go to Gain Perspective appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 23, 2020

On 30 June 2020 at 9 am (EST), Kruger will join panelists Nadim Habib and John Sanei and moderator Winnie Hart in a candid discussion about the future of leadership. For more recommendations on leading virtually, check out the original version of this article on my blog. This event is open to the public and requires registration. .

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

2020 is the decade of data. On October 25th, I’ll share my 10 predictions for data in 2023 at The Impact Data Summit. Come for the practitioners, stay for the Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman & quant blog mastermind Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight. Jay Kreps : founder & CEO of Confluent.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

While some legitimate concerns exist that our vaccines might be 10–20 percenmt less effective against the new strains, this small difference shouldn’t make you too worried. The UK’s daily numbers doubled over two weeks from 240 on 10 December to 506 on 24 December; South Africa’s case numbers more than doubled in that period from 86 to 182.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 14, 2020

The YLAI Network hosted three experts on financial planning for a Facebook chat in March 2020 for Global Money Week for network members. Take less risk, or no risk, (more bonds or cash) for goals in the next 10 years. Read this blog as well for some tips on finding a business partner. By Jewelle Saunders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 3, 2020

During the Great Recession of 2008-10, Kent guided dozens of CEOs and their companies successfully through the crisis and positioned them to capitalize on the economic expansion that followed. In the summer of 2020, we will reconvene and continue that critical work. Intersecting Crises: COVID-19 and Climate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The 2020 Summer Olympic games (which took place in Tokyo in 2021), were my 10-year-old daughter’s first real exposure to competitive sports. The post 3 ways the Olympics are similar to entrepreneurship appeared first on THE BLOG. This is, I believe, the winning formula for success.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 2, 2020

To keep the format compatible with flash briefings, each episode needs to be less than 10 minutes. ” Podcast development may inform 2020 hiring at Olson’s firm. We’re looking at consolidating the podcasting work and other internal marketing work to a new hire in mid-2020.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 22, 2021

In 2020, I discovered that we could not always predict where our money was going to come from, but we could predict what we will spend. Many people have noted how weird or difficult 2020 has been, and we agree. From a holistic perspective, it’s important to have a healthy mind and body to keep 10 steps ahead.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I had been bumping up against the growth ceiling for 10 years and needed to understand why I was in business. It was to return to Positano by 2020, spend six weeks there and then be able to freely choose to spend another six weeks there. I’ll spend three days in Positano next May to begin scouting my summer home for 2020.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The original version of this article appeared on Aaron’s LinkedIn blog. By this point in my life, I had already been in business for myself for 10 years. From my living room—and with dogged determination—I found a way to survive for 10 more years, growing one client at a time. But that was just it.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

The company attended pitch competition after pitch competition, raising about a total of $100,000, until one day in the summer of 2020 an analyst for musician Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures happened to be in the audience. By 2021, the app had gone viral after Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures wrote a blog post about it. “We Image Credits: Altro.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I have written extensively on this blog over the last decade and a half about the significant negative consequences that the two large mobile operating systems have on distribution of software. — Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) September 11, 2020. USV TEAM POSTS: Hanel Baveja — Sep 10, 2020 Mental Healthcare 3.0

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Most Americans — 98% of them — cook at home at least once a week , but finding recipes means long internet searches and wading through food blog stories and ads to get to the recipe. The idea for the company came about when Brenna Stitzel decided to go to culinary school in 2020 after a career in banking. Image Credits: Foody.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Kikoff is hiring for 10 roles (a mix of hybrid and remote), including senior product manager, associate product manager, senior product designers, engineers and a growth marketing manager. million Series A raise back in 2020. Account sizes range from as little as $10 to more than $2 million. Super interesting read.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

However, comments from Walmart CEO John Furner in a blog post published Thursday suggest that laser focus continues to widen beyond robotaxis and San Francisco. 10 investors predict MaaS, on-demand delivery and EVs will dominate mobility’s post-pandemic future. Walmart and Cruise also already have a relationship.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

Rill launched in 2020 to build what the founders envisioned as a faster and better BI dashboarding tool, based on what they had learned at Snap. Company co-founder and CEO Michael Driscoll says he started the company in 2020 with the premise that the business intelligence was broken. Image Credits: Rill.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

For one, the San Francisco-based company had already raised $50 million across two tranches in 2020. We’ve grown about 10 times in the past 18 months or so, and we’re not going to stop here,” he told TechCrunch. Pre-2020, about 85% of its customers were first-time 401(k) users. The news is notable for a couple of reasons.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

“There are thousands of Shopify merchants around the world generating more than $10 million a year. “Baselit is [an] AI copilot for analytics,” co-founder Shubham Rana writes in the blog post announcing Baselit. In 2020, backers poured $296.4 ” without having to rely on their data team.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 15, 2020

Every wisdom tradition I’ve ever encountered—from Fred’s blog to the words of sages—ultimately demands the same thing: we must go inward. Enduring the alchemical crucible requires developing the capacity to reflect, to turn the pain of the everyday life as a leader into lessons. That’s often the biggest obstacle to becoming your self.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2021

For example, in shopping, we can use a decision aid such as this website that reduces our choices to the top 10 options so that we pay attention to the best possible choices, rather than being caught by an effective marketing message. His newest book is Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic (2020).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Please don’t take this blog post as an endorsement of Mike Bloomberg. USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — Feb 17, 2020 Cryptographic Identity Albert Wenger — Feb 11, 2020 Birthday Wish: Contributions to Climate Crisis Collective Dani Grant — Feb 10, 2020 Crypto, Social?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2022

For a long time, I noticed the same startups that conducted layoffs in March 2020 had to scale back again in the 2022 wave. Crypto platform Gemini cut approximately 10% of its workforce, and then cut around 7% more of staff just weeks after. The first wave was in preparation and fear; this wave feels like a pullback after a surge.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I have neither worked at Netflix, nor written for the blog myself. In september 2020, 4,100 respondents in a survey ranked Netflix as the best place to work, over GitHub and Google. As of December 31, 2020, 526 of Netflix’s engineers have written 407 blog posts at the TechBlog. 11,550 organic visits each month.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Marvell president and CEO Matt Murphy sees Innovium as a complementary piece to the $10 billion Inphi acquisition last year, giving the company, which makes copper-based chips, more ways to work across modern cloud data centers. 2021 will be a calmer year for semiconductors and chips (except for Intel). billion, according to PitchBook data.

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