Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

I actually really enjoyed many of the points Muhammad made about marketing in general and I found myself nodding through the entirety of the article except for it’s core premise. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? ” Where Does the Term Growth Hacking Come From? We were here first.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. hit nearly $1.8

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 2, 2016

Well, have no fear, I've got your solution right here. Here's my "How to Fill a Building Full of Tech and Startup People" plan in five easy steps. Generally, the rule of thumb is that the closer you are to other startup companies, the more attractive it will be to companies. They're a push when it comes to traffic.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. It’s like “direct” traffic to your website that seems to magically appear. I have no money? I do it myself.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 17, 2019

I’m not sure when I first knew the startup I invested in last year was doomed. Needless to say, this was not one of my more successful investments. For the last decade, I’ve invested and advised in everything from tech to sports , earning accolades as Canada’s Angel Investor of the Year in the process.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Really!). Others I have not. LendingClub.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

However, most of us don’t have the budget of an Andreessen Horowitz to support almost every major need of emerging companies. Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . – What are your fundraising goals?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. As a starting point you have to realize that investment firms (which a VC is) have management needs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 15, 2010

He wrote an excellent blog post on this topic. And frankly one of the skills of an entrepreneur is figuring out how to get access to people that they don’t know and one of the ways that potential investors (like it or not) can judge one part of your skills is in seeing how you use ingenuity to gain access.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

Venture capital investing offers different challenges than those associated with tech entrepreneurship, but Alex Mittal, co-founder and CEO of FundersClub, approached the sphere of venture capital the same way he did as a tech founder previously: is there a better way to do this? Then there is the so called value-add piece.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing. If you can, I recommend join HubSpot for Startups , which offers generous discounts. I run PEVCTech , a community focused on this area. Fourth, easy no-code customizability.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

However, most of us don’t have the budget of an Andreessen Horowitz to support almost every major need of emerging companies. Maria Palmer of RRE summarizes : “You can’t pick a platform strategy that’s unique, but you can pick a platform strategy that your firm can uniquely execute. ” . – What are your fundraising goals?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. I wonder how the shunned three are going to feel when you make your millions?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Does Facebook have a permanent dominance of the future given their 500m users? But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

I recently wrote a blog post on understanding how the size and age of a venture capital fund might affect you when you’re raising money. First, if the VC does 15-20 of these under one partner then it is certain he can’t spend any time with these investments. Why are VC’s really doing seed deals?

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

How does he do both? 1:45 – How does he manage his calendar as an introvert? 28:45 – Keeping your company hungry when you’re big. 29:15 – Building assets for your company. 37:00 – Creating the voice of your company. Brian is on Twitter @bhalligan and Kevin is @ilikevests.

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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. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

If so, how do startups calculate the ROI & the CAC? Craig Cannon [01:01] – What’s your take, Jonathan? There is à la carte, but from our view the podcast ecosystem at large is not really ready for subscription content. It doesn’t need to be one way or the other. 43:00 – Measurement.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

Not only has the NYC ecosystem changed, but the whole ecosystem around early and seed investing has innovated. In a world where startups can pick up 750k in from just a couple of seed funds, or crowdsource a bunch of angels sight unseen, what's the role of an angel group? The Internet already does a pretty good job of that.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I really liked BigDoor, MediaPiston, OpsCode, BuddyTV, SEOMoz and much more. I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. They have their successes; yet somehow all of the neurons don’t yet seem to be firing are powerfully as they need to be. You have too much on your plate.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2013

Last year I wrote a blog post on entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders. My internal compass says that “country-club” entrepreneurs struggle to make as big of an impact because it’s really hard to totally change a system that you’re part of and have a vested interest in. Take Maker Studios.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Does Facebook have a permanent dominance of the future given their 500m users? You’re on AOL!&# I don’t think she really understood the difference. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 17, 2010

If you think you’re going to satisfy every last one of your potential customers, it’s simply not going to happen. For every application, the list of features that your userbase will ask you to implement is a mile long. These services, however, live outside of Twitter. You just don’t have the resources to please everyone.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Sam: Your camera's crooked. I feel like if you listen to us for 60 straight days, there's going to be a part of your brain that's good, but a part that gets corrupted slightly. So I was just hanging out with Hiten Shah yesterday, and your name came up. We were just talking to Nathan Barry the other day, your name came up.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

And Does He Think Chicago Is a Good Place for Entrepreneurs? He’s someone I really consider a ‘good egg’ as we’ve enjoyed the stories of his own entrepreneurial journeys and strongly held opinions on Chicago coffee. I’m excited to shine the light on Logan and Frank, a software startup focused on worker empowerment. Thanks Logan!

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