Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. I apologize for the audio quality – we did this in a rush because we found a last minute studio and recorded in San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The company agreed to share the pitch deck it used to raise a $10 million Series A so I can take a closer look. (It It also wrote a bit more about the fundraise on its own blog.). ” Below is a five-minute video that tells the story beautifully. ” Below is a five-minute video that tells the story beautifully.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions. Dive into the collective wisdom of these professionals to boost your startup’s online presence. Impressively, our impressions rose to 240K.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. 24.5mm in Series C. I’m now the permanent host for TWiVC (until such time as they kick me off). Thank you to anybody who sent Jason a note on Twitter on my behalf. It was a fun show today, especially Jason’s story at the very end of the episode! Really!).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC “ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents. That prompted Fred Wilson’s blog post appealing to the industry to make these simplified term sheets standard. I totally agree. I’m not Sequoia.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2010

Each week there are so many great events, blog posts, videos, etc. It’s fine if you’re in the event business—but it’s frustrating to me that the media focuses a lot more attention on big conferences and paid series of sessions, and less on Barcamps, smaller Meetups and open public discussions. Got an idea for a program?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2021

And now Casted has raised $7 million in Series A funding led by Revolution Ventures. . Once published, Casted provides access to a “fully searchable content archive” with transcription services and tagging. So in 2019, she founded Casted , an audio and video podcast product aimed at B2B marketers. million since its inception.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. This is unintentional and inevitable. I’d link to it but it’s behind a paywall.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Current round: $3mm in Series B by betaworks (lead)(largest investor in company), Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

To see the video of This Week in VC click on this link. What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Are “strategic investors&# (e.g.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 12, 2010

But this gets all the space on prominent blogs because it’s what bloggers like to cover.&# It’s self selecting. In the technology world there are a few websites that most startups track to keep up with the latest financings, acquisitions, product announcements and gossip: BusinessInsider, TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOm, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I haven’t written a blog post in a week. It has also coincided with the kickoff of our Launchpad LA educational series which has taken some of my time. It has also coincided with the kickoff of our Launchpad LA educational series which has taken some of my time. But what has really killed me is email.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Some readers of this blog also pointed out that “pivoting&# can be disruptive on the employees of an organization.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 8, 2022

OurCrowd is investing in this Series B round alongside energy, banking and equipment manufacturing giants. Consumer interest in buying sustainable, lab-grown meat and seafood is growing, but the price tag can be a deal-breaker. The company has contracts with a number of major carmakers, city grid operators and EV charging operators.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. To understand this in great detail see this very important blog post by Henry Blodget on the unemployment rate in the US and its impact on the recovery. It is also a result of pent-up demand.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 26, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. The full list is now posted there if you want a sneak preview.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

This has been a year where people got mad in mass at financial institutions. It’s hard not to when you think about the amount of money that flowed into their coffers and the size of expected bonuses this year – of all years. Frankly, it disgusts me. I hope you’re OK with that. My dad was and is a smart person. check to me.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2009

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute: Tenacity. Seemic (now a Twitter client) was originally a video blogging platform. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “Start-up Lessons.&# If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. Tags: Start-up Advice startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. He lists 6 principles of social influence that I’d like to cover in a series of posts: authority, social proof, reciprocity, commitment / consistency, scarcity and liking.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2022

Series B led by OurCrowd Rewire acquires prepaid card provider Imagen Introductions More than 3,600 high-tech jobs. for AI-powered coding tech BioLumic wraps $13.5M Startup of the Week: Kaholo: High-speed DevOps. Clients such as Align Technologies shortened these release cycles from months to weeks using Kaholo. Learn More.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

I'm not a coder. I couldn't tell you the difference between JavaScript and Python if my life depended on it. I wouldn't know a command if it hit me in the face. So, for obvious reasons, I'm always a little weary of testing out tools that require even basic SDK knowledge. directly in any browser first. It turns out quite a bit.

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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 know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed. Much of this is unfounded – some is not. the link is here.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Startup Lessons.&#. Yesterday I wrote a blog post ( here ) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. Best case scenario in my mind is just 1, but at most I recommend 2. I knew this topic would be controversial because when I tell people this in person it always elicits shock.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “ Pitching a VC.&#. I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. A few weeks ago I sat through two very contrasting presentations and wrote this blog post right afterward. A Tale of Two Pitches. is important.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series on Startup Advice. If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. I recommend that you start a company by yourself and own 100% of it. I recommend that you start a company by yourself and own 100% of it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. Markets like these are very kind to angel investors because you get taken out early and see a nice pop on your investment. This is actually the norm.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series about Raising Venture Capital. This posting was inspired by an email from Rajat Suri who wrote me an email in response to Chris Dixon’s blog post (link below) from August, which recently re-ran on Business Insider and has generated much Twitter chatter. There are multiple firms that did this.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

DreaMed, U. of Colorado expand diabetes treatment availability Sprout incubator invests $1M in smart cow sensor firm Protag Introductions More than 4,400 high-tech jobs. But higher frequencies used by 5G and next-generation communications protocols make that coverage more difficult to provide. Our portfolio company Edgybees is on to something big.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 22, 2010

Brad Feld hadn’t written his seminal “ term sheet series &# and The Funded hadn’t yet been created. Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. It was accept the terms or go into bankruptcy so we took the money.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2009

This is part of my blog series “Pitching a VC.&#. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. I’ve sat through a lot of VC pitches and having been CEO of an enterprise software firm for many years I’ve also sat through many customer meetings with sales teams.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I HATE LOSING. I hate it. I really, really, really hate it. It chaps my hide. It rips at my core. I don’t get over it easily. I lose sleep. I fucking hate losing. Quite the opposite. I don’t hold grudges.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series, “Startup Lessons.&#. Yesterday I wrote a blog post (here) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. Tags: Start-up Advice. Best case scenario in my mind is just 1, but at most I recommend 2. I knew this topic would be controversial because when I tell people this [.].

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

This is an updated post from my ongoing series on Startup Advice that I learned from founding two companies. . I HATE LOSING. I hate it. I really, really, really hate it. It chaps my hide. It rips at my core. I don’t get over it easily. I lose sleep. I fucking hate losing. Quite the opposite. I don’t hold grudges.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

One of my favorite quotes I learned in high school was: “Nonconformity is the Highest Form of Social Attainment&#. It was written as the yearbook quote of the smartest seniors as I was finishing my freshman year. It has always stood with me. I have had a low bullshit meter. Those stories didn’t sound that plausible to me.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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