Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 30, 2021

After his recent blog post addressing why it’s in your best interest to ignore SEO , we asked Ben about the importance of return on investment when it comes to marketing. He was about to start work with a digital marketing agency. I asked, “Why did you choose that agency ?”. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Hunter Walk

JUNE 26, 2023

Chris Neumann (of Canada’s Panache Ventures ) checks these boxes so I asked him to come on my blog (currently less consistent, hopefully still the other two) for Five Questions. Hunter Walk: So why venture capital, why early stage, and why Canada? As to “why Canada?”,

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Source Link

APRIL 20, 2022

Just as we try to meet entrepreneurs where they are, it’s important to understand your resource partners’ needs and preferences to make sure your actions and decisions effectively engage them and provide the support they need. What topics are most important to discuss? Here are some steps you can take to reignite your network.

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

But now you know why I’ve had many nights away, many airports and much time on the road. And why I woke up at 4.50am. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Quick – why don’t entrepreneurs celebrate when they raise money?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2015

As an active investor in the Los Angeles technology market we’re always seeking to better understand the data and trends of why our market has grown so rapidly since 2009. There are so many great, young funds in the market and many of them are attracting LP capital. You were right, Alex , he is a superstar. We are a customer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2023

We love working in this industry because we believe in the technology behind it. Hire the best and brightest The most important lesson we’ve learned is to recruit the best and brightest consistently. and more articles from the EO blog. They acted on their vision quickly and efficiently.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2022

First, that you have something important to say. And third, perhaps most importantly of them all, your important, well-packaged content needs to find an audience that trusts it. We often think about the webs of venture capital in a conflict of interest type aperture — and there’s more to come on that angle in the weeks to come.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

But even more important than personal lessons of failure, I believe acceptance of failure at a societal level is one of the key ingredients that allows the technology startup industry in the US to flourish. I say this as somebody who has lived in 6 countries and worked in 9 — having lived abroad for 11 years of my work life.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. Why 8–10 and not just 3–4? these are simply guidelines. Same with VC.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

We’ll also learn about why Udemy execs left to build a better Udemy. As always, you can support me by sharing this newsletter, following me on Twitter or subscribing to my personal blog. Honorable mentions: Polygon raises $450M from Sequoia Capital India, SoftBank and Tiger Global. Here’s why it’s important: It struck a chord.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

You can watch the video above for a very brief overview of why we rebranded and where we see our place in the VC ecosystem along with what has changed in our industry. Naturally they asked, “why?” Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media).

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

USV recently invested in a company called Patch Homes and they are announcing that financing today along with some other important information on their business. You can read about the financing here and USV’s investment blog post here (we do one of these for every new investment).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

At the time almost nobody had heard of the following funds: FirstRound Capital, TrueVentures, Floodgate and SoftTech. And importantly they play an important role in helping to introduce you to the right A-round VC based on your startup type. We discussed how initial investments and follow-ons work in this short 2-minute clip.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 19, 2022

” It was a key moment that highlighted why certain people are able to speak up and why certain aren’t empowered in the first place. ashley perfectly articulated an important nuance about speaking up. As always, you can support me by sharing this newsletter, following me on Twitter or subscribing to my personal blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

As a VC with scores of startups in our portfolio we have ringside seats to many, many fund raising processes plus I had to raise money across about 5 different rounds of capital as an entrepreneur so I’ve developed some thought on the process that I hope can be helpful to some of you before you start. Remind me why I love you?

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2022

It’s a direct-to-consumer pharmacy that aims to meet consumers where they are, which is especially important as the pandemic’s extended stay continues. For the answers, make sure to tune into the Equity episode wherever you get podcasts, and, heck, why not start now? . Hey Jane’s core product has significant red tape to deal with.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. It’s why in this article I advise that people “market today not futures” because you don’t want your playbook in the hands of the competition. ” Many CEOs act like VPs of product or CFOs.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 5, 2023

I took a month or so off from writing, largely because so much was in motion, that I needed to get some work done and process a bit before committing thoughts to, err, paper? We hit 18 months on the Homebrew Forever model (and just closed our 20th investment using personal capital) so lots to share on that front soon’ish.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

We led a $4 million investment along with Thrive Capital, GLG and Sound Ventures. The news blogs will cover the what, how and how much but I want to focus on the “why” and try to be instructive of what I think makes for a great A-round startup. So Why Imbellus? We need leaders who can rigorously prioritize.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Union Square Ventures (USV) has been one of the most successful venture capital firms of the past 10–15 years and continues to be a leader in our industry. This has worked out tremendously well for us as I still have my mentor guiding the firm and he gets to look for deals that can have a massive impact on society and on returns for our LPs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

The lack of team cohesion and respect for individuals has probably been one of the biggest weaknesses of Zynga – at least from nearly EVERY employee I’ve ever talked to who worked there. A co-founder who started by working hard but gets sucked into the tech party circuit and has more interest in socialize than building cool s**t.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 9, 2020

If you’re a white professional in venture, you might feel uncomfortable tweeting or blogging about race. If you're in a more privileged position with lots of VC connections to pitch, you’ll either do one of the following things: You'll come right back at me, tell me why and how I'm wrong—because at this point you have nothing to lose.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

In addition, you need to develop a wide set of sills that are not writing code, but just as important. Why not do the same thing airline pilots need to do before they take the steering wheel on a plane? When needed, guidance from virtual coworkers is provided through the messaging app, simulating a modern remote work environment.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2011

Back in 2005, when I was with Union Square Ventures, we changed our brochureware homepage into a blog. A few other VCs had been blogging before, but no one had gone as far as to make the whole front facing effort of their firm into something so interactive. It changed the way we worked with entrepreneurs.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 2, 2016

These are the kind of folks that are really just working there as an alternative to working from home. They're willing to pay a few hundred a month to have the discipline of not laying around all day in bed convincing themselves they're doing work. Venture capital firms, on the other hand, draw people in. Great coffee.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Read this latest by Ron Miller, which gives us some needed hope on why the tech job market might not be as shaky as we think. I’m also writing on my personal blog, if you’d like to follow along with the 1,821 other people who come to hang and be too wordy. Bain Capital has closed its second Tech Opportunities fund with $2.4

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

But now you know why I’ve had many nights away, many airports and much time on the road. And why I woke up at 4.50am. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. So you ask why on Earth being a founder is stressful?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

My story also is an important reminder that we cannot judge someone’s potential at such an early age and assume they won’t amount to anything. I have a compassion for my associates and others who are working to grow and improve their situations. That’s why I am so passionate about finding ways to help them succeed.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2019

We asked EO members what lessons they wished they had known when they graduated and joined the working world. These two experiences will illuminate the type of work environment and opportunities best suited for your desired life and lifestyle.” Manny Padda, president of EO Vancouver, founder and CEO, New Avenue Capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Many entrepreneurs confide that raising capital is their hardest task. They delay and delay any approach to the capital markets for as long as possible. Every narrative can be condensed to the essentials but it is hard, demanding work. Rigorously edit your work! We understand. Rehearse your presentation.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

” They’re all takes, none particularly good, yet all insinuating a degree of self-importance that you, of all people, know when a city’s heart is pulsing in a way that should count. If you enjoy this newsletter, you should check out my personal blog too ! . “San Francisco is back!” ” “It never left.”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

This colleague is a lawyer with whom I work on a deal and have done so for a couple of years. We’ve grown accustomed to a professionalism where we know when a work issue comes up we can count on each other for a quick Sunday call between family time. By all accounts I now consider him a friend. He often calls me on weekends.

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Here, I wanted to step back and consider “why” this has happened from my vantage point.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2019

The plan was to secure other people’s money—whether venture capital, friends or family—to get the business (the ideas) started. When there are great ideas, it’s important to test them, quickly. Using your US$5,000 from savings could be all you need to find out if it’s going to work! Ideas are flowing, and they are never-ending!

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Which is why it was refreshing to be asked by Ethena’s CEO to do something publicly that investors normally aren’t interested in rehashing: discuss why we passed on leading the seed round for her startup. I agreed and we subsequently did a TechCrunch Live discussion together with a follow-up blog post in her newsletter.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Prorata rights are one of the most important rights of a private market technology investors and yet are seldom fully understood. Why investors care about prorata rights. Why would somebody pass on takign their prorata rights? That’s why I call it “the mark up game” and I’m generally not a fan.

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