Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Santa Monica is the place where the highest concentration of early-stage startups are created if you consider also the contiguous geography of Venice Beach. VC has operated as an “old boys club”, with access to capital often requiring entrance through an elite university engineering department in one of two cities.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. For my full take on this topic, check out my TC+ column: It’s not a startup reckoning, it’s a re-correction. The result, after six months of interviewing heads of data, talent development and engineering, was Modal.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

There is nothing more inspiring than the journeys of Oklahoma’s advanced technology startups. Bison Underground is one such company, an ag-tech startup that launched about a year ago in Norman, OK. Here are five strategies from the Bison Underground playbook to help a startup start right: Mission. military veterans.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: SynergyMed, transforming surgery with 3D printing and visualization Women tech leaders in the spotlight at OurCrowd Summit OurCrowd in UAE: Why AI? Startup of the Week SynergyMed: Transforming surgery with 3D printing and visualization. Why Abu Dhabi? Bionaut Labs raises $43.2M

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 19, 2022

In June, I wrote a blog post comparing YC to CRISPR. When a founder is accepted into YC, we modify the startup’s DNA, edit it, to include key alleles that make success more likely. In the end, however, the secret to success of any startup lies squarely with the founders — their vision and their execution. in the U.S. in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

area startup now reports its iOS-only has seen over 5 million installs in its first year, with users primarily in the Gen Z demographic. The startup says that 75% of its users are between the ages of 14 and 18 and 95% of users are between 14 and 21. Most of its users are U.S. Most of its users are U.S. Image Credits: Poparazzi.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2014

Just back from vacation and also some work travel and want to get back to blogging so expect a few posts over the next couple weeks. I’ll try to do a future blog post on some of my insights in watching Nanea enter the role and how the founders enabled her success. Company Organization.

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OurCrowd

JULY 11, 2021

Startup of the Week: Leading carmaker joins Foretellix round. TetaVi selected for Microsoft for Startups. Ro Health acquires at-home testing startup Kit. Startup of the Week: Foretellix: Leading European carmaker joins round. ‘I would have been splattered if not for Ride Vision’. Introductions. Learn More.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 20, 2021

Startup of the Week: VisIC, fueling the electric car revolution. Quantum of solace for women’s diseases. Edgybees joins space startups in Amazon accelerator. Corporate introductions: Partner with startups. Startup of the Week: VisIC: Fueling the electric car revolution. Meet Zoom’s seed investor Jim Scheinman.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. And of course we talked about many of my views of building startups. it would make more sense than “me.” 00:00:52] MARK: Sure. I grew up in Northern California.

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Gust

JUNE 24, 2012

An underrated portion of every startup effort must be about communication and marketing. Her focus is on companies facing change, which of course includes every startup. Use social media, search engine optimization, blogging, and mobile media. In fact, even if they did, they couldn’t find you in the clutter.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? Jonathan Bragdon , CEO, describes Capacity as “a team of founders-turned-funders making non-dilutive, founder-aligned investments of $50-$300k in post-startup, post-revenue businesses planning to 2X revenues in 12-24 months.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 19, 2022

In June, I wrote a blog post comparing YC to CRISPR. When a founder is accepted into YC, we modify the startup’s DNA, edit it, to include key alleles that make success more likely. In the end, however, the secret to success of any startup lies squarely with the founders — their vision and their execution.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? Of the Inc. raised from angels.

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OurCrowd

MAY 7, 2021

San Francisco, CA – Vegan Women Summit™ (VWS), a media and events organization dedicated to empowering women to build a kinder, more sustainable world, will host the second edition of the VWS Connect event series, the world’s first job networking series dedicated to mission-driven employers building the future of food.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised money from VCs and 7.7% raised from angels.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

In response to analyses published on this blog, a handful of readers have raised the idea of Simpson’s Paradox to me. When researchers looked at the evidence, though, they uncovered something surprising: If the data are properly pooled…there is a small but statistically significant bias in favor of women.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 26, 2012

I'm way early in my career, so I won't say I've perfected anything yet, but after 8 years on the investing side and 3 in startups, I've come up at least one thing: Be open. I always get asked how to get into VC and so I think a lot about what it takes to do the job well. In venture capital, you say "no" a lot. It is your default response.

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