abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

“As they say in poker, ‘If you’ve been in the game 30 minutes and you don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy.‘” If you download their mobile app, Krispy Kreme will give you a free doughnut , McDonald’s will give you a free large fries , and Baskin-Robbins will give you a free scoop of ice cream.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. What tech stack should a microinfluencer use? Plus, my wife doesn’t let me date celebrities. .

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This post has a bit more than the serialized version, but if you prefer an even shorter version I created the ADAH version , which is < 50% the length. Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. It isn’t new stuff.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Our team has worked with hundreds of startups, and year after year we inevitably come across the same common issues around financial reporting. Once these issues come to light, companies are faced with the difficult decision of how to handle these errors. The top 5 accounting mistakes startups make. Investor-ready reporting.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Most investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in the job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. In the venture capital/private equity business, investors are B2B microinfluencers. Other investors: Limited partners, other VCs who are coinvestors, later-stage investors, etc.

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

In short, Paul Graham predicted that there would be way more startups, that they’d be cheaper to start, that new kinds of investors would fund them, that founders would be more technical, and that founders would keep control of their companies. How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2023

As digital financial services become more advanced, so too do the efforts of malicious hackers and fraudsters to crack into those valuable systems, as do the efforts of regulators to build better structures to avoid that abuse. In all, it says its tech helps vet “millions” of consumers every year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

The pandemic has just pushed edtech mainstream, but language-learning startup Duolingo had already spent the past decade figuring out how to build a successful edtech app. Amid the IPO gold rush, how should we value fintech startups. crossed 10,000 for the first time ever — well more than double that if you include EMEA and APAC.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

It’s April 26, 2022, and today, all we’ve been heron about is news that has made our stomach churn – a case of irritable owl syndrome, if you will. The TechCrunch Top 3. Teach a teen about money and you’ll raise a more financially conscious adult : At least that’s the goal most parents have. PT, subscribe here. Po-tee-weet?

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I remember you mentioning The Wing before it opened, and I am right now enjoying my first morning working there (I never want to work anywhere else). She knew I was a seed investor in the company. Sequoia, the top venture capital firm on the face of the earth, put in a growth round that valued the company at close to half a unicorn.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. That is not typical, and it certainly doesn’t seem like it’s an ideal way to spend investors’ cash.

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