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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

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Last August, I passed the point at which I had spent literally half my entire life working in this asset class, having started at the General Motors pension fund doing institutional investments in venture funds and late-stage directs back in February of 2001. It hasn’t always been as rewarding as it could be, however. Consider this.

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Why We Need to Elect @EricGarcetti on Tues as Next Mayor of Los Angeles

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He understands our issues as a community and vows to help keep LA Tech on the map. Dedicated Public Servant : Garcetti has been a member of the LA City Council since 2001 and was a three-time president. Startup Advice' And while Eric Garcetti is leading in the polls by 7%, according to recent articles a victory is not certain.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: #OpenToWork reality check, deck-free pitching, ARR growth lessons

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Drawing from the early chapters of her book, this post includes a target prospect list for new investors, along with relationship-building advice from experienced VCs. “This represents a huge opportunity for the startup community, and we are seeing lots of companies with a head start on this idea.”

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Reading what was written and the VC age question

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I think Fred was trying to offer some friendly advice to young investors that you're going to "take lumps" and that it's worth learning from those who are more experienced. So the next time you read something that you have a viceral reaction to, re-read it. Try to think about why the person said what they said.

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Be Careful not to be Penny Wise, Pound Foolish

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We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company. I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. Tags: Startup Advice. I can’t make this stuff up!

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What was Nike like as a startup?

Unvalidated Learnings

He wanted to help all the oppressed runners of the world, to bring them into the light, enfold them in a community.” Nike was born out of the tight runners’ community and started by addressing the needs of these early adopters. Johnson had been drenched by many a Pepsi. He wanted to change all this. Most wrote him back.

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“AirB&E” and Disaster Response for Consumer Startups

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Amid the remembrance of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks this past weekend, much was made of the voluminous 9/11 Commission report, which described in excruciating detail countless ways in which the United States homeland security and emergency response infrastructure failed to respond adequately to a disaster of unprecedented proportions.

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