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The VC Inclusion Clause #MovingForward

Both Sides of the Table

Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. We have much work still to do but: A few data points on Upfront Ventures - 25% of our investment dollars in the past three funds have gone to founding teams with at least one female founder.

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A look at six new funds begs the question: Is a slowdown really coming?

TechCrunch

There’s been talk of a slowdown in venture funding recently, with TechCrunch looking at it from different angles, including the fintech sector, a PitchBook report and even earlier on how startups should prepare in case it happens. We asked Beezer Clarkson, partner at Sapphire Ventures, and Josh Lerner, the Jacob H.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

She served as the first woman president of the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, (2003/2004), one of the largest Rotary Club in the world. McGee Award and was the 2003 Journal Record Woman of the Year. Women business leaders have created mentorship networks to help support a culture of innovation and risk-taking. Get started!

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Ed Zimmerman: Founder Liquidity in Venture Deals

WSJ - The Accelerators

ED ZIMMERMAN : In 2003, I remember the general counsel of a prestigious venture fund shouting down the idea of “secondary” or “founder liquidity” (i.e. Founders seeking liquidity in a venture round need to canvas the investors in advance of the board meeting to get a feel for how amenable they’ll be towards founder liquidity.

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15,000 Tech Workers Have Been Let Go In May. Were You One of Them?

Hunter Walk

This is great for company culture (in my opinion. When I left in 2003 we agreed that my final title could be focused on Product and Marketing, since that’s what I was interested in pursuing next. Some Things You Can Ask For On The Way Out That You Didn’t Know You Could Ask For: Rewrite Your Job Title. I agree with Gokul.)

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners. I agree with him. My guest today is Nate Redmond.

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Slope brings on new CFO, customers, capital as it rises to offer businesses buy now, pay later

TechCrunch

He was also head of capital markets at SoFi and began his career at Deutsche Bank in 2003. The framework and the ground floor are there, and they are excited to build a great culture and talent. Instead, the underwriting process is fully automated and takes seconds, while the technology integration takes minutes versus months.

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