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3 Lessons Learned from Living in Adventure Mode

Entrepreneurs' Organization

We launched in 2006 as the first full-service digital agency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Middle East region. As a firm, we pitched campaign ideas and strategies to huge, internationally recognized brands, going up against big network agencies. We had no venture capital and weren’t part of a global agency network.

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Accel, BoxGroup, Cowboy Ventures, Pear VC and Yahoo to judge Startup Battlefield at Disrupt

TechCrunch

Improve your pitch: Startup Battlefield isn’t just thrilling to watch; it’s a masterclass in how investors think. All right, here are the final five business Brahmins who will help judge the Startup Battlefield pitch competition. Rich Wong joined Accel as a partner in 2006. David Tisch , managing partner at BoxGroup.

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VCs at Freestyle, Plexo Capital and Sequoia join Startup Battlefield judges

TechCrunch

We have an outstanding cohort of VCs ready to hear their pitches and follow up with tough Q&As — and we’re thrilled to add three more to the slate. The seed-stage venture capital firm holds more than $565 million assets under management and investments in over 150 startups.

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Not every creator economy startup is built for creators

TechCrunch

An often-cited landmark report from the venture capital firm SignalFire says that creators are the fastest-growing type of small business. As this market has expanded, I’ve written about credit card companies for creators , community-building tools and companies that help you design a product to sell, among other ventures.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included some well known firms that made me come for a team pitch and then only gave me literally 15 minutes when we’d scheduled an hour. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.

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Startup Investing: The New Trend in Alternative Assets

Onevest

There were over 200 as of 2006.” In a report on startup investing and “How the Rich Invest” Forbes notes that the Angel Capital Association counted more than 330 active angel groups in North America as of 2013. Just 2% of startup financing actually comes from venture capital firms.

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Hockey Stick Growth Explained

Feedough

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. Tinkering: The tinkering period lasted for almost 2 years from 2006 to 2008, where Andrew Mason first launched ‘The Point’ which eventually became Groupon.