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TechCrunch Live is going to Boston, and you’re invited!

TechCrunch

We’ll have several panels and interviews that highlight the opportunities and challenges facing the market. Apply to participate below: Are you the founder of an established Boston-area startup and want to participate in the pitch off? 406 Ventures since 2007, is one of the leading VCs in the Boston area. Pitch-off!

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

Today, pitch competitions, incubators, accelerators, VCs and angel groups proliferate. Venture Kick was launched in 2007 with the vision to double the number of spin-offs from Swiss universities and draws from a jury of more than 150 leading startup experts in Switzerland. What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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4 Tips for Reaching Productivity Nirvana in 2016

Entrepreneurs' Organization

What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. Once your life shifts from pitching outbound to defending against inbound, however, you have to ruthlessly say “no” as your default. It’s the most adaptable.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. FourSquare obviously brings up a lot of interesting commercial opportunities.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. We also learn how, under his watch and as the company began to scale, Klarna missed the next big opportunity in fintech, instead being usurped by Adyen and Stripe. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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