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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. Jeff and his peer group have done an excellent job at creating a new category of seed-stage VC.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. To be fair to Ben Horowitz – I think he thinks this as well.

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Accelerate Your Growth With This Top EO Program

Entrepreneurs' Organization

When Hana Laurenzo launched her translation business in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2007, she did what every smart small business owner does—joined local professional organizations, like the chamber of commerce, and generally sought opportunities to mingle with like-minded professionals. She relished the accountability of her peers and advisors.

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i2E Management Co. Inc. leads $5.2 million investment in PhotoniCare Inc.

Innovation 2 Enterprise

The funds will be used to expand PhotoniCare’s executive team, ramp up manufacturing, execute on the company’s sales and marketing plan, fuel artificial intelligence development to enable real-time decision support for the TOMi Scope, and expand reimbursement activities and customer support. Champaign, Ill. The company also announced a $2.1

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

We’re launching our own scout program, and want to benchmark compensation and structure against our peers. The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. But how do you do that? . How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital.

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Aspire Impact and global leader Impact Hub to launch the Impact Startup Support program in India

Impact Hub

incubators and accelerators, connecting them with a global peer network in 100+ cities across 60+. incubators and accelerators, connecting them with a global peer network in 100+ cities across 60+. The ISS is a first-of-its-kind program for India, which will offer training and support to. programs, across 60 countries to India.”

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition).

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