TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

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. We also discuss Klarna’s business model and the balancing act required to win over consumers and keep merchants onside.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. I remember the Demo Day in 2007 where DropBox presented to about 30 Boston area Angels and Venture Capital investors. Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

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. We also discuss Klarna’s business model and the balancing act required to win over consumers and keep merchants onside.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. hyper-growth, acquisition, or IPO).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

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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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

While the Wall Street Journal claims “very few start-ups” received angel investment in 2007, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies proclaims “90% of all see and start-up capital” comes from angel investors. They can add a substantial opportunity for investors, boost the odds of success, and lift ROI.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

Once your life shifts from pitching outbound to defending against inbound, however, you have to ruthlessly say “no” as your default. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. .” Instead of throwing spears, you’re the one holding the shield.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

You can usually count on high net worth folks to be curious about a good opportunity, but it’s hard to convince someone that you’re a better opportunity than the public market when anyone who had been sitting on Tesla for the past two years was up about 8x. I was there for the first Etsy VC pitch meeting in a Fort Greene apartment.

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abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 2, 2021

On March 26, SoFi announced that “it will be offering its members (at least those with $3K in their account) the ability to invest in IPOs for companies going public, an investment opportunity that has traditionally been reserved for large institutional investors or ultra-high-net-worth individuals.” NPS would soar.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

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. It is highly dependent upon many factors: experience of the team, type of opportunity (a big biotech or semi-conductor A round is likely to look different from an Internet A round), geography, etc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 3, 2017

When employees are willing to pitch in and help each other, more gets done. When it comes to your customers or clients, keep your antenna up and look for an opportunity to express gratitude in every interaction. Aim to be specific—instead of “Thank you for calling,” up the ante with “Thank you for being a devoted customer since 2007!”

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

While the term “Pre-Seed” may have been what grabbed the event headline, today’s conference was really about how seed continues to change and presents both opportunities and challenges for investors, founders, and LPs. Below are my brief notes & high-level takeaways from the sessions. Um… wow.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 20, 2014

But the number of $5 to $15M Series Bs hasn’t changed since 2007. Perhaps there’s a latency in the market and investors need a few years to seize upon the opportunity. Now, more than ever, founders ought to reverse engineer their startup’s Series B pitch to maximize their chances of success.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 2, 2009

My intuition is that this is why when Twitter initially took off (around the time of SxSW in 2007) it was an open “publish to the world” platform and the trend continued. I see many early-stage businesses pitching me today talking about solving this need. People write their thoughts knowing that anybody else can see them.

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