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The Founder’s Playbook: Winning Mindsets & Startup Strategies

American Entrepreneurship

Risk-Taking: He reinvested his entire PayPal earnings (~$180M) into Tesla and SpaceX, nearly going bankrupt in 2008. Resilience: SpaceX had multiple rocket failures before successfully launching into orbit in 2008. Problem-Solving: He tackles big problems (e.g., Lesson: Think big, take calculated risks, and persist through setbacks.

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Private Debt Financing for Small Business: Fast Capital, Real Costs

StartupNation

Private debt is often viewed as the nimble entrepreneur’s shortcut to capital. Since the 2008 financial crash, banks have been steadily retreating from small business lending. Many entrepreneurs are turning to these lenders who promise quick access to capital, fewer bureaucratic hurdles, and customized loan terms.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Many observers of the venture capital industry have questioned whether its best days are behind it. Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. This article originally ran on PEHub.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Blippy (and their competitor Swipely – which was founded by Angus Davis , who has a great track record from both Netscape and TellMe, both aim to capitalize on the era of consumers living more openly ala Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Read more: PEHub. Happy to see him get this deal done.

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Instead of sticking a fork in the venture market, realize. there is no fork

This is going to be BIG.

Well, they did ask David Chao of Doll Capital, who said that the " frothy bubble is over ". The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse. After that, we were pretty much back on track, growing every year.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too. I am super excited to announce that today is a day of lots of new things for my partners & me: A new fund, a new office and a new brand.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I guess that makes USV, Spark Capital, Foundry Group, Accel, Benchmark, Revolution (along with several others) pretty happy right now. source: Capital IQ. source: Capital IQ. I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me.