Impact Hub

JUNE 4, 2022

The training on investment readiness that we attended recently was particularly helpful because, as a startup, it’s hard to know when and how to bring in investors. To end this conversation on a good note, please share with us your ultimate advice on circularity practices that any venture could implement as well!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. ” Part of the beauty of blogging that in two sittings Fred was able to influence what was built over the next 12 months. The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). BUT (and this is a big but …).

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

This blog post is not about debating if "enough" diverse founders get funding--whatever that might mean. When Chantel asked investors for $3mm for her seed round back in 2010, people stood up and took notice. Venture investing is hard. Conversations often start pre-product and pre-deck. " Ask them for an intro to a VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. How much money will they reserve from their fund for future investments in your startup? How much pull that investment professional has within his or her fund?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups. Doxo (November 2009 financing, just announced in May 2010 as company exited stealth mode). Tags: Start-up Advice.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Reddit announced the round in a blog post that said the money comes from “existing and new investors” and will allow the company to “make strategic investments in Reddit including video, advertising, consumer products and expanding into international markets.”. Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch. The tech giants.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Yes, social networks of 2010 have much better usability, have better developed 3rd-party platforms and many more people are connected. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Investment in training, adherence to process, global knowledge sharing systems, quality control / partner reviews and campus recruitment programs that attracted the right talent. And coming to the end of 2010 I feel a sense of reminiscence of some of the trends from a decade ago. The things that always differentiated Accenture?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Against everyone’s advice, I decided to seek out a business partner. ME/ “When we started out in 2010, we were the definition of bootstrapping entrepreneurs. Put your passions first, invest in your people, create a culture that inspires innovation and never, ever stop hustling.”. I knew in my heart that it had to be Marina.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

It all started in 2010 with Klout. I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. And ff Venture Capital cleverly has created a blog where their portofolio companies contribute.

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