This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

I went back across the 21 investments I''ve made both at First Round and at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --a period that dates back to January 28, 2010, when I closed on Backupify. You might be surprised that I don''t get more inbound deals given all the work that I put into my blog, Twitter, and newsletter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

In 2010, Ravi founded IndiVillage , the first information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITeS) company in India to become certified as a B Corporation. Ravi Machani , an EO member in Bangalore, India, is one entrepreneur who has done so admirably.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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MAY 18, 2014

In my Twitter bio is says that I’m “ looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs ,” which almost sounds like I was just looking for a cliché soundbite to describe myself. We first met five years ago through serendipity as I described in this 2009 blog post and elaborated on again in more detail 2010.

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MARCH 6, 2015

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. We discussed how initial investments and follow-ons work in this short 2-minute clip.

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MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Why I Invested in Maker Studios in the First Place. The industry finally has one of their own at the helm of the largest YouTube network.

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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). We spoke briefly about why. Short answer: no.

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APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog.

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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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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

When I began investing a little over five years ago, it felt like the conventional wisdom was that one had to invest in the Bay Area to harvest venture-like returns. So, about two years ago, as a Bay Area resident, living right off Sand Hill Road, started intentionally investing outside the Bay Area.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. Revenue-based investing ( RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share investing, 1 is a natural next step for the private equity and early-stage venture investment industry. Share on Twitter.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo!

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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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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

Last year I lost a deal in a company that I wanted to invest in and that I thought I should have won. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo!

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JULY 5, 2011

Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. We wanted to emphasize the number of truly big wins that have been created by the partners at GRP in their 20+ years of investing. We also invest in the UK as you’ll soon find out. That’s here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 12, 2019

Megan, also known at The Cyclist Lawyer , formed her own law practice in 2010 at age 29. In early 2018, we happened to fall into one of those phases where we had lots of new cases requiring lots of up-front investments in records, experts and filing fees. The post Investing In You appeared first on THE BLOG.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 14, 2019

I maintained an active Tumblog from before we invested in 2007 until October 2016, when I stopped posting there. never figured out how to turn Tumblr into a business and ending up losing its shirt on the investment. There was a time around 2010 and 2011 when Tumblr was the most engaging social platform that I was on. I just did.

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AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.&#. In frothy markets (like we’re seeing in August 2010) this happens more frequently.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Recently I wrote a blog post about how I hated losing, but I embrace it as a way to learn, improve and increase my win rates. I recently repeated this mistake with a company in which I wanted to invest. I know it sounds counter-intuitive but my experience tells me it’s true. I won, that is, until I lost.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2021

In August 2010, after Thiel’s annual Singularity Summit event, Hassabis lined up along with scores of other hopefuls given literally one minute to pitch their ideas to Thiel. It was enough to secure a formal meeting with Thiel, who went on to invest US$1.85 2 for his age group at 12.

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Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

At the start of 2010, there was some unwritten VC industry conventions that have been tested, challenged, and upended in the last decade. Acceptance that leading VC franchises can’t just invest in their backyard. I recall many Sand Hill firms stating a preference or requirement to invest only in the Bay Area.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

And the broader question of whether VC’s will continue to invest in the Twitter ecosystem. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Estimated 15mm downloads to date. They sponsor TWiVC. LibreDigital.

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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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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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OCTOBER 10, 2010

We have doubled our national investments per child in education (in real terms i.e. adjusted for inflation) and our scores have remained flat. Having teachers unions in 2010 is so archaic and leads us to have public school systems where the best teachers are paid the same as the worst ones. This hugely resonated with me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

It isn’t 2010. Invest in your growth by investing in your marketing team. appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. For high-achieving startup founders and entrepreneurs, marketing might feel like a no-brainer to tackle on your own. Not so fast.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. But this Innovator’s Dilemma restricts them from having as useful of a service as they otherwise might.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2019

She formed her own law practice in 2010 at age 29 and joined EO in 2018. Review the first article, “Are You in Over Your Head in Overhead,” and the second article, “Investing In You.” appeared first on THE BLOG. Megan, also known at The Cyclist Lawyer , is a lawyer, entrepreneur and athlete.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Smaller businesses are now seeing they too can benefit from making an investment in the local community through CSR. The report also highlights a popular post-2010 trend: Candidates now look for incentives such as paid secondments to work for social projects and needy causes.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase. 5/ The Enduring Allure Of Platform Potential: Revenue is important.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Beyond co-founding Initialized, which raised a $700 million fund (its sixth) last year and has over $1 billion in known assets under management, Tan was also co-founder of YC-backed blog platform Posterous, which was acquired by Twitter in 2012. Ralston continued.

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Founders Coop

MAY 18, 2020

Our first reaction to reading Fred’s post was that, by relying on our own experiences and learning over our 10-plus years and 200-plus early-stage investments, we’ve developed a strong shared view of what our customer experience should feel like. Success in venture investing is random and unpredictable.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Because of the time and investment needed to bring deep tech solutions to market, many startups require significant and sustained capital to get up and running. ACCESSIBLE PRIVATE MARKET INVESTING Build a diversified portfolio with streamlined deal flows using a private market investing platform. since 2010.

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