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Advice to Rising VCs and Founders Navigating The Correction

Revolution

We looked at the analysis in two parts: the 1997–2010 time period and the 2011–2020 time period. since 2011. Advice to Rising VCs and Founders Navigating The Correction was originally published in Revolution on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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How Attractive is Risk Today?

Revolution

Howard Marks — the co-chairman of Oaktree — released a book in 2011 called The Most Important Thing. Great advice, but hard to do the “correct” thing when consumed by either of those emotions. The below analysis outlines an approach to quantify the attractiveness of investing in commercial real estate at a given point.

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How Attractive is Risk Today?

Revolution

Howard Marks — the co-chairman of Oaktree — released a book in 2011 called The Most Important Thing. Great advice, but hard to do the “correct” thing when consumed by either of those emotions. The below analysis outlines an approach to quantify the attractiveness of investing in commercial real estate at a given point.

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Insider’s Perspective: Golden Gate Ventures’ Jeffrey Paine Shares Advice for New Investors – Part 1

AsiaTechDaily

Golden Gate Ventures, a venture capital firm established in 2011, has carved an indelible mark on Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem. Rooted in Silicon Valley expertise with dedication to Southeast Asia, the firm has supported numerous audacious founders and companies toward success.

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Why You Should Put Yourself Out There and Try New Products

Both Sides of the Table

Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others. In 2011 I started using Instagram. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. I went to an industry event where people actually called me self-centered for writing publicly. It was a break from information overload of Facebook.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

Business writer Gordon Pitts pinpoints 2011 as the game-changing year for the Atlantic startup scene. In his book “Unicorn in the Woods: How East Coast Geeks and Dreamers are Changing the Game , ” Pitts recounts how in March 2011 Salesforce purchased New Brunswick-based social media monitoring company Radian6 for approximately $300 million.

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

Both Sides of the Table

I myself coined the term ENIFA (everyone now is a f **g angel) in 2011 but it didn’t stick as well as the term Unicorn did. They now have a strong VC lead from Foundry Group and from experience when you get advice from Foundry it comes with authority, experience, empathy and the right amount of straight talk.

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