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The year ahead: 2011

This is going to be BIG.

I will start the year on the board of a yet to be announced investment and as an observer on four other companies. There will be an estimated 50+ million tablets sold in the US in 2011, and 36 million of them will be iPads—I’m likely to be a buyer at some point before I head to Strata.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 The market today would barely be recognizable by a time traveler from 2011. dot-com bonanza. Ten years on much has changed. So in a way it’s self selecting.

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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma

TechCrunch

Chroma , a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. As a board member, Stone expects to be meeting with the startup several times per month, in addition to the actual board meetings. million in seed funding (5.1

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How a Romanian medtech startup helped US doctors treat refugee Ukrainian cancer patients

TechCrunch

The “Tumor Board” project was initiated by doctors from the U.S., With the Tumor Board project we’ve shown that Medicai can set up infrastructure in a matter of days to provide access to expertise across 2 continents: US & Canada to Romania and Moldavia – and this was done in less than ideal conditions.”.

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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. As we have discussed with management teams and boards over the years, it is easy to find a company that failed because it ran out of cash. those marks above the historical 1.5x DPI average), translating roughly to $1.2T

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Cisco intends to acquire Kenna Security

HPA

Since the Series A in 2011, HPA has been an investor in Kenna Security. We’d like to thank the current HPA Deal Lead Chris McGowan , who also served on the board of advisors as the company quickly grew. The acquisition is expected to close in Cisco’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.

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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

The core of the investing job of course is investing dollars into startup companies and helping as a mentor, advisor and board member on the companies in which you’ve invested. Just as Yves mentored me when I became his co-managing partner in 2011, he didn’t seek to ride off into the sunset either. So What Does All This Mean?

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