Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. It really only needs a few community leaders to kick things off and land a community on a map. Co-Working Space.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There has been little movement in the amount of VC dollars going to women-founded companies since 2012. In the short term, women founders can take action to boost their chances at VC success in the current investment climate, including leveraging their community and support network and building the necessary self-belief to thrive.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Having people from your network bet on you with an angel investment is like motivational rocket fuel.” Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By or EO on Inc. ?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

He’s pushed us to be out in the community more. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA). He’s proved much more efficient that I ever was at tracking the activities of the community. I tried to be at every event. I sat on panels. I keynoted.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

and I thought if we brought the community together for common purpose we could create more of a sense of community to help new entrepreneurs get funded, assemble teams, raise profiles and help with biz dev, product, etc. Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

Somewhere in the midst of all that, Boston Dynamics demoed an improved bipedal robot, Wikipedia launched a redesign and major universities banned TikTok from their campus networks. At Early Stage, experts will share advice on protecting intellectual property, structuring cap tables, developing target customer personas and more.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Zach Perret, the co-founder and CEO of Plaid, about how Plaid built a community in the early days to acquire customers, how they tracked “free radicals,” and how to orient your first customers around speed. This was in 2012, and we were based in New York City.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

We’re meeting them to bring them into our network and be there as a resource to help them further their careers. I think it’s probably about 40% with the portfolio, about 40% with the executive community, and then about 20% on work with the veterans community, which we can get into later.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Sam is the managing director of Launchpad LA and we were about to pick our 2012 class of entrepreneurs. Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

They seek a VC model where dogma is less of a drag on the enterprise, and investment discovery can come from a wide network of smaller investors—mini LPs, in a way. Berhens Wu is the CEO and co-founder of Shippo , which offers an API to connect eCommerce businesses and marketplaces to a network of different shipping providers.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

From their website: “We invest via a Shared Earnings Agreement , a new investment model developed transparently with the community, and designed to align us with founders who want to run a profitable business and never be forced to raise follow-on financing or sell their business.” Key elements: . “We Apply for funding. I am not a lawyer.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. 44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. Vidit Aatrey is cofounder and CEO of Meesho. Adora Cheung is a Partner at YC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

That said, Norway’s VC community has been somewhat dormant for a while. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Our team has been involved and invested in crypto since 2012, so we’ve been excited about the industry for a long time. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now?

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