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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. They’re nice enough to send me the board decks, but that’s about all the engagement I have at this point because I didn’t have a big enough fund to maintain my position.

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Preparing for fintech’s second decade: 4 moves your firm must make now

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Grant Easterbrook is a fintech consultant based in Amsterdam. Generally speaking, the best way to get company leadership on board with such investments is to highlight what competitors are doing to help them understand the competitive threat. His work has been cited in the media over 150 times.

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BeyondID grabs $9M Series A to help clients implement cloud identity

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BeyondID , a cloud identity consulting firm, announced a $9 million Series A today led by Tercera. Shrestha came on board in 2012 as the head of customer success. Tercera launches with $225M to fund cloud consulting firms. When he began, the startup was in early days with just 50 customers. It seems to be working.

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

TechCrunch

But getting farmers on board has never been easy, Goslinga told TechCrunch. When Goslinga met Njeru in 2008, she worked for Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA). As part of the new fundraise, TLcom’s senior partner Omobola Johnson will join Pula’s board. Co-CEOs with agricultural backgrounds.

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Ramon's 2020 Holiday Party: Small Business Advice from Industry Experts

Smart Hustle Magazine

He left WSJ in 2012 and started Brian Moran and Associates. Maybe be creative enough to come up with an idea that will sustain you, transform your life and your family's life. He’s a 25-year change management consultant. Steven worked at Disney for several years and then did a lot of work in change management consulting.

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Monetize Your Knowledge To Start Your First Business – Shane Sams with Flipped Lifestyle

Smart Hustle Magazine

I mean, man, in 2012, about 10 years ago or so, my wife and I were school teachers in Southeast Kentucky. This was still 2012, I mean, podcasts were a new thing back then. And when Jocelyn got on board, we were able to sit down. And maybe you’ll just go forth and do it. Shane Sams: Yeah. ” And we looked at Pat again.

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The Product Manager asterisk

TechCrunch

Ken Norton, who recently left his job as director of product at Figma to consult rising PMs, thinks it’s easier to start with defining what they aren’t: the CEO of the product. Square buys majority of Tidal, adds Jay-Z to its board in bid to shake up the artist economy. Image Credits: Fernando Trabanco Fotografía / Getty Images.

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