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TechCrunch
JANUARY 27, 2023
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. However, in 2013, Stone and the others shifted their focus to individual startups. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium.
TechCrunch
MARCH 6, 2023
Serial entrepreneur and seasoned investor Vinod Khosla has some strong, contrarian advice for the venture capital industry: don’t sit on your founders’ boards. I’m not a big fan of governance; I think if you engage as a team member with a founder, you have much more influence than if you’re sitting on a board and voting,” he said.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Electrical engineers have been designing custom circuit boards on computers for years, but this approach simply moved the paper and pencil method to digital. Jitx , a startup from three Berkeley alumni, recognized that the digital approach to board design hadn’t changed much and they saw an opening. Image Credits: Jitx.
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MARCH 18, 2019
Across the world, various economic development organizations, government agencies, and non-profits are putting in admirable and well-intentioned efforts to develop startup ecosystems. Take the example of goTenna , a thriving communications hardware startup located in Downtown Brooklyn that employees almost 50 people.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 8, 2014
Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. Most associates need some entrepreneurial experience before actually making investments. a top-down view on HR challenges at startups; and, obviously: a great network.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” Ten years on much has changed.
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