TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

As we saw in part 1 of this EC-1 , this led him to the revelation that it’s easier to figure things out for yourself than finding advice that applies to you. 5 innovative fundraising methods for emerging VCs and PEs. 5 innovative fundraising methods for emerging VCs and PEs. Image Credits: Hiroshi Watanabe / Getty Images.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). We have some announcements set for 2015. We plan to continue working with our good friends Jim & Peter on this.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, while many startups exist in cities like Turin, Bologna, Naples and Rome, Milan is generally seen as a bigger ecosystem because of its mercantile culture and a significant share of VC funds. The good news: VC funding in Italy has grown. It has an estimated 67 VC funds, with 18 of them started since 2015.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

Because even in 2015 I still see people riffing on ideas and working on business plans, product flows or coding on projects without first forming a company, signing contracts that assign intellectual property to that company and trusting that “friends” would never sue you. I would like to just offer some very simple advice: 1.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” VC firms have taken notice: notable investors in Atlantic Canadian startups include Breakthrough Energy Ventures , a fund supported by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others. In 2015 I opened up my Facebook page to the public. In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur.

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Unvalidated Learnings

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Johnson, the company’s first employee, built an epistolary community of fellow runners (a forum of sorts), who, in exchange for his expert advice, would provide him with invaluable product feedback: “ Unlike me, however, most customers came to depend on Johnson’s letters. Most wrote him back. He didn’t finish the sentence.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

In 2015, a female founder to a huge risk and put herself out there in an attempt to create a space that solved a real need—to create a professional space where women could feel safe and empowered. Even if these investors were skilled in such things, I’m not sure how much Audrey would have paid attention to their advice anyway.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2015

Tuvia Elbaum (@Tuviae) July 14, 2015. Mark Suster (@msuster) July 14, 2015. As I’ve said before, “ You’d Have to be a Really Big Baby to Complain About Being a VC.” I called in the Y0 Yo Life of an Entrepreneur but it really applies to me as a VC as well. I sit down to get things done. HSzvQK63th.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

The SEC seems quite okay with postponing finalization until October 2015. Even the more realistic projection, $300 billion , is 10 times the current VC investment market. Typically limited to giving advice or consuming, Title III will give non-accredited investors far more influence over products, services, and planning.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

“I had one cross my desk yesterday where a brand-name VC led the seed, which they are now calling a pre-seed,” Winfield told TechCrunch. On Monday, we’ll run columns with practical advice for exploring both of those scenarios. Patricio Jutard, co-founder and general partner, Newtopia VC. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Please note that these are for entertainment purposes only, as “we’re not offering investing advice or recommending anyone join or back a startup.” Since Etsy went public in 2015, companies like Poshmark, The RealReal and thredUP followed suit, attracting even more investors to the sector. Have a great weekend!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 2015

. — Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. It spoke to me because it so resonates with my nearly daily advice to entrepreneurs and VCs alike. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. He took two words where I take 1,000! Respect > Love.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2023

Interestingly, prior to joining Index, Fiorentino helped build and lead business strategy and finance at Stripe from 2015 to 2019. Index Ventures’ Mark Fiorentino led two funding rounds totaling $26 million into the company in 2021.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

So you’re interested in raising capital from a Revenue-Based Investor VC. Which VCs are comfortable using this approach? This structure offers some of the benefits of traditional equity VC, without some of the negatives of equity VC. 10% of Feenix’s portfolio companies have received VC equity prior to their financing.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

Go to your VC grant, loan from a bank, whatever. So, we have customers who, right when we launched the product back in 2014, 2015, we have customers right from then, and we’ve grown with them. And last thing, but you’re welcome to share anything I didn’t ask, but let’s talk about tips, advice.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, in first quarter 2015, 55% of all American venture rounds were either seed or Series A, split almost evenly, while 19% of all rounds were Series B (the third round of financing), according to data from CB Insights. (See Remember the “buy low, sell high” advice they were supposed to teach you in business school?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 23, 2015

We talk a lot about his schooling, his early jobs as a developer and then as a VC and we talk about his decision to spend winters in Los Angeles. Fred is generous with his time and advice and I hope has shaped a generation of VCs for the better. You can’t time VC investing markets. VC investing is hard work.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. I’m excited to have Vidit Aatrey, CEO and co-founder of Meesho, which was founded in 2015, and you went through YC in 2016. But what happened back in 2015, like the year out of college, I was working within MobiHerd, Sanjeev was working with Sony in Japan.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

So we’d love your thoughts on maybe just advice for companies rebuilding their partnership orgs or they’re developing their sophistication on the ELG front. From late 2011 until maybe 2015, RJMetrics was… the leads were flying in and falling off of our desk more days than not. It was a super exciting era.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

We also are dependent on money, advice and support of many of our friends & colleagues in the venture industry who co-invest with us in nearly every deal we do. Up next I’ll publish all of the LP (people who invest in VCs) data we gathered and what we believe this signifies. VC survey data 2016 from Mark Suster.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

You thought media twitter was bad… You thought tech twitter was bad… — Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) August 24, 2015. If markets come back quickly then you’ll see a return to normal 2015 funding timeframes (which I can tell you are much quicker than in times past). My favorite Tweet of the morning came from Hunter Walk.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. With small amounts of money invested (sub $3 million) the risks are reasonably low for most VCs and the consequences of bad decisions or decisions a VC has limited say in is tolerable. Startup Advice'

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

I’m not a market watcher or a financial expert, but here’s some advice: Panic is a luxury. Reporter Rebecca Szkutak spoke to VCs Haris Khurshid (Chalo Ventures) and Mac Conwell (RareBreed Ventures) to learn why some investors are starting to reject the traditional notion that fewer LPs are preferable. Talk to some friends.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

And then take your experience and turn it into a piece of thought leadership career advice to share with people reading this. My advice to people early in their career is pretty simple: your mission isn’t to pursue a career, it’s to discover it. Put yourself in interesting situations. It was also one of the hardest.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In a four-part series, he explores the origins and operations of Bowery Farming, a profitable startup that has raised almost $500 million since 2015 to create new tech and facilities that raise leafy greens sold in nearly 900 markets. Dear Sophie: Any advice for living my dreams in Silicon Valley? Any advice?

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). THE VC VALUATION GOD Valuation obsession wasn’t restricted to startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The speaks to the continued confidence in the venture capital markets and as I had predicted some time ago the VC markets right now are a great place to invest – especially relative to other places to put one’s money. If you want to understand how the VC industry is changing there is a great primer in the link.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 24, 2024

David on stage announcing Google Photos at Google I/O 2015 So you’re at Google, you build what becomes Google Photos — an absolute monster success of a product, even today. We’re consuming our own advice. You’re there for about a decade… why leave? Should I start another company? Last question!

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

“China doesn’t need any more good platforms,” Tang told his team in 2015, “but it does need good products.”. Everything feels right about the company,” said VC investor Anna Fang. I don’t think you need to limit advice from people who are “been there, done that.”

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