This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 8, 2011

I'm sure each of those guys got questioned by entrepreneurs as to why they should accept advice from them as opposed to the entrepreneurial veterans of the days who worked in VC. So how can a relatively junior VC hope to add any value to an investment and on a board--and is it enough value that you should have one on your board?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

So you need to build a network even outside of your company. I called every person I knew in Accenture Europe and asked for advice to get transferred. They were trying to sell a project to the board of Sony. Developing an audience gives you a bigger network, bigger knowledge and more power to get ahead. Crossroads.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2013

bang on the windows of a board meeting recently and stick his tongue out at all of us. And still able to make it out to LA networking events. In the most perfect sense of the definition. Startup Advice' Aka Punky Brewster. We’ve had many celebrities walk through our doors including a-list film stars. Kara as CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2010

Otherwise you’re not serious and you’ll never get the right job so don’t bother.&# Definitely gets shock value. Why do I give this blunt advice? The best jobs are the ones that have not already been put on a job board. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It was definitely eye-opening and an expensive lesson. I learned this the hard way when starting Hunter Super Techs, and while the company is thriving as of now, I definitely had my share of failed marketing ideas when first growing the company. Emily Dills , Founder, National Nanny Network and Seattle Nanny Network, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

So they offered the same kind of crappy software that they tried to impose in the wired Internet era and because you had to get your phone subsidized and purchased through one of their stores and because you had to use a wireless network they had leverage to force customers to use their software.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S. Defensible IP When I’m asked by newer, younger VC partners for advice on our sector, one of the things I always emphasize is looking for companies who have built defensible intellectual property (IP). almost be definition you should be scratching your head.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 3, 2012

Age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc are all topics that are deeply emotional for people--and, by definition, personal. I think Fred was trying to offer some friendly advice to young investors that you're going to "take lumps" and that it's worth learning from those who are more experienced.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Mcluckie describes the look they’re going for with their garment picks as “eclectic, city, cool, definitely unique” — arguing: “It’s got an edge to it over our competitors.” And I think that is definitely our strength,” adds Mcluckie in a video call with TechCrunch to dig into their approach.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 30, 2023

to report information about the company, the company applicant (see the definitions below), and its “beneficial owners” to the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), with limited exemptions primarily for large companies. As an angel investor, you might sit on the board of one or more companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. But you have to understand how to interpret your numbers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

I definitely had a full-time job, I had a newborn baby,” Walton said. I think it caught her off guard,” Krassner said, who is still a board member at the company. Currently, a lot of information or advice around pregnancy lives in books or in-person classes. Social network for women, Peanut, raises $12M Series A amid pandemic.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, But if you’re a concentrated investor who takes board seats then you know the hard bit starts the day after. By definition this means others will doubt you.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

was definitely in the bucket of amazingly talented founders with a great product that hadn’t yet proved product/market fit. The board was unanimous in our opinion of this including outside director Ian Rogers who has served as Jonathan’s mentor and friend. Startup Advice' I saw it first hand.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And my specialty was computer networks. So I joined this group called Network Solutions, we did computer networking, the predecessor to the internet. I guess if you do more than one, I guess by definition, that’s serial. I came from a board meeting to here. It was all technical. ” I said, “Why?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2011

I hold true to form and follow my own advice. Nobody has family duties, board meetings, full schedules. It has to do with the future of social networking. As you may know I outlined my rules for maximum impact at events / conferences before SXSW began. If you didn’t read it, it’s here. But at SXSW? Gary Vee.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2010

or “What would happen if we didn’t bid for 3G services and in stead built our network on 2.5G I have often found entrepreneurs want to present the positive progress of the company to impress the board rather than engage in debate about how to make things better. But for most issues VC’s and boards are tourists.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 13, 2011

It’s honest advice so please judge once you’re read the post. Here’s my advice: A got an email from a young, super bright entrepreneur today. I like board meetings at your place so we can pull in other team members and hear from them. That’s not the point. I’ll keep it short. Meals, meals, meals.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

I’m sure everybody has their own definition of the attributes of an entrepreneur. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. High stress. And I mean this. I was baffled.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 20, 2020

Everyone on the board is anxious to close this. If you’re seeing this movie for the first time from the top, you need to ask many questions and be led by your outside team, whether legal, financial, accounting, or networking – or all. Professional advice before and during the process is necessary. Welcome to the club.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) Miners spend energy to maintain the Bitcoin network. No network … no value.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2014

There are too many people giving advice who have been through one or two startups, none of which grew into a huge company, got to profitability, or an IPO. I think we all need to be a lot more discerning about where advice is coming from. That doesn''t feel like the perspective you get from a lot of advice givers these days.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

I’m sure everybody has their own definition of the attributes of an entrepreneur. My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. High stress. And I mean this. I was baffled.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

Everyone on the board is anxious to close this. If you’re seeing this movie for the first time from the top, you need to ask many questions and be led by your outside team, whether legal, financial, accounting, or networking – or all. Professional advice before and during the process is necessary. Welcome to the club.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

“We don’t just add tasks to a Trello board for them to complete, we discuss the goals, why and how best to achieve them with cost/benefit analysis in mind.” Other approaches (social media, paid ads, content marketing, networking) also provided interesting results. Advice on avoiding a bad experience?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. And when you think about the three C’s you begin to realize that the first two of these activities are ones where the economic powerhouse networks are driven in cities outside of Silicon Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers. Raising money is hard. Of course much of it is conflicting.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

I think they definitely qualify as a VC and not a seed fund. Yet talk to virtually any FRC company and they’ll tell you that these guys are some of the most active board members and offer some of the best advice in the industry. I could definitely see that happening. They do many early-stage deals.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

If you think he seems pretty great based on that, you should definitely keep reading (and if you want to be really impressed check out this page ). He specialises in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property and competition law, and provides advice on privacy and other regulatory compliance issues.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

And it’s really just about building the definitions and the plays and the stories of success around them into one spot so people know where to look. The data revolution in partnerships Sarah Wang: That’s incredibly exciting and definitely part of our investment thesis in investing in Crossbeam. Sarah Wang: Absolutely.

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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

JANUARY 16, 2021

Definitely see changes in evolution of young startups given the behavioral changes caused by COVID. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Our early advice to founders was to ensure runway for 18 months in order to weather the storm.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

but that won’t stop the almost daily influx of unsolicited advice and second-guessing you’ll receive. Oh, most definitely. Reasons for failure vary, but common reasons are premature scaling , lack of product-market-fit , and not having the right people on board. Especially from those who have no idea what they’re talking about.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 20, 2021

I built Google’s global payment network back in the early days when we had to get money from advertisers all over the world and pay out our publishers all over the world. Ramon Ray, Smart Hustle: But I bet on your white board, even though you don’t fund startups, on the white board, I’m guessing, my words, not yours.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 9, 2018

That's a really useful function for any kind of advisor, be it a board member, investor, or someone advising about a specific aspect of the company. If nothing else, it helps you build up a network of other founders and executives that you can count on whose experience dwarfs what the handful of your active investors have.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Dharmesh: I think that was good advice. Definitely maybe. What you should do, since now you're out of Twitch, you should do a professional network that's powered by the blockchain that, and I'm going to say this as kindly. Sam: And I was like, "Well, why?". It's like that. That's an example. But, it's worked out well.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. If you ascribe to the textbook definition of a recession, as taught by “proper” economics programmes?—?i.e.,

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