Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 8, 2020

Investing in real estate can be an exciting premise — it’s been well-known that with the right decisions, real estate can provide a very good ROI (return on investment). Divya Tandon is an expert in real estate management and investing, and she gave Ramon the rundown on how to get into this field of work and be successful.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

We both wanted to build a practice that would make Los Angeles proud but where we would travel tirelessly to other locations to make investments in the best entrepreneurs wherever they were. Like any firm we of course invest in the San Francisco Bay Area where 33% of my personal boards are. We knew he had to be an investment partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Every time I’m there I’m blown away by the renewed energy and the thriving communities that have formed around the Flatiron District, Brooklyn and elsewhere. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC. I know that I call them often to co-invest. Andreessen Horowitz – Ok.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. It takes both to build a community. The business leaders need to do their parts. I plowed it back into 9 deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2010

The traditional way that this type of financing is offered is what is known as “convertible debt.&# This means that the investment does not have a valuation placed on it. They trust the judgment of the VCs to source, finance, help manage and then create some sort of exit for the investments that they make.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 26, 2012

I'm way early in my career, so I won't say I've perfected anything yet, but after 8 years on the investing side and 3 in startups, I've come up at least one thing: Be open. They've been through a half of one investment cycle and they think it will always been this good. It's tough to figure out what advice to give.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The YLAI Network interviewed Marcos to learn more about his various organizations, his advice to network members, and his entrepreneurial spirit. Do you have any advice for YLAI members? Marcos Heyd has invested his time and energy into solving problems in Argentina. Pursue your goals and work hard.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

But when money is the issue, your time, energy and focus are drained from other important areas of your life or business. This is one interpretation of It takes money to make money , although that statement was probably created to describe new investment opportunities. Money in the bank is like oil in the car.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

With the emergence of concepts such as NFT and GameFi, socialization prosperities are bringing new energy to the crypto world. Together Labs is leveraging the power of blockchain technology to create the new metaverse economy where users can buy, sell, invest and shape its future. The Missing Block to Bring Crypto to the Masses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

It’s always such a pleasure for me to spend time with Farb because he has all of the enthusiasm and energy you love to see in entrepreneurs. In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. Tags: Start-up Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. You need to let the energy of the room guide you. In our current portfolio 3 or his 4 investments are in the Fin Svcs space. Congratulations.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Think USV is only invested around Union Square in NYC? And in many communities that are new to building tech startups I’ve found that a lot of angel money is not very sophisticated at investing in startup companies. Think the next big startup can’t come from Dallas, TX? Think again. Angry Birds?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 11, 2022

Emma Allen State Farm offers a variety of insurance services, mortgages, investment planning and 401K rollovers. As Emma Allen points out, when you’re taking the risk and investing your time and energy into creating a new company, a strong mindset isn’t just nice-to-have. It’s a necessity. .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. This article initially appeared on TechCrunch. “We want low-touch or zero-touch businesses” was the mantra.

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

I flew to San Francisco to meet with Apoorva, Brandon and Max – who were working out of a house in South Park – and after the first week of ‘helping out’ as an advisor around the office I fell in love with the team, energy, and infectious ‘just get it done’ spirit. I knew I wanted to help build it from the ground up.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

I love the enthusiasm, the boundless energy and the sense of possibility that comes from having an idea that hasn’t yet been beat up in the marketplace of competing ideas, customer contracts, VC skepticism, jaded journalists or fickle consumers who are on the The New, New Thing. You can focus your energy on what you’re good at.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 1, 2017

Sharon Oberlander, a wealth management advisor with Merrill Lynch and long-time mentor to women entrepreneurs and executives, shares her thoughts on what women in business should know about investing, retirement and personal finance. Do you think it’s too late to invest in this market or do you expect the rally to continue?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment). Just because the valuation in absolute terms isn’t a big difference does not mean that people aren’t paying higher than intrinsic value for these investments.

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real estate entrepreneurs financing finance 309

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

The confidence, energy, passion and humor that are hallmarks of Jonathan became muted in the pressures of needing to show financial successes to match one’s enormous product vision and ambitions. I have a very public seed stage investment policy and awe.sm Startup Advice' I saw this first hand. I saw it first hand.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. Because you have multiple forces at work.

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VC venture capital networking innovation 255

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 25, 2022

The goals of such a meeting are the following: Give others enough information to form an adequate enough and objective picture of the business in order to check your blind spots and offer advice or other kinds of assitance (like intros to folks who have been there before or have the right skills to pitch in).

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As soon as we control where awareness goes we control where energy flows. As soon as we control where energy is flowing we control what is manifesting in our life. I need to be able to harness my drive and better manage my energy. Drive consumes energy. You need a lot of energy to get behind a big drive.

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energy entrepreneurs enablement advice 159

Onevest

MARCH 25, 2015

Deal Flow There are certainly some advantages to investing more money and energy in fewer startups. Curated Investment Opportunities More deal flow is great, but the type of deal flow you are receiving as an independent angel investor can be even more important. Invest in startups. Having options is a good thing.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 27, 2023

We aim to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture by leveraging technology and strengthening community development through various renewable energy, feed for animals and smart farm projects to achieve sustainable goals. Akata Farms is passionate about addressing climate change, food security and sustainable agriculture issues.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 17, 2018

A firm like ours has almost 100 different investments across all the various partners so we get to see some businesses very intimately. The other day I posted some advice on Twitter that I just did free-formed from thoughts going through my head from recent conversations. There's never a perfect time - except now.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

I have read much commentary on my Twitter stream (ironically) and in the press about how investors are going to abandon investments in the Twitter ecosystem because they seem to appear hostile to ecosystem partners. Tags: Start-up Advice. Let me be the first to say that I don’t agree with this notion. Let me explain.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. The most important advice I could give you before you set out in fund raising mode is to understand that fund-raising a sales & marketing process and needs to be managed. an investment in your company. Same with VC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 3, 2024

While there’s a lot of advice available in those areas, we’ll concentrate on a few inbound strategies that remain consistently reliable (and promising) for 2024 and beyond. It’s worth noting that producing video content is a big deal due to the substantial effort invested into the process.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2011

I thought it was hard to invest in 10 let alone 500. Time will tell whether he succeeds greatly or not but you have to admire a man doing things in an innovative way and with the passion, energy, commitment and self-belief that he has. When Marc Benioff declared “the end of software” industry insiders scoffed.

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leadership board construction innovation 418

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 4, 2014

And it is all the harder because if you’ve invested 3-5 years in a business already and can’t agree how to separate you could literally throw out years of hard work on venture where the future is insolvable. Startup Advice' I see it all the time. Meaning – politics starts with your co-founder. Nurture it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers. But there does seem to be huge startup energy around the Flatiron District / Union Square.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

1) has escaped the attention of the major Internet companies, which are better run than ever before; (2) is capable of being launched and proven out for ~$5M, the typical seed plus series A investment; and. (3) . “In order to create a successful new company, you have to find an idea that. (1) How many ideas like that are left?”

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

A good accelerator concentrates and focuses the energy of people who “can’t not” be founders. Between our 15+ years at Founders’ Co-op and another 10+ running the Seattle-area Techstars programs, we’ve screened literally thousands of founding teams and invested in over 250 of the ones we thought were most promising.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Run a Company With Two 10-Minute Weekly Meetings and Post-It Notes Barry Raber (EO Portland), a serial entrepreneur and CEO of real estate investment firm Business Property Trust , shared his insights on how to keep team meetings short and sweet with an effective system that fosters collaboration and engagement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

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. how much energy to put into channel partners vs. direct sales. Startup Advice' So our board meetings consisted of discussion about.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

The Family Fund & Founder Community , which goes by F3C, announced $25 million in new capital commitments and its focus on becoming the largest community of founders that co-invest in the late-seed and Series A stages of consumer brands. In fact, they helped him see when he needed to pivot his business, he said.

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