Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2022

None of this advice has changed… Let me tell you a few short hair–raising stories of entrepreneurs who have raised money and regretted it later. Some relatives believe that a family bond is an insurance policy, and that all investments or notes will always be repaid, no matter what the circumstance.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 3, 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. I am often asked how we make decisions on investments at Upfront Ventures. The same is true at startups.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2012

I'm often the last one to leave an event, held back by the most persistant of entrepreneurs trying to squeeze as much advice as they can out of me. I've only recently started leading investments a little over two years ago. Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This puts startups in the position of having to compete without losing their minds — or runway. Glyman and Kote shared how they’re working to preserve capital, while Blader offered up some of the advice she’s giving to her portfolio companies. For the unacquainted, Glyman and Kote both run startups in the spend management space.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2024

Guiding your startup to success demands much more than dreaming up a brilliant concept, launching a captivating social media campaign, and crossing your fingers that magic will happen. Back in 1990, during a radio interview with Dr. Wayne Dyer , I received a piece of advice that changed the course of my career. Their experience.

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Onevest

APRIL 23, 2015

By Michael Whitehouse Investment rounds are an essential part of the startup investment journey. You will encounter them progressively as you negotiate a deal either with a startup founder, or as an investor looking to attract further capital to an existing organization. Photo credit: [link].

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

The market for startup investment has changed. From the hottest year in startup venture capital history to a period of pessimism, how did we get to where we are today? Will the latest selloff finally shake up how investors value startups? It’s not a startup reckoning, it’s a recorrection (February 2022).

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Register China has announced the extension of favorable taxation policies for venture capital firms and individual angel investors investing in tech startups. By extending these tax incentives, China aims to encourage more venture capital funding and individual investments in the tech startup sector.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Hudson Valley Startup Fund brings together a network of the region’s successful business and community leaders to give back, supporting the launch of the next Hudson Valley visionaries. Read more >.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. At the same time, many investors are being more cautious with making new investments, preferring to focus on their existing portfolio before investing in new companies. A startup is not a lone adventure.

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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. The reality, added Khosla, is that “most board members today in startups have not earned the right to advise” because many have not themselves built startups.

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Venture Hacks

APRIL 17, 2019

Spearhead asked me to write a post on angel investing when they first launched. Charlie Munger says investing requires a latticework of mental models. Here are 11 lessons for your angel investing lattice: If you can’t decide, the answer is no. Investing takes years to learn, but improves for a lifetime.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

To that end it made three announcements last year: Zoom Apps development tools , the Zoom Apps marketplace and a $100 million development fund to invest in some of the more promising startups building tools on top of their platform. Today, at the closing bell, the company announced it has made its first round of investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

And equal numbers of startups seeking celebrity endorsements in exchange for equity. For the most part my advice is simple, “don’t bother.” For Startups Wanting to Work with Celebrities. For Celebrities Seeking Their Fortunes Working with Startup. Startups aren’t all that. Don’t.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Many of us invest much of our identity in what we do for a living, which means layoffs can transform social and emotional lives overnight. Slashing your spending and polishing your LinkedIn page is the right move, but investors tell me that now is still a good time to launch a startup. How should we plan our spending?

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StartupNation

MAY 5, 2021

These 11 entrepreneurs share the number one piece of advice their closest mentor ever gave them: Time is the most valuable thing you have. But it’s a startup. I vividly remember his best advice: He asked about my goals, and I replied, “To earn $250,000 in commissions.” My father, Charlie Harrington, was my first and best mentor.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2018

the most counter-intuitive fund-raising advice you’ll ever get I’m about to offer you some fund-raising advice that flies directly in the face of what most conventional wisdom will tell you. These collective sets of documents form the basis of what somebody looking at investing would call “financial due diligence.” It doesn’t.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

Arnav Sahu is an investor at Y Combinator Continuity, YC’s growth-stage investing platform. Unlike typical enterprise software companies, open source startups must go through two journeys for finding product-market fit: First, building a product that users would download and use for free, and then building features that users would pay for.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

As a VC with scores of startups in our portfolio we have ringside seats to many, many fund raising processes plus I had to raise money across about 5 different rounds of capital as an entrepreneur so I’ve developed some thought on the process that I hope can be helpful to some of you before you start. Just send me your dog damn deck 7.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2015

In November of 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “ Unicorn Club ” as it relates to billion-dollar startup companies. So here’s advice I give people all the time when they’re raising money. Or they’ll remind me of my common advice to take “ 50 coffee meetings.”

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In this guest Dreamit Dose, Jason Calacanis (@jason), a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel, answers the top 5 questions he gets about angel investing. First startup and no prior success? Jason says, “Investing is about the long game.”

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Onevest

APRIL 16, 2015

By Tim Houghten Startup investing may be right for the many individuals in the U.S., Why invest in startups offline or online via platforms like 1000 Angels ? What role should startup investing play in your financial plan? What’s the smartest way to embrace this type of investment? if it is done well.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 21, 2023

When a startup founder is trying to raise money, they know they should use referrals to get introduced to investors. Here is a simple process to make it happen: Make a list of 10 startups similar enough to yours that you can talk shop to the CEO but they are not a competitor, and they are no more than a few years more advanced than you.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Register Venture investment is a high-stakes game that demands vision, persistence, and adaptability. One such luminary is Yongmin Kim, whose journey through the ups and downs of the investment industry is nothing short of inspiring. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

” Here are several pieces of advice for growing businesses from successful women entrepreneurs. Credit.com spoke with a handful of seasoned female entrepreneurs for advice on running a firm from a business perspective. We never take a risk without weighing the pros, cons and financial aspects to include return on investment.

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500

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Under no circumstances should any of the below content be construed as legal, tax or investment advice from 500 Startups or any of its affiliates. Alluva at 500 Startups: What it was really like being a part of Batch 25 In March of 2019, Alluva was accepted into Batch 25 of 500 Startups. What Alluva is.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Register The investment immigration market has witnessed exceptional growth in recent years, with projections indicating a staggering $100 billion valuation by 2025. A dedicated investment consultant & investor herself she works with clients seeking Residency Permits or Citizenship through strategic investments.

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

As lines of code continue to proliferate through the world, as the rate of startup formation increases to seize those opportunities, and as the VC industry expands to support those new teams and opportunities, there is no shortage of people to visit for advice — not to mention all the resources online.

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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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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

The following is adapted from “ Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company’s Critical Functions and Teams” by Matt Blumberg. Census Bureau , and record numbers of startups in France, Germany, Japan and throughout the world. They invest because they believe in the people behind the idea.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

He spends most of his time investing in early-stage application software companies, so if that’s you, you’re not going to want to miss this roundtable. billion fund for seed to growth-stage startups and a $1.4 Ajay is coming to Early Stage just weeks after Bain Capital Ventures announced two new funds. Bain’s venture arm raised $1.9

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Onevest

APRIL 21, 2015

By Michael Whitehouse If you are considering investing in a startup company offline or online with platforms like 1000 Angels , a private investor network that connects startups with investors, the sheer number of what’s available can be both daunting and comforting. Does the startup offer something people genuinely want?

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

An Odd Start To My Angel Investing. I did not plan to do another startup. I had done it for 10+ years and lived the notorious startup life. My conviction to not do startups lasted only a few.weeks. During classes (which I loved), I missed the startup life. So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Over the last decade, the landscape of venture investing in the U.S. Team Asia Daily spoke to one such venture capitalist Jessie Wu , an early-stage investor at Upshot Ventures, in an exclusive interview, shedding light upon her investment journey while paving the way for upcoming startup founders and venture capital investors.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 31, 2023

At the time Melania was in discussions with Ethena about joining the startup as VP People, happily employed at a larger company but knowing she wanted new challenges. Hunter Walk: One of my favorite things to do for founders is speaking with people who are considering joining their startup. In my opinion, this is a hugely risky move.

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