Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Leapfunder

JUNE 5, 2025

But job boards, LinkedIn, and social media own the gate. View events Visit our Academy Startup Survival Guide Our Startup Survival Guide blog series helps you find investors & t. You pay to search. You pay to contact. You keep paying to reach what’s already yours. The strength of our network is in everyone’s collective expertise.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Investors: Foundation Capital (lead), with existing investors: Morgenthaler Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Canaan Partners. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. Online peer-to-peer lending.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Board Meetings. Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. How do VCs break out of group think when they are shuttling from one board meeting to the next, from one conference to the other and talking with all the same people? How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Investors let him control the board as long as he continued to make them paper rich, and then actually rich--so they couldn’t technically force him out. When it happens at companies run by women, the media, disgruntled employees, and their investor board members, burn them at the stake. Two reasons: One, they had no other real choice.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. One example is that they introduced a program where their founders can pool together shares from their company and exchange them for a small portfolio of other First Round Capital companies. I'm a huge fan of this innovation. and Half.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. I believe that over capitalizing companies too early often favors the VC.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

I can't put up my track record on my blog, which I'd happily do--whether I have any exits (even though it is theoretically public what I've worked on and who might have sold to a company that rhymes with hype) and how the other companies are doing. Who wouldn't want in on the next Union Square Ventures or First Round Capital funds?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2013

Well, the venture capital industry has changed a lot in the past 20 years … and we have too. VC has operated as an “old boys club”, with access to capital often requiring entrance through an elite university engineering department in one of two cities. What’s up with that? Upfront seemed to fit the bill.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2024

As I grow into my new role as EO’s Global Board Chair , I begin by looking back on my entrepreneurial journey over the past decade and see now, with the benefit of hindsight, how my understanding and approach to leadership have drastically evolved. Or as one of my EO Board Chair predecessors, Marc Stockli, once wrote, as a Leader’s Leader.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Businesses that provide this enabling technology and equipment can capitalize on this with special pricing and promotions. You can expect to see families invest in toys, to keep their children occupied, as well as board games, projects and puzzles that can be done as a family in the evening and on weekends. Direct to Consumer Brands.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2024

Women still only get about 2% of venture capital investment money, and we want to see that change,” said Cindy Boyd, EO Houston. “By We’ve helped our portfolio companies with introductions with potential customers, board members, key employees, and advisors.” and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

It’s why I always work hard to find images for my blog posts & why all of my keynote presentations are visual rather than bullet points with words. When I write a blog post I often see the words before I write them. The one that works best for me is visualization coupled with self talk. These are all creative processes.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

I had written a blog post on exactly this – how to not suck at group presentations – and what he said reminded me a lot of this post. I often tell teams that you need to create product deadlines that are semi-public (or maybe board commitments) that help you focus on shipping product.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As an example, only 3 percent of venture capital funding went to all-female-founded startups in 2022. — Annika Launay, EO Queensland, CEO of Franc.World Equal Representation At The Top Seeing more women on boards of top organizations and in political leadership roles would have a significant impact on entrepreneurship for women.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s securing investment capital, marketing a concept, recruiting new talent or leaning on peers for support and advice, having a solid network can seriously work to your benefit. Noelle Fauver volunteers on the board of the San Diego American Marketing Association and is a contributing editor for 365businesstips.com. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

(Craig had two Angel-Sharks participate in his deal, and one of them returned for additional investments and serves in an advisory board role.). and more articles from the EO blog. . Who is the ideal attendee for DX22? It might be EO’s best-kept secret, but now the secret is out—and you’re invited to attend DX22: Register today!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. A key deal not only helps you raise venture capital but it can help attract employees, garner press attention, help with product focus & importantly drive customer adoption and/or revenue.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

What person hasn’t crouched at an airport to get 18% extra on one’s battery before boarding an airplane? And not enough capital embracing these moonshots. But then one person – who happens to be a physicist – wrote a back-of-the-envelop calculation of uBeam and said it’s not physically possible.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Many cloud services are inexpensive on a monthly basis and require no initial capital outlays. Before jumping on board with a cloud vendor, make sure you’re comfortable with its reputation and track record. The post How Small Businesses Can Easily Adopt Cloud Computing appeared first on THE BLOG. Do the math.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. It isn’t new stuff.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 11, 2018

That’s why Sisu is a boarding school—and the first tuition-free, nonprofit, boarding high school that includes an embedded (business) accelerator program. Over time, all operational costs will be funded through seed capital and the accelerator program fueled by entrepreneurs.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Accel, Sequoia) give the Scout a small pool of capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

By 2021, the app had gone viral after Jay-Z’s Marcy Ventures wrote a blog post about it. “We Altro plans to use its new capital to continue growing its credit and financial literacy program as well as grow its team. I also understand the immediate opportunity to further expand the credit market informed by my board role at FICO.”.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

5 must-have board slides for SaaS sales and revenue leaders. In his former role, he was responsible for providing his company’s board with quarterly updates on growth and revenue. “As 5 must-have board slides for SaaS sales and revenue leaders. As Sequoia changes its model, other permanent-capital VCs weigh in.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Varda’s backers, which put $9 million into the company, were led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital. Additional participation came from Fifty Years, Also Capital, Raymond Tonsing, Justin Mateen and Naval Ravikant. Initially, they’ll be unmanned, according to a blog post published by Fifty Years.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Dan Kozikowski, Partner and Head of Platform, First Mark Capital , said to me, “Firms should match services to the stage-specific needs of companies. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

” We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company; angel investing/becoming a VC; buying a company; joining boards; consulting; serving as an interim executive; or just getting a job. We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media, blog posts, etc.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. Capria , Recast Capital – fund of funds. NVCA Venture Capital University. Wharton Executive Education Venture Capital program.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 10, 2022

I heard Alex Matisse tell East Fork’s history, started clicking around on their Instagram feed and reading Connie Matisse’s blog posts. Margaret had just joined their Board of Advisors and invested herself. Oh, and I kept ordering mugs. We now have a dozen+ (they’ve since solved inventory issues). Fits and starts.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 27, 2022

OurCrowd First Israeli Company to Partner With the Singapore Economic Development Board in the Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) Programme. billion in commitments, and deployed capital into more than 347 portfolio companies and 39 funds across five continents. June 27, 2022 09:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

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