A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 20, 2021

Back in the early 2000s, it was exciting to blog and use social networks to create our own media and move away from the traditional media outlets. That was the pull that got me into blogging and got me investing in Twitter. So a few months ago, I mirrored this blog on Mirror, a decentralized blogging platform.

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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. Just take how most people approach networking events and talks. They've been through a half of one investment cycle and they think it will always been this good.

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MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. Here are just a few suggestions: 1) Advise first, invest later. 2) Network with as many other angel investors as possible. Angel investing is part lifestyle, part asset allocation.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit. People who can invest with the firms money at arms length, bounties for sourcing a startup, small investments in other VCs that are upstream from your firm.

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APRIL 6, 2015

He found me through my blog and I didn''t think he was real. Hunter Walk can''t be any blog commenters real name, can it? I wasn''t sure whether his answers would wind up here or vice versa, but when I thought about it, it turned out I was pretty adamant that my blog is for my voice. I''ve known Hunter Walk for almost a decade.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 23, 2024

With marketing budgets tightening and businesses hurting, it made me want to share some of the most effective marketing strategies that have worked for us, either costing little to no cash or providing an absurd return on investment (ROI). and more articles from the EO blog.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

You can have a pretty nice life that way if you're willing to make the upfront investment in learning a craft and working hard to be the best. I've had the privilege of working not only for investors like Josh Kopelman and Fred Wilson, but for an institutional LP that had been invested in venture capital since 1980. 2) Trial by fire.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 12, 2019

The three areas that seem most obvious to me for decentralized infrastructure are compute (code execution), storage (storing files, etc), and bandwidth (network infrastructure). And today, we are excited to announce that USV has made an investment in a decentralized network infrastructure project called Helium.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

And it applies to business relationships & networking as much as it does to remuneration in the workplace. But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. Be helpful.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2020

Consider offering gift cards toward future services or investments in upcoming projects. For EO members, MyEO Deal Exchange has waived its joining fees in order to promote EO member cross-investment. EO is the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs. Rise above the chaos and build goodwill through your communications.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 3, 2024

My two favorite patterns are: The right mindset attracts the right network, and creates the right opportunities. Keep making bigger investments into smaller rooms, where the people in those rooms are making bigger impacts. That allows me to make the biggest investment in the smallest room – my family – where I can make the most impact.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2013

It’s the first EIR that we’ve had in the years that I’ve been with the firm and I hope will be the start of our investment in this program. We’re excited to continue to grow our investment professional staff and will continue to do so over the course of 2013 & 2014 with our new fund. ” “Sam?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 14, 2015

I’m rooting for Meerkat to succeed as an independent network. The group of people I might communicate with in a network like this might be different than the people with whom I interact on Twitter and in general I like to see new products and new companies emerge. And on reflection I have slightly more balanced views.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

When you invest in your business with your own money rather than investment dollars, you pay attention to every penny. The so-called J-curve of business growth — a period marked by initial investment losses before the eventual upturn — was a dark and isolating time. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 12, 2019

We brought together the best of all worlds: Conscious customers invested in uplifting the underprivileged, a low-cost and motivated rural workforce, and passionate leaders in urban communities who nurture and grow global opportunities,” Ravi explained in a 2018 interview published on Inc.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the growth of startups and entrepreneurs in Oklahoma, is proud to announce surpassing the $100 million mark in total investments. These investments, collectively over $100 million, have provided vital early capital to help startups throughout the state to thrive. i2E, Inc., About i2E, Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Any longtime readers of this blog will know that I often try to simplify complex ideas into a simple parable that is easier to remember to set the tone of one’s behaviors.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2022

What Alan recognized was that most IRL forums and networking events are absolutely awful places to pitch and here’s why: 1) When a VC shows up in person, they’re looking to replicate the kind of top of the funnel they would get in an hour or two’s worth of e-mail, and that’s not going to happen if you corral them into a corner for 30 minutes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2020

Then we ensure that our website content, such as pillar pages, subcategory pages and blogs, is up-to-date before we map out the various posts across our channels to support this vertical. Robert offere this key tip: Create different posts for different social networks. Facebook ads remain our highest return on investment” 3.

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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

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. My friends said, “I don’t need another network. That’s what happens when you join a network and have kids. Here’s the thing: If you never try new product and new networks you’ll never learn anything. Right now it’s my favorite network.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy is knowledgeable enough to talk tech and swap design & product stories with other founders, but she realized early that networking amongst this group and reading and writing in their journals would not bring her more customers. So Tracy began keeping a blog about … (what else?)

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

Everybody has a blog these days and there is much advice to be had. When I meet other VCs I’m constantly asking how they decide which investments to make, when to pass, when to do follow-on rounds, when to sell a company vs. when to go long, etc. On investment strategies I have “ Deflationary Economics ” 6.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2020

We asked members of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) , a global, peer-to-peer network of 14,000-plus influential business owners, what lessons they wish they’d known to ensure ongoing success before starting their companies. Do whatever legwork is possible to validate your product-market fit before investing everything in your concept.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

With this in mind, ThrivingDollars has been addressing the need for financial literacy in Jamaica by simplifying and disseminating quality financial education that covers key topics such as budgeting, saving, debt management, and elimination, investing, insurance, and retirement and estate planning. Create community.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 18, 2014

In my Twitter bio is says that I’m “ looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs ,” which almost sounds like I was just looking for a cliché soundbite to describe myself. We first met five years ago through serendipity as I described in this 2009 blog post and elaborated on again in more detail 2010.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It became clear early in the 2000s that the big opportunity in the web would be to build large networks of engaged users. And the way many/most of those networks were built was by delivering single user utility day-one and then building out network effects around that utility. I could go on and on but you get the idea.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Building an investor network from scratch sounds daunting. How do you start a network from zero? Depending on what networks you come from, your situation can be different. For people in the demographic I invest in, it’s quite atypical for that to be a thing. ” Kevin Liu, director, Techstars. .

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2020

Gumball is a subsidiary of the Headgum podcast network. Headgum is a network of owned and operated comedy podcasts as well as third party podcasts that join the Headgum network for distribution and monetization (via Gumball). We made an investment in Headgum recently and blogged about it on the USV blog this morning.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 14, 2020

The YLAI Network hosted three experts on financial planning for a Facebook chat in March 2020 for Global Money Week for network members. From debt management and saving tips to investment inquiries, you have money on your mind. Kenishia provided further resources for those looking to get started with investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 28, 2016

I’ve been online for nearly 30 years (yes, there was CompuServe and Prodigy before the www), blogging for 10 and using social media tools since the earliest days. I love to watch networks evolve, see how crowds gather and communicate and curate and share. The “half life” was very short. Of course there was good and bad to this also.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2024

Intrigued and optimistic, I joined with the intent of expanding my business and network. After all, our companies were the results of our ideas, our investment in time and capital, and our sweat equity. and more articles from the EO blog. I thought I was invincible and that I was the reason for success. Together we grow.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As business owners, we often have a huge amount of wealth tied up within our businesses, but don’t form the habit of creating other income streams and forms of wealth, such as investments outside our businesses. The best advice she ever gave me, though, was to join the EO to build my leadership skills and my support network.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

I went back across the 21 investments I''ve made both at First Round and at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --a period that dates back to January 28, 2010, when I closed on Backupify. You might be surprised that I don''t get more inbound deals given all the work that I put into my blog, Twitter, and newsletter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

A lean approach eliminates wasted resources by validating your idea before heavy investments. Here’s the core idea: Live Lean: Each dollar conserved is an additional dollar you can invest in your startup’s development. and more articles from the EO blog. This ensures you’re developing something customers actually want.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 23, 2023

With more than 875 million users across more than 200 countries, LinkedIn is a household name in the world of professional networking. As it scales, Peerlist has attracted some investment from many industry insiders. I invested because this is the need of the hour for this industry, and timing is perfect for such disruption.”

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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. Not sure how to network? Build your professional network with resources such as these: Four Cs of Networking .

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