American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape. Its Fund I (20222025) already shows 0.3x DPI and 3x MOIC, exceptional for its vintage.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 14, 2022

There is a lot of criticism of venture capital in web3. Bitcoin did not have or need venture capital. Ethereum did not have or need venture capital. So why would any web3 project need venture capital? In the age of community-funded projects, why would a web3 project want to take funding from venture capitalists?

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JUNE 26, 2012

In venture capital, you say "no" a lot. Unfortunately, there's a lot of the "velvet rope" mentality going on in venture. I'm concerned that some of the newer folks in venture capital haven't been kicked in the stomach enough. People thought I was crazier for having the chat widget on my blog. It is your default response.

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MAY 13, 2015

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures recently joined Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Crosslink Capital, and KarpReilly in Hungryroot 's $2mm seed round. We stayed in touch and reconnected around a blog post that I wrote in 2012 on falling in love with the problem and not getting attached to the solution.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

I''ve closed three investments in the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures fund that haven''t quite been made public yet, bringing the total to 13 companies. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists. Venture Capital & Technology'

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

I could probably write a book on venture round pricing dynamics. However, since I only have time for a blog post, I''ll settle for actual data. That also includes 16 Brooklyn Bridge Ventures deals done and five agreed to term sheets. Venture Capital & Technology' What should you price your seed round at?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too. How does the world in Los Angeles intersect differently with venture capital? The number of times I’ve had people come to me and say they want to blog more. And I don’t want to be complacent. How does this changing world affect me? How can I raise the bar?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

But most venture-backed startups are “still overwhelmingly white, male, Ivy-League-educated and based in Silicon Valley,” according to a study conducted by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. Venture funding does remain elusive , but here are some tricks for startup founders to hack the system. Funding for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Since first investing in Oklahoma startups in 1999, i2E, and now its independent Venture Capital Fund management partner, Plains Ventures, have managed numerous early-stage debt and equity investment funds, making 452 investments in more than 250 companies. Alkami , Oklahoma’s first unicorn, was valued at $3.1

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I think this is a Seriously great example of how this process works for at least one VC – Upfront Ventures. But since I have a blog and the history of my falling in love with Andrew & Petri’s vision was public and is relevant to how we make decisions I wanted a chance to tell all of their stories. Watch this space. (as

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Well, I missed something in the data that was subsequently reported on by PitchBook , one of the authors of the report: Venture funding for female founders has hit its lowest quarterly total in three years. But it is possible that there is and I missed that in my blog yesterday. I will give myself an F for that.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 27, 2021

Last fall, USV raised two new venture capital funds from our loyal and supportive investors. We announced the new climate fund on January 8th and I blogged about it here. And so we did that yesterday on the USV blog and I tweeted about it. "we … We publish our investment memos as blog posts.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Many entrepreneurs are reliant on outside funding, whether angel investors, venture capitalists or strategic investors , to keep the venture going. It’s important to enlist the ideas of others that are invested in your venture. A startup is not a lone adventure. Join a CEO peer group.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Tim Friedman, CEO, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile VC , suggests, “E.g., I list the online communities for VCs in general at Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital. This was cross-posted on Integrity Research’s blog. How VCs source winning companies. You can also sponsor their events.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. I’ve blogged about this before and provide a lot more details in these posts: 1. million in 46 companies and we have helped those companies raise an additional $215 million from venture capital funds and individual investors. Venture Capital.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

First, I''ve finished raising the first Brooklyn Bridge Ventures fund--tallying $8.3 When you blog, tweet , Instagram , etc., I''m announcing two things today. This is what I set out to do just about two years ago when I first broke out on my own and started raising, so I''m thrilled to say that it has finally happened.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” years ago. The monkey on my back.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

It''s kind of a funny answer to "When did you start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures?". So when did I really start Brooklyn Bridge Ventures? I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001. I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 14, 2022

My first entrepreneurial venture happened during childhood when my mom used to take us skiing in the United States. On reflection, the key lessons I learned from that venture are: Sometimes, one needs to look at opportunities from different perspectives to uncover value and opportunity. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With in-person events drying up, he pivoted his venture to an online engagement platform that blends technology and experiences to connect and unite workforces. ” A version of this article originally appeared on EO Melbourne’s blog. . and more articles from the EO blog. .

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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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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

A few years back I helped start Screendoor , a fund that backs new venture firms by hopefully being one of their earliest and largest supporters. Most strategies are some combination of innovation and best practices along the classic five steps of venture investing: See, Pick, Win, Service, Exit.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material. Venture Capital. He talked about a unique model where you don’t have to become liquid in venture capital and can target singles & doubles. I don’t believe it.

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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. Venture Capital & Technology'

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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 I am also an advocate of female founders investing in other female founders, especially given the low numbers of venture capital allocation to women, less than 2%. and more articles from the EO blog.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Conferences, startup blogs, meetups--they're all filled with people telling you how to build your company. Venture capital is kind of like a knuckleball. Why ever read another tech blog? Why should that stop me, though? It doesn't stop anyone else. Often times, the advice is terrible or impractical. So why bother showing up?

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

A writer who wants to blog about culture. Velocity of venture dollars deployed increased because of ZIRP iii. Prediction for Next Wave of Startups: More startups that build for defined, but not yet venture scale, markets. Too many of the CE startups started with sub 20% take rates or venture-subsidized subscription prices.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

I was excited to start this perfect wedded-working venture together. The post How to Build a Successful Partnership in Work and Life appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. We would work closely to create the next chapter of our business together. Over time, reality set in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

It begins with a theoretical premise about your venture, proceeds to developing a minimum viable product (MVP) — the bare minimum that can still offer value — and seeks feedback from real-life scenarios. and more articles from the EO blog. The lean startup approach introduces a more dynamic and resource-efficient strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I have blogged about some of the downside consequences of the changes and the private information I have says the consequences are much worse than is reported in the press since few people publicly talk about. Does he blog about venture capital and try to advise entrepreneurs? Has written a book on venture capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Weren’t entrepreneurs tired of the golden handcuffs of venture capitalists and bankers? and more articles from the EO blog. The post Lessons from the Trenches: One Founder’s Candid Look at Bootstrapping first appeared on The EO Blog. Yet, the belief that Equifund could bridge a vital gap in the market kept me going.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 27, 2013

Quiet-as-a-mouse Roger Ehrenberg of IA Ventures. True-to-his-heritage Rory O’Driscoll from Scale Ventures. So what are Rob’s secret hacks that he didn’t spill in his blog post? . Key point – if your emails are as long as my blog posts you’re forked. Wallflower – yours truly.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Six months ago Upfront Ventures announced its first Partner hire since 2007 – Greg Bettinelli. More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. I wrote about him here.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

4- Any startup can raise venture capital I've also seen a misconception on business types, versus their ability to raise venture capital. I've been in the startup world since 2012 and only recently started finding content addressing this topic (take a look at the Startup Therapy podcast and on Josh Pigford's blog at Baremetrics).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital. Put it this way – Upfront Ventures spend on PR per year = $0. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. I do it myself.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2015

Anybody who reads the blog regularly will know that I’m long video. And just so I’m not hypocritical, we work hard to also create a sense of what we do at Upfront Ventures. I’ve made 5 investments in the sector and I hope to make 5 more. Between the US & Europe alone the video sector is worth around $500 billion.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I saw Dan Primack assert that the venture capitalist’s customer is their limited partners in this tweet about the Citizen app, the recap, and their VCs: Regular reminder that, ultimately, VC funds works for their limited partners, not for their portfolio companies. The entrepreneur is the customer and the LP is the shareholder.

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