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Praying to the God of Valuation

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I have often thought that creative endeavors where one has a quick turn-around between idea and realization of one’s work as one of the more fulfilling experiences in life. I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money.

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Sanity, a platform to build and manage content flows on sites, raises $9.3M from Ev Williams, Threshold and more

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Now, after picking up some 25,000 customers, from “traditional” publishers like Conde Nast and National Geographic through to hundreds of others like Sonos, Brex, Figma, Cloudflare, Mux, Remarkable, Kleiner Perkins, Tablet Magazine, MIT, Universal Health Services, Eurostar, and Nike, it is announcing funding of $9.3

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

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I need to take some VC meetings. But it did take Brad as a public spokesman, consummate networker and successful VC to help create legitimacy to let David’s ideas flourish. The people with the time, energy & creativity to build organizations like TechStars need to bring their ideas to fruition. Me: “Bullshit.

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Newsletter: Formula One 3D printing + Stroke therapy

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Williams Racing, the 16-time Formula 1 champion, has selected Nexa3D ’ s NXE400 ultrafast photoplastic 3D printer to create components for wind tunnels used to test cars and components, reducing manufacturing time from hours to minutes, TCT Magazine reports.

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Announcing the judges for the TC Sessions: Robotics Pitch-Off

TechCrunch

Dr. Howard is the founder and president of the board of directors of Zyrobotics, a Georgia Tech spin-off company that develops mobile therapy and educational products for children with special needs. “Kelly is a Partner at DCVC, an early-stage deep tech VC with $3B AUM. ” Kelly Chen, DCVC.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. But I guess you could say the same about VC. Stock market declines would bring back dog days of VC. VC Ice Age Part 2 – Why the Market Started Moving Again? Why is that? Yesterday was a Monday.

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An Early Investor's Postmortem of The Wing

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Audrey Gelman was on the cover of Inc magazine, visibly pregnant. In some ways, it’s a bit like VC funds that are setup to empower certain groups through investing that don’t actually acknowledge the structures and impact of venture capital itself on different populations. A great board member helps you catch your blind spots.