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NZ Entrepreneur
MARCH 16, 2025
And in around 2018, 2019, there was a strategic focus by the Board of Trustees to start looking at how can we more specifically support and service founders in the Greater Canterbury region to help them pursue their ideas. I’d rather put the money into the program themselves than supporting the founders.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
And what VC’s worry about More importantly, VCs will worry over several issues when looking at a company and deciding about an investment. You may recall that board members have a “duty of loyalty” to the corporation, and not to their constituent investors.
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American Entrepreneurship
JUNE 24, 2025
Quentin Herr , Chief Technology Officer, previously with imec, and one of the foremost researchers in practical superconducting computing They are joined by a powerful advisory board including Brian Kelleher, former SVP of GPU Engineering at NVIDIA, and Phil Carmack, former VP of Silicon Engineering at Google.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
We have significant VC commitments (listed below) – every entering company will get $50,000 in funding, mentorship from top VCs and successful entrepreneurs plus free office space. To provide an opportunity for VCs and senior executives to engage with the community by giving back rather than just attending more cocktail parties.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
He wrote a post this long weekend on how he manages the board of DataSift. In his post he asserts, “You get the VCs you deserve” and the corollary “You get the performance out of your board that you deserve.” Sincerely – he is better at managing his board than any exec I have worked with.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
Picking a VC is hard. So I thought I’d write about out with what I would look for in a VC knowing what I know now and why. Most VCs are book smart. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. You want a VC who will spar with you but then STFU and let you get on with things.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
” From the hyperbolic Jason Calacanis weighing in that “The petty VC’s did everything to deride [Naval, the co-founder of AngelList]” as though the industry was collectively s g its pants that AngelList was going to put us out of business. This is the same way VC firms, by the way. Bowery Capital).
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