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Praying to the God of Valuation

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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. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. THE VC VALUATION GOD Valuation obsession wasn’t restricted to startups. billion fund.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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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.

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Purple Elephant Ventures, Kenya’s tourism-focused startup studio, raises $1M pre-seed funding

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Despite the uncertainty in the tourism sector from the Covid pandemic, the PEV team didn’t slow down but instead went on to launch two startups — Elephant Bookings, a software as a service (SaaS) product, and Nomad.Africa, a content-to-commerce magazine. Investors participating in this round include Klister Credit Corp.,

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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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ChatGPT goes pro, layoffs at Alphabet, and Dungeons & Dragons flirts with restrictive new licensing

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E Ink says it aims to use them to build a magazine reading experience that’s good enough to win over even the most demanding publishers. Frederic reviewed the Keychron Q10 this week, a keyboard akin to Keychron’s other — but smaller — Alice-style board. Keys for days: My colleague (and boss!)

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

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I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

I’m enjoying being a VC. I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. VC meetings going well. 2 million in VC. I swore never to do that as a VC. What do VC’s Experience?