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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. And the truth is that several entrepreneurs prefer it this way. What we promise to entrepreneurs is that if we’re in for $3–4 million and things are going well but you just need more time to prove out your business?—?at

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. What do I do now? I call it, “Remind me why I love you again?”

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

We found one of those exemplary steps in southern Virginia where the Dan River Region Entrepreneur Ecosystem recognized the need for an ecosystem coordinator and rallied their stakeholders to hire the first entrepreneurial ecosystem builder for the region. River and bridges in Danville. What success looks like in this three-year pilot.

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My big jump: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy’s CEO journey

TechCrunch

A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee. Pasha was known for his intelligence, and we had connected informally over the years for coffee, each time having great discussions about business strategy.

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Startup Community Engagement During Covid

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Despite the Zoom fatigue that Peter mentions, we’ve had great success, welcoming increased numbers to our monthly Office Hours event where we have a presentation on a relevant startup subject, as well as our Startup Happy Hour where we have an interview chat with a successful entrepreneur then open it up to Q&A.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

A range of small VCs are deploying with Flexible VC structures, but we believe the total amount of AUM deployed with this strategy is well under $50m. Funder Category. See Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten VC

A range of small VCs are deploying with Flexible VC structures, but we believe the total amount of AUM deployed with this strategy is well under $50m. Funder Category. See Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? We detail below the major categories of VC: VENTURE CAPITAL TYPOLOGY.

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