A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 17, 2019

One of the many great things about vacations is reading books. Vacation is the one time that I can really prioritize reading books (as opposed to everything else I read). I just finished Scott Kupor ‘s Secrets Of Sand Hill Road , a book for entrepreneurs about rasing capital from venture firms. It would be a great course.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

Can you expand on where you got your passion for personal finance management? This entire journey helped me to uncover my love for personal finance and I wanted to help others do the same. I booked my first two coaching clients five months later — exactly a month shy of running out of savings.

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StartupNation

JUNE 16, 2021

During this process, you will want to ensure that your cybersecurity measures are up to date, properly organize all of your old customer orders and recycle any documents you no longer need, but what about your startup’s finances? Take the time now to analyze and clean up your books to avoid any potential financial issues down the road. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. The book lays out a road map for leading transformation to a truly agile enterprise. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. . Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Turing — which uses AI to source, evaluate, hire, onboard and then manage engineers remotely (including the HR and compliance aspects) in a bigger platform that it calls the “Talent Cloud” — has raised $87 million, a Series D round of financing that values the startup at $1.1

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

I interviewed a number of prominent VC’s and entrepreneurs for my recent book. Alex Haro says that when they only had a few weeks of runway left and weren’t sure if their next round of financing was going to close, they tried every crazy idea they could think of. Remember that you are not alone.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

She told of the teaching of the Talmud – a book which scholars use to debate doctrine and from which Jewish people are reminded to always learn and to debate. But our rabbi captivated me this year and reminded me of one of the most important lessons I learned myself 15 years ago. I remind my colleagues this all the time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 1, 2011

This is a theme that comes up in one the most influential business books for me of the past decade, The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb where he talks about the role that luck plays in business success. I still have to get sales, operations, finance, HR & corp dev right to win. I agreed to finance a company today.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

From managing finances to overseeing operations, marketing, and customer service, it can quickly feel like there are never enough hours in the day. Accounting and Bookkeeping Managing finances is crucial for every small business, but it can also be time-consuming and prone to human error.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

All these inefficiencies, asides from being time-consuming, lead to errors and affects cash flow and finance, which is why almost nine out of 10 small businesses in the country fizzle out in the first five years. The startup’s new financing round was led by Berlin-based VC Target Global. million in pre-seed funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Banking-as-a-service (BaaS), embedded finance and open banking are among the hottest topics in fintech today. In a session called “Making Money Move with Embedded Finance,” our panel will talk about how a new breed of finance infrastructure companies have the potential to turn any company into a fintech company. The promise?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

In 2011, Greg’s first book, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits shares his core principles of how to turn your business into a wealth-building engine. In 2014, Greg contributed a chapter to Verne Harnish’s book, Scaling Up on how to improve profits though labor efficiency. Rules for Smart Scaling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Most VCs are book smart. In fact, book smart can be a negative. I’ve watched VCs help with valuation support (spreadsheets, comps) on next round financing, participate in M&A meetings, interview senior job candidates – even help terminate tricky senior hires. Smart is simply not a differentiator.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

And while purchasing physical books may not be practical during the pandemic, consumers will find the instantaneous accessibility of eBooks and Audiobooks enticing when they are facing another weekend stuck in the house. Audiobooks and eBooks. With public social activities limited, kids and adults will need to find ways to pass the time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

Generally speaking in venture capital financings the legal documents will specify that only “major investors” (a threshold set in the agreement – which can be $500,000 investor or more). Has written a book on venture capital. How party rounds can burn you if it takes time to find your groove. You betcha.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 28, 2021

You’re in charge of operations, sales, marketing and finance. The results were disconcerting—spending money to hire help and to publish my second book during a year when the content writing work dried up for several months was not good for the bottom line. If you want to stay in business, all of those activities need attention.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

Yet after a seed round of $2 million many are still doing Quickbooks entries, booking hotels & airplane tickets, negotiating offices leases and digging through employment benefits, legal contracts and such. A great finance leader is on top of your numbers with such precision that you don’t have to worry about it.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Matt is a great CEO and has even written a book about leading and growing a company called Startup CEO. Matt and many members of his leadership team got the band back together early this year and started a new company called Bolster in partnership with Silicon Valley Bank and the early-stage VC firm High Alpha.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 20, 2025

If fixed expenses, especially payroll, are paid out before cash is received from services or shipments, the company is financing its growth with ever-increasing working capital needs. Many great businesses in their growth periods find themselves stretched for cash.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In your book, The Interaction Field: The Revolutionary New Way to Create Shared Value for Businesses, Customers, and Society , you write that the future is about creating value for everyone. It has become an essential way to pay—whether you’re purchasing a water bottle at the kiosk around the corner or financing your wedding plans.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. The second founder, Rob Duva , created another company called Fin & Field to book hunting & fishing excursions. This is true in consumer but it’s also true in enterprise software. Case in point, Procore just went public and is trading at an $11 billion valuation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2019

He is a bestselling author of self-development books and has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. In your book, you write, “People who are confident aren’t that way because they are rich. Ken Honda is the author of Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money. They are rich because they are confident!”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, TripActions was primarily known for merging many aspects of corporate trip booking — flights, hotels and rental cars — with expense tracking. Greenoaks led the financing, which also included “strong participation” from Elad Gil, Base partners and “all key existing financial investors.”

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 24, 2020

2018 YLAI Fellow and co-founder of L3G’s & Associates, Fatima Chi, is empowering businesses in her community in Belize to take control of their finances. L3G’s & Associates’ role is to keep local businesses running well, to provide guidance on the proper business formation and importance of proper finance management.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2017

Today I’m excited to announce we’ve recently raised $30 million in growth finance led by 8VC , with Kimmy Scotti joining our board. Amazon took a consumer value proposition (buying books, then all retail products) and made the consumer experience significantly better, faster & cheaper.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Sunlight Financial, which offers point-of-sale financing for residential solar systems, has raised north of $700 million in venture capital, private equity and debt. Doing some quick match, Latch grew booked revenues 50.5% We’re going to chat about the two transactions. from 2019 to 2020.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The rapid adoption of digital payments has become a great challenge for finance teams. In a separate survey , 48% of teams peg fragmented data as the largest impediment to closing their books. And it offers pre-built integrations plus a drag-and-drop interface that can be set up by finance teams within a matter of hours.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2014

I will speak with people earning good money at a larger company or even well-financed startup who are mulling over the choice of whether or not to quit. Why will people invest 5x the money to get book smart and struggle so much to take a big salary cut to get real life experience? I have a version of this conversation often.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

New Zealands first INSPIRE + SUCCEED will take place on: 28 April in Auckland at the Cordis Hotel 30 April in Christchurch at Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre 2 May in Wellington at Tkina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre Tickets are available now, and early booking is encouraged due to anticipated demand.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 18, 2022

A reading list for all entrepreneurs Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Dream It

MAY 4, 2021

I have been through my share of down rounds and ugly financings. By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Book Office Hours with me. There’s No Such Thing As An Unfair Deal VCs often hear founders say they got screwed by “vulture capitalists” who invested at low valuations and acted opportunistically.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. Over the past 4 years LA’s tech fundings have growing at a 30% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) which is > 4 times the US average VC CAGR (7%).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 7, 2024

He is the best-selling author of seven books, including his newest book, Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams: A Manual on Benchmarking to Best Practices for Competitive Advantage. He serves as the CEO of the future-of-work consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 16, 2020

Some key existings who didn’t want to see their prior money get lost wouldn’t budge on a dilutive financing, despite the fact that they knew where we were headed. One day, there will be a book on everything they went through—but for now, they’re focused on keeping the brand and product, still one of the most beloved in the food world, alive.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2021

Kikoff , a personal finance platform aimed at helping consumers build credit, announced today that it has raised $30 million in a Series B round. Users can purchase things like e-books covering a variety of finance-related topics such as how to plan and budget, or profit from trading bitcoin.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

Consider: When GOAT started it was a restaurant reservation booking app called GrubWithUs … it’s now worth $3.7 We’ve had two companies where we had to bridge finance them several times before they eventually IPO’d We had a portfolio company turn-down a $350 million acquisition because they wanted at least $400 million.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A well-managed calendar needs constant attention and can get quickly out of hand: Double-booking yourself. Booking your own flights, hotels, transportation, meals, and meetings. Yes, scheduling apps help, but they don’t schedule for you. Work spilling over into personal time.

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