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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

But in recent years, corporate docs are being drawn up in English to facilitate communication both inside Switzerland’s various language regions and foreign capital, and investment documentation is modeled after the U.S. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? Ten years ago startups were unusual. is incredible.

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The Anatomy of a Pitch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Based on this distribution only a handful of companies raise 80% of total funding, and one or two outliers return 2/3 of the fund’s capital. It’s about who you know and your accumulated social capital. Solution: develop more accurate mental models of how venture capital works and how humans make decisions under uncertainty.

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Rebuilding the California Dream 

Andreessen Horowitz

And so, to me, America was this place of idealism and opportunity, and California was this deeply optimistic place. And I think what people began to realize at the time is that the Bay Area was possibly on the verge of becoming the greatest squandering of economic opportunity in the history of mankind.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. You know what—it’s supposed to work like that!

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies.

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The Unified Theory of Food Investing for Tech VCs

This is going to be BIG.

What are the biggest opportunities? Brightfarms , which got $4mm in venture capital, sets up indoor farms inside your local supermarket or on rooftops. Will they all be part of a movement to get a lot more conscious about our own ecological footprints, where our food comes from, and it's quality? Absolutely.

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NFTs are changing cultural value creation

TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. But it’s absolutely fair to acknowledge that it does have an ecological impact. This is our Wednesday show, where we niche down and focus on a single topic, or theme. and Friday (news roundup!)

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