Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 21, 2025

Creator Ventures, founded in 2022 by cousins Sasha Kaletsky and Caspar Lee , is uniquely positioned to invest in the next wave of AI-enabled consumer applications, marketplaces, creative tools, and SaaS platforms reshaping the digital landscape. As a creator, Ive lived through the digital evolution firsthand, said Lee. Thats what we bring.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

You run X amount of capital and Y percentage of that is allocated to venture capital. Your first time fund investors are only going to have directionality and an indicator that you did what you said you were going to do in terms of strategy. If you're an institution, you basically care about returns and that's it.

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MAY 13, 2015

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures recently joined Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Crosslink Capital, and KarpReilly in Hungryroot 's $2mm seed round. The food has become a staple of my diet, which wasn't the case after trying various food delivery services out on the market.

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Revolution

AUGUST 2, 2022

miles to visit founders, college campuses, co-investors, ecosystem builders, and communities in rising cities. The panel took place at The Ion, a 266K-sqft space designed to bring together Houston’s entrepreneurial, corporate, and academic communities. While we may not show up on a big red bus every time, showing up?—?figuratively

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

With in-person events drying up, he pivoted his venture to an online engagement platform that blends technology and experiences to connect and unite workforces. His new company, All In, brings colleagues and communities together, even when they are physically apart. Change only one element of their go-to-market strategy.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2021

They imagine it to look something like this: They think that there are some deals that are automatic yeses and some that are just bad, but there’s a whole lot that are kind of in the middle—deals that can be nudged over to one side or the other based on things like clever fundraising strategy or the presence of bias. This isn’t surprising.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 21, 2025

I entered venture capital with some beliefs – many of which still hold true (such as ‘your LPs are your business partners, not your customers’). Every venture firm who has held crypto tokens/coins have made buy/sell decisions and some even have a trading desk equivalent. VC Skillset VCs are investors, not traders.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

The lean startup approach introduces a more dynamic and resource-efficient strategy. It begins with a theoretical premise about your venture, proceeds to developing a minimum viable product (MVP) — the bare minimum that can still offer value — and seeks feedback from real-life scenarios.

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MAY 2, 2025

If you believe in a 100% efficient market for venture, then better founders will speak to better investors than you before they come to youso networking with other VCs in the front of the line is beneficial. They combine consistency, curiosity, and community to ensure, not hope, that theyre seeing the best deals.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The biggest difference I cite is that Venture Capital often feels like an “individual sport” while startups are a “team sport.” Funds like First Round Capital, True Ventures, Foundry Group, HomeBrew, USV and many others are still run by the founders and are still on the mission they started.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 8, 2014

And there’s none that makes me happier than to announce that Jordan Hudson has been promoted to a Principal at Upfront Ventures. What is a principal at a VC firm and how does it work at Upfront Ventures? Portfolio community building. ” Associates have different functions at different VCs. Deal screening.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

And I am often approached by entrepreneurs in cities which don’t have a vibrant VC community. Where do you want to build your community, your relationships, your family?” If their commitment to staying local is weak I normally say, “Well, it certainly would be easier on you to be in a larger community.

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APRIL 23, 2012

There are several key problems to this knowledge sharing little community we've built: People make themselves look better in hindsight. Venture capital is kind of like a knuckleball. So much of this is gut feel with a thin later of strategy retrofitted to seem more than random. Often times, the advice is terrible or impractical.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We crafted digital strategies for brands and built apps, games, marketing campaigns, and story-driven experiences long before it was popular in the region. As a firm, we pitched campaign ideas and strategies to huge, internationally recognized brands, going up against big network agencies.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

They don’t just set a strategy and hope for the best. How Iteration Transformed Valley Venture Mentors Before I co-founded Valley Venture Mentors (VVM) and for all of my time there, we experimented with different ways to connect startups with mentors. This principle is a core part of how the best companies innovate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 14, 2021

Residia is a community management platform for residential complexes and condominiums. It’s a multiplatform application with over 15 functionalities to facilitate internal processes and ensure effective communication in residential communities. Here’s what he shared: Describe your company. My dad was the main inspiration.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., At the end of the day, you want a thought partner who’s aligned with your strategy.” marking its highest level since 2017. Seed- and Early-Stage U.S, The soundbite: “Do your diligence on LPs too.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Jonathan’s curiosity has incited his globe-trotting entrepreneurial journey, impacting his own community in Colombia and beyond. After graduating from the University of Antioquia, witnessing the innovations in science, technology, and strategy in this community only increased Jonathan’s curiosity. government. government.

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Hunter Walk

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Over the last few years he’s been a diligent company-builder, brand steward, and community leader. Watching the boom/bust cycle of DTC brands that were running on just the sugar high of venture dollars has given me even more appreciation for those who, yes, require investment capital along the way, but are playing the long game.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Startups, early-stage and growth-stage companies present their models to a gathering of angel investors and venture capital firms The Venture Atlanta Conference, set to take place on October 8-9, 2024, at The Woodruff Arts Center and Atlanta Symphony Hall, is one of the most anticipated entrepreneurial events in the southeast U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 12, 2025

Recognizing the Pioneers Reshaping Business, Technology, and Leadership CatalyX Ventures, the globally renowned innovation accelerator, has officially announced the winners of its prestigious 2025 CatalyX Champions Series Awards, celebrating groundbreaking achievements across industries. What Are the CatalyX Champions Series Awards?

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We spent the good part of the past three months doing our favorite part of the job: meeting the startups we seed (and the communities that rally around them) on their home turf. Here’s a snapshot of the stops and connections we made in Q3. Where we went: Houston, TX? Where we went: Bozeman, MT? Where we went: Las Vegas, NV?

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Not only that, but the venture community is extremely small when it comes to investor reputations. The worst thing you can do as an investor is to go back on indications of support or to blindside a founder that you’re changing the strategy around your professional relationship.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Jessica is on the growth marketing team at Zageno, a multi-vendor, online marketplace for life science products, and is head of content at Elpha, a Y Combinator-backed community of 40K+ women in tech. Make your pitch tailored to what excites venture capital investors and avoid what does not. Share on Twitter.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Angel investors or venture capitalists will require that entrepreneurs sell shares (equity) of their companies for investment. Startup communities – Where to find them and how to get involved. Another great route for social entrepreneurs is Kiva , which provides low-interest loans.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 1, 2021

During my tenure with the local University I worked with economic developers all across Iowa, from Sioux City to Davenport and a great many small but mighty communities in-between: Grinnell, Parkersburg, Webster City and Lamoni to name a few. I grew up in a small town in north Iowa—Cedar Falls, to be exact.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) is a community of entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs everywhere. Margee Moore of BigOrange Marketing shared that, “The community of peers is so very helpful. At EO, we celebrate and support entrepreneurs on World Entrepreneurs’ Day—and every day! It helps you realize you are not alone.”

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Would you like to work with private equity and venture capital funds? There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. Venture capitalists often come from an operating background. Venture Capital. Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

She hasn’t raised any venture capital. She became part of the fabric of her community. If you haven’t read my blog posts on why Tracy chose the right strategy it’s worth a read. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. And she didn’t start her company in Northern California.

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JUNE 16, 2014

The way I choose conferences and events, and my strategy once I''m there, is based more around who I''m going to back two years from now than it is who is raising now. As for the two and a half year mark, it should say a lot to anyone looking to get into venture. Venture Capital & Technology' But does the data play that out?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This is the task I set out to answer with the master of analysis at Upfront Ventures Glenn Poppe who deserves the bulk of the credit for our work. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). LA By The Numbers.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Data from McKinsey & Company on global consumer sentiment shows that consumer and business adoption of new strategies advanced five years in just eight weeks. KCSourceLink, another member of SourceLink’s network, saw similar trends as they regularly surveyed the entrepreneurs in their community throughout 2020.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 21, 2025

Held at the AT&T Performing Arts Center, the 2025 Good Soil Forum continues to serve as a transformative platform that offers not just ideas, but real tools, capital, and community for entrepreneursespecially those from historically underserved backgrounds.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For Them announced $2 million in pre-seed funding as it launches its first two products for the queer community: a breathable binder and multi-use intimacy serum. The new funding will be used to create additional products, to continue building its community and for talent acquisition.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Register Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, SoGal Ventures is a venture capital firm dedicated to early-stage investments in diverse founding teams, operating in both the United States and Asia. She created the SoGal community in LA, one of the largest global networks for women entrepreneurs and investors.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Apply through your company’s primary bank, or consider community banks and non-bank SBA-lenders for faster processing. Banks that have gone live include Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and many community banks, among others. UPDATE over $1,800,000,000 #PPPloan now processed by @SBAgov mostly all from community banks.

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