TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2023

Everyone has a story, but they all sound a bit similar: A female VC is launching a fund, and she’s either compared to every other female VC with a fund, expected to only invest in female founders or have a diversity, equity and inclusion angle as a core thesis. Unexpectedly, for all, was the return of Better.com. Book your pass ASAP!

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Not only did I want it to include people working on the future of digital media at ABC, but I also had in mind the roll that other types of creative people have in the inspiration of a city. "Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 33 Flatbush. Picture: Benjamin Norman for The New York Times.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Others saw a potential liquidity event as an opportunity to usher in a new generation of creative, and perhaps entrepreneurial, designers. Think 150 of the brightest VC and founder minds in the space coming together within walking distance of Dumpling Home. You can find more information about the event here. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms. Optimism reigns at consumer trading services as fintech VC spikes and Robinhood IPO looms. There is no cybersecurity skills gap, but CISOs must think creatively. There is no cybersecurity skills gap, but CISOs must think creatively.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The good news for B2B marketplace founders is that, based on the parameters above, there are many creative ways to extract value from transactions that go beyond the GMV take rate. Let’s explore some of the creative ways to monetize a B2B marketplace. How to start a VC fund without being rich already. from hundreds of brands.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I spent my days meeting companies, figuring out what areas of the market interested me and trying to get a sense for how VCs thought about fair valuations. I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. But I guess you could say the same about VC.

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg of FundersClub will host a Q&A on FC Live with Adam Draper of Boost VC on June 13th. Submit questions and watch the full event here: Q&A with Adam Draper of Boost VC — FundersClub Live Series. FundersClub Portfolio News. in " Flexport to open global network of consolidation centers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Startups and VC. I’ve got to admit, the only thing more terrifying to me than self-driving trucks (like the Kodiak Robotics big-rigs that drove nonstop for 131 hours ) is autonomous heavy construction equipment. Ladies, gentlemen, and humans who don’t fit either of those descriptions, today it’s taking every ounce of self-control.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 5, 2011

You can do nearly absolutely anything within one or two years time--as long as you put your mind to it and construct a plan. Me, I can't draw my way out of a stick hat, so I'd be a lost cause--but a creative person could do a lot with design classes in two years. It's a solvable problem. Write down all the tasks done, skills used, etc.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Michigan is now the state with the highest growth in VC investment. Waymark is a digital creative marketing company with offices in Detroit. DeepHow is using this technology to bridge the skilled labor gap in the manufacturing, construction and service industries. Now many Detroit startups are on the fast track to growth.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2011

I talked specifically about it in the context of raising VC / establishing credibility over on the Sales School blog where there’s a video & a transcript. Show that you have creativity, humor, emotion, ability to build rapport and that you’d be fun to hang out with. They’re going t0 publish all 4 parts of my talk.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Pioneer is a weekly contest for creative people around the world making their ideas become real. And of course, effectively all venture capitalists are going to require some equity for their investment. Pioneer.app.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

As venture capitalist and economic historian Bill Janeway remarked : “… the federal government funded construction of a platform on which entrepreneurs and venture capitalists could dance.” No one tells this story better than Harvard Business School professor Tom Nicholas in his recent book VC: An American History.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Ideas for books, podcasts, video series, investigative research, essays, educational campaigns, and creative proposals. Pioneer is a weekly contest for creative people around the world making their ideas become real.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 17, 2022

There exists a universe of projects that are category leaders in the substrate that will allow the faithful to construct an entirely new decentralised financial system. Thank you VC money, keep pumping the market full of that fee-adjusted beta! These projects have the following characteristics: They are down 75%?—?99%

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

There’s a certain way to do this that is constructive and that actually adds to the process rather than causes friction and problems. We do these workshops where we have folks that are interested in technology and VC who are coming in. Kelli Dragovich: And using back channels wisely, to the dating example.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

Our very first customer was a VC who also ended up investing in us. Kevin Hale [14:29] – Yeah so probably the primary use case among VC is actually diligence, right? ” A good example of this would be if you are, so as a VC somebody comes in and pitches you. Right, so imagine you’re a VC. This is 2015.

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