Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. We quietly then launched furniture in Chicago and Washington DC and – BOOM – game changer. There are no easy answers. The Perfect Storm.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. In Washington DC you have government & defense.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested. The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 3, 2020

All we seem to be getting out of DC right now is on the bad side. The crypto sector and innovative financial services companies like VISA will need to spend time on the Hill educating our elected officials on what good regulation looks like and what bad regulation looks like.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

Mike Lincoln (Washington DC / Virginia … Cooley). Nearly everybody in the DC region had told me, “You must meet Mike. Don Lee (LA … LKP). David Hernand (LA … Gibson Dunn). Joey Tran (SF Bay Area … Fortis). Michael Pfau (Santa Barbara … Reicker Pfau). By now I know many more. But these were my eight.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

A year earlier, as EO began fostering stronger collaborative bonds with WPO/YPO, I had attended the Public Policy Forum, a YPO event in Washington, DC. I flew to Washington, DC, and sat down with Warren, then-EO Director Bob Strade, and Ben Richter (who also had a programme to pitch to Warren).

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2015

It turns out the $15 / month version was for national/international plus local DC news version. While I’m in the DC area for the holidays (maybe they geo-coded me here?), I have no interest in paying for local DC news as somebody who lives in LA. So I went online to search for other subscription options. I downloaded that.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 19, 2012

I'm not limited to making events geographically and being here won't stop me from doing deals in Manhattan, Boston, Toronto, DC or even SF. To me, there are a couple of basic reasons: 1) If nothing else, it's geographically closer to more startups than midtown firms like RRE, Greycroft, and Firstmark.so, *why not* put my office here?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Eventually, I moved to DC to study international relations and languages at Georgetown and completed six months in Brazil for economics. Even so, the company eventually did very well and less than two years later, I was flying my mother to DC to watch me be awarded the exporter of the year award! Dad came to DC to have a meeting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2013

” I was on a flight last year from DC to LAX. I’m told “no” all the time because I often ask for more than others do and therefore you need to be willing to hear “no.” I had a business class seat due to status of flying a lot and my family was in economy. I felt bad and was planning on rotating.

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Revolution

JUNE 16, 2025

My journey may have taken me to Washington, but my roots were planted firmly in Hawaiian soil — and while I have now lived in the DC area for two-thirds of my life, I still consider Hawaii home. This week I helped welcome nearly 200 Hawaii residents to Washington, D.C.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

And then there are smatterings (Dallas 2x, DC 3x, Philly 3x, Austin, Boulder, Seattle not to mention San Diego 8x, Santa Barbara 8x – where I invested in RingRevenue). Examples include DataSift (San Fran & London), MyTime (SF) and awe.sm (SF). Every year I’m in the SF Bay Area 12-14 times. I’m in NY 6-8 times.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

I stayed at a friend’s house near Washington DC and their posh neighborhood has an Airbnb house that had become a party pad. Why don’t you ask how much they love their apartment buildings that are zoned for residential purposes turned into quasi hotels? It had been rented many times to people who threw large parties.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He’s a Redskins fan (he grew up in DC) so you have to kind of feel sorry for the guy. Now we have the opportunity to work more closely together along with the rest of the team at Upfront to build something special in LA. Especially after the Eagles took them down this past Sunday. We watched together.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Everything about it is more than you expect.” – Borzou Azabdaftari, The Falcon Lab , EO DC. ” – Borzou Azabdaftari, EO DC. “At Trying to explain everything is really impossible, and you end up sounding either insane or like you’re making fun of someone who loves Burning Man. Why Attend Burning Man? “If

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 7, 2019

I look forward to seeing these issues debated in a court of law instead of the basement conference rooms in DC. I believe that crypto networks are different than companies and that crypto tokens are different than securities.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 17, 2023

Left to right: Representative Richard Neal , ACA Board Member, Managing Director and Found of North Coast Ventures Clay Rankin , ACA CEO Pat Gouhin , Rich Palmer , Managing Director, Launchpad Venture Group.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I know Mike Lincoln in Washington DC does. I never met a person who didn’t talk about Mike Lincoln of Cooley Godward in DC. Startup Focused – My one carve out for working with the big brands is that many of them have internal practices that focus on startups. I already mentioned DLA Piper.

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Angel Capital Association

APRIL 3, 2023

Angel Capital Association (ACA) CEO Pat Gouhin and North Coast Ventures Founder and ACA member Clay Rankin were in Washington D.C. from March 27 to March 29, 2023.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

If a company like MakeSpace that offers physical storage for households in NYC, Chicago and DC wants to advertise why should it waste its resources on a product that serves up ads in Austin, Texas? Geography matters because tons of marketing is driven by local businesses or by national brands who want regional campaigns.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2015

I freaking hated trying to find cabs in SF, NY, Philly, DC and everywhere else I frequently travel. I lamented that this last mile was the least safe of my journey. Phase one – Uber changed my business travel.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I requested data from the leaders of 46 angel groups in 26 states (plus DC) and 2 provinces. DC Dinner Clubs. DC/Virginia. Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011). Cincinnati. SeedStep Angels. flat to up. Mid-Atlantic Angel Group.

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Dream It

MARCH 7, 2019

Outside of DC, MoCo encompasses rural, suburban, and highly urbanized neighborhoods, and is using Remix for several of their 30 Bicycle and Pedestrian Priority Areas. Montgomery County, Maryland. Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

The company, Kelekona , aims to make regional travel as easy as an $85, 30 minute flight from NYC to the Hamptons, or to take people to DC or Boston in 45 for less than the cost of a train—not to mention with a fraction of the infrastructure. But I think it’s cool—and it’s a very big idea.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 22, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing DC Palter, startup founder, angel investor, author, and self-described sake snob. DC founded two successful startups in the enterprise IT space, then transitioned to investing in and mentoring startups focusing on energy sustainability.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 21, 2023

As an official licensee of highly sought-after Intellectual Property (IP) licenses, XM Studios has earned recognition for its exceptional collectibles featuring iconic pop culture brands, including Marvel, DC, Transformers, Ultraman, and Godzilla. The global luxury art collectibles market is experiencing a surge in demand.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Rahul Nawab, an EO DC and EO Gujarat member and President of IQR Consulting, Inc. Rahul Nawab is an EO DC and EO Gujarat member, as well as the president of IQR Consulting, Inc., I’ll be honest: I underestimated how difficult being an entrepreneur would be. In truth, there is nothing easy about it.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 27, 2023

Capria Ventures’ family of funds collectively manage assets exceeding $200 million, with offices in Seattle, Bangalore, Nairobi, and Washington DC.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 2, 2022

The learning team, with its usual ambition, decided to bring members together in Washington, DC, as well as in Barcelona, Spain, and to make the event accessible to all members through the virtual platform. All of a sudden, my handwriting speed was once again lagging behind all of the learning I was consuming from world-class speakers. .

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 8, 2024

The practical one is “I want to explain blockchain networks to young adults who are thinking about where to start their careers, to the mother of the software engineer at Coinbase who wants to understand what her child is working on, and to lawmakers and regulators in DC who need to understand why they are important.”

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Applying startup founders are offered free and confidential coaching on the fundamentals necessary to become investment-worthy from SDAC’s sister organization, the Brink SB DC. Funds are pooled, and investors work together to choose a winner and runners up each year.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Ramon sat down with Donna Morris, CEO of Xtra Pair of Hands DC , who is gearing up to hire her first round of employees. Donna Morris is the Founder and CEO of Xtra Pair of Hands DC – an event planning and staffing company she started in 2001 which currently employs fifteen staff and has over five hundred clients in the metropolitan area.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

And we have national deals in New York, DC and Chicago. So we did the opposite and leaned into it adopting the “Why Buy Me” strategy of seeking people out who either understood the power of LA or were persuadable. I even adopted a line early on in our discussions to qualify for this. “Listen.

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Hunter Walk

DECEMBER 11, 2023

DC: As a lifelong entrepreneur, Greenhouse is now basically the largest company I’ve been a part of (and has been for several years) so I’ve had to learn a ton over the years about how to scale myself. HW: Hiring, and PeopleOps in general, is an area where software has improved the quality and efficiency of workflows.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 8, 2016

Marsha Ralls is an EO DC member and President and CEO of Closed Monday Productions LLC. . What’s more, it allows me to take a breath and stay home more frequently, now that my app gallery is open 24/7. I’m communicating with art lovers everywhere, even when I’m asleep. That freedom is the best gift of all.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Honeybee’s customers include Alameda County Community Food Bank, DC Central Kitchen, Kate Somerville, Community Catalyst of California, Southwest Water Company, Straus Family Creamery, Asian Art Museum, Pasadena Humane Society and Peachtree Health.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 22, 2021

” That new capital will be used to hire more employees and expand its offerings, according to Bennett, who noted that MotoRefi now operates in 42 states and Washington, DC. MotoRefi has raised more than $24 million to date. The company raised $8.6 million last February in a Series A funding round.

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