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The Constitution for Your New Fund: Strategy, Culture, Decision-Making, Budget, and Data

David Teten VC

Culture Miles Lasater, CEO and Founder, Purpose Built, said, As VCs, we know the importance of evaluating team dynamics before we make an investment. Decision-Making Dave Perretz, Founder at TheFundCXO, said, Institutional LPs will examine your decision-making processes. The firms long-term goal is [long-term aspirations].

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Brad says: “Talk to people you trust, whether they’re investors, board members, co-founders, mentors, whatever; make sure you’re open about the stress and the struggle you’re going through both financially in the business and personally.” I can personally attest that it’s very easy for a startup CEO to feel alone and isolated.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

Both Sides of the Table

He’s personally led more than 50 financing rounds. Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. Offers two products: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Appetiser’s co-founders discuss building client relationships and getting to MVP

TechCrunch

With a focus on designing, building and growing mobile and web apps, Appetiser’s co-founders Jamie Shostak and Michael MacRae were endorsed by several clients who worked with them from the earliest days of their projects. TradeNow, an Australian pay-later financing option for trade businesses and their customers, is one such customer.

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Baichuan’s Billion-Dollar Valuation: Alibaba and Tencent Enter the AI Fray

AsiaTechDaily

Register Baichuan , a Chinese AI startup, has successfully secured $300 million in financing, with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., The success of their open-source models is evident in the download count, with two of them amassing over 6 million downloads. Tencent Holdings Ltd., and Xiaomi Corp. leading the investment.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

VC Financings: 1. ShoeDazzle has Kim Kardashian as a co-founder / company as a spokesperson as well as Brian Lee who was a co-founder at Legal Zoom. My understanding is that OpenCandy is a software download where the service gets to better understand you as a consumer. Add this new model to the mix. 13mm in Series B.

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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations. Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos.

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