A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 25, 2022

We have been watching our portfolio of ~130 technology companies wrestle with this decision for the last two and a half years. Brought on by the covid pandemic and the work from home moment that it created, there has been a sea change in the way that technology companies organize themselves to get work done. Ben Horowitz observed this in a piece last week where he described A16Z’s decision to embrace a hybrid model that he called “ HQ in the Cloud.” It turns out that running a

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 28, 2022

Third-Party Tools Need To Get Their Data Act Together Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth. The industry has obviously changed enormously in 2022 but in many ways it feels like a “return to normal” that we have seen many times in our industry.

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 25, 2022

Typically, investors don’t take a board seat until you raise your first equity round—which means that it could be *years* before you have a real board meeting: A year of nights/weekends work researching, prototyping, and fundraising. You raise your pre-seed round and if you're lucky and good, you can get to an equity round in 12-18 months. Many people extend this round and don’t get there for two years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2022

“Start now. Don’t wait for anything. Start.”. — Alberto Soto, Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Alumnus and EO Guatemala member. Explore your endless opportunities. As a student, you have so many extra opportunities available—grants, resources and an overall willingness from society to help students. Many GSEA alumni suggest taking advantage of the safety net you have, rather than waiting to start your company when you have more to lose.

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TechCrunch

JULY 25, 2022

Startups that solve the supply-chain and operational challenges of players in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry–by helping buyers access products from sellers on a single platform–keep attracting venture capital from investors. Cartona , one of the major players digitizing the traditional trade market, including mom-and-pop stores, FMCG producers, wholesalers, and distributors in Egypt, has raised $12 million in Series A funding.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JULY 28, 2022

We’re very excited to announce that we’re leading the series B for Fly.io. Fly is one of the fastest-growing core infrastructure companies we have ever seen. And it’s worth understanding why. . Web applications are becoming more and more real-time, and … The post Investing in Fly.io appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

An exploration of the impossible tradeoff that all startups must make: betting on now vs. betting on the future. Photo by Ben Wicks on Unsplash There is a surprising amount of similarity between the process of starting a company and the wild science of quantum physics. Both are chaotic, unpredictable, and in many ways counterintuitive. And one particular principle that I think translates quite nicely is what I’ll call the Startup Uncertainty Principle.

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Y Combinator

JULY 26, 2022

On the morning of September 7th and September 8th, 2022, YC will host our 35th Demo Day live on Zoom. This two day event will feature founders from 30 countries and startups in every sector — open source, ML/AI, dev tools, fintech, B2B SaaS, consumer, healthcare, hard tech, and more. Every company will have one minute to present. At the start of the day, a single-slide company summary, short company description, and team bio will be available through the YC Demo Day website.

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Speaker: Wayne Spivak - President and Chief Financial Officer of SBA * Consulting LTD, Industry Writer, and Public Speaker

The old adages that "cash is king" and "you can’t spend profits" still hold true today. But however well-known these sayings might be, it requires a change in mindset to properly implement a cash flow management system that predicts your business's runaway as accurately as possible. Key to this new mindset is understanding the difference between the Statement of Cash Flows, a historical look at the source and uses of cash, and the Cash Flow Statement, which uses transaction history and forward-l

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

Despite the ongoing correction in the public markets, mass layoffs in the tech sector and high inflation, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says we’re not yet in a recession. At the same time, it’s taking a lot longer to secure startup funding than it did just a few months ago, which means many companies are burning cash faster than they can raise it.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JULY 26, 2022

We’re excited to announce that a16z is leading the Series A for Nash , an API-based platform for last-mile delivery. . The Nash marketplace gives businesses the “superpower” of being able to offer delivery, without having to build their own fleet … The post Investing in Nash appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 27, 2022

Why Startups Should Avoid Raising More Than They Have To Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Impact Hub

JULY 27, 2022

July 2022 – Social and Technological Innovation Factory for Low-Carbon and Circular Industrial Value Chains , or SoTecIn Factory, is a new project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. The consortium led by INESC TEC, composed by 5 other European partners – Impact Hub, F6S, BWCON, Metabolic and CNR, who teamed up to achieve their common mission for a more resilient and sustainable industry.

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Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association 

PCI compliance can feel challenging and sometimes the result feels like you are optimizing more for security and compliance than you are for business outcomes. The key is to take the right strategy to PCI compliance that gets you both. In this webinar, we have a great set of panelists who will take you through how Zero Data strategies can be used as part of a well-rounded compliance and security approach, and get you to market much sooner by also allowing for payment optimization.

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TechCrunch

JULY 28, 2022

Mahyar Raissi. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Mahyar Raissi is co-founder and CEO of OpenPhone. No matter the stage your company is in, raising growth funding is stressful, unpredictable and enormously distracting from actually running the business. And it’s become even worse in the last nine months as the turbulent global economy leaves the public and private markets struggling for air.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JULY 28, 2022

Vicinitas (noun), Latin. Neighborhood, nearness, proximity, vicinity. Small molecules, or synthesized chemicals, are some of our most important and most recognized drugs (think Lipitor). Despite their success, small molecules have been limited by the types of therapeutic mechanisms of action … The post Investing in Vicinitas Therapeutics appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

He disagreed with my suggestions and proceeded to build a business he can’t stand. Five customers in, he’s already burnt out. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Jason Malki

JULY 26, 2022

I had the pleasure of interviewing Haydar Al-Saad, the founder and CEO of RevSetter , a modern Customer Platform built to help companies elevate the way their teams work with customers to improve retention, fuel expansion and accelerate business growth. RevSetter is an end-to-end Customer Platform for B2B companies of all sizes, from SMB to Enterprise.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Inflation is up and consumer confidence is down, which is why e-commerce startups that hope to weather the ongoing downturn should expand their product offerings. Does that sound counterintuitive? “The more complementary and additive a product is to your catalog, the larger your cart size and the more likely a customer is to return,” says Bennett Carroccio.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 26, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register TNG Digital , the owner and operator of Malaysia’s largest e-wallet company Touch ‘n Go eWallet, has raised about $168 million in a its latest equity funding round led by Lazada Group , according to an announcement. This funding round also saw follow-on investment by TNG Digital’s current shareholder and parent company Touch ‘n Go Sdn.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

It’s not necessarily bad, but I promise it’s not what you think. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JULY 28, 2022

Creating Jobs and Helping Grow the PA Economy! Eleven companies located in central and northern PA recently received an investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners that will allow them to further develop and commercialize new products and/or software applications or stabilize operations in a long-standing manufacturing business. The Ben Franklin program has been investing in tech startups and small manufacturers for nearly 40 years.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2022

Blair Silverberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Blair Silverberg is co-founder and CEO of Hum Capital , a financial services company using technology to accelerate the fundraising process. More posts by this contributor. 8 steps for building a financial model to calculate your fundraising needs. A founder’s guide to calculating CAC and LTV the right way.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 26, 2022

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Recommerce software and service provider Rush ReCommerce announced that it has closed a $12.9 million Series A financing, anchored by transatlantic venture capital investor Beringea. The company said intends to use the newly invested capital to enhance its solution and accelerate the growth of its recommerce network.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 26, 2022

Let me explain Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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OkDork

JULY 23, 2022

Tom Bilyeu co-founded Quest Nutrition, which he and his partners sold for $1 billion dollars. Now, Tom Bilyeu’s net worth is around $400 million dollars. You might think of Tom as just the founder of Quest Nutrition —but he’s a lot more than that. The man knows how to sell. And he knows how to turn his dreams into reality. In this post, we’re going to dive into the revenue sources that built up Tom Bilyeu’s net worth, and discuss the key takeaways I think other entrepreneurs can learn from him a

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This resource discusses the gap between early funding from friends/family and the more substantial rounds from angel groups and VCs. Why does this gap exist and what can be done about it?

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