Haystack

JULY 4, 2019

The topic of “investor updates” has been debated frequently. Most folks who are not close to early-stage startups and new company formation would be surprised to discover that a high number of companies, after receiving funding from individuals or institutions, do not send updates to their investors. Contrast that with a fund manager, who is often required to issue quarterly capital account statements usually paired with a cover note and updates on specific companies.

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The Seraf Compass

JULY 3, 2019

Seraf Co-Founder Christopher Mirabile interviews several experienced angel investors from around the country to ask: What's Your Core Investing Philosophy? Learn what these influential angels have to say about why they invest in early stage companies, how they determine which sectors to invest in, and how they ultimately find great companies. . . Video Transcript.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 3, 2019

When we asked EO members to share how being a parent and an entrepreneur overlap for them, we heard from Joel Patterson, a member of EO Dallas and founder of The Vested Group. Joel shared his secret for work-life balance. “As any entrepreneur will tell you, finding true work and family balance is virtually impossible. Like most of us, I’ve wrestled with it for years.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 2, 2019

If there is a technology that has overpromised and underdelivered more than AR/VR over the last five years, I am not sure what it is. Facebook paid $2bn (or possibly more) for Oculus in the spring of 2014 and maybe a couple million Oculus headsets have been sold since then. And Facebook is reportedly continuing to spend billions more on Oculus. So when is all of this investment going to pay off?

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UBI Global

JULY 3, 2019

Discovering an Untapped Market Reach would-be customers. Gain their loyalty. Achieve growth. Sounds simple. In reality, many companies get stuck on the first step. They deploy many tactics to reach potential customers, many of them digital. What can a company do to reach more potential customers when it feels it has done all it can to […]. The post Easy Way to Gain New Audiences: Activate Customer Reach appeared first on UBI Global.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 3, 2019

If you’re responsible for finding and hiring people to grow your team or your business, your thoughts have probably wandered towards recruiting on social media, especially when the job boards aren’t producing the right needles from the haystack. Social media is all pervasive. We use it for news, gossip, communication, relationships, recommendations, research and, yep, for cat photos and showing off too.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 4, 2019

It has been 243 years since our founding fathers signed the Declaration Of Independence and the great American experiment began. These words form the moral backbone of our country and represent our core values: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 30, 2019

Last week I hosted/emceed the 3 day Small Business Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida hosted by the Jim Moran Institute and the Florida Small Business Development Center Network. One of the many breakout sessions I attended was focused on finances and led by Octavia Conner , virtual CFO and founder of Say Yes To Profits and she challenged us with the question, "Are you a CEO or are you an entrepreneur?".

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Forward Cities

JULY 2, 2019

by Nicolas Gunkel, VP of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Partnerships. If there is one key takeaway from “ Expanding Our Entrepreneurial Imagination in Indianapolis ” was that the showcase was jam-packed with programming, tours and conversations. Participants from four different cities hit the roads of two neighborhoods in Indianapolis, one of Forward Cities’ Community Entrepreneurship Accelerator cities, each advancing entrepreneurial opportunity on their own paths.

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Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

JULY 2, 2019

Gamechanger Audio wants to build tech and tools that fuel musicians' creativity.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 1, 2019

Being a Knicks fan teaches you a lot about disappointment. At one point this spring, we thought we were going to get a couple top free agents and the first pick in the draft. We ended up with a lot less. Fortunately, I have learned a lot about disappointment in three decades of backing early-stage startups. Our business is one where a third of things we do don’t work out at all and another third deliver a lot less than we had hoped when we pulled the trigger.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JULY 2, 2019

By Scott Meacham. Copyright © 2019, The Oklahoman. Oklahoma’s expanding innovation economy is having a significant and lasting effect on our state. Oklahoma’s entrepreneurs build companies and create jobs through the realization of their dreams, inventions and hard work. I wanted to contribute, and I wanted to learn — about innovation, about creating sources of early stage capital and about what it takes to turn and idea into a sustainable advanced technology business.

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OurCrowd

JULY 3, 2019

Mark Gazit, CEO of cybersecurity startup ThetaRay, spoke Wednesday at Calcalist’s annual Capital Markets conference, held in collaboration with BDO and Psagot Investment House in Tel Aviv. Read more on Calcalist here. The post [ThetaRay in Calcalist] ThetaRay Can Detect Money Laundering Attempts Before They Are Carried Out, Says CEO appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 1, 2019

By Barbara Turnbull. In the past few years, it’s become alarmingly clear that misinformation — the spread of incorrect or misleading information — has significant negative impacts on society. From influencing the outcome of elections to increasing doubt about health care practices such as vaccine use, misinformation can be outright dangerous. Information platforms, especially social media like Facebook and WhatsApp, are saturated with misinformed articles and stories.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 5, 2019

When I started writing this blog in 2003, I was not a strong writer. Sixteen years later, I am a better writer. Doing something every day is the best way to improve at something. I’ve been doing yoga for roughly the same number of years as I’ve been writing this blog. But I am not as religious about yoga as I am about writing. For the last two weeks, I’ve been doing the exact same yoga practice (the Mysore style ) three mornings a week and today I noticed that I was able to do

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UBI Global

JULY 1, 2019

The World Incubation Summit 2019 is taking place in Doha, Qatar this November 4 through 7, and here are the reasons we found most compelling when choosing the location for this year’s summit. In Doha, the global innovation community will gather for networking, education, and the announcement of the top-ranked programs according to The World […].

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OurCrowd

JULY 2, 2019

To warn cars of nearby pedestrians, Viziblezone, which is part of OurCrowd’s Labs/02 incubator, is relying on smartphones and detectors inside the vehicle. The company argues that its solution will become especially useful once self-driving cars become the norm. Read more here. The post [Labs/02 in TechCrunch] VizibleZone wants to make pedestrians more visible to autonomous cars appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JULY 1, 2019

Por Bárbara Turnbull. En los últimos años, ha quedado claro de forma preocupante que la desinformación —la diseminación de información incorrecta o engañosa— tiene un gran impacto negativo en la sociedad. La desinformación puede ser realmente peligrosa: puede influir en el resultado de unas elecciones e incrementar las dudas sobre prácticas sanitarias como la vacunación.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 30, 2019

Christopher Mims has a good post on the 5G headaches that are in store for those of us in the US as we roll out 5G: The Downside of 5G: Overwhelmed Cities, Torn-Up Streets, a Decade Until Completion. As carriers launch their 5G networks, the promise of superfast wireless is clashing with the reality of the rollout; ‘the real onslaught has not yet begun’ [link]. — Christopher Mims (@mims) June 29, 2019.

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Haystack

JUNE 30, 2019

There are countless posts on what one should consider when considering a career in VC. The reality today is that, as technology proliferates into all sectors and geographies, venture itself has grown in lockstep with the size of the opportunity. As the economy is now driven by technology, many folks are interested in venture — which I will admit, if you love it, is an incredible role with a fantastic business model (if things work out).

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OurCrowd

JULY 4, 2019

NSLComm, an Israeli spacetech startup, is due to launch the first of its innovative satellites for broadcasting fast internet to remote areas early from a Launchpad in Russia on Friday morning. Read more on Haaretz here. The post [NSLComm in Haaretz] Israeli Firm to Launch First of Fleet of Low-cost Satellites appeared first on OurCrowd.

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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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Y Combinator

JULY 3, 2019

Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo. Kevin’s on the podcast today to do some Office Hours and talk about this year’s edition of Startup School. If you’d like to sign up or learn more, check out StartupSchool.org. Topics. 00:25 – Stats from Startup School 2018. 1:45 – Updates for Startup School 2019. 8:15 – Sign up at StartupSchool.org. 8:50 – Sean Maina asks – In the early days of Wufoo, how did you give a great customer experience

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 29, 2019

Juan Benet , founder and CEO of our portfolio company Protocol Labs , developer of the IPFS and Filecoin protocols, gave this talk last fall. I like Juan’s statement, about 10mins into this talk, that “what Bitcoin did to money, Web3 does to everything.” That is obviously a very big statement/ambition, but I agree with it.

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Forward Cities

JULY 2, 2019

By Brandon Hudson, Director of Membership and Brett Brenton, Director of Readiness Assessments. Who do you picture when you hear the word “entrepreneur?” Do you imagine a 20 something plugging away on their computer coding for an app? Maybe you envision your local coffee shop owner who wants to create space for community members to connect over a good cup of joe.

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OurCrowd

JULY 3, 2019

Bizzabo, the world’s leading end-to-end Event Success Platform, today announced the launch of its new podcast Series, IN-PERSON. Read more here. The post [Bizzabo in Exhibitor] Bizzabo Launches New Innovative Podcast Series “IN-PERSON” appeared first on OurCrowd.

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