Gust
AUGUST 3, 2014
'Thomas Edison image via Wikipedia. In my experience, inventors and technologists aren’t interested or aren’t very good at building a business, and entrepreneurs aren’t usually good scientists. These people need to find each other, and can jointly make a great team for a new startup. Without the synergy, companies like Apple might never have gotten off the ground.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 7, 2014
'Let’s focus not upon the process of marketing and positioning, but on you. How should you become the best marketer you can be, even if you are a first time entrepreneur or a seasoned CEO? There’s an answer for that. The title of this insight helps us find a formula: LALA. Berkonomics books available at www.berkus.com. Listen! The first rule of marketing and positioning is to listen to the marketplace.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 2, 2014
'Last Wednesday I had coffee with an old friend and former colleague. We haven’t worked together in a while and were reminiscing about the old days. I miss the old days when we used to be locked in battle together on the issues affecting our company. Seeing him again also reminded me of one of my first big lessons as a VC – knowing when giving in is more important than being right.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 6, 2014
'There''s a saying. "There''s nothing worse than rich white people living in luxury housing in a park than the rich white people living in luxury housing protesting against them.". Ok, well, there wasn''t a saying, but there should be. Maybe you''ve heard about " The Battle of Brooklyn Bridge Park." It''s a long and winding tale that basically amounts to this: There once were some unused commercial piers.
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Gust
AUGUST 2, 2014
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Tomasz Tunguz
AUGUST 3, 2014
Through last week, 80% of fast-growing technology companies who reported Q2 earnings had met or exceeded expectations, on average by 4%. As the earnings season has progressed , the tech sector is showing impressive signs of strength and predictability in the underlying companies’ business. Startups benefit from a booming public market for three reasons.
Tomasz Tunguz
AUGUST 6, 2014
When starting a company, founders often decide between two structures: the S-Corp and the LLC. But, as James Surowiecki writes in “ Companies with Benefits, ” there is a new option called the B-Corporation, the Benefit Corporation. The Benefit Corporation became an option in 2010 when Maryland’s legislature signed it into law. Subsequently, nearly twenty states have followed suit including California and Delaware.
Gust
AUGUST 6, 2014
'Technically, a “funding round” simply means a company accepting one or more investments from one or more investors on similar terms within a certain period of time. As such, this could cover many different things, such as: Your parents loaning you money to cover your expenses while you code your product. 25 individual angel investors funding a startup on a convertible note. two angel groups investing money in Series Seed Preferred stock purchase. a single venture capital fund puttin
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