Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Despite the huge and sustained growth in digital advertising (or maybe because of it), there are virtually no tools where a marketer or growth leader can understand their performance and spend across channels, nor where they can share best practices and insights with their peers so the platforms are at an information advantage. no surprise?—?that’s

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Peer-to-peer lending is back! In addition to the P2P deals covered below, on the show we also talked about some of my favorite financing startups ( Wonga in the UK run by Errol Damelin , who is a superstar) and Affordit.com run by serial (and I mean serial!) Thank you to anybody who sent Jason a note on Twitter on my behalf.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

This weekend was Yom Kippur, holiest of the Jewish holidays and the day of atonement. It’s also the day when most Jewish minds are least focused since one needs to fast for 24 hours. But our rabbi captivated me this year and reminded me of one of the most important lessons I learned myself 15 years ago.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

One of the best things any investor can do is to pull back from the day to day of getting pitches and think about high level trends. What areas are going to change? What areas need to be disrupted? What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. Reader beware.). Open Government. Calendaring.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took a job in corporate finance as an intern my junior year at First Interstate Bank and I did system design on the side, as my main job was corporate planning. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 2, 2015

I say that, but I''m not entirely sure all my peers understand that. Just the other day I had a great conversation with someone who had already raised, had a good product and was making excellent progress--and I thought he was undercutting himself with some really conservative financing plans. That''s, well, a big chunk of the job.

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2025

If you came to this article to find out about the $10,000 small business grants from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, that’s great. Keep reading to find out more about the money. But, first, you should know that before you can even apply for the $10K grants, you have to complete any two of the free courses or events the program offers.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

One thing that I see too many people moving from the finance world doing, both in attempts to get into VC and to startups, is relinquishing the resources they have at their old job. It''s a group of her peers from the professional world--up and coming titans of finance and consulting with good salaries and not a lot of dependents.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 10, 2011

There are incubators to help you out on the financing side, too. New York will feature five this summer alone--Techstars, DreamIt, Startl and the NYC Seed/EDC Media and Finance incubators. It has never been so easy to get a startup up and off the ground these days. Don't want to learn code? That's right--Indiana.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2012

You’ll be on the other side of the financing discussions (a board member, rather than the CEO). . You’ll have a peer relationship with another CEO that you have a vested interest in that crosses over to a board – CEO relationship. . We live in an era where the press espouses the entrepreneurs who have five startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

If you track the venture capital industry it would be hard to miss the conversation going on this week over AngelList “Syndicates.” ” And even the venerable Fred Wilson weighed in with how people “ leading vs. following ” in funding rounds play different roles and have different skills. So there you have it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Finantier , a Singapore-based open finance startup, wants to streamline that data with a single API that gives financial services access to user data, with their consent. Open finance grew out of open banking, the same framework that Plaid and Tink are built on.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 20, 2020

Since writing that post, we have watched a bunch of our portfolio companies close financings, some on the same terms as provided before the pandemic and some on slightly adjusted terms. I wrote a blog post on March 12th called Open For Business and thought I would return to the topic. But our experience doesn’t match that scorn.

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StartupNation

MAY 16, 2025

What are the options, benefits, and risks of alternative financing for a startup? Alternative financing is any kind of financing that does not involve a traditional bank. Alternative financing is any kind of financing that does not involve a traditional bank. There’s lots of competition. Faster access to capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Silicon Valley peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround has secured a $25 million loan from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation. The financing announcement comes one month after Getaround raised $140 million from investors, including SoftBank Vision Fund, Menlo Ventures, Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus’ Reinvent Capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 16, 2022

Immersion in a peer-to-peer learning environment provides a space to be real in all aspects of your life. She also serves as president of the board of directors of The Dream Factory , a non-profit for children with life-threatening illnesses. I joined Entrepreneurs’ Organization four years ago, unsure what to expect. Raising the Bar.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 21, 2025

Two prominent entrepreneurs share their views on starting a business plus 10 tips every first-time founder should have. A founders journey when taking on the challenge of launching a startup is filled with highs and lows.Their path to success will have challenges, setbacks, and moments of doubt.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s securing investment capital, marketing a concept, recruiting new talent or leaning on peers for support and advice, having a solid network can seriously work to your benefit. Let’s focus on the traits shared by most entrepreneurs—and how you can tap into these characteristics to jumpstart your own success. . Preparedness.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2025

Attendees who purchase a Diamond level ticket will have the opportunity to take a photo with Dan, plus network with like-minded peers in the Diamond Lounge. The ultimate live event for entrepreneurs, INSPIRE + SUCCEED is coming to New Zealand for the first time in April-May, presented by Success Resources. said Brianne.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

This is the case when the requirements of these events don’t actually include building a real business or product. Not only that, there’s a hugely disproportionate amount of time spent on pitching for money for these paper ideas. ” It’s true. It’s as if the plan for creating a startup is: Step #1: Come up with an idea.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Based in Singapore, ErudiFi wants to help more students in Southeast Asia stay in school by giving them affordable financing options. To provide more accessible financing options, ErudiFi partners with accredited universities and schools to offer subsidized installment plans, using tech to scale up while keeping costs down.

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Gust

JANUARY 13, 2013

More important are standard business, finance, and economics courses. While I agree that successful company builders usually have a natural inclination to be entrepreneurs, a good education helps polish that apple. There are people who are natural musicians, but that doesn’t mean we don’t try to teach them music.

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Founders Coop

APRIL 29, 2024

In that prior post, I had offered Y Combinator as a positive example, but I didn’t break down exactly why. This post is an effort to unpack what’s required of a startup accelerator to truly serve the needs of high-performing founders. Step 1: Find the best founders An uncomfortable truth about this work is that not all founders are created equal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Getting financing for the contract was a struggle. In August 2019, Kimberly Hickok Smith spoke at the MyEO Women of EO Summit in Bogota, Colombia. I was the first elected president of EO and the first chairman of the Global Board. I was the first elected president of EO and the first chairman of the Global Board. Living every day.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The next few posts are going to talk about scaling your sales operations as you move out of the evangelical phase. In the early days of selling it can sometimes be an advantage to not have rigid pricing schedules, complex service level agreements (SLAs), hard-and-fast rate limits, etc. Ultimately he & I had a bad cultural fit.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Register Taiwanese decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Term Structure , specializing in non-custodial fixed-income protocols for peer-to-peer borrowing and lending, has successfully raised initial funding of USD 4.25 Such products are currently absent in decentralized finance (DeFi).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Shortly after, Braintree acquired peer-to-peer payment app Venmo. Jhawar believes that peer-to-peer payments represent the beginning of a long-term consumer relationship. Since then, Lydia has grown quite a lot and has expanded beyond peer-to-peer payments in various ways.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

When I came out of college LA Law was one of the most popular shows on TV and made being a lawyer sexy, so most of my peers made that career choice. Yes, it’s true that FOMO (fear of missing out) is driving some irrational behavior and valuations amongst uber competitive deals and well-financed VCs. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin!

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Register Indonesian digital bank Superbank , supported by Grab, Singtel, and Emtek Group, is collaborating with Singapore’s Genesis Alternative Ventures to offer a financing package of $40 million for startups in Indonesia. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 12, 2022

The program includes learning modules, expert coaching, peer networking and a marketplace of tools and solutions. We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners.

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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.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

They are found across all industries and are useful for entrepreneurs who are beyond the seed stages of financing but are not yet ready to seek out venture capital. Peer-to-peer lenders. Peer-to-peer lenders are individuals or groups that offer funding to small business owners, Time reports. 5 types of investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The fintech firm, Arbo Works, has raised a financing round led by Sequoia Capital India, the two said Thursday. Arbo Works , spearheaded by Caesar Sengupta, said on Thursday 120 angel investors, many from Google, participated in the seed financing round. We think the general world of finance itself can be dramatically improved.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 27, 2023

In addition to its core services, Baskit provides financing options to intermediaries who often face challenges in obtaining working capital from traditional financial institutions. The company collaborates with various peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders and traditional banks, including one that is also an investor in the company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Studies show that record numbers of Americans now identify themselves as entrepreneurs?approximately approximately 27 million people; 72% of millennials would like to be their own boss; and in higher education, there’s been an explosion of innovation and entrepreneurship courses, makerspaces and competitions. How can you develop that authority?

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Gust

JANUARY 22, 2014

Gust is the infrastructure that underlies much of the professional world of early stage finance. This is obviously a softball question that I’ve been Asked to Answer, as I’m the Founder/CEO of Gust. The answer, of course, is Gust —because that’s exactly the purpose behind the platform!

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