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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

Both Sides of the Table

I cannot recommend it enough for people in the technology or media sectors. The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. Let’s start with the incumbents position in a market.

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Revolution co-founder talks Living Social, ZipCar, Steve Case & GroupOn Super Bowl Ads

Both Sides of the Table

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested.

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

Or that venture capital is a meritocracy? This doesn’t take into consideration, however, that venture capital is a financial product—a product that works for some people and doesn’t work for others. What we do not know is how many people are deciding to seek out venture capital from each group. That adds risk.

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

Venture Capital is a tricky industry. Internally at Upfront Ventures we talk about “high consensus” vs. controversial deals with “high conviction.” in fact we still look at many deals in the media sector whose main objective is to entertain people. Far from it. 6SensorLabs.

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AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI

TechCrunch

.” Mason wouldn’t reveal Descript’s valuation post-money, but he noted that the funding — which also had participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital and ex-Y Combinator partner Daniel Gross — brings the company’s total raised to $100 million.

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Debt versus equity: When do non-traditional funding strategies make sense?

TechCrunch

There’s clearly a lot of venture money to be raised — and most tech entrepreneurs happily take it in exchange for equity. Understanding the real cost of venture debt and when it makes more sense than the traditional equity route relies on an understanding of what you and your company hope to achieve. Understanding your goals.

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Leonard Brody: The Great Rewrite

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Brody is an award-winning entrepreneur, venture capitalist, bestselling author and two-time Emmy-nominated media visionary. Reinvent your incumbent enterprise before you’re disrupted by another, or you risk becoming obsolete. At GLC, he will address the rapid pace of change, innovation and disruption facing us all?and