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Kara Nortman Was Just Promoted to Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures. Here’s What it All Means

Both Sides of the Table

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and The fact that Kara doesn’t have what my wife likes to refer jokingly as my “Y chromosome problem” is beside the fact. As an industry we’re not always as good as we could be about our own “creative destruction” to create the tomorrow of venture capital.

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“One Thing You Wish People Better Understood About Venture Capital” – Part I, featuring Andre Charoo, Bill Clerico, Ryan Hoover, Amy Saper, and Dan Teran.

Hunter Walk

I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. One element of venture capital that I don’t think is discussed or appreciated nearly enough is “founder-investor fit”. Another five to come soon!

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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From VC to DeFi: 6 Realistic Ways to Fund Your Startup in 2022

StartupNation

Venture capital or VC. A business incubator or accelerator is an organization that provides resources, mentorship, and connections to startups. They also provide a method of helping new companies find investors before they’re ready for traditional venture capital investment. Angel investment. Crypto lending.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Mentorship. Selling tons of “shelfware” (customers who buy but don’t use your software) and thus having bad customer references. In the Early Days. As You Start to Mature.

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12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share

TechCrunch

” Jonathan sometimes refers to their investments as “micro-mezzanine” because “mezz is typically structured as a contractual periodic payment, with some equity-like upside, but subordinate to other debt … so most lenders look at it like equity.

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At Last – An Asset Class Achieving High Ownership at Low Cost

Angel Capital Association

For those who may be unfamiliar, the term “startup studio” can be used interchangeably with “venture studios,” “venture builders,” or “company builders.” For today, we’ll refer to them simply as “studios.” The second key difference is the amount of equity.