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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

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If you can engage massive online audiences they will come en masse to bigger budget theatrical releases. We are often asked how companies get funded, why VCs make the decisions we make and what we’re looking for in entrepreneurs. But I’m guessing the narrative is similar elsewhere. and had several phone conversations after that.

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Why We Invested in @FerrisApp – A New Kind of Video Sharing App

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We recently released the video sharing app Ferris and announced that Upfront Ventures led the funding in the company in our seed round of $2 million and I personally joined the board. We hit the top spot recommended on Apple’s iOS App Store on the day of the launch, which is a testament to the team and all of their hard work.

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Thoma Bravo agrees to acquire digital forensics firm Magnet Forensics for over $1B

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“We look forward to bringing together the complementary capabilities of Magnet and Grayshift to create a leader in the digital forensics and cyber security space,” Thoma Bravo partner Hudson Smith said in a press release. Thoma Bravo, the private equity and growth capital firm, today announced that it would spend $1.8

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Careerist’s $8M Series A deck

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We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. Slides in this deck The team submitted this slide deck with the note that it was submitted exactly as it pitched it to the investors. What are your marketing and customer acquisition channels?

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How Many Investors Should You Talk to in a VC Fund Raise? And How Do You Prioritize?

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This is part of a series of advice for founders who need to raise money from venture capitalists. The first in the series is “ Lemons Ripen Early ,” which also has a link to other posts. Somehow many first-time founders equate “sales” with something that is beneath them. an investment in your company. This is where most founders err.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

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As Brian Solis is fond of saying, “PR stands for public relations, not press release.&# That’s right. I guess let’s file this under sales & marketing advice. I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Blogging is an important way to build an audience and also drive SEO traffic.

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Nvidia launches new cloud services and partnerships to train generative AI

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Signing up for either requires submitting an application. “Generative AI is driving the fast adoption of AI and reinventing countless industries,” Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang said in a press release. As of today, the NeMo generative AI cloud service is in early access.