A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 29, 2023

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 31, 2022

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2014

Please don’t forget to subscribe to my newsletter to make sure you get the deck next week when I publish it! And of course new entrants are competing to capture the private-market value (hedge funds, mutual funds, corporate funds). But I’ll save this data and analysis for the next post. Startup Lessons'

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Subscribe on Apple podcasts , Spotify , iHeart Radio or wherever you get your podcasts. The insights are permeating my work ongoing and the expanded network has already opened the door for a number of business opportunities. Would I attend another ADC which focussed on other topics? Absolutely!”

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 12, 2020

One would expect that there would be registries/registrars that would onboard an entity (a person, an investment fund, etc) and then when that entity planed to subscribe to an investment, it would just authenticate with the registry and that would be that.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 2, 2024

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Dream It

MARCH 6, 2020

By Charles LaCalle , Director of Sourcing at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify Learn more about Dreamit Urbantech, a growth-focused program for real estate and construction tech startups with revenue, pilots, or early product-market fit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I subscribe to the adage “fortune favours the prepared” (and the disciplined). Put more in the coffers for rainy days, and operate as lean as possible whilst still producing exceptional work. It’s what you do before the storm comes that most determines how you look after the storm passes. Kym Huynh, founder at WeTeachMe.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 4, 2020

million followers on Instagram, more than 840,000 followers on Facebook, and 101,000-plus subscribers on YouTube, it seems that Foundr has discovered the secret to growing its audience. “We With over 2.4 We plan our social posts by having a social schedule working four to six weeks in advance.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 24, 2015

As always, you can subscribe to my YouTube channel, Soundcloud and podcast RSS feed. Thanks for doing the show, Matt. It’s always such a pleasure to spend time with you, learn from your perspectives and debate our topics of the day.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The vast majority of the readership that you’ll drive there is either going to be through other places you have an audience, like LinkedIn or Twitter, or via e-mail subscriber bases you grow yourself. Protip for building up e-mail subscriber bases, btw: Events collect e-mails.

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Dream It

APRIL 21, 2020

By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify. Check out this #DreamitDose and accompanying blog post on the most important question you should be asking investors after you pitch. Are you working on an Urbantech, Securetech, or Healthtech startup?

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Dream It

MARCH 28, 2020

By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify. Yosi reduces this risk for hospitals by handling all patient onboarding at home from their device. The Yosi platform addresses short term response and helps hospitals redesign waiting rooms for the future.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 20, 2020

Also, if this is a sector you care about, you might want to subscribe to Some Meals Considered , a newsletter written by our daughter. The funds will go to these three areas: 50% FOR IMMEDIATE, DIRECT CRISIS RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANT WORKERS. . 25% FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SERVING RESTAURANT WORKERS IN CRISIS.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

We discussed many things in this great 54-minute interview which you can also listen to on SoundCloud or more importantly subscribe to the podcast and follow the podcast on Twitter (where we also post short clips & behind the scenes stuff). Some quick highlights include: The Role of a Seed Stage VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2018

Note: If you enjoy my posts please subscribe to my newsletter by adding your email below. I told them, “We’re already over-subscribed in our round. If you’re further along in the process and you have one piece of information you need for a final decision then I’d be very happy to talk with you about it then.”

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 23, 2018

We went from searching millions of recipes to subscribing to meals that someone else picks for us. The internet provided a firehose of reviews, lists, and research, which was nice for a while, but then it became overwhelming. In a world of unlimited choices, curation, transparancy and simplicity became more valuable.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify ?. In a time of budget cuts and uncertainty, provocation-based sales helps you show that your product is not just nice to have, but essential.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 27, 2022

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 1, 2020

You can subscribe to his blog and get the posts via email. Here are Days Zero and One. Here are Days One Two and Three. Here are Days Four Five and Six. Matt will post the rest of the days over the course of the next week. I asked Matt to send me the entire thing yesterday and read it last night.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 1, 2022

You can view the 2022 GSEA Global Finalists’ journeys by subscribing to the GSEA YouTube channel and watching the #STARTITUP miniseries, which details the 2022 competitors’ journeys. All of these things are far more important than the funds alone.

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Jason Calacanis

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. I learned in the first one (the PC revolution), got famous in the second (dot com), and made my fortune during the last two (web 2.0 Thanks for reading Jason Calacanis on Startups!

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

69% of Gen Z watch anime and half of Netflix’s 222M subscribers watched anime in 2021, with total anime watch time growing 20% annually. Anime as a media category has exploded in reach and cultural influence around the world.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. First off, hello to all the new Startups Weekly subscribers who joined us after last week’s newsletter. subscribe here and share it with your friends. I’m glad we all still resonate with a comeback story. Second, here are some basics on what to expect.

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Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify. Learn more about Dreamit Healthtech , a growth-focused program for digital health and medtech startups with revenue, pilots, or early product-market fit.

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Jason Calacanis

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Will include some sort of subscriber Q&A and benefits as well (hit reply and tell me what you want). Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Thanks for reading Jason Calacanis on Startups! Thanks for reading Jason Calacanis on Startups!

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Subscribe here.] [A version of this piece first appeared in TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter, Actuator. Earlier this month, Google’s DeepMind team debuted Open X-Embodiment, a database of robotics functionality created in collaboration with 33 research institutes.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify ?. However, the main takeaway is that although times are tough, founders must persevere. Jason reminds us, “the people who persevere sometimes are the people who actually figure it out.”

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Dream It

JULY 20, 2020

By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify ?. Learn more about Dreamit Securetech , a growth-focused program for cybersecurity, fraud, compliance, and physical security startups.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 23, 2024

AsiaTechDaily proudly presented its latest subscriber-exclusive online event, the Innovation Exchange Program, on 22nd April. This event proved to be a platform for insightful discussions and transformative ideas, bringing together a select audience of subscribers from around the world.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AsiaTechDaily conducted its inaugural subscriber-exclusive online event, Innovation Exchange Program, on February 5. With an exclusive audience comprising subscribers from across the globe, the event unfolded insightful conversations with the guest of honor, Pocket Sun.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 24, 2020

Ad-supported publications could opt-in to get a piece of the subscription revenue and agree to block ads to the subscribers who have the ad blocker. So USV has long felt that a subscription-based ad blocker would make a lot of sense. And that is why we invested in our portfolio company Scroll which makes exactly that.

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The Seraf Compass

MAY 15, 2024

We sent out a survey to our Seraf Compass subscribers to ask for advice and tips for first-time entrepreneurs. Here are some results:

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rather, their actions indicate an Inbound Strategy, whereby they build peripheral products to attract new audiences that eventually become core product subscribers. Similarly, some percentage (albeit a small one) of every new cohort of The Daily listeners will end up converting to become a Times subscriber. Please consider sharing it!

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