View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. Michael Troiano (@miketrap) July 21, 2015. . Half our portfolio is consumer.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

As the holiday season is behind us and 2015 is firmly underway, we wanted to take a moment to both announce and celebrate the collection of top entrepreneurs who have agreed to return as our Entrepreneur Advisors. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures. Mike Baker – CEO of DataXu. But … Stay Tuned.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 7, 2015

I was in the middle of that with Interliant (I was a co-founder) – we bought 20+ companies, at one point has an almost $3 billion market cap (on $200 million of revenue – recognize the multiple), but went bankrupt in 2002. The post The Great Coding School Rollup of 2015 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

As the holiday season is behind us and 2015 is firmly underway, we wanted to take a moment to both announce and celebrate the collection of top entrepreneurs who have agreed to return as our Entrepreneur Advisors. Mike Baker – Co-Founder/CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

(co-written with Katherine Boe Heuck , a MBA candidate at MIT Sloan (class of 2022); past intern at Versatile VC ; and a current intern at Metaprop NYC.). All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based Of course, this dataset is incomplete.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

The concept our Guilds is simple: We want to bring together small groups of Product and Go-to-Market experts to lend their time to support our portfolio company founders and key operators. Pierre Valade, Co-Founder of Sunrise & Mobile Designer at Microsoft. Brian Balfour, Founder & CEO of Reforge. Product Guild.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

Since we first opened our New York office back in 2015, we have steadily increased our presence over the years. You have 4-6 years of professional experience as a technology operator, founder, or investor in New York. You have a deep desire to learn the venture capital business and are ready to hustle to meet the next great founder.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Whether or not you can believe it, 2015 is quickly approaching. Too many founders try to do huge advertising bursts at the end of the year in a lazy attempt to hit sales numbers. Budget planning and allocating funds for 2015 should be a priority toward the end of 2014. Apply that logic to your company as you plan for 2015.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

As the holiday season is behind us and 2015 is firmly underway, we wanted to take a moment to both announce and celebrate the collection of top entrepreneurs who have agreed to return as our Entrepreneur Advisors. Mike Baker – Co-Founder/CEO of DataXu. Brian Shin – Founder/CEO of Visible Measures.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 6, 2015

by Tal Segalov, CTO & co-founder of Mintigo. Last year, Twitter announced that it would unveil its Buy Button in the first quarter of 2015, cementing the role social commerce will play in the way businesses must market their products to consumers.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Orcam was created by the founders of Mobileye (NYSE: MBLY and one of Israel’s largest IPOs ), Prof. Co-founders Ami Daniel and Matan Peled both served as naval officers. The company’s chairman was the former General Chief of Staff of the IDF 2011-2015. This interview with Ami sheds more light on the company.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 3, 2015

by Eliot Burdett, co-founder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting. In addition, the 2015 CareerBuilder.com U.S. Eliot Burdett is the cofounder and CEO of Peak Sales Recruiting , a leading B2B sales recruiting company launched in 2006. He co-authored “ Sales Recruiting 2.0:

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

As part of this, TechStars announced the TechStars Network , an affiliation of TechStars-like programs across the country along with our commitment to the Startup America Partnership to help 5000 experienced mentors work with 6000 entrepreneurs to create 25,000 new jobs by 2015.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 22, 2014

According to The Economist forecast for 2015, ASEAN will add USD 335 billion and become the fourth largest economy in the world. Economic Watch, Singapore’s Economic Outlook for 2015. Cash-flow problems spell disaster for young businesses growing overseas accounts. Reasons why we pay late. Anthony Coundouris. Anthony Coundouris.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 14, 2017

Marketing products into international markets is not a simple task”, says Julio Oliveto, founder of Livre, an innovative wheelchair-tricycle company in Brazil. I’d never thought an investment at the start would make such a difference”, said Jessica Krauter, co-founder of Buah. Attracting Overseas Customers.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We couldnt be more excited to be leading this new round of capital again with Canaan Partners and including Heavybit, FundFire, and Peter Mckay (Co-CEO of Veeam) (see Techcrunch for more coverage). Repeat founders we are always thrilled when founders we backed previously give us thefirst shot to invest in their new company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 7, 2015

That’s why investors acknowledge that two co-founders are often better than one -- with one focusing on the technical solution, and the other focusing on defining and building the business model. The founder had simply not done the work to validate a price and customer segment. These two jobs need to be done in parallel.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

When I left Intuit in 2015, I was VP of Innovation and led Intuit Labs, Intuit’s internal incubator. I was generously rewarded the Intuit Founders Award in 2011 for helping get it started. With this in mind, we started Intuit’s Unstructured Time program in 2005, where employees could spend 10% working on their own projects.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2014

But as big as 2014 was, 2015 has the potential to be even bigger. 2015 will be when a lot of the seeds planted in the past year start to bear fruit. So here’s what you should be watching out for in 2015: The EMV-related terminal refresh will introduce new technologies into the point of sale. No big deal, right?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

That’s why I recommend that they find a co-founder who loves business challenges, including marketing and finance. Most founders bootstrap product development. Very few people have both, but there are some notable exceptions, including Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Elon Musk , founder of Tesla Motors, SpaceX and others.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 15, 2011

As Andrew Maguire, co-founder of InternMatch , once told me , "The college recruiting experience is broken," and many internship programs are dominated by large corporations. What technology trends do you think will most dramatically change the world by 2015? Internships, Mentorships, and Tech Startups.

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The Next Web

JUNE 21, 2015

Nah, usually in the beginning, things like PR are done by the co-founders or whoever else has time. This one is from the founders of 37signals and speaks of their own experience building a remote company that’s responsible for such products such as Basecamp. And that’s who the audience for this book is.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 13, 2020

I now am the CEO and founder of Berri Properties in Asheville and Charlotte, NC. I started Mobile Home Friend, LLC with my son back in 2015. With KOYA, you can easily treat your co-worker to a class at their favorite yoga studio in New York or surprise your partner with a personal message at the park where you first met.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

A popular approach these days seems to be for founders to regale investors early with a pitch touting the newest “million-dollar idea.” If your strength is technology, find a co-founder who has a comparable strength in business, finance or marketing. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/20/2015.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 19, 2019

DayTwo was founded in 2015 as a science-empowered approach to food as medicine. Our platform’s ‘EQ’ is higher than mine”, as Ori Manor, Co-founder and CEO, once stated. Israeli Startups to Watch in 2020. These are some of the most innovative and interesting tech startups to emerge from Israel in the recent past.

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Mike Michalowicz

AUGUST 24, 2015

Jonathan Domsky (right) is co-founder and president of Kidorable. Jonathan leads the company’s sales and operations (his wife and cofounder, Liping, is the creative force behind Kidorable’s success). Jonathan Domsky (right) is co-founder and president of Kidorable. In essence, Kidorable is a love story.

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Mucker Lab

MAY 28, 2020

This post originally appeared in TechCrunch back in 2015, written by our co-founder and managing partner Erik Rannala. We believe the message applies as much today as it did in 2015 when it was published. --. That sounds absurd, but founders convince themselves that they’ve hired the right people at the right moment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2015

Thus the burden is on you to capitalize on your strengths, find co-founders and team members to fill the gaps and find mentors and advisors you trust. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/31/2015.

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BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We couldn’t be more excited to be leading this new round of capital again with Canaan Partners and including Heavybit, FundFire, and Peter Mckay (Co-CEO of Veeam) (see Techcrunch for more coverage). Snyk investor deck late 2015 short from Ed Sim. Founder-market fit ?—?GuyPod Repeat founders ?—?we which was sold to Akamai.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2015

As an advisor to startups, I often get asked what to look for in an ideal co-founder or business partner. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 7/08/2015. My first response is that it’s much like finding that ideal spouse, where chemistry, common interests and complementary communication skills are key.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Mike Arsenault and his two co-founders—all with technical backgrounds—built their MVP while working full time for other SaaS companies. “We An engineer by training, Founder and CEO Larry Gadea built the MVP of Envoy’s first product, Visitors, by himself using only free versions of software. “I spent $20k on their MVP.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 19, 2019

Listing the co-founders initials and adding Realty would project the same old. I chose DevBev Co. Thanks to Devin Beverage, DevBev Co. ! #6- My co-founder and I came up with our company name by getting really drunk one night. Basically we charge 1% per side on a transaction instead of the normal 2.5%

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

ColdFire Brewing , a 10-barrel brewery, came online in December 2015, founded by Dan Hughes and his brother Stephen. Word of mouth is no substitute for market research , says Ben Price, co-founder of Hard Knocks Brewing, a small brewpub in its second year of operation. Keeping regulations in mind when starting a brewery.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 19, 2017

For companies, this means a minimized induction effort and a faster, cost-effective onboarding process,” says Elena Carstoiu, Hubgets COO and Co-founder of Hubgets. Instead of just hosting intro video chats with managers and co-workers, host all calls on video, including those with HR.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Important insight – Harsh Realities From 500 Startups Founders – [link]. Mike Samson, Co-Founder of @crowdSPRING on Community Building & NO!SPEC By 2015 ebooks will triple to $3 billion industry – [link]. Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You – [link]. SPEC Campaign [link].

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Boulder, CO.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

APRIL 19, 2016

This is the exact problem that Tal Weiss and his co-founders at Takipi faced a few years ago after selling their startup VisualTao to Autodesk. Takipi launched their product in April 2015 and within a year has gained over 120 enterprise and mid-market customers… all by word of mouth. This is exactly how Takipi was born.

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