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I’m Excited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

A year later and the Hungry Machine team had one of the top apps on Facebook, a social network for book lovers called Visual Bookshelf. I loved the team and what they were doing and would have loved to lead their A round, but I was on the board of Flixster, a social network for movie fans, and the potential for future conflict seemed high.

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I’m Exited to Welcome Aaron Batalion to Lightspeed!

Lightspeed Venture Partners

A year later and the Hungry Machine team had one of the top apps on Facebook, a social network for book lovers called Visual Bookshelf. I loved the team and what they were doing and would have loved to lead their A round, but I was on the board of Flixster, a social network for movie fans, and the potential for future conflict seemed high.

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Tech Diversity & Inclusion Allies at SXSW

Austin Startup

Pierce Burnette knows the meaning of “humble beginnings” and has combined her intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence (EQ), entrepreneurial spirit, and technical knowledge to forge successful careers in engineering, information technology, and education. Joe Beard joined Perot Jain as a Partner in 2015.

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15 Female Entrepreneurs Share What Changes They Would Most Like to See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

In 2015, businesses owned by women brought in more than $1.5 I am a session singer and producer, and I wish clients and peers would give me more of an opportunity to work in the technical side of the business (such as mixing and editing). Female entrepreneurs and business owners are no longer taken with a grain of salt.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. – Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network. Typically they get cofounder common equity, in addition to the preferred stock that a conventional VC gets.