Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2020

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

I’ve been fortunate to be a Partner at two different VC firms over the past 9 years, and we’ve grown AUM 10X both times. Build the firm as much as possible before you solicit limited partners. . The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs.

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Board Effect

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Roughly half (49%) of nonprofit leaders say they do not have the right board members to “establish trust with the communities they serve,” according to Leading With Intent. A more diverse board helps to broaden the horizons for these connections, expanding access to more resources, more partners, more policymakers, etc.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Unfortunately, your personal assessment that you have traction probably won’t be convincing to potential investors and partners, so it’s important that you create and track your progress against some metrics. Investors are wary of initial surges due to friends, family, and early adopters, so sustainable growth rates over time are key.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2020

Her premise is that technology has been a great disruptor – and no area more so than the launch of the Internet of Things. She is a strong STEM advocate and an active member of the advisory board for CompTIA ’s Advisory Council. IoT is all about the data and the insights it can provide. The Power of Open Data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

They couldn’t possibly understand the new social media culture, new technologies, or have the determination to beat their younger counterparts in the market. In fact, they are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, are highly educated, and highly motivated.

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Board Effect

MARCH 28, 2024

By adopting a tool for the board that can also be used for staff, committees, compliance and other areas, nonprofits maximize their return on investment. A quality solution like BoardEffect has been developed to be user-friendly, supporting the experience of users at all levels of technology comfort.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Our categorization is not a technical one. Additionally, Flexible VC can accommodate all types of companies, not just asset-lite, tech-enabled companies.”. Novel Growth Partners, Lighter Capital, Rev Up, Corl, Flow Capital. Of the Inc.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 15, 2021

Today, Aurora and Reinvent Technology Partners Y announced their agreement to merge. In my own view, this is awesome news — because I’ve been an investor in Aurora since February 2018 when I co-led its Series A round for Greylock and joined Aurora’s board. This deal has been an unusual experience for me. The Road to AV.

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VC Cafe

JULY 5, 2010

To learn more, VC Cafe interviewed Brian Rosenzweig, one of the managing partners in the new fund and the former marketing director at 21Ventures. investors the opportunity to participate in the Israeli high-tech market. Janvest: In 2009, roughly 450 Israeli high-tech companies raised a little over $1.0B.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 4, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2017

The business leaders who create real technology paradigm shifts, or have changed the world of commerce, don’t advertise their failures, but they still feel them. They tried to make traffic signals intelligent way back in the early ‘70s, but found out that it takes more than technology to change government bureaucracies.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 24, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “ As we continue our exploration of the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale – I will walk you through the principles.

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betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

90 Things I’ve Learned From Founding 4 Technology Companies. On October 27, 2010 I wrote a blog post about the “ 57 Things I Learned Founding 3 Tech Companies.”. This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. So, here goes.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

UbiQD enabled this innovation with safer, cheaper, and more reliable quantum dot technology that it’s licensing from M.I.T., Your team has had incredible reviews on the UbiGro agricultural product. Our solar window technology sounds and looks like a completely different concept, but in fact is well aligned with our greenhouse products.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Like many established finance & media companies, GLG knows that the tech startup sector is a growing part of the economy. We’re backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Silver Lake Partners, and individual investors like Ron Conway, among others. They use GLG to quickly and efficiently answer some of their toughest questions.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2021

And while he doesn’t technically work for the rest of my business, I feel like he does through me. We have a handful of trusted mentors we utilize sort of like an advisory board. Thanks to Chris Campbell, Review Trackers ! #22- Thanks to Devon Fata, Pixoul ! #7- 7- Provides motivation. Photo Credit: Daivat Dholakia.

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Mike Michalowicz

MARCH 16, 2015

Matt Rissell is the co-founder and CEO of TSheets, an Eagle, Idaho-based technology firm that provides online, GPS-powered time tracking for companies with hourly employees. Different personalities in business partners can compliment each other if you can learn to listen.

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ConversionXL

AUGUST 11, 2021

Next, look at any companies or suppliers you already partner with. It contains the story of your property, mission statement, sponsor benefits, demographics, marketing plan, goals, media opportunities, advisory board, and the sponsor fees.”. Are they a potential sponsor? Lean on your professional networks too.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Collectively they have $850M in capital in their most recent funds: [link] Both Silverton Partners and LiveOak Venture Partners have filed regulatory documents associated with new fundraising efforts in 2017 so we should all look forward to announcements from them on successfully raising new funds.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Fundraising is always difficult for all founders; the median PE/VC fund sources and reviews 87 companies before investing in 1. Technically yes. I used to joke I was always “integrating” startup socials (forgive me for not giving Asian people their due credit as being minorities). Is that wrong? Most definitely. Is it human?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

As I’ve mentioned in several Lucky7 posts before, we are living in the Golden Age of Technology ( here’s one of those posts ). Since I first wrote about the Golden Age in 2014, valuations for tech companies have only increased?—?rather For example, you get on the phone with a business partner and they kiss up to you.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Find partners or investors. If you plan to seek funding, you should describe your advisory board here, as well. Limited Liability Company (LLC) – a structure that permits owners, partners or shareholders to limit personal liability, but still includes tax and flexibility benefits associated with a partnership.

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Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

That’s what you’re supposed to be doing and what your partners and employees are supposed to help with. To demonstrate traction you might recruit a good management team, start making sales, build an advisory board or secure strategic partnerships. They’re the PR and the security. They’re the step ladder.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

11-Suggested by my partner’s husband. but then my partner’s husband piped up, The Renegade Writer. We approached the name change scientifically – reviewing existing company names in the industry, discussing what we liked and didn’t like and then brainstorming on names that could work.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In fact, if you can, set up an advisory board of three or four folks, who you respect, who've been to the same dance you're at right now. Review competitors, especially the newer ones. Third, find partners. You raise capital to acquire resources (people, technology, real estate, etc.) So let Yoda help.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

More About Brad Feld: His book – Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors. Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! Co-founder of Foundry Mo's venture capital and tech stars, but he's also the author of a number of books, including one we're gonna talk about today.

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Small Business Force

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In fact, if you can, set up an advisory board of three or four folks, who you respect, who've been to the same dance you're at right now. Review competitors, especially the newer ones. Third, find partners. You raise capital to acquire resources (people, technology, real estate, etc.) So let Yoda help.

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pandodaily.com

JULY 18, 2012

But it’s possible that as the secret sauce of new media swings farther from disruptive technology and business models to a focus on curated and quality content, it’s the older entrepreneurs who are in the pole position. She has been covering technology news for over 15 years, most recently as a senior editor for TechCrunch.

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www.collegemogul.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

It came as a surprise to us as we thought we did our due diligence.the guys were referred to me from trusted sources with moderately high compliments. Due to the delay, we started looking elsewhere for our other web development projects. On a bootstrapped budget free is great. Originally. Turns out, it has been moderately good.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Girls in Tech. Ad Serving Technology. Analytics review â?? mixpanel vs kissmetric vs google analytics review. Tech*if*er0*urs â?? Seed Startups.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 12, 2019

When I experienced the loss of a close relative due to misdiagnosis, I felt that there was a need to have a free, round-the-clock service, where people can chat with doctors. Although it can lead to a lot of frustrations, I know more about employment law, tech stacks, and email marketing automation then I ever thought I would.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

Other universities doing classified ELINT and Electronic Warfare work attended including University of Michigan, Georgia Institute of Technology and Cornell. Over a hundred government contractors reviewed Stanford’s work on tubes and systems. The Navy informs Terman that, “money was not a problem but time was.”

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

It starts before the technology development even gets underway, says Stanford University computer science professor Dr. Fei-Fei Li , who is the co-founder and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. In June, HAI launched the Ethics and Society Review Board. You can listen to the conversation here.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 13, 2021

It starts before the technology development even gets underway, says Stanford University computer science professor Dr. Fei-Fei Li , who is the co-founder and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI. In June, HAI launched the Ethics and Society Review Board. You can listen to the conversation here.

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