Up and Running

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Firstly, let me introduce myself — Libby James, Co-founder of Merchant Advice Service , we specialize in helping business owners when they have been terminated or declined card processing both of which can be common when starting up a company. When looking for alternative card processing it’s worthwhile using an unbiased Broker.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Her work included heading Nokia’s location-based services business and app portfolio for emerging markets, which she built from a back-of-a-napkin idea to a 100-person organization with over 10 million users.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Carmen Medina , co-author of the book Rebels at Work , spent 32 years at CIA. It basically means like a senior statesman in country … without portfolio.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Gayle King is co-host of CBS This Morning. as in pro wrestling?—?you’re you’re going to take some hits.

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Up and Running

JUNE 4, 2018

Given that these kinds of freelance careers depend on having a solid reputation and portfolio of work, it’s wise to start building those things as quickly as possible. However, so long as you manage your time and juggle your goals effectively, you can realize the benefits of starting a business in this kind of environment.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

That excitement took a sharp downhill turn when one of the top partners said to me, in front of my co-founders, “When are you going to get a real CEO?”. As we set out to design a venture capital firm that would enable founders to run their own companies, we began by asking: In what ways are professional CEOs superior to founder CEOs?

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Hunter Walker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Fund people/ideas ahead of consensus — that is, find founders and markets that aren’t currently being chased by the mainstream and get to conviction ahead of the pack. Lead/Co-Lead Checks of $750k+ for 8+% ownership. There’s a lot of nuance still in the interplay between check size, ownership and portfolio management.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 3, 2014

by Jay Eum, co-founder and Managing Director of TransLink Capital. 4: Reputation matters. Most Asian executives operate on a social system that is highly focused on reputation. In Asia, first impressions are vital and remember that your reputation precedes you. 5: Get help.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Each VC has their own take on which services to provide and mostly they’re free but some smaller VCs charge portfolio companies for use of these services but usually at a cheap cost. Side Note : Upfront has hired Kerry Bennett as a member of our executive management team to run marketing – please follow her on Twitter here ].

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

But they are also a tax on your time with portfolio companies, looking for new investments, running your shop and honestly they are a tax on your family life. Co-founder discontent. What would this founder do if he got an offer to be acquihired quickly by Facebook? You have to deal with CEOs who resign. Motives matter.

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Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Last week, one of our newest portfolio companies, Abstract , launched their Private Alpha. You can read co-founder Josh Brewer’s announcement here. It helps with the “other half” of design work: managing changes/versions, documenting the work, and making sure everyone stays informed. Inconsistencies creep into the work.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Honeywell CEO Dave Cote also cautions against shortsightedness during economic downturns: I’ve been a leader during three recessions and I’ve never heard a management team talk about how the choices they make during a downturn will affect performance during a recovery. Managing the means of production to fit the circumstances.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 22, 2018

Co-owner and founder Michael Heyne said that people didn’t understand the original name, a reference to doner kebabs (which isn’t even available on the menu anymore). In the end, he manage to get ‘unstuck’. I remember making a note to watch that space because the move was so bizarre. He was stuck. In-House Int’l 5.

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David Teten

JULY 12, 2017

When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?” They don’t automatically invest just because we invested; they usually move more slowly than the company’s management team wants. .

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2014

On Monday we had a Foundry Group portfolio company sales summit. We are fortunate in that we’ve got a bunch of amazing sales execs in our portfolio, including several CEOs like Howard Diamond of MobileDay and Matthew Bellows of Yesware who have long histories selling and building sales organizations.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 1, 2021

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. ICAS® can then be scaled up across the customer’s portfolio bringing enterprise-wide benefits.

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David Teten

JANUARY 23, 2021

Yohei Nakajima, Founder of Untapped.vc , said, “Before pitching LPs and building my firm, I talked with over 50 people I knew to get feedback.” . In particular, highlight the metrics by which you measured your past activities: size of exit, number of people you managed, $ budget you were responsible for, etc. Lastly, gather feedback.

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Transformify

MARCH 24, 2020

Even before coronavirus pandemic, investors were already asking tech startup founders ‘’What is your remote work strategy?’’ Many companies provide co-working office subscriptions and co-living arrangements as part of the package. Work From Home Jobs. The candidate has either met the sales target or not.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

I reminded them that it is all about which partner you get at the reputable firms he was targeting. Accel put forward Arthur Patterson, the co-founder of Accel and a venture capitalist since 1973, to join our Board of Directors alongside me, Keith, and Bong Suh (our independent Director, and a really terrific mentor even to this day).

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aweissman.com

JANUARY 30, 2010

Then there are new sources of financing - groups or people that literally didnt exist as early stage financiers just a few years ago: OReilly AlphaTech Ventures , True Ventures , Jeff Clavier , First Round , Ron Conway & Co. Every entrepreneur in the portfolio now acts as a part time EIR. (3) We like products and building stuff.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2010

Similarly, it's not surprising to me that Evan, Hilary, and Chris--the founders of HackNY --are either New York natives or have been here long enough to feel like natives. It's not a small town--and you can hide a reputation pretty easily. Is there a story behind the breakup of that management team?

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2013

We speak to the founders of Imaginary Friends Studios (IFS) team – 28-year old Kai Lim, 39-year old Stanley Artgerm Lau, and 31-year old Kendrick Lim (pictured above)- about hitting the big eight. Stanley Artgerm Lau: I am a co-founder and creative director of IFS. Tell us a little about yourself. It was really crazy!

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Creating the right incentives and reputation system would lead to a directory people would be a part of. It has reputation. Our answer: a network. eBay has a network.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 20, 2018

Thanks to Jonas Sickler, Reputation Management ! #4- LOL Within weeks, as we worked on restoring the building, we learned our error, as well as the illustrious history of our historic Coal Heritage Trail building- among other things, that it was built by Empire Coal & Coke Co. 4- Created a new word.

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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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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As cofounder of an early stage venture fund myself, I’m here to tell you that while these statements are accurate, they’re also misleading when trying to understand the broad impact these implosions may have upon a firm. Reputation Effect. Relationship Cost of SPVs/Direct Co-Investment and LP Credibility.

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The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 19, 2016

Fortunately Steve Schlenker, co-founder of DN Capital has captured most of them in his Quora answer to the question: How hard is it to be a venture capitalist. Making consistent returns as a VC requires building a portfolio of companies in the difficult times that are ready to exit when the good times come.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I think how hard it is for me to be hands-on with a handful of portfolio companies. He was talking profusely about their portfolio company email lists and the knowledge that is shared. Through this process he raised $2 million.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 24, 2010

I saw Kevin Cheng ( @k ) talk about product managing the creation of #newtwitter. I saw Marco Arment talk about building Instapaper on the side while he was CTO of our portfolio company Tumblr. It was a great group, in a cool space, talking about building web and mobile web services.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

David Arnoux is Head of Growth and co-founder of Twoodo. In the end, getting on the big publications of the world really is the best for a return on your writing time since they are reputable, have a huge following and have plenty sub-categories of topics to fit into. Six months ago, we went from five daily sign-ups to 25.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

This post is part of Accel’s Secrets to Scaling series, where leaders from across our portfolio share their learnings and advice with the next generation of European and Israeli entrepreneurs building global winners. What advice would you give on choosing co-founders? It was one of the most pivotal moments in our journey.

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

Or maybe the co-founders have a poisonous relationship that will hinder the companys growth. Check out the tips below from founders, CEOs and investors alike. Then remove half." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy. ." — Jonathan Wegener , Founder, Timehop and ExitStrategy.

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sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

They may ask you to continue working and paying through the website, to boost their reputation there, or they may want to just go direct. Scoping the prpject down to something manageable is really hard. I am starting a big web project, and have been thinking about how to break it down into manageable chunks. Either way is fine.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

.” Hackernews list of “Tools of the Trade” for startups - includes over 150 SaaS tools used by startups, and over 150 comments with interesting insights from founders. Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 14, 2018

He is the co-founder of Lightboard , a service that is … He may change this intro, but it is in my opinion trying to kind of democratize small business design, or design in general. I mean, that’s pretty much everything that builds your reputation around that. Devon will be your account manager on that project.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In that capacity, I co-founded the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Venture Capital Access Program, a joint venture with the National Association of Investment Companies (“NAIC”), which helps women and diverse entrepreneurs raise capital. Starship was launched by the co-founders of Skype. Are you politically active?

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