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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

As entrepreneurs with a passion for helping others, they’ve built a company that is vastly accelerating the ability to deliver healthcare to the most needy global communities. Her work has been commended in leading industry publications and gives her unique strategic insights into the global healthcare ecosystem. David Harper.

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How Many Angels is the Right Amount for a Startup to Have?

Both Sides of the Table

And from Nancy Hua … “Too many angels can also hurt a start-up and be taken as an indication that a company is not strong enough to attract any one “leadinvestor, said Ms. If you have 8 well known, high quality angels with impeccable reputations then be as transparent as you like. Every great investor knows this.

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LinkedIn's Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs

reidhoffman.org

The key problem with existing technologies was adverse selection, specifically concerning the incentives of participants and the reputation systems: In the yellow pages, people wanted to be found but the way they represented themselves had nothing to do with how good they were. Steer into your investors’ objections. It has reputation.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

Both Sides of the Table

There is no secret, just a lot of hard work and screening of both startups and investors. All investors must be accredited with a couple of deals already under their belt. Investor acceptance is on a case-by-case basis and they have kicked people out of the community. I ask Naval about the importance of a lead investor.

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You Think You Screwed Up? Have I Got a Story for You!

Babbling VC

These business would scale on the sheer virality of their communities. This was absolutely catastrophic to the business as new investors were swayed by an insider (a reputable one at that) not going along with the investment. Running around Europe trying to find lead investors for these businesses was priority number 1.

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Corporate Venture Capital: Obligatory or Oxymoron?

David Teten

In either case, corporations have to set up their investment vehicles so that the venture capital community sees them as serious players. Teten: How do corporate VCs interact with the broader VC community? . Some corporate funds now lead rounds. Teten: What makes for a good vs. bad corporate venture investor?

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Out of the Crisis #7, Brian Chesky Part 1: running Airbnb in crisis mode, being multi-stakeholder, and re-founding the company

Startup Lessons Learned

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. Brian Chesky : I am Brian Chesky, co-founder, CEO, and head of community at Airbnb. Eric Ries : An indelible part of your reputation and this is laying the foundation for whatever the future of this company is going to be. How you doing?