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Tale of Two Valleys: LA and the Bay Area from an Investor’s Perspective

Mucker Lab

For the last couple of years, I’ve been investing in startups as a partner at Mucker, while spending a lot of time in the Valley working with potential co-investors and partners. The top tier funds see almost all of the best deals. Certainly it is a negative to not have acquired the basic skills of product management.

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Partnering with a source of capital, connections, and expertise for a large equity chunk is often worth it in those scenarios (e.g., I spoke with Thatcher Bell , Managing Partner, CoVenture. After releasing the MVP, we work on a lean scrum to iterate based on early data/feedback until we start to see signs of product-market fit.