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It's time for lean philanthropy: a case study

Startup Lessons Learned

Since then, in about 3 months, we’ve fed over 170,000 people and injected over $1mm into the local economy in San Francisco and Detroit. The model was simple: we’d build a SMS texting tool that matched the food insecure with a free meal from a partner restaurant, all covered by donor dollars.

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Two New Techstars Programs – Mobility/Detroit and Techstars++/Mayo Clinic

Feld Thoughts

I’m fascinated with Detroit. When I was there in October 2012 with my partners Ryan and Jason to run the Detroit Marathon we talked about the idea of getting more involved there in some way. Jason grew up in Detroit and has lots of stories there. Several years ago I met Ted Serbinski.

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

Both Sides of the Table

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Hope you’re enjoying the show.

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Did you know that board management software isn’t just for boards?

Board Effect

A quality solution like BoardEffect has been developed to be user-friendly, supporting the experience of users at all levels of technology comfort. Work with your solution partner to set up new groups quickly. Your partner can assist group administrators with getting new groups, permissions and training in place.

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Why I Look for High Conviction, not Consensus, in Venture Capital Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

Often if it’s a bigger firm (say 4 partners or more) and it’s a super small investment for their fund size (let’s say $250-500k when they normally invest $5-7 million) they will just require 1 or 2 partners to decide. What happens next feels like a black box to outsiders. ” Some firms are collegiate.

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Scaling Techstars Horizontally

Feld Thoughts

But while many contemporary technology approaches embrace scale horizontally, many business approaches are limited to primarily scaling vertically. Techstars Mobility (Detroit). If you’ve spent any time with me, you know that scaling horizontally is a huge part of how I think. Techstars Berlin (Berlin). Techstars METRO (Berlin).

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Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts

venturebeat.com

Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. The startups will also have the option of using office space on Microsoft’s Bellevue, Wash.

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