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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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We have a team of 7 in San Francisco (a counter bet on our belief that the Bay Area is an amazing place.) We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but I think most people know we’re HQ’d in LA (Santa Monica to be exact) but we invest nationally and internationally. So it’s about 20%.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

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The boundaryless era, the time for distributed teams. Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. Remote-Distributed (a.k.a. Why have remote, distributed teams suddenly become the smart way to build software companies? But the world has changed.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

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He “Octeled&# me back and said he’d be in San Francisco the next month. For the next year I left Valentijn monthly Octels just “checking in.&# I found out he’d be in the US again so I traveled to San Francisco again and convinced him to have drinks with me.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Bring your questions.

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How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, September 18, 2008 How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone I have had the opportunity to meet a lot of iPhone-related companies lately. There are other models, in other distribution channels. On Facebook, viral distribution has proved decisive. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco.

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GRP Excited to add Sam Rosen to Its Ranks. How Did He Get the Role? Hustle. Here’s the Story.

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I don’t believe in distributed teams in early-stage business. And by my Instagram photo or Tweets he must have realized I was in San Francisco and would need to get to Mountain View (an hour away) to speak. I told him my strong biases. Sure, there are exceptions. Of course – some people can be remote. Not for me.

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Lessons Learned: What does a startup CTO actually do?

Startup Lessons Learned

How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. April 23, 2010 in San Francisco. Thoughts on scientific product development Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you? How to listen to customers, and not just the loud. Bring your questions.

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