View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

It occurred to me yesterday that I’ve been in the VC business for over 10 years. I’ve been writing checks for 8 years, and was lucky to get my start in the industry with the team at Spark Capital where I was able to witness some amazing early investments as part of that team. As I start my second 10 years in venture capital, I want to both reflect on some recent learnings that have changed the way I approach the business.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Over the last five years ago, a disproportionate amount of venture capital funded paid acquisition on Facebook. Some very large consumer facing businesses were built, but that gravy train won’t last forever—and signs are that it is seriously slowing down. Companies are reporting that acquisition costs are trending up, and optimization is increasingly feeling like squeezing blood from a stone.

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Last week, we kicked off a blog series to help founders determine their company’s core priorities and strategies at each stage of the progression from seed to Series A and Series B. In the previous post , we outlined what startups should focus on right after raising a seed round. The next stage in the journey is the A round, and as expected, it brings a brand new set of priorities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Despite the ease of communication through social media, new tools, the popularity of fearless independence and #MeToo, I still see many business organizations that are less than productive due to fear. Yet in my work as an advisor to senior executives, I find that many fail to see reality in their own organizations, and have no idea whether they are part of the problem or the solution.

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Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Current college students belong to Generation Z and you can’t deny that they all in some way possess entrepreneurial sense. For millennials, stories of start-ups that began with two undergraduates having big dreams that they never knew could be achieved and then established a corporation worth millions of dollars is an awe of business life. Young people nowadays are seeking alternatives to the high education or consider that self-education is much better for achieving their future plans.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

What? Another d2c gourmet pet food company ? Another full-stack short-term rentals startup ? Another affinity-based co-working space? It seems as though in many categories, especially in consumer internet space, a handful of startups pursuing quite similar or even apparently identical ideas launch within months of each other. What’s going on with these apparent copycat companies?

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 1, 2018

I turned 53 today. Each year on my birthday I write a letter to myself reflecting on the previous year and pondering the coming year. I also go for a run – this year for 53 minutes. The past few years, I’ve started publishing them on this blog – if you are interested in what I’ve written in the past, take a look at @bfeld v52.0 and @bfeld v51.0.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Angular is basically a platform which aids in building application using the web. Developers use angular to build the application that can be run on the web, desktop or mobile interfaces. People using angular are expected to have knowledge about JavaScript and some latest standard tools. The latest version of angular is Angular 6.0.0. This version has got some wonderful features.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Google has always been a company that looks to enhance the user experience rather than just make changes that favour a business’ position on the platform; both within the actual search engine and the extensions that accompany it. Google Maps in particular has a long history of updates that have made locating a place a much easier and accessible process for online users.

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Transformify

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Trust is crucial for the success of your startup, perhaps even more powerful than marketing or sales. With no track record of success, many startup entrepreneurs find it challenging to compete with established companies. Even if you started your endeavor with noble intentions, prospective clients and customers will most likely have some doubt to overcome before doing business with you.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Why It’s Time to Embrace a Real CRM Tool for Your Business written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Using a spreadsheet or index cards to manage your clients may make sense when you’re first starting out: there aren’t that many to keep track of, and the clients you do have don’t have a long history with your business. However, as time goes on, your client list grows, your track record with existing clients becomes longer and more complex, and you need a better way to manage thes

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2018

With so many entrepreneurs and small business startups emerging in the business world in the past few years, it is no surprise that coworking spaces have become popular real estate. With dramatically lower overhead costs and the advantages of a social and professional workplace, coworking may be a great fit for your business. Freelancers and small firms in every business category can enjoy a professional and functional shared office space.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

A plastic surgery practice is a bit tough to implement. The technology always changes and there’s innovation everywhere. According to Emet Digital CEO Maytal Giloba , a digital marketing agency specialized in growing plastic surgery practices advices surgeons to use new techniques. If you don’t use new techniques, people will start forgetting about you.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Ask about who has had a successful platform strategy, and most people will point to Salesforce. I beg to disagree – compared to revenues Apple has generated for its partners and itself from its iOS store and Amazon with its.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Managing an Expanding Business, With Your Mission Guiding the Way written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Marketing Podcast with Matt Scanlon. Podcast Transcript. This week on the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, I sit down with Matt Scanlon, owner of The Hill KC in Kansas City. Formerly known as CrossFit Memorial Hill, the business began as a CrossFit gym.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2018

When it comes to firing someone, there’s no easy way to approach it. And you’ve likely heard of the old adage, “Hire slowly, fire fast.” One bad employee in your organization can create an ineffective system as a whole. After all, the “whole” is only as good as the sum of its parts. Even employees who know that they’re not doing so well have a hard time wrapping their heads around the possibility that they could actually get fired.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2018

With Oxford Dictionary adding the word “vape” to its lexicon and an industry expected to be worth a staggering $61.4 billion by 2025, you would think that the vaping industry would be a sure win to get involved in. You might be right. With the right research and a whole lot of hard work , you can start a successful vaping business. First, a Brief History.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Newfoundland’s Glen McKay has had a long and successful career in several industries, including construction, finance and mining. He incorporated his own business, MRO Supplies Ltd. In 1978 and spin off Newfoundland Hard-Rok Inc., in 1987. Newfoundland Hard Rok Inc. has had years of success in the mining, quarry and construction industries, as well as entering into long term contracts at other mines through wholly owned subsidiaries Dyno Nobel Labrador Inc, and Dyno Nobel Baffin Island Inc.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 4, 2018

As an analyst, I tend to be a bit dry and focus on product details and vendor economics. As an author, I become as Led Zeppelin says a “traveler in both time and space”. In writing SAP Nation 3.0, I.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2018

by Carma Spence, author of “ Public Speaking Super Powers: Unleash Your Inner Speaking Superhero and Communicate Your Message with Confidence “ Approximately 27 million Americans suffer from a fear of public speaking. If you are one of them, you may be paid 10% less than those without this fear and your chances of getting into a professional or managerial position are reduced by 15%.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2018

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. But people don’t realize that all relationships are not the same. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The LA CTO Forum recently conducted a survey to find out what our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) members saw as their biggest challenges heading into 2019. We received over 250 responses that provides a pretty good insight into the top CTO challenges. The rating scale was 1-5 with: Not a challenge A small challenge Somewhat a challenge Definitely a challenge Keeps me up at night We provide both an Average and a Scaled Rating that gives much higher weight to 4s and 5s and discounts 1s and 2s.

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deal architect

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I have not finished writing the book, but my design partners are already rolling out cover and back copy ideas Feedback welcome, thanks! ‘In 1800, the US, then the original thirteen colonies, was a young, skinny country. 2/3rd of the.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 6, 2018

You may not realize it, but we are currently in the middle of a world-wide epidemic of myopia, or nearsightedness. Both children and adults are struggling with nearsightedness on a massive scale. In fact, according to Science Daily, since 1971, the incidence of nearsightedness in the US nearly doubled, to 42 percent, and this number is even higher in the continent of Asia, where up to 90 percent of teenagers and adults are nearsighted.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In this age of constant change, I usually find myself writing about what has changed. Yet I find that periodically it pays to reflect on what hasn’t changed in business, probably won’t change in the foreseeable future, and is still critical to our success in our professional career, as well as the success of our business. Here is my list of the basics that some people in business tend to forget: Showing up consistently must still be priority one.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Five years ago, as the mania around seed fundings was accelerating, Founders were very eager to announce their seed round to the world. It marks the beginning of the journey with hard work & the real business success to be accomplished ahead, but a milestone nonetheless. And seed VCs, especially as new firms were being established, were eager to encourage their portfolio startups to plant that flag in the ground publicly.

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Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Get Ready for a Great, Holiday Season! As we celebrate summer’s end and back-to-school, it’s time to dive into holiday marketing and think about small business PR ideas. That’s right! While online and print advertising, email campaigns, and more may be at the top of your list, don’t forget about all of the public relations tools that can give you a competitive edge.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The legal process by which a company declares that it is unable to pay its debt and need some relief is termed as corporate bankruptcy. After filing bankruptcy one may become debt free. Filing bankruptcy is not a failure; it is a way to restart your life. Most of the people do not know how to eliminate debt by filing bankruptcy so one must consider business bankruptcy in this regard.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Over my career in large businesses as well as small ones, it seems that more and more people are feeling unhappy and unfulfilled in their job. I’m convinced that technology is making this problem worse, rather than better, since it often causes to a sense of isolation working remotely, or even in the same office. Isolation leads to a lack of relationship or connection with others.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Yesterday was Singles Day in China, celebrated on 11/11 each year and theoretically to honor young adults who are not in relationships. In practice it is essentially an invention by retailer Alibaba who holds massive online sales on this day across their platform (Taobao, Tmall, etc). Alibaba reported over $30B in GMV yesterday across its platform of sites for the 2018 Singles Day.

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For Entrepreneurs

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Matrix Growth Academy – Zero to 100 was an educational event held in San Francisco, aimed at providing B2B Founders with a road-map for how to get from Zero to a repeatable, scalable and profitable growth process that would take them to $100m in revenue. Please find below the primary videos for They have been.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 4, 2018

If you have the entrepreneurial spirit and want to start your own business, use these 5 startup tips from the experts to get your idea off the ground. Amazon, Apple, and Disney are three hugely successful companies that began in garages. After a little success and funding, they began to grow and become players in the marketplace. Today, these companies, and hundreds like them, have graduated from aspiring startups to behemoth conglomerates.

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Rembrandt Communications

DECEMBER 6, 2018

No Money for Growth? PR Makes It No Problem. If you want to grow your B2B, you probably struggle with financial limitations. Well, even if you can’t afford major advertising and marketing initiatives, you can still boost positive awareness without spending a dime. How? (Que the angelic music…) Start public relations (PR) activities. How to Generate Fast Growth with PR.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I once had a VC mentor (only) half tongue-in-cheek tell me that “all investment diligence is merely an exercise in confirming what you have already decided during the initial pitch.” Diligence validates your gut to invest or (hopefully quickly) kills an opportunity that sounded reasonable but you just didn’t like. I’ve come to believe a much less cynical view of investment due diligence, that, especially at the seed stage, it’s is best when followed the 80–20 rule.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 3, 2018

More than 1,200 AI startups (broadly defined) were created in Israel since 2010. 79% of which are still active, 6% have been acquired, and 15% have ceased to operate. With more than 667 of them. This is a content summary only. Click on the post title to continue reading this post, share your comments, browse the website and more!

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 5, 2018

by Peter J. Strauss , founder and managing member of The Strauss Law Firm and author of “ The Business Owner’s Definitive Guide to Captive Insurance Companies “ The life of an entrepreneur – or at least the idea behind that life – can seem enticing to just about everyone. You launch a new enterprise that makes millions – and maybe even changes the way people lead their lives.

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