Holding Company Operations Partner 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. She took an operating role helping run Citysearch and Urbanspoon. Kara said “no” because she wanted to start her own company, which she did and I backed.
Hunter Walker
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
He brought relevant operating experience and a great perspective into the room, representing not the CEO, not the investors, but *the company,* which is exactly what you want from an Independent. Rafa runs Background Capital, and is one of the best partners for early company builders I know.
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The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
While Polk believes he grew tremendously as a leader and executive in his over 35 years in large public companies, he believes the growth one can get in smaller, private companies can be equally rewarding and the challenges test leaders in different ways earlier in one’s career.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University.
YoungUpstarts
APRIL 15, 2018
by Lance Christensen, Susan Jacobini Harrington, and James Graff, Partners at Margolin, Winer & Evens LLP. In addition, if your business operations are located overseas, repatriation provisions under the new tax law may make a switch to C-Corp status tax advantageous. The operative word here, though, is qualified.
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Investors will ask management what their “AI strategy” is before investing and will be wary of companies that don’t have one (Fred Wilson, USV). Security will shift from defensive to predictive AI-powered security (Norwest Venture Partners). AI, M/L, And D/L will continue to be darlings of VC & M&A? Billion in VC funding.
Gust
DECEMBER 15, 2011
Having taken stock of the main legal documents and actions involved in forming and operating a new startup, let’s crack open the “case” (disregarding the warnings about voiding your warranty) and examine a few of the steps, documents and key decisions to be made in getting a new startup ready for business.
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