Hearpreneur

MAY 31, 2020

Networking in business helps you reach more clients and more importantly, share your lessons and successes with other business owners. Of course, they’re various other ways you can benefit from networking. Here’s how entrepreneurs and business owners leverage networking in their businesses. #1- 1- Begin conversations.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The new technologies and capabilities that will be central to military advantage in the future – artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems, distributed networking, advanced manufacturing, and commercial space, etc. are technologies largely driven by commercial innovation and commercial companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

40% of our deals are done in Los Angeles but 100% of our deals leverage the LA networks we have built for 25 years. But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. We have a team of 7 in San Francisco (a counter bet on our belief that the Bay Area is an amazing place.)

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

You need to say “no” faster to things you know you’re not going to fund based on fit, focus, geography, quality of concept, conflicts with portfolio. They usually have strong networks to begin with so suddenly you’re hit up by everybody you know who has a friend. They all want you to come meet companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2012

Intros.They’re the lifeblood of networking – the currency of mavens. Usually it’s on behalf of a portfolio company. My belief – unless you know the VC really well (you’re a portfolio company of theirs, for example) I’d always ask for permission first. They are your route to angel money.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 27, 2017

Existing companies also use network effects of monopolies/duopolies, distribution channel kickbacks, etc., To compete with Tesla’s direct sales to consumers, GM, Ford, and the rest of the auto industry either have to shut Tesla out of selling directly to consumers or they have to abandon their own dealer networks and sell directly as well.

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Startup New York City Valuation Distribution 306

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

We’re featuring some of the amazing events that will be held across our portfolio in the months ahead. Outreach’s Unleash 2023 : Seattle, October 3-5 This three-day experience will feel like “a sales kick off meets personal excellence retreat meets president’s club.”

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

Participants are given instruction, connections, and a network on which to build and improve their young businesses. In the wake of the SVB collapse, accessing funding has become more complicated; even companies with lucrative VC money have struggled, with some firms seeing as much as 60% of their portfolio investments fold.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

AI startups in the Alexa Fund portfolio. The AWS APN Global Startup Program – for startup AWS Partner Network (APN) select and advanced technology partners looking to grow their products on AWS. Startups spend 10 weeks working closely with AWS experts, alongside an extended global network of investors and entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Another key part of China’s cluster strategy was collaboration between research and business, as well as between large enterprises and tech-based small and medium enterprises. Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).

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View from Seed

APRIL 27, 2020

We can stay busy by expending time and effort supporting the existing portfolio, which is the right thing to do and a good use of time. Like most VC’s, we’ve been engrossed in helping our portfolio company founders navigate these challenging times while thinking through how we will approach this market going forward. Wait and see.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. He told me in some combinations of device / OS / network they are crashing 4 times per 100. How many social networks, picture sharing sites, new aggregators or blogs can we really spend time on?

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 5, 2023

General Bucky Butow – Director of the Space Portfolio. ” Team 2: Networks. For semiconductors, the White House Coordinator for the CHIPS Act – Ronnie Chatterji, and the CTO of Applied Materials – Om Nalamasu. For Artificial Intelligence, Lt. Along the way the course acts as a strong call to public service.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. This is a structural shift in our industry few have talked about publicly. The iPhone was released.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 9, 2024

With Climate Orders, Patch makes Frontier’s offtake portfolio of permanent carbon removal tech accessible to their customers, adding more options to their broad network of climate action projects. Patch is partnering with Stripe to accelerate carbon removal by using Climate Orders. Read more about it here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. This name (www.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Telemedicine is game-changing as it opens up the possibility of addressing a national market, so long as you have a network of providers licensed to practice in specific states. Historically, the healthcare market has been regional, limited by the in-person nature of care delivery.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2022

Multiple organizations are now offering work on real-world projects to build your portfolio and gain experience. Because companies are building their whole structure on digital platforms, they need to help ensure that these digital networks are fully operational. . 2- Digital Marketing Management. 8- Blockchain.

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VC Adventure

JUNE 14, 2022

Top among them is generally access to capital, but often on the list is the hope that raising capital from experienced (and well-networked) investors will have other positive impacts on their business. There are venture firms that have dozens of people employed in the service of their portfolios. . The answer may surprise you.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Portfolio Venture Capital 150

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

– there have also been some major breakthroughs on Bitcoin’s native layer 2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network. Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin.

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 29, 2024

Filebase launched the Filebase Content Delivery Network , a CDN specifically optimized for IPFS content delivery. Uniswap announced its first program, Uniswap Hook Incubator, an 8-week program to help devs build hooks (v4’s flagship feature). The program starts April 8. You can apply here.

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Software Review Portfolio San Francisco API 81

View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

When we create new platform initiatives, our team tries to think about how we can be the most impactful with our portfolio companies. Today, we’re thrilled to announce a new program that we hope will help our portfolio companies with two of these bullets. Building a great product. We want to talk to you! Jared holds a B.A.

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Operations Cofounder Technical Review Angel Investor 176

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

You can see this trend in the excellent data from Cendana below where the number of seed extension rounds has gone up dramatically in their portfolio and the time from seed to A has extended. The skills and networks inherent in making the early bet are consistent with the funds that play in this category.

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View from Seed

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

You have a strong network in the NYC startup ecosystem that is additive to our team. You have an edge in the highly competitive world of early stage investing that comes from some combination of your experience, industry knowledge, and personal network. You have an authentic passion for startups and a deep respect for entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios.

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View from Seed

MAY 24, 2021

You are a native of NYC tech with a strong network. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You will spend 60-80% of your time helping identify new investment opportunities and expand NextView’s network and presence in NYC (and beyond). Who Are We Looking For.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2017

PC and mobile interfaces dynamically display portfolio valuations and exposures, along with system-generated investment recommendations tailored to a specific client’s financial goals and risk appetite. DLT removes the middlemen by enlisting the network of users to verify transactions. trillion by 2025, about 5% of the world’s wealth.

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Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software Review IPO 154

VC Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2022

A couple of weeks ago I was did a fireside chat with Alon Grinshpoon, founder and CEO of Echo3D , a CDN and CMS for 3D content in the cloud and a Remagine Ventures portfolio company, as part of an entrepreneurial finance MBA class in Tel Aviv University. We were discussing both sides of the table and the relationship between founders and VCs.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2021

It will depend on the type of engineering work that you can do, but analyzing a portfolio is one of the best ways to do this. Recruitment is just one reason why it is helpful to have a large professional network. Evaluate Technical Skills. Obviously, you will also want to evaluate their technical skills.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

From building a strong brand and network to leveraging digital marketing and providing exceptional customer service, these tips will provide you with actionable strategies to take your real estate business to new heights. Network effectively Networking plays a crucial role in growing your real estate business.

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Technical Review Social Media Networking Differentiation 158

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

And these ideas have ways of seeping into board discussions with portfolio companies as in, “have you ever thought about trying A, B or C?&# I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It quickly became clear that Will has the necessary expertise and network to build a company that addresses this generational crisis from his days working at the CFPB and advising Elizabeth Warren on student loan policies. The post Meet Summer: Our Portfolio Company Changing The Student Loan Landscape appeared first on NextView Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 15, 2014

One really great experience was a discussion I had with the camera rolling with my good friend Dmitry Shapiro who founded the major YouTube competitor of its time (Veoh) that was sued into oblivion by Universal and who also founded a social network designed to promote pseudonymity. I have a blog and a voice.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Venture capital investment, FOMO, and financial engineering Venture capital has poured billions of dollars into quantum computing, quantum sensors, quantum networking and quantum tools companies. If you’re a deep tech investor and you don’t have one of these companies in your portfolio it looks like you’re out of step. It’s confusing.

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View from Seed

OCTOBER 11, 2022

And even as the markets have turned, we continue to be confident that significant value creation is ahead for our portfolio companies that are still experiencing efficient hypergrowth like Attentive, Grove Collaborative, Whoop, Bobbie, Devoted Health, and others. In terms of strategy, many things remain the same.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2019

Often the entrepreneurial pathway is a lonely pathway and sole-preneurs in particular find themselves trying to navigate, learn and network to gain knowledge while building their business. Position Yourself With a Better Financial Portfolio. Quitting your job and then applying for a small business loan is a recipe for disaster.

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View from Seed

MARCH 11, 2020

This includes things like: Making intros to portfolio companies that are potential customers. But along the way, you should also be talking to folks in your network that have experience with the particular investor and firm. Only at this point do they start to do things that should incur real cost to the company.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Seed Stage 279