| Date | Title | Description |
| 12.09.2019 | Syntech ONE Demonstrates at Two U.S. Airports | Today, Synapse is excited to announce are participation in the Transportation Security Administratio... |
| 19.09.2018 | To Health and Wellness | On this Yom Kippur reflection, I wanted to share some basic thoughts to a happier and healthy life.
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| 15.08.2018 | Scout Ventures is hiring an Associate! | Scout Ventures is looking for a rock star associate to join our team. This is an exciting and unique... |
| 06.08.2018 | Brad Harrison Makes Forbes List of Top 50 Angel Investors | Please join us in congratulating Brad Harrison on making the Forbes List of Top 50 Angel Investors. ... |
| 31.07.2018 | EP8: How to Build a Business | According to Mr. Parsons, the most important thing when building a business is partnering with the r... |
| 24.07.2018 | EP7: How to Measure Success | In today’s video, Mr. Parsons reminds us of the importance of perspective when evaluating success.
... |
| 17.07.2018 | EP6: Top Qualities to Look for in Early Stage Investors | As an investor in Scout, Mr. Parsons highlights three main attributes of successful early-stage inve... |
| 10.07.2018 | EP5: What Makes an Effective Board Member? | Having served on the Board of some of the most prominent Fortune 100 companies, Mr. Parsons sheds so... |
| 03.07.2018 | EP4: Four Things | There are four main pitfalls entrepreneurs need to be wary of when launching a new venture. Here Bra... |
| 26.06.2018 | EP3: How Scout is Different | In today’s post, Richard Parsons outlines the key difference in Scout Venture’s approach to investin... |
| 19.06.2018 | EP2: Building Over Time | In today’s post, we catch a glimpse of Richard Parson’s approach to building a company over time and... |
| 12.06.2018 | EP1: Two Rules of Leadership | As a new series, every week, we will be releasing a video in which Brad Harrison, Scout Ventures – M... |
| 15.05.2018 | Wes Blackwell joins Scout Ventures to invest in early-stage,... | This post was written by Anthony Ha (TechCrunch) and originally posted here.
We haven’t written muc... |
| 23.10.2017 | Where will all the flying cars park? | This post was written by Nisa Amoils (Venture Partner) and originally posted here.
Yesterday Lilium... |
| 11.06.2017 | Gratitude | Some thoughts about how to have a happier future.
Be Happy
I find myself in one of the most ground... |
| 13.03.2017 | Dilution: Priced Rounds vs Convertible Notes | There have been many posts by investors articulating the issues with convertible notes. Most recentl... |
| 08.03.2017 | ID.me closes $19M led by FTV Capital | This article originally appeared on the Washington Post and can be found here.
Signing into web pag... |
| 24.02.2017 | Brad Harrison on Venture Studio | Brad Harrison recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dave Lerner on Venture Studio, where the... |
| 04.01.2017 | NYC VC 2017 | Be Happy
On a daily basis, I am inspired by blogs from the likes of Fred Wilson (AVC) and Brad Feld... |
| 02.11.2016 | Digi International Acquires IoT Cold Chain Provider FreshTem... | Original post can be found here.
Acquisition Broadens Temperature Monitoring and Adds Digital Task ... |
| 04.10.2016 | Beyonce Invests in Sidestep | This post originally appeared on TechCrunch and can be found here.
Joining celebrity investors like... |
| 15.09.2016 | Welcoming Nisa Amoils | Be Happy
I am very pleased to formally announce that we’ve added Nisa Amoils to the Scout family as... |
| 21.07.2016 | Olapic Acquired | Be Happy
Today, a company where I was the first investor was acquired.
http://www.businesswire.com... |
| 12.07.2016 | How to actually make America great again | Be Happy
I original drafted this post prior to the incidents in St. Louis, Louisiana and Dallas tha... |
| 20.04.2016 | Greensbury Market on HSN | Be Happy
Everyone here is my HSN debut. It starts at 12 min
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Share this:
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| 25.03.2016 | Good day | Be Happy
The other day was a rough day.
One of our companies failed to find a buyer and let all th... |
| 17.02.2016 | Bloglovin’ Embraces Influencer Marketing With Sverve Acquisi... | This article was originally posted on TechCrunch by Anthony Ha.
Bloglovin’ is announcing the acquis... |
| 23.12.2015 | THE MIGHTY 25: VETERANS POISED FOR IMPACT IN 2016 | Happy to share this list (originally posted here) courtesy of We Are The Mighty. What makes me even ... |
| 03.12.2015 | The Dreaded Call | Be Happy
Last night I called one of my favorite entrepreneurs.
And about ten seconds into the call... |
| 01.12.2015 | Residential Real Estate Platform Nestio Lands A $8M Series A... | This article was originally posted by TechCrunch and can be viewed here.
Nestio, the NY-based leasi... |
| 16.11.2015 | How You Write Down Snapchat | Fidelity just wrote down the value of their Snapchat investment by 25%. You can read about it here.
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| 11.11.2015 | Benchmarking Atlassian’s S-1 – How 7 Key SaaS Metrics Stack ... | Be Happy
Tomasz Tunguz wrote a great post recently about the Australian software maker, Atlassian. ... |
| 05.11.2015 | The Ugly Unicorn: Greed | Be Happy
There has been much discussion these days about the changing landscape of early stage inve... |
| 02.11.2015 | Will This Female Founder Be The Next Disney? | This article was written by Kelly Hoey via Inc. It can be viewed in its original form here.
Stories... |
| 23.10.2015 | The signaling value of AngelList and YC’s new fund announcem... | AngelList and YC both announced big new funds last week. AngelList announced that CSC Upshot raised ... |
| 23.10.2015 | Voyat, The CRM Loyalty Platform For Hotels, Sees 500K New Gu... | This article is was originally posted on TechCrunch and can be viewed here.
Voyat, the hotel CRM to... |
| 20.10.2015 | With Epoch, Adcade Makes It Easy For Designers And Developer... | This post was originally posted on TechCrunch here.
People have been talking about the death for Fl... |
| 01.10.2015 | WHAT I’VE LEARNED FROM BEING THERE FOR MY ENTREPRENEURS | This post was written by Brad Harrison
Last night, I had two great meetings scheduled back-to-back.... |
| 02.09.2015 | Apps as the Emerging Platform | This post was originally published here by Corey Miller, Analyst at Scout Ventures.
Most people hav... |
| 14.08.2015 | Brainscape—Portfolio and Founder Spotlight | I recently sat down with Andrew Cohen, CEO and Founder of Brainscape. This is a summary of our conve... |
| 12.08.2015 | 5 Key Considerations for South Florida Startups Seeking Fund... | This post was originally posted in the Miami Herald and can be viewed here.
Since we opened our Mia... |
| 10.08.2015 | MAKING THE FOUNDER’S TOP FIVE | This article was originally posted by Brad Harrison on August 5, 2015. The original can be viewed he... |
| 02.07.2015 | How I Make Sure Work Doesn’t Ruin My Vacation | Be Happy
Here’s the scenario: you have a vacation coming up in two weeks. You should be looking for... |
| 24.06.2015 | Do Smaller Funds Perform Better? | In a report recently released from Mattermark, it is indicated that investment in startups from 2014... |
| 19.06.2015 | Guest Post: Investing in Mini IPOs | This articled was originally posted at Inc. You can follow Ryan Feit on Twitter.
Historically, inve... |
| 18.06.2015 | Supply-Demand Curves In A Founder’s Fundraising Journey | Recently, a founder asked me if he should lower his valuation in order to close his seed round faste... |
| 07.06.2015 | Convertible Notes- The Phillips Screwdriver of Startup Finan... | Contrary to what you might think, convertible notes have been around for a long time in early stage ... |
| 04.06.2015 | When the Tactic Becomes the Strategy | Historically, Google’s strategy was always aligned with an open web and Moore’s Law. As cheaper comp... |
| 03.06.2015 | Guest Post: Is REG A+ Right For Fred Wilson’s “Indie” Compan... | This post was written by Kiran Lingam and originally appeared on the SeedInvest Blog
Not every comp... |
| 02.06.2015 | Innovating a Legacy Business: Adapt, Die or Just Start Over? | This post originally appeared on mayorbrad.com
My profession exposes me to many young companies tha... |
| 29.05.2015 | Payment Innovation Must Be Accompanied by Strong Distributio... | This article by Jay Bhattacharya, Founder and CEO of Zipmark, was originally published at paymentsso... |
| 28.05.2015 | What a tech bubble deflation and the recent financial crisis... | With all this tech bubble talk, I’ve been thinking about the last financial crisis and whether there... |
| 22.05.2015 | A dead simple explanation of network effects | The concept of network effects and Metcalfe’s Law is really important in technology so it’s useful t... |
| 13.05.2015 | IPOs are not liquidity events | The world is abuzz about liquidation preferences right now so it’s really important to understand th... |
| 12.05.2015 | How To Raise $20.5 Million The Signpost Way | This post was originally published on Brad’s personal blog at mayorbrad.com
This month our longtime... |
| 06.05.2015 | Valuation As A Coordination Device (Part 2) | This post was originally published by John Ryu on Medium
I wrote a post here awhile back titled “Va... |
| 06.05.2015 | Talking Tech With MeetAdvisors: Do VCs Read Business Plans? | This post was originally published by Brad Harrison at mayorbrad.com
I was recently invited over to... |
| 01.05.2015 | Are these the bubbles you’re looking for? | The more unicorn bubble chatter I hear, the more I think about the 2007 financial crisis and about t... |
| 28.04.2015 | You are the product until the product is ready | This post was originally published on Medium.
I meet with lots of founders who are quick to give me... |
| 28.04.2015 | The Modern Face of Angel Investing | This post was written by Ameet Padte and originally appeared on the SeedInvest Blog
Traditionally, ... |
| 22.04.2015 | Guest Post: A Busy Entrepreneur’s 3-Step Guide to Reading Bu... | Andrew Cohen is the Founder and CEO of Brainscape, an adaptive mobile education platform that helps ... |
| 21.04.2015 | A Seed Pitchdeck Template: Keep It Punchy | Here’s a quick and dirty MVP slide deck for raising a seed round.
1. Team. Make it easy to speed re... |
| 17.04.2015 | Three Things That Kill Early Stage Companies | This post was originally published at Brad’s personal blog, mayorbrad.com
As a VC, we spend a lot o... |
| 14.04.2015 | What is determining value in startups right now? | Here’s a timeless quote from Bill Janeway on how value is determined in startups:
The value now is ... |
| 08.04.2015 | Different Kinds of Innovation: Disruptive vs. Sustaining | There’s this idea floating around these days that disruption in mobile is different because it comes... |
| 02.04.2015 | Advisors are valuable, but they need to be engaged the right... | This post was originally published at mayorbrad.com:
As an entrepreneur and investor, I have also b... |
| 02.04.2015 | Guest Post: Why You Should Constantly ‘Fire’ Yourself and Yo... | Andrew Cohen is the Founder and CEO of Brainscape, an adaptive mobile education platform that helps ... |
| 31.03.2015 | Trends Move Fast In Venture | I recently found some old browser bookmarks from about a year ago and clicked to see what they were ... |
| 27.03.2015 | Game Changing: New JOBS Act Rule To Allow Raising Money From... | Kiran Lingam is the General Counsel & VP Business Development at SeedInvest, an equity crowdfund... |
| 26.03.2015 | Innovation Comes from the Edges | We get caught up in the startup echo chamber so it’s really easy for us to lose touch with the reali... |
| 25.03.2015 | The Importance of Reporting | Cross posted from MayorBrad.com:
Reporting is one of the most important tools for any management te... |
| 24.03.2015 | Convertible Note: An Entrepreneurs’ Perspective | Rohit Vashisht is Founder and CEO of Sverve, a social consumer activation platform and social influe... |
| 20.03.2015 | Is venture capital under attack? | Cross posted from mayorbrad.com:
I am an early stage technology investor. It’s what I love and I wo... |
