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| Dec 16, 2024 | Почему неправильное понимание показателей может стоить вам бизнеса на ранней стадии | Привет! Эта статья является вольным переводом, оригинал лежит тут, автор – Марк Сустер
В последнее время ведутся оживленные дискуссии о том, является ли наличие положительной валовой маржи («gross margin positive») обязательным условием для... |
| Sep 29, 2023 | Black Professionals In Private Equity & Finance – Dealmaker Spotlight: Alex King | Q: What attracted you to PE and venture capital?
Alex King: My pathway to private equity and, more significantly, venture capital was part of my entrepreneurial journey. That journey started when I was in high school. I was an avid reader o... |
| Sep 8, 2023 | How To Hire A COO For Your Startup In A Generative AI Era | 16 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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Scaling operations is a hidden stone that founders often stumble upon, and that’s where AI can come into play.
Automating routine operations to free up resources for critical task... |
| Apr 18, 2023 | Upfront's Mark Suster became the star of LA's booming startup scene. Some founders and VCs say they will never work with him again. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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Inside an airy Los Angeles restaurant, the actor and Goop founder Gwyneth Paltrow and the billionaire developer Rick Caruso have... |
| Mar 9, 2023 | Introducing...the Execution Chapter
EXECUTION MATTERS, especially in this market
Meet Paul
The line-up: | Throughout 2023, we at Movac will be hosting the Movac Operating Chapters. These programs have been designed to help Kiwi companies become global leaders by exposing them to world-class functional experts and international best practice.
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| Aug 16, 2022 |
LA Tech Week: NFT Cocktails, Sushi and Networking | Roughly 13 hours after venture capital kingmaker Andreessen Horowitz announced plans to invest $350 million into WeWork founder Adam Neumann’s new residential real estate company, a handful of fedoras are floating through a room of mostly 2... |
| Jul 26, 2022 |
Upfront Ventures Raises $650M In New Investment Funds
| Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm Upfront Ventures, one of the region's most active venture capital investors, announced that it has raised $650M across three venture capital funds, which it says will allow the firm to conti... |
| Jul 25, 2022 |
Kitchen United Brings in $100M For New Locations | Kitchen United is beefing up its service with a $100 million raise.
The company announced Monday that the Pasadena-based ghost kitchen company brought in the cash in a Series C funding round. The new funds bring Kitchen United’s overall fin... |
| Jun 4, 2022 | From Stem Cells to Biosensors: 3 Trends To Watch at This Year’s First Look Startup Showcase | Some 15-odd years ago, the Alliance for SoCal Innovation put on a workshop for academics looking to wade into the world of commercialized technology.
Fast forward to 2022 and the Alliance is gearing up for the latest edition of its annual F... |
| Apr 29, 2022 | GR0-Up: Founders on Humanizing Startup Culture in Tech | It’s one thing to say that a company shares abstract values like “openness” or “transparency,” with the goal of fostering a safe environment that encourages creativity and collaboration. It’s intuitive that people who feel confident in shar... |
| Mar 15, 2022 | This Beverly Hills Startup Just Raised Millions to Help Brands Mint NFTs | A new blockchain startup called NFT Brands has unveiled a $3.6 million seed funding round today as it barrels into the $40 billion-plus market for non-fungible tokens.
The Beverly Hills-based company is aiming to launch “multimillion-dollar... |
| Mar 15, 2022 | High Gas Prices Could Boost E-Scooter and E-Bike Ridership, Bird CEO Says | Electric scooter startup Bird more than doubled its revenues in 2021 as pandemic restrictions eased and riders returned to its shared micromobility network, while CEO Travis VanderZanden talked up the possibility of high gas prices forcing ... |
| Mar 15, 2022 | Proptech Startup Snappt Raises $100 Million To Help Landlords Flag Fraudulent Rental Applications | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Snappt, a West Hollywood-based proptech startup that helps landlords detect fraudulent rental application documents,... |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Rising Gas Prices Are Driving Up Electric Vehicle Sales—But Also Prices | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
As inflation and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine causes gas prices to creep north of $7 per gallon in some parts of Los... |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Global Venture Funding Dipped $10 Billion in February | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Global venture capital funding showed signs of a slowdown in February, with startup investors pouring $10 billion le... |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Rivian Hires New COO Amid Turbulent Month | Sign up for dot.LA’s daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California’s tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Rivian is back in the news again—but at least this time it’s not for a pricing bait-and-switch, a lawsuit, or a tumb... |
| Mar 5, 2022 | Yes, You Should Pay $24 for That Hamburger, According to Food Industry Experts | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
If you want to save the restaurant industry, you’re going to have to pay as a consumer, according to panelists at th... |
| Feb 28, 2022 | 40% of Consumers Likely To Cancel a ‘Costly’ Online Subscription: Survey | For years, online streaming services lured consumers as cheaper options to watch TV or listen to music. But a new survey suggests that many Americans will likely ditch a digital service this year because it’s too expensive.
Cost is the top ... |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Parallel Systems Gets US Energy Dept. Funding to Test Its Autonomous Electric Freight Cars | Parallel Systems—the startup founded by former SpaceX engineers to develop autonomous, electric rail cars for the freight industry—has received a $4.4 million research grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to fund advanced testing ... |
| Feb 10, 2022 | Just in Time for Valentine's Day, Tinder Wants to Set Users Up on Blind Dates | Thought blind dates were a thing of the past? Ahead of Valentine’s Day, Tinder is looking to bring them back.
The West Hollywood-born dating app has added a new virtual “Blind Date” feature to its platform, which matches singles via their p... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | MaC Venture Capital Eyes $200 Million For Its Second Fund | MaC Venture Capital, the Black-led seed-stage venture firm based in Los Angeles, intends to raise as much as $200 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing published Monday.
The filing implies that Hollywood-based MaC has not ... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Unlock Venture Partners Launches $62 Million Seed Fund Focused on LA Startups | Unlock Venture Partners, a Seattle- and Los Angeles-focused venture capital firm investing in seed-stage startups, unveiled a new $60 million-plus fund on Monday.
Unlock has closed on roughly $62 million for its second fund and is aiming to... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | Grindr Removed From Chinese App Stores Days Before the Winter Olympics | West Hollywood-based dating app Grindr has fallen victim to China’s most recent internet crackdown.
According to Bloomberg, the popular gay dating app has been removed from Apple’s App Store in China—with Grindr operators in the country tak... |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Как переключиться с менталитета нищего на менталитет серийного стартапера из Кремниевой долины | Почему так «мало успешных основателей стартапов, которые выросли в полной нищете»
Рикки Йен (в центре), дважды фаундер Y Combinator: Crowdbooster (S10) и Flow Club (S21)
Всем привет!
Я собрал в одном месте Founders at work: 150+ историй осн... |
| Sep 20, 2021 | As Investors Pivot To Seed And Growth, Who Is Left Leading Series A? | 77 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Series A funding round sizes have grown significantly in recent years.
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| Sep 20, 2021 | As Investors Pivot To Seed And Growth, Who Is Left Leading Series A? | 91 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Series A funding round sizes have grown significantly in recent years.
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Over the past decade, the average global Series A round increased from less than $6 million t... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | 5 factors founders must consider before choosing their VC | Kunal Lunawat Contributor
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Kunal Lunawat is the co-founder and managing partner of Agya Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on proptech, travel, hospitality and the future of the built world.
Though 2021 is far from ove... |
| Jun 10, 2021 | #TechpointDigest 100th edition, More on #TwitterBan, iOS, Android’s new features | Share this article:
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Today marks the 100th edition of Techpoint Digest, Techpoint Africa‘s daily newsletter. As of now, we’ve sent a hundred episodes to over 3,000 subscribers. Thank you all for sticking around.
If you’re one of ou... |
| Apr 15, 2021 | Two Worlds of Venture by Geri Kirilova | The post was originally published Laconia website. Geri kindly agreed to republish what we think is of great value to our readers.
Over the weekend, I tweeted offhand about my frustration with the buzz around early stage venture rounds the... |
| Feb 18, 2021 | The Science Of Building A Venture Capital Fund | There is a particular science to building a venture capital fund.getty |
| Jan 11, 2021 | Here Are LA's Top VCs, According to Their Peers | Though Silicon Valley is still very much the capital of venture capital, Los Angeles is home to plenty of VCs who have made their mark – investing in successful startups early and reaping colossal returns for their limited partners.
Who sta... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Правила стартапов. Условия раунда | Мы, наконец, добрались до страницы, на которую «работали» все предыдущие. О том, как правильно описать условия раунда инвестиций, рассказывает капитан «венчурная очевидность».
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| Nov 11, 2020 | LA Venture Podcast: Upfront Ventures' Mark Suster on the Primary Job of the Venture Capitalist | On this week's episode of the LA Venture podcast, hear from Mark Suster, managing partner at Upfront Ventures, as he explains why he thinks the best time to talk to founders about fundraising is three to four months after their last fundrai... |
| Oct 17, 2020 | Founders, I’m Doing Due Diligence On You. You Should Diligence Me Back And Here’s How | Lego / Jay Kapoor |
| Jul 28, 2020 | Thanks to COVID-19, everybody wants Density’s technology tracking building occupancy and use | Before the COVID-19 epidemic, Density was being used by companies like TechCrunch’s parent company, Verizon, to see how it could better use office space after the Yahoo!/Aol merger. Now, thanks to the COVID-19 epidemic, everyone wants the c... |
| May 5, 2020 | How to run a startup in the time of coronavirus (Covid-19) | How to run a startup in the time of coronavirus (Covid-19) 05.05.2020 10:00, Stefan Steiner linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
Many companies will face challenges during the coronavirus crisis such as dropping business activ... |
| Apr 9, 2020 | "There is a Money Grab Going On" Should Startups Apply for Taxpayer-Funded Aid? | There is still considerable confusion about whether venture-backed startups are eligible to apply for the $349 billion in forgivable loans being furiously doled out by the Small Business Administration. But there's also another more complic... |
| Apr 9, 2020 | A Moral Quandary for Startups: Should They Apply for Taxpayer-Funded Aid? | There is still considerable confusion about whether venture-backed startups are eligible to apply for the $349 billion in forgivable loans being furiously doled out by the Small Business Administration. But there's also another more complic... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | Startup stimulus? How logjams and ethics are impacting federal loans for tech companies | The U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper)
A small business owner in Seattle waited nearly 12 hours to speak with a representative at her credit union, seeking to apply for a federal relief program designed to mitig... |
| Mar 15, 2020 | When The Music Stops: SAFEs & Convertible Notes Give VCs Massive Price Protection | “In a sluggish economy |
| Feb 8, 2020 | Growth Company & Startup Guide To Stock Vesting / “Restricted Stock” (Section 83(b) Elections) | By Ed Zimmerman & Lesley Adamo |
| Dec 2, 2019 | Как разглядеть бизнес, способный выйти на зарубежный рынок: выступления предпринимателей на конференции United Investors | На прошлой неделе в клубе инвесторов United Investors прошла онлайн-конференция на тему «Как разглядеть бизнес, способный выйти на зарубежный рынок».
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| Sep 9, 2019 | Mega-rounds now account for nearly half of the venture dollar flow | Venture capital in the States is back to the levels of 1999. But the gain is not evenly spread: the traditional VC market has only grown 14% per year and mega-rounds now account for nearly half of the dollars in the industry. Consider the d... |
| Aug 16, 2019 | LA-based Upfront Ventures has two new general partners, bringing its GP count to eight | Upfront Ventures, the 23-year-old, LA-based venture capital firm, is gearing up for far more deal-making.
In addition to filing paperwork with the SEC this summer to raise its third growth-stage investment fund (it is also investing a $400 ... |
| Jul 2, 2019 | Upfront Ventures Targets $250M For Third Growth-Stage Fund, Its Largest To Date | 13 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
LA-area venture capital firms are on the raise, er, rise.
On Monday, Upfront Ventures filed paperwork with the SEC, disclosing its intent to raise as much as $250 million for its third growth-stage ... |
| Mar 24, 2019 | US companies are going public later and later and it's having a major impact on investing | Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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US companies are opting to go public much later than they did in the past, which is having a major impact on investing trends. Late stage VCs are raising more money than ever before to take advantage... |
| Mar 16, 2019 | Decade in review: Trends in seed- and early-stage funding | We’ve decided to step back from the breaking news for a minute to conduct a review of seed and early-stage funding trends over the last decade for U.S.-based companies.
I’m fairly certain we can all agree that the environment for startups h... |
| Mar 13, 2019 | Decade In Review: Trends In Seed And Early Stage Funding | 66 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
We’ve decided to step back from the breaking news for a minute to conduct a review of seed and early-stage funding trends over the last decade for U.S.-based companies.
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| Mar 13, 2019 | Decade In Review: Trends In Seed And Early Stage Funding | 65 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
We’ve decided to step back from the breaking news for a minute to conduct a review of seed and early-stage funding trends over the last decade for U.S.-based companies.
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| Mar 9, 2019 | Small VC funds continue to raise, despite pressure from above | Jason Rowley Contributor
Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News.
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Ride-hailing, bike and scooter companies probably raised less money than you thought
To get big faster, y... |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Small VC Funds Continue To Raise, Despite Pressure From Above | 38 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Recently, we bore out with data what has been felt for several years in most U.S. tech scenes: a rising venture market raises funds of all sizes. But it’s a trend that most favors entrenched firms, ... |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Small VC Funds Continue To Raise, Despite Pressure From Above | 37 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Recently, we bore out with data what has been felt for several years in most U.S. tech scenes: a rising venture market raises funds of all sizes. But it’s a trend that most favors entrenched firms, ... |
| Feb 25, 2019 | How To Be A Good Board Member | Mark Suster wrote a post this weekend laying out some rules for being a good board member before the meeting, in the meeting, and outside of the meeting. It is a very good list. I particularly like his rules for outside of the board meeting... |
| Feb 20, 2019 | Timing and why we’re all VCs | Timing is the single most valuable skill of the modern economy, but I would argue it’s the least understood and also the least practiced.
Capitalism is fundamentally about timing, since market competition is about finding opportunities befo... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | The Seed Slump | I have written a bit about this topic in recent years, at the end of 2017, and again when the 2018 numbers started showing up.
What has happened over the last five years in venture capital is the seed boom stalled out, the late stage market... |
| Feb 13, 2019 | Tech.eu Podcast #105: The Copyright Directive (again), autotech news, interview with Claire Novorol from Ada Health, and more | Tech.eu Podcast hosted by Natalie Novick and Andrii Degeler is a show in which we discuss some of the most interesting stories from the European technology scene and interview leading entrepreneurs and investors from across the region.
You ... |
| Dec 5, 2018 | Startups Could Benefit If Facebook’s Employee Retention Slips | 20 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The markets are closed today and venture is entering the holiday period. So let’s talk about Facebook.
Facebook’s in the soup at the moment for a number of reasons that a host of excellent journalis... |
| Aug 5, 2018 | 3 tips for pitching Midwest venture capitalists | The Midwest is a great place to live, sure, but is it a great place to grow a startup?
The answer may surprise you: an unequivocal yes.
Here’s what you may not know about the American Midwest: Over the past three years, startup ecosystems a... |
| Aug 5, 2018 | 3 tips for pitching Midwest venture capitalists | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The Midwest is a great place to live, sure, but i... |
| Jul 31, 2018 | Как делать не надо: истории пяти стартапов, которые неправильно тратили деньги Статьи редакции | Материал подготовлен при поддержке конкурса «Первая высота»
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Консалтинговая компания McKinsey и фонд Winter Capital в третий раз проводят конкурс «Первая высота» для российских стартапов. В этом году победитель получит инве... |
| Jul 12, 2018 | The Logical Evolution of Private Markets: A new class of company. | Recently I attended a lunch where we were all asked to present something provocative/mind-blowing. I thought about that for a while and realized that I want my provocative thought to not be something that is a pie in the sky idea but instea... |
| Jun 29, 2018 | Electric scooter startup Bird has become a punchline after raising $400 million in 4 months, but these investors explain why scooters are no joke | Bird
Tech investors are flocking to Bird, a scooter startup that's been valued at a reported $2 billion.
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Electric scooter-sharing company Bird has raised $400 million in four months to cover the streets and sidewalks of Americ... |
| May 4, 2018 | Why it’s never too early to reach out to a VC | The following scenario is taking place right now in startups across the country. It is common, real, and seems smart. I get it, but I want to take a moment to explain why it’s not.
You’re a founder. You’ve decided you want venture capital t... |
| Mar 22, 2018 | Southern California needs to find its hub for it to develop its own tech ecosystem | Recognizing the tens of billions of dollars that the Southern Californian region leaves on the table, because it hasn’t taken its rightful place in the American technology industry, a new group called the Alliance for Southern California In... |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Leadership is more than a memo | I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley. It was both eye-opening and cringe-worthy. The book explores the role of gender in the tech industry – at startups and venture capital firms – and the interaction between m... |
| Mar 20, 2018 | Leadership is more than a memo | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I just read Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club ... |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, December 11 | THE FLOODGATES ARE OPEN
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| Dec 4, 2017 | “Director of Platform…what does that mean?” | When I joined Chicago Ventures in 2014, the title “Director of Platform” didn’t exist in the Chicago venture community. Taking a page out of the books of some coastal funds, who’d had the role in place for years, our GPs Stuart and Kevin kn... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | The Pre-Seed FAQ | One of the people I respect the most in the VC/PE media ecosystem is Dan Primack. I’ve been an avid reader of Dan’s Term Sheet while he was at Fortune, and now Pro Rata at Axios. His writings and knowledge of the inner workings of the VC/PE... |
| Sep 4, 2017 | At Burning Man while your startup burns | There’s a difference between clearing your head, and ditching your dying startup to do drugs in the desert. If your ship is sailing smoothly, a vacation full of solitary introspection and artful inspiration could help you improve your decis... |
| Aug 29, 2017 | Michael Cohn, MD Techstars Atlanta, reveals intentions for African startups | Share this article:
Amongst many foreign accelerators that have recently taken a keen interest in African startups is Techstars Atlanta. Following FarmCrowdy’s selection as the first and only African startup to participate in the Techstars ... |
| Aug 23, 2017 | Three things that every startup should consider before the fundraising tide goes out | Noah Schottenstein Contributor
Noah Schottenstein is an associate at Baker Botts LLP.
The entrepreneurial ecosystem has seen an unprecedented rush of investment over the past five years. But deal activity slowed considerably in 2016 and has... |
| Aug 7, 2017 | Morning Report: The Seemingly Infinite Capital Appetite Of Today’s Unicorns | 5 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Morning Report: WeWork has raised hundreds of millions of dollars. Again.
In news that should be surprising, but isn’t, WeWork, the popular co-working startup, has announced a new $500 million capita... |
| Jun 27, 2017 | Social Starts Buzz Room: June 27, 2017 | A compendium of what our partners read each week, highlighting macro industry trends, our investment focus areas, and general personal and business strategies.
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| Jun 26, 2017 | Barcelona Startup News June 26, 2017 | Hello and Happy Monday! We hope you had a safe and happy Sant Joan celebration!
A few key things to mention as we head into the week:
First, together with Harbour.Space and OneCoWork, we’re hosting a fantastic design-related event this Th... |
| Jun 19, 2017 | «Главное правило стартапа — нанимай и увольняй быстро» | Предприниматель, партнер венчурного фонда GRP Partners и блогер Марк Састер о том, как должна строиться команда в новой компании.
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| Jun 18, 2017 | Should Your Company Be Profitable? | Mark Suster just put up a long post on this topic. His message is “it depends” and he explains the rationale for investing in growth vs getting profitable.
I have come to think about this differently.
If you are bootstrapping your company w... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, June 13 | ET CETERA
Good morning, I will try to abstain from covering every tremor in the Uber saga beyond yesterday’s analysis. (But here’s the latest: Emil Michael is out. He blames Uber’s board. Travis Kalanick, unclear. Sidenote, incredibly, Kala... |
| May 30, 2017 | Flat is the new up | Duncan Davidson Contributor
Duncan Davidson is a general partner at Bullpen Capital.
The startup ecosystem has a painful year ahead. Nearly half of Series C fundraising rounds were down or flat in 2016. Series B startups are next in line to... |
| Mar 14, 2017 | Computer Vision Sees Continued Interest In Wake Of Acquisition By Intel | 1 Share Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
The market for computer vision companies is warm and getting warmer.
On Monday, March 13th, Intel Corp. announced its intention to acquire Israeli driverless car technology firm Mobileye for around $1... |
| Mar 6, 2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, March 6 | A LOOK AHEAD
Good morning, Term Sheet readers. In today’s guest column, Upfront Ventures managing partner Mark Suster takes stock of how limited partners are feeling about the state of VC investing.
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| Mar 6, 2017 | Startup School will soon be in session at Y Combinator | Y Combinator is improving upon its Fall 2014 Stanford course, How to Start a Startup, with a larger-scale online course called Startup School. Whether you swear by startup bibles like Both Sides of the Table or Zero to One, there’s no denyi... |
| Feb 24, 2017 | What to Do When Seed Investors Ask to See More Traction | “I love what you’re building and I want to invest, BUT I just need to see some more meaningful traction.” -Every VC Ever
Every entrepreneur has heard this unfortunate phrase at one point or another. I heard it all the time as a former found... |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, February 10 | ET CETERA
Deal: Podium, an enterprise software startup, is working with investment bank Houlihan Lokey to raise a large new round of funding, Term Sheet has learned. The company seeks around $20 million to $25 million at a pre-money valuati... |
| Jan 30, 2017 | NVCA chair on immigration orders: “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu” | Venky Ganesan, managing director of $4.4 billion venture capital firm Menlo Ventures and current chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, is walking a political tightrope and trying not to fall off.
The venture capital industry... |
| Jan 13, 2017 | Los Angeles tech companies take a victory lap with planned tech job fair | 2016 was a good year to be a tech startup in LA, and, with the $25 billion planned public offering for the city’s startup darling, Snap Inc., coming up, the future’s so bright entrepreneurs might want to wear… Spectacles.
Last year saw the ... |
| Nov 22, 2016 | Jay Kanahara Co-Founder of Suburbiya | Website Facebook Instagram Twitter
Jay Kanahara co-founded a wellness marketplace, which we took to revenue after successfully building a product that customers wanted. Through this startup, we learned the intricacies of running a marketpla... |
| Nov 18, 2016 | 4 Common Mistakes Young Entrepreneurs Make (And How To Fix Them) | Of all the companies founded each year, only a fraction survive. Even a smaller percentage of those make it five years. Clearly, building a company is no easy task.
As young entrepreneurs, perhaps the biggest advantage we have is an irratio... |
| Nov 9, 2016 | 5 rules for preparing a killer board package | Presented by Klipfolio.
You want each meeting with your board to build the confidence the board and CEO needs to grow the business. In my experience, a free-form discussion hurts more than it helps.
I meet with our board of directors at the... |
| Oct 10, 2016 | «Мне надоело делать вид, что мы занимаемся чем-то важным»: предприниматель из США о стартапах из Долины Статьи редакции | Дизайнер и предприниматель из США Марко Марандиз опубликовал на Medium заметку, в которой рассказал о том, почему в Кремниевой долине мало «меняющих мир» проектов. Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод материала.
«В Кремниевой дол... |
| Sep 28, 2016 | The Complete Guide to Understanding Equity Compensation at Tech Companies | I’ve hired hundreds of tech employees, and recently started Comparably to make workplace compensation and culture more transparent. Most private tech companies offer equity as part of team members’ compensation package, but employees rarely... |
| Aug 29, 2016 | Recapalypse now | Craig Hanson Contributor
Craig Hanson is a general partner of NextWorld Capital.
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Military veterans provide a new competitive advantage for tech companies
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| Jul 15, 2016 | Here’s How Much Revenue Your Startup Should Generate Before You Look for Investors | The Entrepreneur Insiders network is an online community where the most thoughtful and influential people in America’s startup scene contribute answers to timely questions about entrepreneurship and careers. Today’s answer to the question “... |
| Jul 9, 2016 | The two best pieces of early-stage pitching advice | David Hickson Contributor
David Hickson is head of corporate development at Founders Factory and an entrepreneur in his own right.
Over the past 10 years I’ve been on the first cap tables of three startups for which I’ve been responsible fo... |
| Jul 6, 2016 | (Some) LPs speak up | Venture capital used to be such an insular, under-the-radar industry that entrepreneur-investor Marc Andreessen has said that he’d never heard the term before arriving in the Bay Area in 1994. He’s hardly alone. It wasn’t until the mid- to ... |
| Jul 6, 2016 | The Hidden Challenges of Starting a Company in Secondary Markets | This post was originally published on the BreakingVC blog, written by our Senior Associate Ezra Galston. Head there for more posts from him. |
| Jun 23, 2016 | Upfront Ventures gets a new GP: Kobie Fuller | Kobie Fuller, who has worked as a principal with Accel Partners since 2013, is joining L.A.-based Upfront Ventures as a general partner. Previously, Fuller was CMO at Revolve, a fashion-e-commerce company in L.A. He also spent several years... |
| Jun 16, 2016 | «Я должен влюбиться»: Инвестор Марк Састер о критериях выбора проектов для инвестирования | Американский инвестор Марк Састер написал в своём блоге заметку о том, как принимает решения о вложении денег в ту или иную компанию. Он пишет, что для этого ему необходимо «влюбиться» в команду и её идею.
«Недавно я разговаривал с командой... |
| May 6, 2016 | Josh Khoddami – co-founder of Neu.Capital | website twitter LinkedIn
Josh Khoddami is the co-founder of Neu.Capital – the world’s first online marketplace for companies seeking $5m-100m outside the banks. Through innovative technology and a simple, transparent, competitive process, N... |
