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The Valuable Unsung Heroes of Startups

Both Sides of the Table

But honestly there are times when being a VC can feel like that, too. And speaking of coaching, if you haven’t read Googled by Ken Auletta you should. And in it he profiles the work of Coach Campbell who was once on the boards of both Google & Apple. EXECUTIVE COACHES. VENTURE CAPITAL.

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Building and Growing Great Businesses

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 -- Building and Growing Great Businesses. Speakers: Tarang Shah is a venture capital professional. See [link] (more)

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What Future for Accelerators?

Both Sides of the Table

Throughout all of these years I was a full-time VC so Launchpad really came out of evenings and weekends for me. Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. And Jamie hers. And Adam his.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. As I’ve written about before, You’d Have to be a Big Baby to Complain about Being a VC. Think about it – most entrepreneurs who manage to raise seed money or venture capital usually raise enough money for 12-18 months maximum. Of course I do!

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Pipeline Fellowship | Raising Women to Become Investors

Tech Zulu Event

There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Natalia not only wants to increase the number of women in investment, but bring more people in total to help startups and other businesses get the capital they need. In addition to coaching and mentoring, I want to put them in the game of investing into startups.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. We have invested $17.3

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