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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider.

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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

Both Sides of the Table

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above). Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. The monkey on my back. ” Yup.

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Proven | Founder Interview with Pablo Fuentes. Job Markets, & The Future of Mobile

Tech Zulu Event

Pablo Fuentes: It first started in 2009 when I was in business school originally. It was cool that I spoke at the White House last year about mentoring. I am very active in mentoring women and minorities. Meaning, write very good job descriptions, but that doesn’t mean you need to write long ones.

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we think we're the right size for the market in 2009. We'll even write a half a million check.

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As Populist as it May Feel, 98% of VCs Aren’t Dumb

Both Sides of the Table

In the original version of his post, Andy writes. By 2009 had reduced to around $15 billion in capital from LPs. And hard for me to imagine the Fred Wilson and Albert Wenger weren’t instrumental mentors to David. But I became a VC in 2007 and wrote my first check in 2009 – 4.5 And reinventing itself.

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Interview with Gregg Champion, OneCubicle

socalTECH

OneCubicle helps you build a career, through a jobs page, jobs listings, career advice, micro transactions for resume help, and an upcoming celebrity mentor feature. That was the jumping off point for OneCubicle a little over 18 months ago, when we started writing the business plan and code. Talk a bit about your previous experience?

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Dec 26, 2009). We had to write a CRM to keep track of them all. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. Smart people who can solve other people’s problems very easily but they can’t solve their own problems. What’s going to happen in the future?' Has convertible debt won?

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