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

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As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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ThereNow has build a platform (physical camera + software platform) to help remote coaches help improve teachers. The classroom activities are recorded and the video is appended with comments from a remote coach. Finally, it was a real pleasure to meet Manu Kumar of K9 Ventures. Tags: Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Is Convertible Debt Preferable to Equity?

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Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# But as an angel you’re usually not only taking risks but also helping the company succeed (through introductions, social proof, coaching, recruiting). “Convertible notes have won.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

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It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. On Losing in VC. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I’m talking about the hard fought battle.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

It is never as rewarding when you’re the coach (but coaching has many other benefits. On Losing in VC. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I’m talking about the hard fought battle.

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Why You Should Start a Company in. Los Angeles

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Los Angeles By: Laura Rich February 26, 2010 It used to be, if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. Sand Hill Road has so many venture capital firms and they are so large, and they have been around for so long and they are very closely coupled and tied with Stanford [University].