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Happy Customers Make Gender Bias (Nearly) Irrelevant

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A version of this article previously appeared on The Wall Street Journal. A 2012 Dow Jones'' report entitled Women At The Wheel encompassed 15-years of data on venture-backed startups. In a similar vein, a 2012 study by the Kauffman Foundation noted that women account for only 10% of all the founders of high-tech startups.

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Timing and why we’re all VCs

TechCrunch LA

From the article: Mithril had its best moment yet last week when a portfolio company, Auris Health, sold to Johnson & Johnson for more than $3 billion — returning at least $500 million to the fund. Some more on metrics design and quantification. Peter Kim via Getty Images. To every member of Extra Crunch: thank you.

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Indianapolis is the “It Place” to Start a Startup?

Tech Zulu Event

So this past October 2012, after years of investigative scientific research “ Electrified ” became a reality. We’re all so caught up in social media marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) that we tend to forget one on one relationships are the most powerful of them all. vc , Liam Martin with Staff. Word of mouth travels far.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

This article originally ran on PEHub. But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. Fast forward to 2012 and none of these conditions hold. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

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Twitter, Jobs, Democracy & The US Elections

Both Sides of the Table

In a world where it’s easier to judge the immediate value of a business, I know that metrics like “time on site&# matter. The topic of social media came up and one dial-in caller lamented the fact that all Silicon Valley was producing was silly social media companies. Social Media helps change that.