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MARCH 5, 2012

free weekly Infochachkie articles! ” I recently discussed the explosion of seed accelerators and incubators with Brad Feld, who, as the Co-Founder of acclaimed startup accelerator TechStars , is uniquely qualified to opine upon the subject. We are actually giving the companies money, rather than taking money from them.

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MAY 12, 2010

I recently wrote an article on how to respond to board members between meetings. Two people whom I respect (Babak Nivi and Brad Feld) added commentary that made me want to come back and clarify my thoughts. Brad Feld started with a bias for action in his post, “ Give Your VC’s Assignments.&#.

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MARCH 17, 2010

I was recently interviewed for an article that appeared in Fast Company titled, “ Why you should start a business in LA.&# If you’re interested in the topic it’s worth a read, but I thought I’d elaborate on the topic since it comes up all the time. But we have a great city for building technology companies.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. You can now take advantage of this wisdom directly as Brad has now published it for everybody in a fantastic new book, “Startup Communities.”

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Wise And Feld To The Rescue. Tell me what you think of it.”.

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JUNE 9, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! Yes”, I replied, “I was a seed investor and an Advisor to the company.” Are there any companies I should contact?". Fortunately, this particular call was brief.

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OCTOBER 15, 2012

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. I define a "VC" as, "a professional investor who deploys third-party funds into relatively early-stage companies." If you haven't already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Microscopic Industry. Manipulate Your Odds.

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JUNE 19, 2017

One of the hardest decisions entrepreneurs make when they start a company and raise outside capital is figuring out what an acceptable “burn rate” is. That is, how much should your company be willing to lose in cash every month as you make investments in staff and equipment that funds technology, sales, marketing and management.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 15, 2011

free weekly Infochachkie articles! It turned out that he was looking for companies he could work with as a consultant. Yes”, I replied, “I was a seed investor and an Advisor to the company.” I was checking out your YouTube channel and I enjoyed your recent talk with Brad Feld. A Little Research Goes a Long Way.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Entrepreneurs aren’t born, they’re made.&# The data in this article is at best, a stretch. If you take 2,000 of the world’s top performing companies, only 29 (1.5%) are run by women. It’s a fact, women aren’t good at running companies. If they were they’d be running more successful companies.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2009

I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. Our portfolio company did so well that Google copied this approach and out executed Overture. What does it mean when Michael Arrington sends out a link driving you to his latest article on TechCrunch?

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JULY 30, 2012

This article originally appeared on Forbes HERE. Rather than hire the clichéd booth babes (which I have always found to be more than a bit sleazy), the company secured the services of a cigar-smoking, bearded angel with an exaggerated New York accent. Her company has since signed a contract with Central Desktop.

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MARCH 10, 2014

A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! In the Fall of 1990, H. Jackson Brown sat at his kitchen table, pulled out a pad of paper and began writing advice to his son, who had just entered college. Discover.".

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MARCH 9, 2019

A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. They’re driven by metrics that don’t matter.” Brad Feld, American Venture Capitalist. Once the company became successful, he downplayed the McDonald brothers’ creation of the fast-food concept. Mr. Kroc fell far short in this regard.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. We had several emails back and forth where he provided basic details on the concept. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Was it a case of needing Homework?

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APRIL 8, 2010

Startup Company Lawyer , March 14, 2010 After the recent announcement of the Series Seed Financing documents by Marc Andreesen, Brad Feld points out that there are now four sets of “open source” equity seed financing documents. And it made me sad. Yet we always dream that we are the exception to the rule.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog linked to Brad Feld’s blog because I was so grateful for his series on term sheets and he was one of the biggest reasons that as a VC I felt compelled to blog.

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MAY 22, 2012

However, the greater degree you can sequentially follow these steps and maintain your discussions with each venture capitalist (VC) at relatively the same stage, the sooner you can spend less time in the company of investors and get back to running your business. Prep Steps. Subscribe to their blog.

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JULY 22, 2010

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Brad Feld hadn’t written his seminal “ term sheet series &# and The Funded hadn’t yet been created. You’ll need to hire and retain talen to grow your company.

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AUGUST 1, 2010

There are positive benefits to the right VCs being involved early – especially if your company or the economy hits bumps in the road. I think the issue was mostly framed initially by Chris Dixon in his article The Problem with Taking Seed Money from Big VC s. So here it is: We carved out a total of $7.5

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APRIL 21, 2010

In writing anything positive about any of the companies I’m not suggesting that it means that I prefer them to any of their competitors. I just cover the companies that were funded that week. The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc.

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MARCH 27, 2011

I was meeting regularly with entrepreneurs and offering (for better or for worse) advice on how to run a startup and how to raise venture capital from my experience in doing so at two companies. So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. You need a blog.

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JANUARY 1, 2012

One of the most important articles I read during the entire year was David Brook’s op-ed article on “ The Haimish Line.” The travel companies offer brochures showing private beaches and phenomenal sights. And so I framed much of my life since reading the article in Haimish terms. ” So true.

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MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. I’ve always been a big believer that just a couple of key individuals make all of the difference in a company’s success. Your highest priority right now is hiring the 1 or 2 people that are going to join your company and make a difference. I’m in Seattle this week.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now. What investor would put money into a company and then agree a price later based on success? Investors call Bull Cap.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. Over the last few weeks, the Real Ventures team has met with easily 50 companies. But I don’t think so.

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