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MARCH 31, 2012

Many MBA programs still cater too much to the needs of large, corporate management jobs or prepare students to enter big consulting companies or investments banks. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style. My guess is that we are likely in total agreement.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). In that article I linked to I outline the difference between gross margin & net margin. So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. but that’s our firm’s money on your balance sheet.

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JUNE 27, 2011

My response was brief and straightforward, which is common of popular Quora answers (as discussed in How To Write An Effective Quora Answer ). Although my answer was off-the-cuff, the question caused me to consider the issue of raising entrepreneurial children in greater depth, which led me to write this series. No Paychecks.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Men have dominated the world of investment. There were only 22% women who invested in 2012. Natalia Oberti Noguera is on a mission to help change the demographic of investment with her Pipeline Fellowship. TechZulu speaks with Natalia about Pipeline Foundation and her goals to change the face of business and investment.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. We spent a lot of time talking about what type of company we wanted to create, how many employees we’d eventually have, whether we would take funding, our lifestyle, and a dozen other things that had nothing to do with writing software. There have been so many tradeoffs.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This article initially appeared on TechCrunch - with a minor update highlighted in red below. This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” So if I write you a $500,000 check into a convertible note with a $4.5 Some thoughts on raising angel money.

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MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. In many ways I think general purpose writing & thinking skills are as valuable as math skills. Some money out of every investment.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

As I sit here writing this, I can’t help but think how excited I am about our future. But I couldn’t justify the investment any more. The things that I talked about in the first part of this article still apply and are still relevant. I believe that Twitter has enough scale and enough brand equity to succeed.

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MAY 5, 2011

This article originally ran on TechCrunch. It’s why my investment philosophy is called, “ the entrepreneur thesis.&#. I don’t write about LA but I write from LA. I’m in Seattle this week. People keep asking me if I’ve “seen anything interesting.&# Of course I have.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

free weekly Infochachkie articles! Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity. If you are charged for every nanosecond you spend with your lawyer, consider finding one who is willing to “invest” more aggressively in your success. Substance Over Form. Repeat: do not act “rationally.”

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing.

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MARCH 6, 2011

When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing. I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that.

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OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Why You Should Write.

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JUNE 12, 2010

Spark Capital is relatively new to VC (founded in 2005) yet has become one of the hottest new VCs having invested in Twitter, Tumblr, AdMeld, Boxee, KickApps and many more companies. We both felt that the critical reasoning skills and writing skills were critical to our career development. TechCrunch article.

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MARCH 11, 2010

If you’re interested in that topic I cover it in the article linked previously. I made a diversion in the article that I shouldn’t have taken. And how do you think the next person who’s thinking about writing you a check going to feel about that sort of cavalier attitude with their money?

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