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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2011
Recently I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. Today, if you do well in this mode, you will get funded if and when you need it.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Think of web vs. mobile.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
I acted as the occasional mentor, advisor and coach to Ethan. We generally have a policy to only fund entrepreneurs once the first version of a product has shipped or it near to shipping. So I asked Ethan to build his product first and then we would fund. The company was called Red Beacon. We like to be able to see the concept.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2015
What about a top athlete in the NFL or NBA or even part of the coaching staff. I’m not looking to fund people who err too much on the life side the work/life balance. They push the boundaries on eReaders on video streaming on web hosting on logistics and a variety of other fronts. And of course there are startups.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 16, 2012
A while back I heard a talk by Dave McClure, a long-time angel investor, who also proclaims to be one of the “new breed” of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, as CEO of 500Startups , which is either a micro-VC seed fund, or a startup incubator, or both. He is going gangbusters, and is now targeting a $50M second round of funding.
Eric Greenspan
DECEMBER 5, 2009
I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. Lisa is a skilled public speaking coach. is providing funds for food, AV, security and an amazing venue at their HQ complete with every amenity one could ever need to pull off a successful meetup. I’ve jumped on the bandwagon, big time! I’m honored.
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 11, 2021
Linktree has been around since 2016 and has more funding than its up-and-coming competitors. So, in February 2020, with little to no funding left, the company completely pivoted to its current link-in-bio business. Now, Snipfeed enters the ring with its own $5.5 ’ ” Image Credits: Snipfeed. With its $5.5
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