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APRIL 27, 2013

And it is significantly easier to help when you are local. Thus, a desire to invest more locally where I think I have a competitive advantage. It’s a goal to help you understand the life of a VC. .” Most VCs view it as their responsibility to mentor, debate, cajole and generally assist with investments they make.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

I think startup communities being simple cheerleaders doesn’t help anyone. No – I’m not worried about the competition. We need to help create local venture capital funds who may be national in investment strategy (as we are) but who will do more than their fair share of fundings locally (for us that’s 50%).

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AUGUST 3, 2009

As should Eric Sikola and ExpenseBay who won the “Showoff&# judges competition ( Photos featured here taken by (cc) Kenneth Yeung – [link] ). Andy Sack, Dave McClure, Brad Feld & Jason Nazar (photo by Jolie Odell). Twiistup 6 featured 12 showoff companies as the opening act of a 2-day conference.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Thus, during the past decade, the more common route to seed and Series A investing has been an entrepreneurial career, personified by such investors as: Dave McClure, Chris Dixon, Brad Feld and Mark Suster. This probably won't lead directly to a job as a VC, but it will help you execute the next task.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 10, 2014

Mr. Brown''s advice will help you to, "live a good, honorable life which you can enjoy a second time when you are old.". Remember that winners do what losers don''t want to do - outwork your competition and you will likely win. I purchased the book as a Christmas gift for my teenage son. Grind it out. Take care of your reputation.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

On September 10th of this year I spent an entire day in California State Prison with people who had committed felonies and worked with them on business plans to help them create legal enterprise upon their release as part of Defy Ventures 6-month training program. I am committed to finding ways to help graduates get jobs. You can go.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And as I’ve written about before – building a personal brand is extremely important in today’s competitive job market. And was willing to be as open about it as Brad Feld, my inspiration , was. Without inventing the browser he has single-handedly created a personal VC brand on a shoestring.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You really should go read Brad Feld's Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust. Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.” You’ll get suggestions for improvements. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them.

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MAY 5, 2011

He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? Look at what Brad Feld has done for Boulder.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Plus you can also sign up to help Hillary voters in battleground states get free rides to the polls. Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, Chris Sacca and Kara Swisher are just a few. I am grateful for Mauricio Mota who with his wife is spending the election in Nevada helping drive voters to the polls. She’s a competitive athlete.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You really should go read Brad Feld's Implied Suspicion Versus Implied Trust. Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.” You’ll get suggestions for improvements. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Some data like those in the studies I mentioned above might help influence our thinking but the answer is, in the end, subjective. “VC and former entrepreneur Brad Feld also blogged about how many of his frat buddies at MIT had become successful entrepreneurs. So it is with entrepreneurship. Or at least 73.6%

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

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. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. Brad was openly writing about this and it felt like he was giving the VC playbook away for free!

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

My Obsession With The Product - Feld Thoughts , May 3, 2010 For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of interviews lately. Consultants Don’t Pivot, Founders Do - Steve Blank , May 13, 2010 Consultants can help startups leverage their limited resources. At best I think business plan competitions are a waste of time. Here’s why.

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JULY 4, 2011

I wish we had better policies to help those that weren’t born with the same educational backgrounds as I was since education seems to be the great divider in terms of future opportunities. As Charles would tell you, even small donations help make young kids dreams come true. Let them stay and help create jobs.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 22, 2012

Step 1: The Person, Not The Firm – As Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson make clear in their book Venture Deals , entrepreneurs should identify specific venture partners, rather than target firms as a whole. Once you establish a modest level of the partner’s cyber-attention, determine how you can help them. Prep Steps.

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JULY 22, 2010

Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. Brad Feld hadn’t written his seminal “ term sheet series &# and The Funded hadn’t yet been created. Back then VentureHacks didn’t exist. This is a shame.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

In VC there are the obvious people including Bijan, Brad Feld, Fred Wilson, Josh Kopelman and Bryce Roberts. And when you finish the demo you can bring in the other important components such as competition, team, customer acquisition strategy, etc. Talk about the existing solutions, the market opportunity and the competition.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. They’ll help you ensure that any money you raise doesn’t come with surprise terms that are hidden in legalese. But make it competitive. Another big “gotcha&# for me is that you expect lawyers to help you negotiate good deals.

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MARCH 27, 2011

This is a post to help you figure out why you should write and what you should talk about. I had been reading Brad Feld’s blog & Fred Wilson’s blog for a couple of years and found them very helpful to my thinking so I honestly just thought I was giving back to the community. Structure helps enormously.

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