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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

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Periodically we do portfolio reviews to evaluate whether we have enough diversified risk across the fund. We look at stage, geography and of course sector. One such theme was “water conservation” and we morphed it into a broader theme of agriculture technology or “ag tech” for short. 6SensorLabs.

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Please Help Me Congratulate Jordan Hudson as @UpfrontVC’s Newest Investment Principal

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Industry reviews. So the “VC associate” is largely a launching pad job for exceedingly bright and hard-working young tech professionals. a really wide angle view of the tech industry since you see so many concepts / so many pitches and REAL data points on how startups perform financially. Deal screening.

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Ranking The Top 4 High Tech Car Features

Tech Zulu Event

The automobile industry has seen a lot of changes in recent years when it comes to the technology that comes standard in vehicles. Here are some of best technological advancements in automobiles to occur in recent years. It makes sense due to their inexperience behind the wheel. Parental controls. That’s right.

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Smart Audio – A Lucrative Platform… If You Figure Out How To Leverage It

InfoChachkie

My wife quickly adopted Alexa as a member of the family, relying on her for recipes, jokes, telling the time, predicting the weather and, of course, playing music. The evolution of home entertainment offers numerous opportunities for startups to leverage the new and innovative ways consumers are digesting audio content.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Winter | Recap, Videos, and Thank You!

Tech Zulu Event

Building a strong tech industry to rival that of Silicon Valley is definitely no easy feat, but the overall feeling within Cal Tech’s Baxter Hall at last week’s event certainly bodes well for the year. Their presentation ended in a quick trivia round about science, a category which (of course), the techy audience chose.

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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, every risk level can be mitigated by a good plan that addresses the issue, offers a credible action plan, and will convince you, as well as investors and customers, that what looks like a risk to many is actually a sustainable competitive advantage for your startup. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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What Do Boards Actually Do?

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And of course we help with business development introductions and with fund raising events. Often we are asked to get involved in executive-level recruiting. Board work does involve a lot of conflict at moments throughout the company.

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