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What is the Definition of a Seed Round or an A Round?

Both Sides of the Table

Marc Andreessen kicked off another great debate on Twitter last night , one that I’ve been talking about incessantly in private circles for the past 2-3 years – what actually IS the definition of a seed vs. A-round. So VCs started writing some smaller A-rounds. My personal definition? Nobody cares.

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Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

TechCrunch LA

More people are focused on the beginning of the product lifecycle; very few are focused at the end.”. The end of the product lifecycle is where Murthy and Kaplan feel Ghost has β€œan enormous opportunity to help people be more efficient in that process,” Murthy added. That’s our vision.”.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

By definition?β€”?I’m I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. The market definition has changed but what we do mostly hasn’t. Are we in a bubble?” of the fund.

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Why Email May Be Draining Your Company’s Productivity

Both Sides of the Table

That great productivity drain that we somehow all buy into. about their marathon 4-hour sessions to get to zero inbox or somebody else claiming email bankruptcy ( definition if you don’t know it already ). You’re writing a freaking blog post! I never get grumpy that people write. ” Brilliant!

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Don’t Subtract - Restart to Find the Minimum Viable Product

SoCal CTO

Steve Blank wrote a great post recently entitled Perfection By Subtraction – The Minimum Feature Set where he explains the real goals around defining a minimum viable product: Founders act like the β€œminimum” part is the goal. Only a special subset of customers will and what gets them breathing heavy is the long-term vision for your product.

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Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a post about avoiding the “ Deferred Life Plan &# and some related thoughts about personal productivity that came from Tim Ferriss’s book, The Four Hour Workweek. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru. Tim Ferriss gave this extra emphasis in his book.

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7 Lessons On How Startups Use Social Media To Succeed

Startup Professionals Musings

You can jump into social media with a poor brand definition, poorly focused content, unrealistic expectations of customer service, or be killed by malware or viruses. Assess social media relevance to your product or service. If your business is industrial B2B products, social media should be low on your list.