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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank

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Also making tremendous waves in 2018 with their growth and massive venture rounds were Bird, Fair, Honey, Rocket Lab, ServiceTitan, Seismic, Thrive Market, VelosBio, and ZipRecruiter. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

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I spoke this past week at the LeWeb conference in London, which was a superbly well run event with a very quality production team. They are also driving down the margins they make and are offering products that are initially lower functionality than their competitors. Add unemployment to debt. Will this Trend Last?

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Down bad

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Without the promise of riches or with reduced interest in blockchain-based exclusivity, where will consumer demand go? million in pre-seed investment from investors including Liberty City Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Coinbase Ventures. million in its seed round from Keen Venture Partners, Yellow Accelerator and others.

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Be Careful Not to Lose Twice

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I’ve had this at times in dealing with big companies like Facebook and Apple where we realized that going against the machine was going to be counter-productive. My scarcest resource was time and it was important to put my time against the most productive activities. Back when I ran my first company I fought a lot.

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Upstart banking company Dave is now worth $1 billion, as Norwest puts in $50 million

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“What was cool about our financial management product was that we were trying to use Dave as a replacement for their current bank,” says Jason Wilk, Dave’s co-founder and chief executive. Dave’s products and services have a few advantages for customers that are just getting started on the path to financial security.

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Interview with Skyler Lucci, HeyTutor

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The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. There's lots of noise in the on-demand tutoring space, especially connecting people virtually, however, in my experience, it's in the best interest of consumers to get in-person, local tutoring. What is HeyTutor? Here's the reason why.

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Who Should be on Your Startup Board?

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Others may not have the experience you want and they fill up a seat that makes retaining founder control more difficult if you ultimately raise large rounds of venture capital in the future. What happens at the A-round of venture capital? Is it possible that you still retain board control after raising a C-round of venture capital?

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