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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

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It was only a year ago that many in the Venture Capital industry were predicting that “winter was coming” and to be fair the author of this post was chief amongst them. Yet as we enter February 2017 the VC funding markets are booming, Snap, Inc has filed for its IPO, AppDynamics was just purchased for $3.7 Baidu alone raised $3.2

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Freeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coach

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As you might expect from the name, Freeletics operates its mobile fitness coaching app on a freemium model, with tiered pricing beginning at $11.99 for one month or $74.99 for a year-long membership. “We want to be there for people who want a long-term athletic lifestyle,” Sobhani told TechCrunch.

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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

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What if an influencer collective could be truly collaborative, rather than fodder for a depressing Netflix reality show ? The price of membership varies depending on what resources an applicant is looking for, whether that’s marketing, help connecting with potential brand partners or use of studio space.

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Why You Shouldn’t Be Fooled by Your Own Expertise

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I read it just after I entered the Venture Capital industry more than a decade ago. The Black Swan should be required reading for any VC or investor. It is not only a critical series in understanding the basics of human cognition but also will help you better understand customer decisions on pricing, packaging, etc.

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What Can You Learn From Ring’s Astounding Success?

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The minute your company reaches its peak acceleration in terms of growth is when all of the sleeping giants wake up to compete with you and will spend massive amounts of money to keep you from capturing a growth market and other talented entrepreneurs will raise large amounts of venture capital as people start to see value in the market.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

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The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. First, over time Salesforce.com’s technology got better and better yet the price didn’t shoot up dramatically relative to Siebel.

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What Would Happen if you Built the Reverse of Amazon? It Might Look Something Like This …

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It’s Amazon, Virgin America, Netflix, Tesla, DropBox, iPhone, Uber, Lyft or any one of the other great brands that exist because they do things significantly better than what came before. Sam moved back to NY and we announced our seed round of capital, which we led. 10x the experience.