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Congrats to Backupify! A Great Exit Story for the First Company I Ever Backed

This is going to be BIG.

I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. I''m proud of the whole team at Backupify and have been really impressed with Rob''s ability to grow and learn as an entrepreneur over time. Venture Capital & Technology' It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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He didn’t tell it in the video but, ever the entrepreneur, Scott started a business to take couples up on a “mile high club&# flight on airplanes as a way of getting all of his miles logged to get his next class of airplane license that required a certain number of hours logged. It’s part of what makes him so likable.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. We exchanged ideas when I was an entrepreneur along side him in NorCal in 05-07 and my point-of-view on founder / VC relationships hasn’t shifted even 1% since I went to the dark side. I believe this is wrong.

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Why the NYC startup scene needs Sean Parker

This is going to be BIG.

He spotted Facebook in 2004 and Spotify in 2009. Seems to me that New York could use a guy who goes around broadening the visions of New York entrepreneurs. Parker made a huge dent in the web as co-founder of Napster, then built Plaxo up to 20 million users. or would he have been convinced to take a financing round?

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

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One of the most difficult things to do as a first time entrepreneur is to get to know the investors you might be working with if you accept money. He got into the industry through the same traits required for entrepreneurs – persistence & resiliency. This lasted from about 2001-2004. So how did Mike get into VC?

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

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In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital. I owe ya’ a 20 minute call (or in person next time I’m in San Diego). RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

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This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. Acquired by Amazon for $110m.

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