A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Most of USV’s big wins have been in companies where we were the first institutional VC to talk to the company or where we had way more conviction about the opportunity than other investors at the time of our investment. You can call it negative social proof.

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JUNE 20, 2014

MiTú, based out of Los Angeles, was founded in 2012 by three veterans from the Hispanic media world: Beatriz Acevedo ( recently named on the 25 most important digital media players on The Hollywood Reporter !) , Doug Greiff and Roy Burstin. And of course they are also focused on the US Hispanic market. Congrats, Team MiTú. Future of TV'

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 10, 2024

Sharing What I’ve Learned In 2012, I was asked to speak at EO’s Entrepreneurial Masters Program at MIT by Patrick Thean, who was my CEO coach at the time. EO exists to move the world forward by unlocking the full potential of entrepreneurs like me, and I’m grateful for that opportunity. My title is not CEO of this or that company.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 1, 2013

In 2012, I started my second company--a venture capital firm called B rooklyn Bridge Ventures. Becoming an entrepreneur again has been a ton of work, but incredibly rewarding. 1) Run faster. In the middle of 2011, I started following the Four Hour Body diet and exercise routine.

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Gust

AUGUST 8, 2012

One class of clear business opportunity, which wouldn’t exist in an ideal world, is created by the service that seemingly makes it as difficult as possible for potential paying customers to make it take their money. If that’s just too complex a challenge for the state of the art in 2012, how about at least accepting PayPal ?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

This opens up a whole new set of opportunities for them--ones that could go far beyond the user experience. That's why I think that, by the end of 2012, Foursquare will have double the amount of users it has today. What I wouldn't be surprised is if someone like Bing starts using Foursquare for their local search API.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

We’ll discuss the opportunities that investors see in backing companies looking down at Earth and what’s ahead for the industry. Peter Platzer co-founded Spire Global back in 2012 with a vision to provide satellite-powered data from any location on earth.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As I write this, days after the 2012 presidential election, I’m probably not alone in feeling relieved that the political jeering and soapboxing that reached a feverish pitch during the seemingly endless campaign season has finally subsided. misses an opportunity. Securities Regulation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

RingRevenue grew it’s revenue 3x 2010 over 2011 and is on track to grow more than 3x again in 2012 with no signs of slowing. Here are some data provided by a BIA / Kelsey report (2012). We have ridden the mobile wave. So having a software filter in front of the calls is key to making them cost effective.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2016

With a massive increase in companies created and a huge number of sources one trend that we witnessed from 2012–2015 was the rise of the undisciplined round. In fact, many seed funds set up “opportunity funds” or “overage funds” so they could follow longer. Now seed funding is conventional wisdom. I Leaderless Rounds.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

In late-March, the United Kingdom's Huawei Cyber Security Centre Oversight Board reported that the company had not fixed critical security flaws in its products, even after promising to patch specific issues back in 2012. The government body also said that it doesn't believe Huawei has committed to fixing the security problems in the future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 22, 2019

Carlos Rivas was a student in El Salvador when he competed in the 2012 EO Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Now, I have the opportunity to know people in many different countries! Opportunities are for everyone, especially for those who seek and fight for them. Do you know a student who is also running a company?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. Now we have the opportunity to work more closely together along with the rest of the team at Upfront to build something special in LA. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the problems in this structure.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Sensing an opportunity to solve this problem, many entrepreneurs have developed voice-powered applications that allow providers to offer a better patient experience. million residents lived in nursing homes in 2012), and increased rates of depression ( 16% of women and 11% of men age 65+ report having depression).

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

Acquisitions: When a larger company has an immediate need for your product or technology and it is difficult or impossible for them to build that product in house, then you may have an opportunity to exit via M&A. a startup) that fills that gap and has the ability to scale quickly with the resources that a company like Google can provide.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. There is no substitute for in-depth research of the value stream to unearth opportunity.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

And at moments of crisis or moments of great opportunity it can often be a small group of people surrounding you who help move you carefully across a winding pass and on to greatness. And a heartfelt thank you to my VC friends, lawyers and portfolio executives who have spent their personal time counseling me in 2012.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

In order to contextualize the opportunity that exists for the Internet outside of Silicon Valley these days you can take inspiration from the history of technology evolution across many markets throughout history. Around $400 billion of imports & exports pass through the LA ports each year, which set the national high-water mark in 2012.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Is 2012 going to be 2000 all over again? There are a ton of companies being funded at $500+ million valuations--seriously limiting exit opportunities. These huge global markets with improving infrastructures and growing middle classes represent significant growth opportunities. Are we in a bubble? Valuations.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

I’m thankful to the associates at Upfront Ventures for helping me to evaluate our new opportunities and for helping me be prepared for issues with our portfolio companies. Thank you to the team that had extreme success in 2012 and a more challenging year in 2013. I feel confident in our 2014 plans.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 11, 2023

Every twist and turn of his arduous journey served as a crucial preparation for the defining purpose of his lifetime: Solving educational and employment opportunities for South Africa’s youth. Changing course A 2012 ski holiday in Canada triggered a remarkable new realization.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

Throughout 2012 & 2013 we funded many companies and then pulled together a second fund. Occasionally you get really wealthy people running accelerators who view it either as a fun use of time or more often as “an option” to find interesting personal investment opportunities. Management talent is usually transitional.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2016

They wanted opportunity. Catherine (Cat) Hoke founded the program in 2010 and launched the business plan competition in 2012. They are Chinese immigrants and as he said directly, “They gave me every opportunity to succeed. Grown men, prisoners, with huge muscles and tattoos everywhere cried and told me stories.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 6, 2022

OSSM’s Virtual Regional Center brings added educational opportunities and challenges to rural high school students. Jessica Decker, OSSM graduate in 2008, has been an OSSM instructor since 2012 in various courses on the main campus. The post OSSM’s Virtual Center brings added educational opportunities appeared first on i2E.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

It's a lot more lucrative to convert a warehouse into a condo building--especially if it's anywhere near the city--but it's those areas where innovators are creating economic opportunity as well, and where they need commercial space to thrive. 33 Flatbush.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Garnishing media attention since before 2012, the JOBS Act's Title III is among the most important landmarks in the history of modern crowdsourcing. It significantly broadens investment opportunities and a startup’s potential to raise capital through only a few legislative provisions. So why the hold up? So why the hold up?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

Kent and Meghan shared that there’s a reason why employee engagement has increased by only 2 percent since 2012. “By By streamlining processes and defining roles and responsibilities for greater accountability, increased profitability opportunities become visible and provide the potential for exponential growth.”

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Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

But safely seeking equity investments from the crowd via the Jobs Act of 2012 is problematic and has still not been defined. Certainly both of these crowd-sourcing approaches provide the entrepreneur with an opportunity to hone their pitch, get some free consumer feedback on the idea, and maybe some introductions to funding sources.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

Hastings in the era of social media : On July 3, 2012, he posted to his Facebook page , which had more than 200,000 subscribers, the fact that Netflix had streamed a billion hours of video in the preceding month. The fact that the SEC decided to pursue this action suggests that these questions are at least debatable under current law.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Yousef has been a Research Associate at MIT for the past seven years, having launched change:WATER Labs in 2012. The non-profit Fundación MAPFRE seeks to improve people’s quality of life and promote equal opportunities by spearheading activities in more than 30 countries. Each winner received €40,000 to further their projects.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2016

In 2012, the U.S. In this short video, EO Los Angeles member Ron Miller gives an overview of this legislation, the opportunities it brings to entrepreneurs and tips for marketing to your fans – who can now invest in your company. passed the JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act with bi-partisan support.

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Some of the greatest areas of innovation opportunity are at the intersection of sectors historically segregated , e.g., computational biology. Participants have the opportunity to receive prizes reaching $40,000. The pitch takes 90 seconds and participants have the opportunity to win prizes totaling $10,000.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

It is always a good sign when founders come back and, indeed, they came up with a new idea and applied for the Winter 2012 batch. Spenser and Curtis figured this out rapidly and by the spring of 2012 they were searching once again for the right product to build. Amplitude team – February 2015.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 9, 2019

But state funding shortfalls are starting to curtail the partners’ ability to fund companies appropriately, creating missed opportunities. billion between 2012 and 2016. It’s imperative to secure new opportunities that continue to nourish and grow our regional economies. in additional state taxes, the analysis found.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The productivity and collaboration company founded in 2012 has over 700 employees and has raised approximately $1.3 Six of those eight are in San Francisco. Airtable, a low-code platform for building collaborative apps, tops the 2024 list. billion in total capital. For the 2024 Future of Work 100 list and further analysis visit here.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

FourSquare obviously brings up a lot of interesting commercial opportunities. I predict this will come before the end of 2012. Social Chaos Will Create New Business Opportunities: Sprout Social, CoTweet, awe.sm, LocalResponse. The explosion of data is creating opportunities just in the management of the data in and of itself.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2017

When Netsurit decided to seek an opportunity to expand into the North American market, networking with our colleagues at Entrepreneurs’ Organization was the logical first step in finding a like-minded company in the US. At the end of 2015, I met Scott Wilson, CEO of Marathon Consulting and an EO New York member since 2012.

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