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Why We Invested in @FerrisApp – A New Kind of Video Sharing App

Both Sides of the Table

I first met the Ferris founders ( Paul Boukadakis & Chris Shaheen ) more than a year ago. The backend services to enable scrolling, click-and-watch, scroll forward with minimal buffering, etc. Imagine if your friends could all contribute the Burning Man 2015 album and create a group story. is non trivial. L1I6RUWYJu.

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Upfront Ventures Raises > $650 Million for Startups and Returns > $600 Million to LPs

Both Sides of the Table

We remain confident in the long-term trend that software enables and the value accrued to disruptive startups; we also recognized that in a strong market it is important to ring the cash register and this doesn’t come without a concentrated effort to do so. What do you do with a $650 million platform?

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The Uber that Never Was

This is going to be BIG.

Using the proliferation of newly GPS-enabled mobile devices to enable taxi hailing and beat out stagnant incumbent providers was always going to be a big win for consumers. It provided a better service than existing cabs were going to be able to do for at least several years—cutting out lots of unnecessary overhead in the system.

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The hidden cost of being a founder

TechCrunch

James Sutcliffe is the founder and CEO of The Founding Network , a collaboration platform for high-growth founders. If I were to pick one thing that unites the global tech scene in terms of culture I would point to the respect and reverence accorded to startup founders. A similar study conducted in 2015 by Dr. Michael A.

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6 Leadership Lessons Learned from the Founder of EO

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Michael and his cofounder, Alex Yastrebenetsky , were recently invited to attend a CEO workshop with EO founder Verne Harnish. What better acknowledgement of World Entrepreneurs’ Day (WED) —a day devoted to celebrating the leadership and innovation that entrepreneurs bring—than by sharing lessons learned from the founder of EO, Verne Harnish?

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How Chargifi pivoted to Kadence, a platform to enable hybrid co-working, then pulled in $10M

TechCrunch

Into this world, the Chargifi — which we wrote about in 2015 — start-up found itself. They had been building Chargifi for seven years, enabling users to access mobile power using the free app in any public location with a ‘Chargifi Spot’ – such as a bar, stadium, hotel or office. Kadence screen.

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Revenue-Based Investing: A New Option for Founders who Care About Control

David Teten VC

Lighter reports that from 2015 to 2018, the number of VC investments under $5m dropped 23% from 6,709 to 5,139. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. RBI structures help to protect the equity of both founders and investors.

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