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Why I applied to the Union Square Ventures analyst position

This is going to be BIG.

Orchard is helping more and more institutions everyday build and gain insight into portfolios of peer to peer loans with cutting edge tools. After much thought and consideration, I''ve decided that the best move for my career right now is a second stint as an analyst at Union Square Ventures. Well, that''s part of it. Except me.

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My Number One Advice for Startups or VCs: Conviction > Consensus

Both Sides of the Table

Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) April 29, 2015. I went as far as to call it the best Tweet of 2015 so far because it encapsulated my advice so succinctly. I saw this Tweet recently by Scott Belsky, co-founder and CEO of Behance. conviction > consensus. He took two words where I take 1,000! The same is true at startups.

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The Full Dataset on What VCs are Thinking About Funding in 2016

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For this year’s analysis we turned to our peers to gather their points-of-view on the state of the market. What it did is confirm that our intuition about the slow down of the market in Q415 was real, the situation is likely to get more challenging and many other startups were cutting costs (as many of ours has done in late 2015).

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

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Photo by Scott Clark for Upfront Ventures (no, Evan is not standing on a box) Last year marked the 25th anniversary for Upfront Ventures and what a year it was. 2021 saw phenomenal returns for our industry and it topped off more than a decade of unprecedented VC growth.

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Road trippers can rejoice as RVshare raises over $100 million to grow its RV rental business

TechCrunch

There’s Outdoorsy , a peer-to-peer RV rental company that was founded in 2015; bootstrapped by its founders for a couple of years, it has more recently attracted $88 million in venture funding. As Americans look to escape, this peer-to-peer RV rental startup is happy to accommodate them.

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We Recast Our Business Expertise Into Valuable Incentives for Young Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Luckily, Vancouver is home to HootSuite, and not only did this company provide us an amazing space for our 2015 finals; they covered all the costs! I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. Create Incentive.

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The Power of People: How We Recast Our Expertise into Valuable Incentives

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Luckily, Vancouver is home to HootSuite, and not only did this company provide us an amazing space for our 2015 finals; they covered all the costs! I had served many roles previously on the BC Children’s Hospital Board, but I wanted to transition into something that engaged young entrepreneurs – and I found one. Create Incentive.