Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2024

His guidance empowered many of our group members to grow like crazy.” – Zak Nordyke, EO Cincinnati, founder, Evergreen Mentorship “Accountability is a huge motivator: In one accountability group meeting, I said I would implement an employee profit sharing and a long-term incentive plan for my leadership team.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Anyone , an audio app that’s building a ‘marketplace for advice’ one five-minute phone call at a time, is launching new versions of its iOS and Android apps today* and beginning to large-scale onboarding after operating in a limited closed beta for the past six months. It’s one-to-one only.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2021

Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. Kathryn is well-placed to shares insights about black founders and how they are faring in the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship. Kathryn says we are in unprecedented times. That is unprecedented.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. The website for their Venture Pipeline group is here. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. I spent a bunch of time thinking about this position — especially since Beezer is an investor in Upfront Ventures. Beezer did.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

March 3 is your opportunity to hear from and engage with the people who, through entrepreneurship, venture capital, labor organizing and advocacy, are both using and challenging tech to disrupt the status quo for the betterment of all. Tune in a get ready to take notes — the advice you hear could help you improve your pitch deck.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

We help co-lead the execution of Startup Aotearoa, a one-to-one program for first-time entrepreneurs to get coaching and advice from a startup advisor or mentor as they navigate the first time they’ve gone through the journey. Irina Miller from Daisy Lab, Janine Granger from Easy Crypto are some good examples there.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Mentorship. Startup Advice' In the Early Days. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. Reviewing financial & operational performance. As You Start to Mature.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. Ryan Hoover , Weekend Fund ] [hunter: The gravitational pull of venture is to grow each fund larger than the last. Here are the first batch of responses (with some of my reactions). Others won’t.

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Founder Bounty

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Its aim is to invest $20k into each of its accepted companies at an early-stage and then provide six months of hands-on support, advice and mentorship as they build their product or service. YC Y Combinator is easily one of the most famous accelerators in the world, thanks to its huge profile and excellent reputation among startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

Upfront Ventures has a deep-seated commitment to equality in funding & building diverse teams across all ethnicities, nationalities and genders. I have seen in your 5 years with us countless hours dedicated to mentorship and advice to younger founders of color and showing them a roadmap for success. It takes a village.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 2, 2021

5 Ways to Encourage More Women Into Careers in Venture Capital It’s time to tear open the seemingly impenetrable ‘old boys’ network It’s no secret that founders seek out investors who value diversity and recognize the success that comes from having diverse teams. However, the question of how to make this a reality remains unanswered.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I asked some investor friends to share, as the title suggests, one thing they wished people better understood about venture capital. Also, because the feedback loop is very long, the advice we give founders – to move fast and iterate – is hard to put into practice as a venture investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

Perhaps the best known new VC platforms of the last 10 years that are done on more modest scales are First Round Capital and True Ventures. When we think about how we want to run our firm at Upfront Ventures we clearly had this debate ourselves and tried to decide what we felt was right for our skills, ambitions and management styles.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing. What did we owe our sponsors, and did that put us in conflict with our commitments to give founders the best possible advice, and to never waste their time?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Young aspiring entrepreneurs apply for Y Combinator in the hopes of receiving seed funding, mentorship and networking opportunities to help create the next unicorn. As a result, venture capitalists need to use short heuristics to figure out who to bet on. This is a term coined by Gary Becker, a Nobel prize-winning economist.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 28, 2022

How do you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup? To help you determine if corporate venture capital is right for your startup, we asked startup founders, investors, and business leaders this question for their best pieces of advice. Be Sure You Have Similar Goals and Expectations.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2022

Mentorship is a crucial ingredient to a student’s success. For Mentor Collective , a Boston-based startup founded in 2014, answers to the challenges and opportunities within scaled mentorship have taken time to figure out. The more important milestone?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

With the new venture fund, they will back and mentor up-and-coming founders leading consumer and consumer-tech brands. It was important to me to create a community of seasoned founders who could offer support and advice to entrepreneurs throughout their journey,” Kurt Seidensticker said via email. “As Is venture funding already back?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Seung-jin Park, CEO of AGMO/Cindy Jin, Managing Director of Softbank Ventures Asia/Jae-wook Park, Chairman of the Korea Startup Forum/Young Lee, Minister of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups/Sungjin Choi, CEO of the Korea Startup Forum/Ha-yeon Kim, CEO of NanumVitamin/Josh Choi, Executive Director of COMEUP What Awaits You at COMEUP 2023?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teampact Ventures is also investing in Entocycle. In addition to contributing money, those sports professionals help startups with team-building advice and mentorship. Lowercarbon Capital and ACE & Company are participating in the round as well.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Register Over the last decade, the landscape of venture investing in the U.S. Team Asia Daily spoke to one such venture capitalist Jessie Wu , an early-stage investor at Upshot Ventures, in an exclusive interview, shedding light upon her investment journey while paving the way for upcoming startup founders and venture capital investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. Venture capital is far from a level playing field. My first piece of advice is to leverage your own community and support network, especially any mentors and role models you may have, to introduce you to potential investors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Goodbye, chief inspiration officer Also on Equity this week, the crew spoke about how venture capitalists are going to pay more attention to how portfolio founders are spending capital — especially around hiring trends. My big question is if VCs are taking the same advice that they’re dishing. Don’t forget VCs, you have VCs too. (

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

That includes angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional funders associated with various stages of a startup’s growth. This article delves into the critical steps necessary to show investors that your startup is not just another great idea, but a venture worth investing in.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They believe everyone’s advice. Entrepreneurs often struggle because they listen to others’ advice instead of their instincts. Many aspiring entrepreneurs never gain traction because they continue to get data and coaching rather than go with the workable advice they already have. Everyone has opinions. My rule of thumb?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 3, 2019

The plan was to secure other people’s money—whether venture capital, friends or family—to get the business (the ideas) started. Getting help from business partners, boards of directors or investors is always going to be loaded, as they have a vested interest in the decisions and advice they give. So where does an entrepreneur go?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

When investors spend time at an accelerator, they listen to brainstorming sessions, pitches and mentorship advice that includes a broad range of perspectives and opinions. Techstars Equitech Accelerator ) and women founders (e.g.,

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 3, 2022

Register Omnivio , a Noida-based ecommerce and omni-logistics platform for enterprises that offers control towers enabled logistics marketplace, announced raising $400,000 in its angel funding round anchored by Supermmorpheus, Dexter Angels, and 91 Ventures.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 2, 2022

The country also organizes the biggest startup festival, COMEUP, a 3-day extravaganza with lectures, panel talks, mini-events, and relevant topics for startups, attended by global and domestic startups, experts, mentors, innovators, media, venture capitalists, etc.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While passion provides self-motivation, it also serves to attract talent and investors to the venture. Seek out financial advice because it takes time to improve a score. Not only do they provide coursework and training, but some offer venture funding and mentoring.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? While the State is not known as a hub for venture capital, we have frequently been recognized by national sources as a great place to start a new business. Get started! Oklahoma is very friendly to entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Do you value their mentorship and advice? Ask how was their experiences working with them, if they helped them in the next round or not, how was their mentorship, and if they micromanaged or not. Our primary task is to find the right lead, the right partner. Are they a visionary mentor? Could they help you in the next round?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

For over a decade, Biggar says, he has been an active participant in Bookface, recently helping multiple companies with financial and relationship advice on co-founder break-ups. . “I have a signed copy of Hackers and Painters , read every essay that he put out, and as soon as I finished my PhD, I applied to Y Combinator.”.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

It offers different programs based on different needs but mainly focuses on scaling mentorship with executive advice hailing from Airbnb, American Express, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Netflix, the Obama White House, Oatly, Slack, Twitter, Virgin Group and others. Over 200 people are in the community to date.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 23, 2024

Srijita Ghosh Represented East Central University in 2017 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup 2 nd place in Small Business category and Pitch Competition winner Currently Venture Advisor at i2E Please provide a few details on your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup business idea. Meeting them led me to believe that I could do it, too.

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