A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 19, 2022

Six years ago this month Julie Samuels got together with a group of technology leaders in NYC and we decided to form an industry group for the growing tech sector in NYC. Julie and her team have done a tremendous job of taking an idea and making it a reality and I am incredibly grateful for her leadership.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 28, 2024

That was fabulous,” says King, who has 26 years’ experience in the complex health, science and technology sectors. The immersive three-and-a-half-day programme is based around three key themes – board leadership, cultural intelligence and climate awareness. Would I attend another ADC which focussed on other topics?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

There was what seemed like an endless stream of bombshell announcements for four months: Alphabet’s Waymo unit filed a lawsuit against Uber claiming that a former Waymo employee, Anthony Levandowski, stole secrets related to autonomous vehicle technology. Some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own s. The second reason?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

leadership, mentorship, competitiveness, communications, relationship-building?—?and In any job you either find leadership opportunities for your best people BEFORE they ask or other people start asking them to become leaders somewhere else. Leadership is about recognizing your next generation of talent and helping lift them up.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. This post sets out how I believe founders (and investors) should think about independent board members having worked with many of them for the past 20 years. The board is where large equity investors get their representation.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . As a next step, we recommend that you register at the major expert network websites, as well as LinkedIn and job boards, if you haven’t already.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

New CEO named to lead transformative technology in the beauty industry. AI continues to open up new frontiers as innovators apply the fast-emerging technology in ways that gain investor support. Harding remains a board member and an integral executive team member. Jo is perfect for LUUM’s next phase of growth.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2016

“In my perspective, there is leadership and then there is entrepreneurship. Leadership illustrates the ability to see the goal and make it to the end. They are my sounding board, and they fuel my own desire to be better.” The post Kate Morgan: Leadership vs. Entrepreneurship appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I don’t think that Google would have become the success story we all know without the leadership of Eric Schmidt through the years he led the company. So Nick drove strategy & tech from the UK and remained an active board member and CTO of the company. Case in point is the return of Larry Page to the role as CEO of Google.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Leah Edwards is a passionate fan and connector in technology and impact, a lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford and a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures , a Silicon Valley-based VC firm. Public companies with at least one female board member typically outperform companies with only male members. Hiring to improve results.

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Revolution

MAY 4, 2022

providing companies with premium hospitality and the hybrid technology they need to grow. As board members, there were many hard conversations and no easy answers. We leaned in during weekly board meetings and reinvested when others left the cap table. From day one of our partnership, we believed in Ryan’s vision.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2020

We asked Adrienne to tell us more about the MyEO Tasimba leadership experience. She reminds me daily to stay connected to all I learned about myself and the world during our MyEO trip into the Tasimba leadership experience. Since transitioning from an active management role at the firm, she continues to serve as a board member.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Many companies don’t reach the next phase either because their leadership doesn’t adapt as an organization or because they don’t design processes that lead to scaled outcomes. So it makes me laugh to this day when I talk with a journalist or potential investor in the company and they ask flippantly, “How is MakeSpace a technology company?”

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

And while my relationship with Chuck was critical to my investment, so too was the leadership of Trevor Templar , the Chief Revenue Officer. Voice and chat are both very powerful computing metaphors but only if the underlying technologies and interactions become as seamless as mobile integrations have become in the consumer worlds.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Was it safe?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Thanks to these concerted efforts, three Pangyo startups were spotlighted in the government’s recent “Super Gap Startup 1000+ Project” This ambitious initiative earmarks 1,000 high-tech startups for development and technological commercialization over five years. billion won in September 2023.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The qualitative data will guide your senior leadership team on how to react to the quantitative data. How does your manager’s leadership style impact on your productivity? In any case, no process or technology should become a substitute for meaningful conversations with your team. But don’t obsess about your scores.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. What person hasn’t crouched at an airport to get 18% extra on one’s battery before boarding an airplane?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

We believe this consistency in leadership and intuition for where the markets were going in the heady days of 2019–2021 helped us to stay sane in a world that momentarily seemed to have lost its mind and since we have new capital to deploy in the years ahead perhaps I can offer some insights into where we think value will be derived.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 23, 2024

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) is pleased to announce the appointment of Angie Singer Keating to its Board of Directors as President. Her diverse background has equipped her with invaluable skills in project management, budget oversight, and team leadership.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2014

Technology is disrupting all types of media and talk radio will be no exception. In-car technologies for streaming will likely erode the channel and day-part stronghold that the major shows have always had and young people are tuning into SoundCloud, YouTube, Spotify and other sources that battle for “share of mind.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

He’s also a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, sits on the boards of several startups, is a many-time entrepreneur himself, and was previously an exec at GE and Intel. At Stanford, you teach a class with Jeff Immelt called Systems Leadership. Likewise, some of the digital disruptors will win, but certainly not all of them.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2023

Good businesses with product market fit, positive unit economics, and strong leadership teams will raise capital although it will be at the new normal in terms of valuation. I believe founders and CEOS and Boards should take the pain of a new valuation (flat, down, whatever) over structure.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

. — Annika Launay, EO Queensland, CEO of Franc.World Equal Representation At The Top Seeing more women on boards of top organizations and in political leadership roles would have a significant impact on entrepreneurship for women.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. With over 40 years of experience working in the technology realm, Steve loves the thrill of starting and growing a company — he started and sold six companies of his own. None in your area?

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 6, 2012

An entrepreneur needs empathy and emotional intelligence, so that he can prevail in dealings with his board and in face-to-face negotiations with business development partners--and particularly investors for new rounds, who otherwise will go away saying that this entrepreneur is “weak” and that the company's leadership role is suspect.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. You will learn about running board meetings, setting up the ultimate financial plan, leading a team from the top, dealing with the press, raising capital, etc. HR Leadership Startup Lessons' It could be a stepping stone.

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Gust

AUGUST 30, 2012

Integrity, Passion, Startup Experience, Domain Expertise, Functional Skills, Leadership, Commitment, Vision, Pragmatism, Flexibility, Personality. Size, Growth, Concentration, Geography, Demographics, Competition, Channels, Regulatory Environment, Technological Developments, Adjacent Markets, Characteristics of the Deal.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 29, 2025

Under her visionary leadership, SkySelect is transforming procurement processes, boosting transparency, and cutting costs significantly for MRO operations. We plan to refine our technology further to ensure it continues to meet the evolving needs of our customers. What are your future plans for yourstartup?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

But they also take on issues in science, technology and management. But in my experience it’s surprising at how little time we as investors and as board members and startups as management teams spend thinking about how to create the best team dynamics. I have a board meeting coming up this week and I just reviewed the agenda.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it. These are all creative processes. That’s a shame.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In true CLF fashion, we brought together leaders across entertainment, sports, music, and business and tech at our annual Cultural Leadership Summit to celebrate the undeniable influence and impact of culture, and foster real connections to build the future together. Pushing into new arenas can feel like a difficult and vulnerable position.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 8, 2010

Most technology startups seem to be founded by three types of people: product managers, engineers or biz dev types (MBAs and the like). But in the end they know how to put the big wins on the board. Very few of them are started, in my experience, by sales people and very few early stage companies really understand sales.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 13, 2025

(January 3, 2025) The New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology (CSIT) awarded over $2.7 The funding will support pilot demonstration projects from startup companies creating technologies that mitigate the emission of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. In 2023, the NJEDA awarded more than $3.6

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

Aligning Leadership with your Business Model. It is of utmost importance that your leadership is aligned with your business goals. It’s impossible to discover the next big thing for your small business with a disjointed leadership team. Therefore a misaligned leadership can put the organization at risk. Focus on People .

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. Ah, but Bird doesn’t have network effects! There is nothing viral! Anybody can launch a scooter service! Not really.

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