Dream It
AUGUST 10, 2020
Speaking to investors can require a language of its own. Word choice is important and even the smallest detail can make or break your startup pitch. Adam Dakin , Managing Director of Dreamit Healthtech, sees founders make the same common pitch mistakes over and over. Luckily, he’s a pro when it comes to pitching investors and distills the advice so it’s easy to avoid.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
AUGUST 10, 2020
Contributed by Shawn Johal, business growth coach, leadership speaker and co-founder of DALS Lighting, Inc. He is also an active member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Montreal chapter. . “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” –Albert Einstein. It’s almost hard to believe that I have been managing teams for more than 15 years.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 11, 2020
“I gotta say it was a good day.” I’m so fricking pumped today. Really, truly. Yeah, Valence announced > $5 million in funding led by GGV and Upfront. That IS a big deal, but I’ll get to that. But Kamala Harris was picked to be the Vice Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party. That means she’ll be the first female Vice President of the United States, the first female Black Vice President and the first Indian-American Vice President.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 13, 2020
Our portfolio company Quizlet put out a “ State of Remote Learning Report ” this week based on what they are seeing across their global learning platform during the pandemic. Quizlet wrote a blog post about it as well. There are some very interesting data points in the report: Quizlet explains this chart in their report this way: Although no country was prepared for the quick pivot to remote learning, most were able to not only return to their pre-COVID-19 online study levels, but ac
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Paul G. Silva
AUGUST 13, 2020
One of my favorite jokes goes something like this: Whenever a new position opens up, and I have to sort through a stack of resumes, the first thing I do is take half of them at random and throw them away. I don’t want unlucky people working in this department. As with many good jokes, it’s funny because it has a nugget of truth to it. Anyone who’s run an accelerator, a grant program, reviewed book/screenplay manuscripts, or been in charge of hiring has an impossible challenge:
Tomasz Tunguz
AUGUST 9, 2020
After I wrote a post on the health of the seed market during COVID , the Angellist team emailed me saying they observed different patterns in their early-stage data and offered to collaborate. This data set is unique because it records transacted deals on the Angellist platform. The first post highlighted a 40% reduction in seed investment in Q2 2020 and 42% increase in Series A investment, quarter over quarter.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 10, 2020
Many founders want to do SAFE note financings for their early rounds to save time and money. My response to that is “let’s do a priced round, we can use a standard financing form we both like, we won’t use a lawyer on our side, and we can close in a week.” The key to being able to do that is the availability of standard financing forms.
Ecosystem Builder Hub
AUGUST 14, 2020
As with any movement, there comes a day when grand visions need to either remain that, or be executed on so that they may evolve to the next stage of development and maturation. We found one of those exemplary steps in southern Virginia where the Dan River Region Entrepreneur Ecosystem recognized the need for an ecosystem coordinator and rallied their stakeholders to hire the first entrepreneurial ecosystem builder for the region.
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Smart Hustle Magazine
AUGUST 14, 2020
Ramon had a virtual sit-down with Gabrielle Raymond McGee, Chief Operating Officer of the Tory Burch Foundation. The theme was marketing and communication during COVID-19. Gabrielle and Ramon chatted about tips on small business branding, social media, and more on their #AskMeAnything series. The questions asked by listeners ranged from social media to eCommerce.
NZ Entrepreneur
AUGUST 12, 2020
This article is the third of a three-part series by Baldwins Intellectual Property that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. What is intellectual property? Intellectual property is about creations of the mind. This includes new methods, products, expressions of ideas, trade secrets, brands and logos. Some intellectual property rights exist automatically upon creation such as copyright.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 12, 2020
I just finished completing a thirty page form for an investment my wife and I are making in a limited partnership. This form is called a subscription agreement. I wrote about the frustration of having to complete this identical form again and again six and a half years ago here on AVC. One great thing has happened on this issue in those six and a half years.
Y Combinator
AUGUST 11, 2020
With the launch of YC’s list of startups hiring for fall 2020 interns , I’ve been getting a lot of requests for advice from students about their upcoming fall plans. I provided some resume tips previously, and now I want to answer some frequently asked questions that are relevant to students. Q: I’m considering taking an internship this fall but I don’t know how to weigh the pros/cons of taking a semester off.
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Smart Hustle Magazine
AUGUST 13, 2020
Ramon had a chance to chat with Li Hayes and the PPA.com network — Professional Photographers of America — on Facebook Live about how social media can help kickstart your business. While social media marketing is nothing new, this pandemic has caused many businesses to start thinking outside of the box. Marketing needs to be better, smarter and more intentional.
Impact Hub
AUGUST 13, 2020
In many ways, COVID-19 snuck up on the world, and for the last 6 months it managed to change systems that would normally take years, and even decades to establish. For Impact Hub, it made the liquid and digital elements of our network more important than ever, and at the same time encouraged us to reflect and pivot certain aspects of how we operate and how we provide support to Impact Hubs and our members across the globe.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 11, 2020
I’ve written a bit about our portfolio company Nurx since we made the investment back in 2016. Nurx is a great example of how technology is helping to reshape how healthcare is delivered. With the Nurx mobile app, women (and men too) can find the prescription or home diagnostic test they need, connect to a doctor who can review the request and write the prescription, and get the medication or test shipped to them at home.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 10, 2020
$71M Round for Sight Diagnostics. OurCrowd portfolio company Sight Diagnostics raised $71M for Its OLO Blood Analyzer with participation from Koch Disruptive Technologies, Longliv Ventures and OurCrowd. Sight’s FDA-cleared technology is set to revolutionize blood analysis by providing a full blood count comparable to existing lab tests, within minutes, on the spot, from a small pinprick.
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Smart Hustle Magazine
AUGUST 12, 2020
A moose cooling off with someone’s sprinklers. An ice bucket challenge. The latest dance moves. Or my personal favorite: cats vs an invisible wall. Watching videos online has become an everyday norm. A quick glance at our device turns into a two-hour expedition down an infamous rabbit hole. Videos simply have a dynamic way of drawing us in. So who are the online culprits behind this revolving door of video content, and why should your business be interested in them?
Ecosystem Builder Hub
AUGUST 14, 2020
The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development Project as a promising sign for the sustainable future of Ecosystem Building… . As a project-based Ecosystem Builder, I have observed the exciting recent shift in conversation and strategy around building and scaling entrepreneurial ecosystems. Evolving from, “We need to be collaborating more and breaking down our silos…” to a much more accountable and deliberate “We are committing to putting in the time, effort and resources to make that mass col
Berkonomics
AUGUST 13, 2020
Have you experienced a business failure? Are you currently at risk due to events you cannot control? Not all companies are successful. Your end game could be a failure of the business. In fact, many angel investors or venture capitalists look for and respect the lessons learned by entrepreneurs that have survived a failed business. The key question is: Why did an entrepreneur fail?
Innovation 2 Enterprise
AUGUST 9, 2020
By Scott Meacham. This second column in our series with Oklahoma thought leaders discussing the short- and long-term effects of the COVID pandemic is a from-the-trenches view of the pandemic’s impact on the medical industry. Dr. Ryan Dennis is an Oklahoma physician, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Linear Health Sciences, an Oklahoma-based company preparing to launch the Orchid SRV, a device designed to address dislodgement and disconnection of intravenous (IV) c
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OurCrowd
AUGUST 13, 2020
Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND) announced today that it is collaborating with EVERFI, a leading digital education innovator, to create a science-based course on sustainability that will be available – at no cost – to students, teachers and parents across the country. The course, designed for fifth through eighth graders, is grounded in real-world experiences and covers topics on global resource constraints, the importance of biodiversity, climate change and how to innovate for a healthy life.
Impact Hub
AUGUST 13, 2020
Impact Hub Montréal has been committed to being a driver for the achievements of the SDGs through multi-stakeholder convening. After two years of operations, we are sad to see Impact Hub Montreal leave the network. We have come to a strategic agreement to part ways as the local team will follow a more regional approach to broaden their reach throughout the Province of Quebec.
Angel Capital Association
AUGUST 14, 2020
By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer One of the fundamentals pillars of the Angel Capital Association is protecting and advocating for the rights of angel investors and the entrepreneurs they support. Join ACA on Wednesday, September 9, for a special two-part webinar to join subject matter experts from Assure , Carney Badley Spellman , and GrayRobinson as they discuss the current legislative environment as it relates to pending legislation on beneficial ownership and blue sky fees.
Continuations
AUGUST 13, 2020
I have been meaning to write a blog post about Marxism following an exchange in the comments to one of my posts about Trump’s dictatorial tendencies. Essentially the thrust of the comment was that Marxism is a bigger threat in the US today than fascism. I disagree with this assertion, but I do think that the extremes to which we have taken capitalism have opened the door for a resurgence of beliefs that it needs to be toppled entirely rather than shrunken dramatically, as I propose in The World
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