Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

The below article is part of Robert Glazer’s LinkedIn Newsletter series and originally appeared on Glazer’s LinkedIn page. He is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners , an affiliation marketing company. As COVID-19 spreads globally, many countries—including the United States—are mandating extreme social distancing measures. People are being urged to work remotely, schools have been canceled for weeks at a time and public gatherings are being discouraged, if not prohibited.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 19, 2020

On the first episode of Howard’s new podcast , his guest said, “in panics, all assets are correlated.” I suspect that is true to some extent. When bad news hits, I have seen traders sell quickly, get to cash, and then take some time to evaluate the situation before acting on the news. That is true of a company missing its quarter, a sudden management change, and many other forms of bad news.

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Dream It

MARCH 20, 2020

NarrativeDX ( Healthtech - Fall 2014 ) is the latest win for the Dreamit portfolio. Today, the company announced that it is being acquired by health care performance improvement pioneer Press Ganey. Kyle Robertson, Founder and CEO of NarrativeDx. This comes on the heels of NarrativeDX’s recent funding round just one year ago last February. Kyle Robertson, Founder and CEO of NarrativeDx comments, “We share Press Ganey’s passion for driving health care transformation.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 16, 2020

As a seed stage investor, I know the math. Half the companies I invest in won’t provide a financial return. Another forty percent or so will go sideways a bit, and the last ten percent will drive most of the gains for my investors. Leveraging up a company with venture dollars in an attempt to grow to a national or world class brand can be a risky proposition.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 17, 2020

We all are waking up to find ourselves in an altered world each morning. We can flip through the news on our phones about which countries imposed travel restrictions, and which offices and services in our communities are no longer functioning. But each morning, I wake up to 20 new ideas in my inbox and 100 offers of hope and support on my social media feed.

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Venture Well

MARCH 18, 2020

We’re highlighting VentureWell-supported innovators that are innovating infection prevention to end the spread of diseases worldwide. The post innovating infection prevention: five startups slowing the spread of disease worldwide appeared first on VentureWell.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 17, 2020

No matter how you have managed your money in the past, it is important for you to now equip yourself with the knowledge you need to make sound financial decisions for a strong financial future. There are many ways you can handle your money. Whether you are avoiding, saving, spending, or amassing, you can always make certain changes to better manage your money in the future.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2020

In times of crisis, entrepreneurs step up to take the lead on creating groundbreaking pathways toward renewal. We asked three EO members what strategies they are implementing at work and in their personal lives as COVID-19 continues to spread. Evan Nierman is the founder and CEO of Red Banyan , an international crisis public relations firm. He is an EO South Florida member.

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500

MARCH 18, 2020

I first met Flavio in 2013, when he co-invested alongside 500 Startups in Olist, one of Brazil’s largest online marketplaces–which recently raised a Series C round. Olist’s founder was in our San Francisco accelerator program, and in his next round of funding turned to Flavio, who was then president of Walmart.com in Brazil. He became instrumental in building Olist’s name.

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Venture Well

MARCH 17, 2020

These E-Teams are part of a new generation of ventures that are rethinking how society uses, manages, and protects water in the age of climate change. The post rethinking water in the age of climate change appeared first on VentureWell.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 20, 2020

I mentioned in yesterday’s post that when this is all over, I can’t wait to go to my favorite restaurants and enjoy their hospitality and food. If they are able to re-open. While many industries are facing difficult times in this crisis, the restaurant and hospitality industry is particularly hard hit. So for today’s funding friday, I am encouraging everyone to do what I did this morning – make a donation to the Restaurant Workers Community Foundation Relief Fund.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 18, 2020

STATE COLLEGE, PA – Every year, dozens of PA startups get their start with Ben Franklin Technology Partners. The largest early-stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin provides investment capital and business support services to emerging tech-entrepreneurs and small manufacturers located in central and northern Pennsylvania. www.cnp.benfranklin.org.

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Paul G. Silva

MARCH 19, 2020

The River Valley Investors angel group just ran our first virtual meeting today. In case anything we learned can be valuable, below is a copy of a blog post we just published on our blog showing what we did to make it work. I know several other groups already ran virtual, so I’d love to hear any other best practices people have patched together.

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GCUC

MARCH 16, 2020

“Nothing, absolutely nothing, can replace face-to-face communication” —Liz Elam, 2013 on stage at GCUC We are going to face some hard months ahead as. The post 7 Reasons COVID-19 Will Not be the Downfall of Coworking appeared first on GCUC Community.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 17, 2020

I promised to post this once it is live and it went live today. So here it is: USV TEAM POSTS: Nick Grossman — Mar 17, 2020 The Great Shift to Video Albert Wenger — Mar 16, 2020 COVID19 What’s Next? Innovation FTW Bethany Crystal — Mar 12, 2020 Keep Calm and Stay Human.

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Deskmag

MARCH 16, 2020

Women have become the majority among members in the past year. Freelancers continue to be an important target group, all the more so in coworking spaces located in smaller geographical areas. What’s more, proportionally a growing percentage of members are working in those areas as well! Read this article to find out who actually works in coworking spaces.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 19, 2020

At a truly unsettling time, the Impact Hub network believes that our responsibility for one another should override our fear! . COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Until some weeks ago, you had probably never heard of it. Fast-forward to today and it is dominating the headlines, leaving question marks hanging over your daily routines and wellbeing and highlighting our interdependence across communities, borders and continents. .

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2020

Crowdfunding is on the rise. But so are the failures by entrepreneurs to take the right steps to protect their valuable innovations before launching crowdfunding campaigns. Protecting the potential value of an innovation with the right forms of intellectual property (IP) can be mission critical. An entrepreneur looking to crowdfund a new initiative must consider and secure their IP position prior to launching the funding campaign.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 18, 2020

We onboarded our new analyst team over the last few weeks at USV. As is our tradition, they have each written a “hello world” blog post on usv.com introducing themselves. They are: David. Hannah. Hanel. I can’t imagine how hard and surreal it must be to join a new firm just as we are all starting to work from home. So they are going to be challenged getting out of the gate more than prior analyst teams, but I am confident that each of them will rise to the challenge and we are

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The Seraf Compass

MARCH 18, 2020

My heart skipped a beat when I glanced at my iPhone and noticed an email with the subject line of “URGENT: Shareholder Consent Needed.” More often than not, these emails are an indicator of bad news. After reading the email, my anxiety turned into elation.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 14, 2020

The Earth has warmed up steadily since the Industrial Revolution. A study conducted by Nature shows that various regions in the world have been heating up since the 1830s. According to a report by Carbon Brief , greenhouse gas emissions and human-induced activities have had long term effects on global warming since the 1850s. Today, the impact of climate change can be felt throughout the globe.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 18, 2020

Alongside governments around the globe, Israel is taking strict social distancing measures in the face of the COVID-19 global health emergency. The startup nation is also utilizing its strengths to tackle the coronavirus – read about Israel’s ingenuity in response to the pandemic. To remind you, I will be hosting a webinar this Wednesday, March 18th at 6 PM Israel, 12 PM New York, 9 AM San Francisco , alongside OurCrowd’s medical venture partner Morris Laster, about the impac

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 16, 2020

I tweeted on friday that our portfolio company Outschool , which offers live K12 classes delivered by real teachers over video, would be offering free classes to those who need them for their kids and can’t afford to buy them right now: "we’re announcing that we will be making $100K worth of Outschool classes free for public school K-12 students affected by school closures.

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Deskmag

MARCH 16, 2020

Women have become the majority among members in the past year. Freelancers continue to be an important target group, all the more so in coworking spaces located in smaller geographical areas. What’s more, proportionally a growing percentage of members are working in those areas as well! Read this article to find out who actually works in coworking spaces.

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Continuations

MARCH 20, 2020

I have written a few general posts about the COVID19 crisis already. Today I want to address all of those running a company or making management decisions with a simple message: avoid generic business advice! By generic advice I mean anything of the form “do x,” such as “cut 20% of cost now.” Why? Because it may or may not apply to your specific situation.

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