Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 4, 2019

About 18 months ago, I sat down over a holiday and reflected on the many conversations I’d had over the years with friends, aspiring entrepreneurs, start-up employees and students about venture capital and entrepreneurship. The questions were varied, but they …

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While the worlds of investing, venture capital, and technology may seem daunting, a running lesson that leaders shared was to dive in head first: meet new people, ask the questions, follow up, get as much information as possible. But making next-level moves requires discomfort and learning something new.

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User Pilot

JUNE 13, 2022

We covered the best blogs on SaaS growth, product marketing , UX analytics, venture capital, and sales. The Brad Feld blog is one of the best venture capital blogs dedicated to entrepreneurs and investors. Venture capital. Christoph Janz, a partner at Point Nine Capital, is an investor in his own right.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Walking into a room and working it by building a network person by person is an essential part of entrepreneurship (and venture capital). That room might be filled with potential customers to sell, investors to woo, candidates to hire, or in my case startups seeking capital.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

ChurnZero is headquartered in Arlington, VA and is backed by leading angels and venture capital firms such a Grotech Ventures and Middleland Capital. For more information, visit [link]. The post ChurnZero Named to the 2018 NVTC Tech 100 List appeared first on ChurnZero.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 19, 2019

He lightens up the number-crunching side of entrepreneurship and explains the basics of VC in an easily digestible way. I'd like to reach people who are interested in venture capitalism and entrepreneurship -- people who might be familiar with the basic concepts but want to watch something fresh, with a new perspective.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 2, 2023

The Venture Capital sector has seen substantial expansion in recent times and some VCs have started to podcast and share valuable resources for entrepreneurs, other investors, and those interested in learning more about the industry. The podcast is perfect for anyone interested in startups, venture capital, and technology.

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SaaStr

MARCH 28, 2024

Base10 is a research-driven venture capital firm investing in technology companies automating the largest sectors of the Real Economy and founders who believe purpose is key to profits. Investors with true differentiation are going to be the ones to win. #5. What’s different about your fund / how you invest and support founders?

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Kellblog

JUNE 10, 2019

Today famed venture capital podcaster and now venture capitalist at StrideVC , Harry Stebbings , released a new episode of the Twenty Minute VC podcast with me as his guest. ( iTunes version here.).

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Neil Patel

APRIL 6, 2021

A great resume is another way to communicate success in the world of entrepreneurship. For example, let’s say you need an investment from a venture capital firm to start a new business. People use resumes for a lot more than just job applications. If your resume is blank, what do you think the outcome will be?

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SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Opportunities in Venture Capital Nigel Morris, Managing Partner (QED Investors); Marcos Toledo, Founding Partner (Canary) Nigel Morris, Managing Partner of QED Investors is bullish on the opportunities for fintech in the financial services industry, particularly in Latin America and other developing regions.

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Kellblog

AUGUST 23, 2019

He’s spent most of his recent career in private equity (PE) land; I’ve spent most of mine in venture capital (VC) land. Jim went on to write a great book, Making the Technical Sale. I went on to create Kellblog.

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Backlinkfy

OCTOBER 5, 2019

We live a totally different world today, gone are the years where you'll need to have Angel or venture capital funding for you to start a business. With these guides, you can find topics on Digital marketing, web design, link building, entrepreneurship, social marketing and much more!

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Kellblog

JANUARY 23, 2022

In high school, they were in the entrepreneurship club. People who worked for roughly 4 to 10 years, often in product but sometimes in sales or corpdev, at a larger tech company, often with an MBA sandwiched in the middle. Often they studied CS or engineering undergrad. You’ll find these people at a wide range of VC firms.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2020

Years later, he’s got a thriving business that is not venture capital backed. His wife was pregnant with their first child, and he went out on a limb to try his hand at entrepreneurship. Years later, he’s got a thriving business but one that is not venture capital backed. Matt, welcome to the show.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2022

What the soon-to-be podcast host and venture capitalist calls to mind is a somewhat forgettable scene where Peter Thiel becomes Facebook’s first major investor. It was the first time Harry came across venture capital, and, he tells us, he was instantly hooked. There’s no right way to do venture. Delighted to have you.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Drata recently raised $100 million in venture capital funding, which I believe makes it San Diego’s latest startup unicorn with an evaluation of $1 billion. Liam Geraghty: Adam, thank you so much for joining us. You’re very welcome to the show. Adam Markowitz: Thanks for having me. How does that feel?

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Outseta

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The challenges that I’ve faced as a bootstrapped founder simply aren’t the ones that are commonly talked about By Geoff Roberts · 17 min read The internet is littered with horror stories detailing the many challenges of entrepreneurship. When these items are in harmony, entrepreneurship becomes vastly easier.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Tiny Capital. Tiny Capital is a different breed in the micro acquisition space. Unlike some of the other tools mentioned above, it’s a traditional venture capital firm, with a twist. There is also a 10% success fee on each sale, and you can upgrade your listing with various packages starting at $295.

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 24, 2020

Technology entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon. Over the last ten years, California based startups consistently raise about 35% of the venture capital in the US by round count. That figure hasn’t changed despite the massive increases in total venture funding from about $10B to $100B in that time frame.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 21, 2023

Personally, I find entrepreneurship more rewarding—but it’s not for everyone. Once you start your business, it takes just as much effort to keep up and running, so I want to clear up any misconceptions you might have about entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs are young: Age has no limitations when it comes to entrepreneurship.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Delving even deeper into the entrepreneurial seas, Patrick was Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Alpine Investors in San Francisco, as well as Program Officer at the Center for Entrepreneurship at Stanford. In 2012, he underwent a shift in his professional path and studied Technology Entrepreneurship at Stanford.

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SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

She is an active speaker on startups, venture capital, inbound marketing, remote work, and spacetech. David Skok is a serial entrepreneur who founded four companies and is a venture partner at Matrix Partners. He tweets on product design , investments, venture capitalism, and technology. [contact-form-7].

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

ChurnZero is headquartered in Arlington, VA and is backed by leading angles and venture capital firms such as Baird Capital, Grotech Ventures and Middleland Capital. For more information, visit churnzero.net.

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Mucker Capital

OCTOBER 24, 2019

As much as we like to think we are special, our experiences outside the Valley helped us internalize the notion that it’s only a matter of time before the Valley’s original stranglehold on “entrepreneurship” will end. We believe entrepreneurship should not be an exclusive profession reserved for the elites. consultant. 2011: Why Now?

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 11, 2021

It’s also easier than ever, thanks to the golden age of entrepreneurship we currently live in. Reach Out to Venture Capital Investors or Local Angel Investors. Disclosure: This content is reader-supported, which means if you click on some of our links that we may earn a commission. Starting your own business is the dream, right?

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Outseta

APRIL 14, 2020

As Channing’s post highlights, even many prominent VCs are admitting that now might not be the best time to head down the venture backed path—and I think all the layoffs and turmoil that the tech industry is experiencing is evidence that even in good times we haven’t been thinking about building companies the right way anyways. Think SpaceX.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 1, 2021

Equity crowdfunding is a relatively new market, and although it’s valued at over $10 billion , that’s a tiny drop in the ocean compared with the $282 billion raised through venture capital in just a year. When you compare crowdfunding with venture capital or angel investments, it’s clear where crowdfunding triumphs, though: control.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Founder stakes start high and then typically decrease over time as founding teams sell equity stakes in their company in exchange for venture capital investment and also granting shares to hire candidates and retain existing employees. Redpoint has invested in companies with a solo founders, a duo of founders and a trio founders.

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Kellblog

AUGUST 18, 2019

I’ve increasingly spoken to startup employees who find themselves in a difficult trap. Let’s demonstrate it via an example: Say you joined a startup in September 2009 as an early employee and immediately received a stock-option grant of 400,000 shares with a strike price of $0.10 when you joined.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

By no means am I trying to say you should raise venture capital or even need to. But ask yourself this… what major venture, or venture fund at all, funds niches? Unless you are looking to create a “lifestyle” business, the riches are not in the niches. And I wouldn’t recommend going after a niche. VCs don’t fund “niches”.

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SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

He has a very good weekly SaaS email newsletter and pretty awesome entrepreneurship and business podcast together with Steli Efti, The Startup Chat podcast. Byron Deeter Byron is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners , one of the leading venture capital firms in the SaaS industry.

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Point Nine Land

JUNE 25, 2019

[link] Two weeks ago we released the 2019 edition of our (in)famous SaaS Funding Napkin. If you were in Paris to attend SaaStr Europa, went to our CTO meetup , or joined us for our Café Hours , you might be holding one in your hands already (unless you’ve used it to dry your tears ).

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SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He has a very good weekly SaaS email newsletter and pretty awesome entrepreneurship and business podcast together with Steli Efti, The Startup Chat podcast. Byron Deeter Byron is a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners , one of the leading venture capital firms in the SaaS industry.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 18, 2021

Dennis feels it’s healthy to come up for air after long days spent immersed in tech entrepreneurship. Most of my friends are not entrepreneurs or venture capitalists. It is ridiculous that there would be a single place with a population of 800,000 that has a stranglehold on the entire venture capital ecosystem.”.

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Kellblog

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

A few months ago I signed up to be an advisor to Kelda , and I thought I’d do a quick post to talk about the company and why I decided to sign up. What is Kelda? Kelda provides developer sandboxes in a customer’s cloud within their Kubernetes cluster. Why does this matter? The world is moving to cloud computing at a rapid place.

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Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Producer/Host: Bowery Capital. Bowery Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm with a soft spot for tech startups. Hosted by marketing consultant Chris Klinefelter, the podcast features thought leaders from notable organizations such as HubSpot, Salesforce, and CEB. .

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