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Existence Proof to Scale–From Point to Line to Curve
Friday, February 17, 2012 Richard Dale - Principal, Sigma Partners
How do you grow a software business? What does growth look like? This is what growth looks like. It starts slow, almost linear, from zero, and then (we hope) accelerates. The horizontal...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
The #1 VC in the World: Customers
Friday, February 10, 2012 Scott Maxwell - Senior Managing Director & Founder, OpenView Venture Partners
Need capital to start or build your business?  Ever try to figure out who the best fit VC is for you?  In my view, the absolute best way for you to get the capital to build your business...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Staring Us In The Face(book)...
Monday, February 6, 2012 Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
On the eve of the historic Facebook IPO roadshow, I spent some time looking at the 4Q11 IPO data (courtesy of Campton Private Equity Advisors) this weekend. VC’s everywhere are...
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Entrepreneurship, Voices
No Better Time, Ever, To Be An Entrepreneur
Friday, February 3, 2012 Scott Johnson - Managing Partner, New Atlantic Ventures
I am often asked “what is new and exciting” by pretty much anyone that knows what I do for a living. And it is a great question that I relish answering – usually. Of late, however...
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Opinions, Technology Trends, Voices
The Facebook IPO: too little, too late.
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Todd Dagres - General Partner, Spark Capital
What’s wrong with the Facebook IPO?  The fact that the Company is coming Public at $70 Billion or hgher valuation.  That means the Public, your average Joe, has to wait until the...
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Opinions, Success Stories, Voices
Start Your Marketplace Engines
Friday, January 27, 2012 David Beisel - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
At NextView Ventures, we have a number of companies in our portfolio which are “marketplace” businesses, where buyers and sellers meet to exchange a good...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Technology Trends, Voices
Ring Out the Old Year….
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
On the heels of the fundraising data for 2011, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the NVCA released the 4Q 2011 and full year VC investment data. It was yet another year when VC’s...
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Entrepreneurship, Funding, Voices
Android as we know it will die in the next two years and what it means for you
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Antonio Rodriguez - General Partner, Matrix Partners
I used to think that, as with Linux and web services in the early part of last decade, Android was going to be the mortar for the Internet of post PC devices— an essential ingredient...
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Opinions, Technology Trends, Voices
409A Option Pricing Redux
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Dave Broadwin - Partner, Emerging Enterprise Center at Foley Hoag
Last week I had a conversation with an entrepreneur who was confused about option pricing, and no matter how many times I tried to explain it, he never seemed to get his head around...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Voices
What is the Best Way to Introduce Yourself to an Angel Investor? Part I
Monday, January 9, 2012 Firas Raouf - Venture Partner, OpenView Venture Partners
Raising from angels has historically been much different than raising from VCs. Angels have tended to be as inexperienced in early stage tech investing as the entrepreneur who’s raising...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Voices