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Scaling is Hard
Thursday, January 5, 2012 Jeff Bussgang - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
At the onset of 2012, many start-up executives around the world are sticking their copy of Lean Start-Up on the shelf, leaning back, and bemoaning the fact that they have a new...
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Getting promoted too quickly
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Bijan Sabet - General Partner, Spark Capital
“He’s a star. Thank god he’s on the team”.  “He’s not scaling, it’s time to find a replacement”.  I’ve heard that line from too many CEOs about someone on their management...
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Before You Start a Business, Plan Your Exit
Saturday, December 17, 2011 Brad Harkavy - President, Harkador Partners
Not usually the first thing you think of when starting a company, but where you want to end up impacts everything you do.  I sit on the board of ChatThreads, where we are in...
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Year-End Top 10: Early Stage Funding
Thursday, December 15, 2011 Dave Barrett - General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
Always lots of ideas from entrepreneurs, angels, vcs about how best to raise Seed & Early Stage capital.  ‘Tis the season for end-of-year lists.  So, if good enough for “Top 10 NFL...
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So You Think You Want To Be A CEO: What You Should Do?
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 George Roberts - Venture Partner, OpenView Venture Partners
If you you think you want to be a CEO, what should you do?  I was talking to a former CEO who had a very successful exit almost two years ago. This a good friend who I have known...
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So You Want to be a VC?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Rob Go - Co-Founder and Partner, NextView Ventures
I had a meeting this week with a friend of a friend who was interested in getting into the Venture Capital Business.  I have a few of these meetings every year...
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HubSpot’s Best Practices for Managing SaaS Inside Sales
Thursday, December 1, 2011 David Skok - General Partner, Matrix Partners
Best practices for inside sales managers. An interview with Mark Roberge, VP of Sales at HubSpot, discussing how he blends science and process with the art of selling. HubSpot is a SaaS...
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Talking Marketplaces
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Matthew Witheiler - Principal, Flybridge Capital Partners
There’re a lot of marketplace businesses being started out there - I probably see 2 a week these days.  Given the interest in the space I thought I’d share some high level thoughts...
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Smokey Rooms...
Monday, November 28, 2011 Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
Thought I would share some of the discussion topics at the most recent director’s meeting for the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) which was held in Washington...
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Entrepreneurship, Funding, Voices
5 Documents to Have In Hand When Approaching a VC
Friday, November 18, 2011 Daniel Killeen - Associate, OpenView Venture Partners
When going out to raise money, entrepreneurs expect to have to provide a good deal of information to potential investors. Any decent venture capital fund is going to need...
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