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Funky Times...
Tuesday, September 4, 2012 Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
I spent some time this weekend looking at the recent VC funding data for this past quarter to see if any trends jumped off the page. While much of what I could discern in the data...
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Entrepreneurship, Funding, Voices
Series on Trust: Partners and (or vs.) Non-Partners
Friday, August 31, 2012 Jo Tango - Partner, Kepha Partners
This is the fifth and last blog post in a series on trust.  I’ve written in the past about trust between a VC and an entrepreneur (“When Entrepreneurs and VCs Break Up”), between...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
Lessons from HubSpot: 10 Keys to Ensure Success for Growing Companies & for Sales People
Thursday, August 30, 2012 Frank Belzer - VP of Corporate Training, Kurlan and Associates
I had to write this post right away, before I forgot some of the details or lost my train of thought...
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Entrepreneurship, First Look, Lessons Learned, Success Stories, Voices
Series on Trust: When VCs Divorce
Friday, August 24, 2012 Jo Tango - Partner, Kepha Partners
This is the fourth post in a blog series on trust. I previously wrote about how trust is critical in the VC-entrepreneur relationship (“When Entrepreneurs and...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Funding, Lessons Learned, Voices
Entrepreneurial Advice is Not Always, One-Size-Fits-All
Thursday, August 23, 2012 Luke Burns - Partner, Ascent Venture Partners
A prime component of being an entrepreneur is sharing your experiences and soliciting advice from those who have been successful.  Which sounds helpful all around...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Scaling is Hard, Case Study: TripAdvisor
Monday, August 20, 2012 Jeff Bussgang - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
TripAdvisor may be one of the most fascinating companies I know and so I was excited to dig into their business model as part of my series on scaling.  This is a company that took $4 million...
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Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Success Stories, Voices
Series on Trust: The VC and His Investors
Friday, August 17, 2012 Jo Tango - Partner, Kepha Partners
I’ve been writing a blog series about trust.  I started with a post on how VC is a “trust business” and I highlighted why trust between an entrepreneur and a VC is important...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
What Happened in 2Q12…
Monday, August 13, 2012 Michael Greeley - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
An interesting report from the law firm Cooley crossed my desk this week titled “Cooley Venture Financing Report” – ok, maybe not that interesting – but the report looked...
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Funding, Opinions, Voices
Series on Trust: The LP and the VC
Friday, August 10, 2012 Jo Tango - Partner, Kepha Partners
This is the second post in a blog series on trust.  Last week, I wrote that VC is a “trust business” and I highlighted why trust between an entrepreneur and a VC is important...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Expert Advice, Lessons Learned, Voices
Scaling is Hard, Case Study: Akamai
Thursday, August 9, 2012 Jeff Bussgang - General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
I have been thinking lately about how hard it is to scale start-ups.  The Lean Start-Up movement, as exemplified in Eric Ries' book The Lean Start-Up, has appropriately focused a great deal...
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Best Practices, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Lessons Learned, Voices