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by asanwal 16y ago
Interestingly, 2 companies which are similar'ish to AngelList got funding this past week, Lendio and CapLinked. CapLinked is by some former PayPal guys and backed by Dave McClure and Peter Thiel. Wonder if there is a need/room for multiple
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by asanwal 16y ago
Paul - Will be good to see what you guys come up with. One branding thought (and take this with a grain of salt as we run one site called ChubbyBrain) is why not lose startup in the name. It gives you room to grow in the future if you dec
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by asanwal 16y ago
Arrington says that writing about startups would not be the best business decision, and he is probably right - less people interested in startups than Apple, Facebook, etc as well as a reduced # of advertisers. How would a "startup-only blo
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$45M in VC funding later, Goodmail Systems shuts down(paidcontent.org)
36 points by asanwal 16y ago|8 comments
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by asanwal 16y ago
When even VCs bat .200 and the best ones .300, how is Joe Public going to pick startups? This is contrary to my own free market views to some extent, but just because we allow Joe Public to dabble in other financial products that maybe del
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Quora rejects $300 million valuation during fundraising(businessinsider.com)
2 points by asanwal 16y ago|0 comments
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Starbucks' CEO invests in Groupon(mashable.com)
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by asanwal 16y ago
TC is great but is waiting for TC coverage worth waiting on getting users? Esp since there is no guarantee you'll get TC coverage. I don't think so. TC Coverage < Real Users
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Harvard Launches Fund to Seed MBA Startups(businessweek.com)
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Why that most respected VCs list was a steaming pile of...(pehub.com)
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by asanwal 16y ago
Interesting and I'd say about 1/2 right in terms of composition. Sorry to be a hater, but the methodology and the other 1/2 of the group are head-scratching to just wrong. Respect in VC should come from returns unless LPs are now willing t
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by asanwal 16y ago
In general, you to have seed one side. Would also recommend checking out this HBR paper - Strategies for Two-Sided Markets. It's talk of the "money side" and "subsidy side" is quite good.
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Mailchimp doubles their freemium plan(blog.mailchimp.com)
4 points by asanwal 16y ago|0 comments
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by asanwal 16y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful response. And I tend to agree. In the case of Wikileaks, the guy did something substantive at least (whether you agree or disagree with it) so I can understand the fascination with the man behind the story as his
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by asanwal 16y ago
Hate to sound negative (and prob will get downvoted), but why is this news at all?
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by asanwal 16y ago
Good comparison. Forgot about those. Worth remembering that there is no company that has experienced hyper-growth forever. Sure, they could go the way of S&H Green Stamps but the phenomena of being displaced by the new, better model
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by asanwal 16y ago
While venture capital investment is not the ultimate proxy for a city's startup'ness, NYC did just overtake Boston as the #2 for tech VC investment. http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital/new-york-mass... As an NYC startup entrepr
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Is Groupon the new Jesus Startup?(davetroy.com)
20 points by asanwal 16y ago|13 comments
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by asanwal 16y ago
There is nothing says you have to take the first money offered to you (even if you can work out the deal, legal, etc). You should talk to other angels/VCs who may have more relevant expertise. Alluding to the fact that you have a legitimat
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Mark by Mark Zuckerberg - Fashion for Men(markbymarkzuckerberg.com)
21 points by asanwal 16y ago|6 comments
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Match.com copies HowAboutWe - Here's HowAboutWe's response(howaboutwe.com)
5 points by asanwal 16y ago|1 comments
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Pivotal Tracker will not be free for much longer(pivotaltracker.com)
4 points by asanwal 16y ago|0 comments
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by asanwal 16y ago
This article is of negligible value and not sure I found any "dirty secret" contained, but the title did make me click. Summary: (1) Marketing tactics are not always effective. Groupon is a marketing tactic, and like other marketing effort
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Why you should intentionally impose scarcity(blogs.hbr.org)
4 points by asanwal 16y ago|1 comments
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Playing God - The Challenge of Deciding Who to Feed(spiegel.de)
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by asanwal 16y ago
Thanks for reading the post (yes - it's long) and interesting point. But information alone isn't enough, right? There is the conflict of knowing vs. doing. So having info helps on the knowing side but not getting investors, being in the w
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An analysis of 32 startup failure post-mortems - why startups fail(chubbybrain.com)
10 points by asanwal 16y ago|3 comments
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by asanwal 16y ago
25 startup failure post-mortems (note: not all from 2010) original thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1755831
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by asanwal 16y ago
The above are spot on. However, acquisitions are not always so rational. The other reason is hype. If you're in the hot area of today (cloud, location-based whatever, social gaming, photo sharing) and a corporation is hearing a lot about
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by asanwal 16y ago
From an entrepreneur's perspective, being in bed with one corporation to this extent significantly reduces your options and flexibility. Sounds more like you'd be an employee in a skunk-works than a real entrepreneur in this type of setup.

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