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by asanwal 16y ago
Cornell produced as many founders of VC-backed internet companies as Stanford did in the first half of 2010. Of course, your push to improve/enhance hacker culture is commendable but just wanted to say that based on the data from the early
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by asanwal 16y ago
To clarify, this first Venture Capital Human Capital report only covered Internet companies and does not include healthcare, greentech, etc which we expect to add over time along with longitudinal data. This first report only looked at foun
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by asanwal 16y ago
Interesting idea and like the landing page aesthetic. iPhone app in the works? You may also want to check out Philo (www.playphilo.com) in addition to Miso. Philo just closed its seed funding from Northbridge and DFJ Gotham. Good luck.
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by asanwal 16y ago
True. Perhaps it's me being in NYC where you can rent for significantly less than carrying cost of mortgage/maintenance on your own condo. Plus why invest in real estate (highly uncertain and perhaps going nowhere in near future) vs. invest
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1. Can you contract out any elements of consulting work to others to free up time? Perhaps some of the lower-value work? You'll make the spread b/w the rate you get and what you pay them. You'll profit less but gain incremental hours fo
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by asanwal 16y ago
A thought but perhaps a well-crafted Kickstarter campaign could be an option? It wouldn't be people 'buying' into your business but they might be inclined to help given the less than ideal situation. Good luck.
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Here's a terribly unscientific idea since you have an idea of total potential market. Look at ratio of assets in value mutual funds to all other mutual funds. Might give a sense for size of the "value" market.
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Interesting viewpoint Elad. A few points/considerations: Building equity valuable companies is way tougher and much riskier. Your examples of Google, Facebook, Twitter are all rare. And for every Goog, Twitter, FB, there are many carcass
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by asanwal 16y ago
If you are doing the startup thing, it may be worthwhile keeping your financial obligations/footprint to a minimum. You can always downsize a rental, but a mortgage is not so easy to exit. Plus, that mortgage downpayment might be better in
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Here are some general ideas (applicable to any space) and then some thoughts specific to your domain/sector of investment. General ideas to help sizing efforts in any market: - Are there any public market comparables? If yes, their P&
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87% of VC-backed founders are White; Asian teams raise most funding(cbinsights.com)
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Yes indeed. Internet investments hit a five quarter high. And eCommerce looks to be on track to hit the highest level since 1999-2000 which is no small feat. Social commerce companies increasingly hot within ecommerce. Within internet,
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by asanwal 16y ago
Just a tip to the poster but it seems like his name is misspelled in the Google ad. Good luck.
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VC is just about Cali, Mass and NY? Take 70% of Q2 2010 funding.(cbinsights.com)
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A few we use for a variety of things are. Mailchimp Google Apps SurveyMonkey
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Seed is the New Series A(cbinsights.com)
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Is Groupon's Momentum Going to Turn Chicago into a VC Hub?(cbinsights.com)
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SoCal Venture Activity Trumps New York and Rivals Massachusetts(cbinsights.com)
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Has VC funding reset to a lower, healthier level? ($5.9B in 731 Deals)(cbinsights.com)
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NYC's Hottest Tech Startups (via AM-NY)(chubbybrain.com)
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The iPhone Inspired 2nd Economy: VCs Invest Over $100M in iPhone Startups(chubbybrain.com)
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I Blog, Therefore I Invest? Do Blogging VCs Invest More?(chubbybrain.com)
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by asanwal 17y ago
Aditya - Thanks for the comment. You're right that we did not include acquisitions in the numbers as we were primarily interested in investment into these startups. If there any specific startups based on Twitter that you can point us to, d
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Do VCs & Angels who use Twitter Invest More in Startups?(chubbybrain.com)
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