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by asanwal 13y ago
Ha. Very true. Although, if you look out over the medium-term, NY is making a good case for being a challenger. Massachusetts has really seemingly squandered the advantages it has.
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The next Silicon Valley is probably going to be Silicon Valley(cbinsights.com)
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by asanwal 13y ago
The post on A16Z can be characterized as "talking one's own book" [1] While convenient to cherry-pick MSFT as an example, there was also countless wealth lost in the dot com explosion (Webvan, eToys, Pets.com, etc) Yes going
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by asanwal 13y ago
I'm the founder of a firm that has had investors reach out from time-to-time and some do ask "Are you trying to build a big business or a lifestyle business?" In this context, "lifestyle biz" is absolutely a pejorat
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Companies receiving "party rounds" raise follow-on financing at higher rate(cbinsights.com)
1 points by asanwal 13y ago|0 comments
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by asanwal 13y ago
"The problem comes when a 500MM fund makes a 100k investment." Interestingly, after crunching the data, this is not true. In reality, companies who receive money from a larger, multi-stage fund actually raise follow-on financing at a higher
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Amazon earned over $600 million in ad revenue last year(emarketer.com)
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by asanwal 13y ago
New York, NY - Full-Time, H1B (for US school grads) CB Insights is tracking the health of private companies using public data. We are backed by the Nat'l Science Foundation and profitable with major customers. We're looking for: - Full stac
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The internet's narcissism epidemic(m.theatlantic.com)
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by asanwal 13y ago
When Viddy raised money, it was when folks were jumping on the who will be the "Instagram of video" bandwagon. Socialcam and Viddy appeared to be the front-runners for that, but then certain things got in the way - FB cracked down on both f
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How to permanently bootstrap your startup(venturebeat.com)
4 points by asanwal 13y ago|1 comments
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Startup Offers to Lay Off Entire Staff in Name of Software Revolution(wired.com)
3 points by asanwal 13y ago|1 comments
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by asanwal 13y ago
New York, NY - CB Insights (Full-time, H1B) CB Insights is working on assessing the health of private companies using public data. We are National Science Foundation-backed but are otherwise proud to be bootstrapped, growing quickly and pro
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by asanwal 13y ago
These VCs clearly invest in entrepreneurs who are trying to change the world.
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Did Vinod Khosla use the Boston tragedy to promote a portfolio company?(pandodaily.com)
3 points by asanwal 13y ago|0 comments
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What happens when your startup gets debunked by science?(fastcompany.com)
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by asanwal 14y ago
We started a company called ChubbyBrain (CB is our tribute to that). 0% of our data is from crunch. In terms of where it comes from: 80% of our data comes via software we've built to parse news, SEC, investor, corporate websites (we crawl
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by asanwal 14y ago
Yes -- there are many Zombie VCs. And glad to see Danielle doing this stuff but you have to be careful in drawing these conclusions. First, many funds don't do Series A's. That is their strategy. At the top of the spreadsheet are several
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by asanwal 14y ago
We're waiting for Stripe to integrate Bitcoin and then we will. Until then, we are happy to take the more old-school American dollar :)
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by asanwal 14y ago
Hi - Anand from CB Insights here. Couple of clarifications/answers based on comments below: 1. We look at cash-on-hand along with scores from a technology we've built called Mosaic which looks for signals of strength or stress at private c
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by asanwal 14y ago
edit: Dec 2012 was the worst month for VC investment since August 2012 page 10 of this report -- https://www.cbinsights.com/reports/Q4%202012%20Venture%20Cap... Picking any month or quarter as suggestive of a trend is generally not going
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by asanwal 14y ago
TradeVibes tried this many years ago (their assets were ultimately acquired by VentureBeat) so as a side project for fun, maybe. As a viable business, not so much. The problems with this type of "exchange" are as follows: - There is little
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When is it ok to bash a founder?(linkedin.com)
1 points by asanwal 14y ago|0 comments
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by asanwal 14y ago
The problem is most networking is rudderless. The "networker" often doesn't have a plan or agenda and isn't thinking about what's in it for the other person. Also, networking is an activity vs. progress trap, i.e., networking can feel like
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by asanwal 14y ago
Also found the list interesting and thought there was an opportunity to dive into those companies to look for commonalities in their business model, strategy, technology stack, UI/UX, etc etc. While there is no secret formula or nor was one
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by asanwal 14y ago
The article starts with some interesting data but instead of analyzing the data to identify tangible, shared characteristics of $1B exits, it devolves into a generalized, vacuous argument that boils down to (1) be in it for the long-haul, (
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by asanwal 14y ago
CB ( http://www.cbinsights.com ) - New York, NY NSF-backed tech firm assessing the health of private companies using public data. Hiring full stack developer, inside sales, machine learning, and tech industry analyst. Jobs here - http://w
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by asanwal 14y ago
We're a startup and have hired 2 (and soon to be 3) folks on H1B visas. These were folks who got their Masters degrees here, who are brilliant and who'd have otherwise left. While I don't dispute that there are holes in the program and abus
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Transcript - the keys to Andreessen Horowitz's success(tech.fortune.cnn.com)
5 points by asanwal 14y ago|0 comments
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Chubby Checker sues Wang measuring app for $500 million(techdirt.com)
7 points by asanwal 14y ago|0 comments

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