At Vator and Bullpen Capital’s Venture Shift event next week, I’m moderating a panel called “Super angels, micro-VCs, Read More
Venture Shift NYC and the Angel Investing Hall of Fame
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Best Vacation Tip for Small Business Workaholics.
Do you actually go on vacation when you go on vacation? Typically, I don’t. This Thanksgiving week my Read More
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And The Winner Is…….
With so much doom and gloom in the press these days, it’s great to have a fun story Read More
Fred Wilson is a VC at Union Square Ventures, based in NYC. Back when we were doing our Read More
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Assistly’s fundraising lessons before its $50M sale
Hearing VC fundraising experiences from successful companies is always helpful for entrepreneurs still slogging away for investment after Read More
Fred Wilson is a partner at Union Square Ventures in Manhattan. The Wall Street Journal has a story Read More
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This week in Greenstart – Week 3
Greenstart is a cleantech accelerator program providing a fast runway to success for entrepreneurs addressing the energy challenge. Greenstart provides Read More
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Fundraising: from 25 meetings to single term sheet
Maybe it’s the typical, maybe it’s not the typical, or maybe there is no typical, but here it Read More
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15 minutes of fame in 2011
The latest craze in prices of private companies suggest a small group of investors can and are manipulating Read More
Up to this point in the evolution of Silicon Valley investment, legions of hopeful young entrepreneurs emerged from Read More
I’m moderating a panel at the upcoming Venture Shift event, titled “How angels and super angels/micro-cap VC funds Read More
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Reinventing the board meeting – Part 2 of 2
There is nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come Victor Hugo When The Boardroom is Read More
This is the first in a series of posts about financing options for startups. By “financing” I mean Read More
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Bootstrap your startup
I encounter hundreds of entrepreneurs who are looking to raise capital each week. Most of the time, Read More
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Recycling capital
The Gotham Gal and I have been fortunate to accumulate signficant capital over the past fifteen years. And Read More