Year: 2020

  • 2020: The Year that Contained Multitudes

    This post is by jlk from The Barefoot VC There were days this past year that felt like decades, and days that flew by. I can’t quite remember another year of my life that was filled with so much grief and sadness but also hope. Hope for a future that will be better than the…

  • What Happened In 2020

    This post is by Fred Wilson from VC & Technology – AVC It is my tradition to end the year looking back and start the year looking forward. So today, I will write about 2020 in the context of tech/startups/VC/crypto. While it is inarguably the case that 2020 was a terrible year with a global…

  • Investor Stories 173: Strange & Unusual (Casnocha, Bannister, Basu Trivedi, Abbasi)

    This post is by Nick Moran from The Full Ratchet: VC | Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startup Investing | Fundraising | Crowdfunding | Pitch | Private Equity | Business Loans On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ben Casnocha Janet Bannister Nikhil Basu Trivedi Farooq Abbasi Each…

  • Investor Stories 173: Strange & Unusual (Casnocha, Bannister, Basu Trivedi, Abbasi)

    On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ben Casnocha Janet Bannister Nikhil Basu Trivedi Farooq Abbasi Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they’ve encountered as an investor.

  • A Dazzling Metaphor for Product-Market Fit

    This post is by hypermark from The Network Garden – Mark Sigal’s Blog When our team confuses functionality with specific tangible outcomes that our clients actually understand how it benefits them, I say, "You know, it's for kids." Internally, this has become known as a reference to the Hula Hoop scene in Coen Brothers movie…

  • A Dazzling Metaphor for Product-Market Fit

    This post is by hypermark from The Network Garden – Mark Sigal’s Blog When our team confuses functionality with specific tangible outcomes that our clients actually understand how it benefits them, I say, "You know, it's for kids." Internally, this has become known as a reference to the Hula Hoop scene in Coen Brothers movie…

  • What I Learned from 500 Educators – Build Back Better Summit – Results

    With the theme “Build Back Better” Jerry Engel, Pete Newell, Steve Weinstein and I co-hosted nearly 500 Lean Educators from 63 countries and 235 universities online for a three-hour session to share what we’ve learned about educators on how we can help our communities rebound, adjust, and recover. We got insights from each other about…

  • Replay — The Self-Made Engineer, Angel, and Venture Capitalist (Cyan Banister)

    This post is by Nick Moran from The Full Ratchet: VC | Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startup Investing | Fundraising | Crowdfunding | Pitch | Private Equity | Business Loans Guest Update: When the episode was recorded in 2019, Cyan was a partner at Founders Fund. Currently, Cyan is a partner at Long…

  • Replay — The Self-Made Engineer, Angel, and Venture Capitalist (Cyan Banister)

    Guest Update: When the episode was recorded in 2019, Cyan was a partner at Founders Fund. Currently, Cyan is a partner at Long Journey Ventures.  In this special replay of episode 180, Cyan Banister of Long Journey Ventures joins Nick to discuss the …

  • Brexit deal: What Start-ups Need to Know

    This post is by Philippe Botteri from Cracking The Code On 23 June 2016, despite the betting odds being largely in favour of “Stay”, the UK decided to leave the European Union. Four and half years later, we finally know what this means – or at least have a guiding framework as several items still…