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Investment perspectives, market analysis, and growth playbooks from 30 years of backing Founders. What we've learned, what we're seeing, and what actually works.
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The intimate power of a good content strategy with Shahruz Shaukat (Super Deluxe)
Content Marketing is an increasingly common part of our marketing toolset. The promise of millions of eyeballs coming to your website, through...
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A VC explains the one thing you should know about VCs: their Investment Thesis with Rory O'Driscoll (Scale Venture Partners)
What do VCs look for? It’s not uncommon in Silicon Valley to see equally smart firms, equipped with the same information, picking very different...
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Enterprise is Eating the Software World with Ed Anuff (Apigee / Google)
Have you noticed how many venture-backed software companies seem to be focusing on B2B these days, instead of say, consumer apps, or developer...
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Security for Startups in the Age of the Weekly Leak with Tony Gauda (ThinAir)
As leaks & hacks mount, security remains an elusive state for startups. And as Tech moves more of our life online, the startups that facilitate...
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3 Mistakes (almost) Every Startup Makes when they Grow
Tim Anglade, Executive in Residence at Scale Venture Partners: What was it called, portfolio operations?
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What a Seed Investor Looks For with Mike Miller (Liquid 2 Ventures)
Mike Miller is a Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures, a seed-stage firm started by hall of fame quarterback Joe Montana. They specialize in early-stage...
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Thinking Bigger / Thinking Smaller with Justin Kan (Twitch/YC)
The Twitch Founder & YC Partner welcomes us in his house, and opens up about how he had to think bigger — and sometimes think smaller — on the way...
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Founding, Leaving, Leading your Company with Dave Finocchio (Bleacher Report)
The founder of Bleacher Report (200M MAU, 2nd biggest sports website in the US), has a very candid conversation about why he and his co-founders...
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Hiring for Inclusion & Diversity with Sarah Nahm
The Founder & CEO of Lever goes beyond the tropes of gender diversity, to talk about Lever’s fight to get to 50% female employees...
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Top Tips for Startup Recruiting
Guest Author, Leela Srinivasan, CMO at Lever, shares the inside scoop for recruiting on startup budget
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Virtual Reality: Ready for Prime Time? Or Gamers Only?
Will 2017 be the year VR adoption goes all the way?
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