Selling or Funding A Startup? Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence
February 28, 2012
The following is a guest post from Karl Treier. Karl is a serial entrepreneur, currently with ProspectStream and SaaS Capital. He currently blogs at The Alien Entrepreneur. Be Better…
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Why Venture Capitalists Invest In Pigs, Not Chickens
September 8, 2011
The following is a guest post from Jeff Bussgang. Jeff is a serial entrepreneur and currently a general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, a Boston-area early-stage venture…
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Raising Money On AngelList: 21 Tips From Two Active Angels
August 10, 2011
The following is the result of a collaboration between Ty Danco and Dharmesh Shah. Ty is an angel investor and startup mentor (you should be reading his blog). Dharmesh is founder and…
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The Benefits Of The Perfect Independent Board Member
August 9, 2011
The following is a guest post from Brian Halligan, CEO of HubSpot. When we were first starting HubSpot, we identified the perfect candidate for an outside board member: Gail Goodman,…
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13 Ways To Pull Off A Killer Demo Day Presentation
April 25, 2011
There are over a hundred seed accelerators in the world and many more are popping up every year. In New York City, there are going to be 6 more this summer on top of TechStars NYC.…
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Some Surprising Reasons Why Sequoia Wins At The VC Game
March 11, 2011
The following is a guest post by Brian Halligan, my co-founder at HubSpot. It's not usually his style to lavish such gushing praise. As many of you know by now, HubSpot just closed…
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Insights On SaaS From The $32 million HubSpot Mega-VC Round
March 8, 2011
Today’s big news is that my company HubSpot announced a major new round of venture financing. Details can be found in the non-clever, but descriptively titled “Sequoia, Google…
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Cash Connections: Who Invested In Social Media [infographic]
November 22, 2010
This infographic was created by our friends at CreditLoan. Thanks also to our friends at TechCrunch for creating the fantastic resource CrunchBase. It's one of those ideas I'd wish I…
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Chumps vs. Checks: Handling The Venture Capitalist Cold Call
November 8, 2010
The following is a guest post from Healy Jones. Healy is the Head of Marketing for OfficeDrop, a company that offers small businesses in paper intensive industries cloud scanning…
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5 Tips On VC Alignment: Discuss The Exit Before You Enter
April 29, 2010
The following is a guest post from Jeff Bussgang. Jeff is a serial entrepreneur and currently a general partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, a Boston-area early-stage venture…
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Y Combinator Finally Gets Some Kick-Butt Competition With Y Permutator
April 1, 2010
I’ve been following Y Combinator for several years and have a (sometimes grudging) admiration for them. The “grudging” comes from the fact that they abandoned Boston and are now…
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