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Phin Barnes added a new blog post Deep Simplicity: Making banking suck less
BankSimple is a punch the sky mission and we could not be more excited to participate in a great New York syndicate with IA Ventures and Village Ventures as well as the fantastic group of angels supporting this ... 1 hour ago - SneakerHead VC
TechCrunch posted BankSimple Deposits $3.1 Million From First Round, Ron Conway, And Roger Ehrenberg
4 hours ago
@joshk Psyched to announce our investment in @BankSimple along with @infoarbitrage and @mattcharris - http://frc.vc/3Mj #FRC
17 hours ago
@joshk Congrats to @Knewton and @AsterData on being named Technology Pioneers by World Economic Forum http://frc.vc/3Mi #frc
September 1
Rob Hayes checked in at SimpleGeo SF via Foursquare
@ SimpleGeo SF - Board meeting! #frc September 1
Silicon Alley Insider posted Foursquare, SecondMarket, Knewton, And Spotify Honored By World Economic Forum
September 1 about Knewton
PR Web posted Knewton Selected by World Economic Forum as a 2011 Technology Pioneer
September 1 about Knewton
VentureBeat posted First Europe, now Japan: Ad exchange OpenX is expanding fast
September 1 about OpenX
New York Times posted The Race for the Next eBay (featuring Modcloth and One Kings Lane)
September 1 about One Kings Lane
Fox posted Start-Up Seeks To Outflank Google In New Market
September 1 about OpenX
@kentgoldman RT @SimpleGeo We redesigned our website, blog, help site, and identity. What do you think? http://j.mp/9fItCq #frc
August 31
@hlmorgan RT @forbes Two New Rules for Raising Early Stage Capital - Maureen Farrell - Scaling Up - Forbes http://bit.ly/c04xUW #FRC
August 31
Advertising Age posted Rixty Solves Credit Problem for Virtual Goods
August 31 about Rixty
TechCrunch posted TweetUp Now Includes Updates From LinkedIn And Facebook; Changes Name To PostUp
August 30 about PostUp
@kentgoldman Lean chocolate? @ericries joined the @Foodzie board meeting for chocolate tasting and customer development #frc http://yfrog.com/nf2iqbj
August 27
Chris Fralic added a new blog post The Network Behind The Social Network
Here's a fun graphic that shows the network of people and connections that Geoff Cook the CEO of myYearbook put together to build the company. You can read the full story here. ... August 27 - Nothing To Say
@hlmorgan RT @Msuster When it's time to fight, fight.When it's time to compromise,be gracious.Don't confuse the two.Stay zen http://bit.ly/BeZen #FRC
August 26
Kent Goldman checked in at Facebook HQ via Foursquare
@ Facebook HQ - Facebook Developer Garage. #frc August 26
New York Times posted Freshly-Founded Startup GroupMe Raises $850k to Bring Group Chat to Mobile
August 26 about GroupMe
New York Times posted TaskRabbit Gets $850K to Cross Errands Off Your To-Do List
August 26 about Taskrabbit
First Round added GroupMe to their portfolio.
August 26
TechCrunch posted GroupMe, Born At TechCrunch Disrupt, Secures Funding And Launches
August 25 about GroupMe
@ceonyc Announcing First Round’s Investment in GroupMe http://bit.ly/cKcyUX #frc
August 25
Charlie O’Donnell added a new blog post Announcing First Round's Investment in GroupMe
“Private Twitter for small groups” “BBM for every platform” “Reply-all for SMS” I could describe GroupMe in a lot of ways, but “really exciting” would have to be the most accurate one, and we’re very excited to announce it as one of our newest investments at First Round (See the Techcrunch article here).  Personally, I’m incredibly psyched about the scope of the vision and feel very lucky to be ... August 25 - This is going to be BIG
Charlie O’Donnell added a new blog post Announcing First Round'''s Investment in GroupMe
“Private Twitter for small groups” “BBM for every platform” “Reply-all for SMS” I could describe GroupMe in a lot of ways, but “really exciting” would have to be the most accurate one, and we’re very excited to announce it as one of our newest investments at First Round (See the Techcrunch article here).  Personally, I’m incredibly psyched about the scope of the vision and feel very lucky to be ... August 25 - This is going to be BIG
Fortune posted Jelli featured in Fortune Magazine story
August 25 about Jelli
Phin Barnes added a new blog post If two R's is good, three is better. A new SaaS metric: Monthly Recurring Revenue Ramped (MRRR)
Click Equations invention, Monthly Recurring Revenue Ramped, is a great addition to the SaaS ... August 25 - SneakerHead VC
Phin Barnes added a new blog post If two R'''s is good, three is better. A new SaaS metric: Monthly Recurring Revenue Ramped (MRRR)
Click Equations invention, Monthly Recurring Revenue Ramped, is a great addition to the SaaS ... August 25 - SneakerHead VC
ModCloth ranked No. 2 on Inc. annual list
August 25 about ModCloth
First Round Capital posted Philly.com: First Round Capital ranks high in number of deals
August 25
Kent Goldman checked in at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati via Foursquare
@ Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - For Founders Institute. It's my second Demo Day of the day. Doesn't get much more fun than that! #frc August 24
LA Times posted Square hires Keith Rabois, Silicon Valley veteran and investor
August 24 about Square
@joshk Great blog post by @phineasb - “No” hurts. “Maybe” can kill. http://bit.ly/bfW63E #frc
August 24
@ceonyc Guy just knocked on our door on behalf of his son's energy drink company. Tried to help him out w/advice. #whatgoesaroundcomesaround #frc
August 24
@christine OH on why sales training matters: "you're not just selling a product. you're selling a culture and a philosophy." #frc
August 24
Phin Barnes added a new blog post 'No' hurts. 'Maybe' can kill.
In investment decision making, timing is everything for the entrepreneur. "No" hurts. "Maybe" can ... August 24 - SneakerHead VC
Phin Barnes added a new blog post '''No''' hurts. '''Maybe''' can kill.
In investment decision making, timing is everything for the entrepreneur. "No" hurts. "Maybe" can ... August 24 - SneakerHead VC
@ChrisFRC The top ten VC's of 2009/10 by deals done - http://bit.ly/TopTenVCs - #FRC at Number 3
August 24
Mashable posted Score Last-Minute Vacation Rental Deals
August 24 about Packlate
@hlmorgan Community http://redeye.firstround.com/2010/08/community.html Check out our @Firstround community. #FRC
August 23
Josh Kopelman added a new blog post Community
Over the last six years, we have tried to build First Round Capital as a community of entrepreneurs -- not a collection of companies. We've always tried to find ways for our entrepreneurs to benefit from (and help) each ... August 23 - Redeye VC
TechCrunch posted One Kings Lane: Q3 Sales Up 500 Percent
August 23 about One Kings Lane
His Network Funds a Virtual One
August 23 about myYearbook.com
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