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October 28, 2009
I just came across a great report by Industry Little Hawk entitled the Venture Capital Rebound (pdf). In the report, the authors reach a similar conclusion to Paul Kedrosky (read Paul's great research for the Kauffman Foundation here) -- ...
October 22, 2009
New York Entrepreneur Week - November 16th to 20th
First Round will be attending and Howard Morgan and I will be presenting - I'm on a panel November 18th at 11:30AM. Please support New York Entrepreneurship and sign up! New York Entrepreneur Week | November 16th- 20th, 2009 STAND UP AND COME TOGETHER Carlos Fernandez Chris McCann Nancy Pedot Shervin Pishevar Omar Amanat Steve Mariotti Robin Kent Marc Cenedella ...
October 19, 2009
Nirvana is found in Transparency
If you sense that you do not share a vision or an approach to managing your business, as hard as it is, keep looking for other sources of ...
October 15, 2009
Fred Wilson has a great blog post today entitled The 'We Need to Own' Baloney. In it he discussed the fact that many VC's apply arbitrary ownership thresholds to investments. I couldn't agree with Fred more - but I'd ...
October 11, 2009
Office Hours, Entrepreneurs and Angels in Toronto on 10/15/2009
Attention Toronto area entrepreneurs - we're coming north of the border for the second time for Office Hours - click below to RSVP and we hope to see you there...Office Hours Toronto Espresso Etc 350 Dundas Street West Toronto, ON M5T 1G5, Canada10/15/2009 8:30 AM-10:30 AM EST Also, later that day I'll be on a panel at the Canadian National Angel Summit - and it looks like Dave McClure of ...
What’s the Secret Success of MINT.com? The Real Numbers Behind Aaron Patzer’s Growth Strategy
Aaron Patzer, CEO of MINT.com, dropped by The Funded and Vator.tv's Juice Pitcher tonight to share some secrets of the company's success. (Just in case you don't plug the TechCrunch feed directly into your brain stem: MINT is the wildly successful, soon-to-be-acquired-by-Intuit, #1 personal finance site...and oh yes, full disclosure that First Round Capital is a thrilled investor.) Everyone knows ...
October 2, 2009
In my experience, community spaces succeed or fail based on the membership and the belief of each individual that they are stronger for contributing to the efforts of ...
October 1, 2009
When Josh Kopelman and i started First Round Capital in late 2004, we viewed it as an extension of the investing we had been doing for a while. Nurturing great entrepreneurs and interesting ideas in the new environment, one ...
October 1, 2009
First Round Capital to open NYC office
I believe that as the world has gotten “flatter” over the last decade, it’s created a big opportunity for venture investors who recognized that great entrepreneurs can come up with great ideas in almost any location. Indeed, over the ...