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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Note: I led First Round's investment in Docracy in 2011, but I do not have any financial ties to the company and will not benefit or suffer, other than emotionally, based on the outcome of that investment. It used to be that only Microsoft and other big companies had the resources to build operating systems and office suites.

Companies 144

Companies Legal Best Practices Startups 144

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JULY 21, 2014

Plus, the startup world is littered with companies that grew exponentially without becoming successful--Fab, Turntable, Dailybooth, etc. Marketing problems, for the most part, are solvable by a very distinct set of best practices. Do you not know how to market this company? How does your sales support staff change?

Startups 156

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Stakes 156

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AUGUST 22, 2012

You have a million things to get done at your startup, yet you only have a handful of people to do them. What is the Minimum Viable Team, if you will, for a startup? I can break down all the things a startup needs to do into three ideal people. Now we’re down to nine core business functions on a small startup team.

Startups 160

Startups Financing Finance Best Practices 160

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MARCH 19, 2012

To me, there are a couple of basic reasons: 1) If nothing else, it's geographically closer to more startups than midtown firms like RRE, Greycroft, and Firstmark.so, *why not* put my office here? Eighty percent of Etsy's employees live in Brooklyn and I'd venture to say that half the startup community in general lives here.

Startups 129

Startups Best Practices Law Firms Funds 129

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MAY 29, 2012

History has shown that newly creates wealth shops the startup scene like a kid in a candy store. Then they realize that some of these companies will hit a wall, demand a lot of time, and that it's all fun and games until someone gets an eye poked out--or so the saying goes. Do you help adtech startups get traction with brands?

Angel Investors 133

Angel Investors Startups Investors Mutual Funds 133

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MARCH 13, 2010

Many entrepreneurs turned VCs wind up going back, but to start out on the investment side and then successfully launch a company seems to happen much less frequently. 3) VCs plan out the future of a company and what it needs —and are basically willing to support it if you continue to execute.

Startups 128

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Financing 128

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MARCH 5, 2014

Another case in point, Spark Capital just hired Kate Bolin --someone that had been interviewed at a portfolio company of theirs that had made a good enough impression that they labeled her as someone to stay in touch with. And no, analyzing startups is not a portfolio company benefit. That''s a benefit to the VC firm.

Venture Capital 121

Venture Capital Capital Startups Consulting 121

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MARCH 1, 2013

In a world where startups can pick up 750k in from just a couple of seed funds, or crowdsource a bunch of angels sight unseen, what's the role of an angel group? When you speak for a lot of smart dollars, you can help ensure best practices. 3) A Network of Company Assistance. What does your group do for its companies?

Angel Investors 146

Angel Investors Startups Best Practices Stakes 146

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APRIL 18, 2014

Is it me, or are the top CTOs in NYC much more of a startup household name than the folks at the top of the sales organizations? The number of tools available to sales groups has skyrocketed--so keeping up with best practices seems more of a challenge than over. Who are the top sales leaders in NYC? So where are they?

Best Practices 125

Best Practices Venture Capital Startups Leveraging 125

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Let’s face it: Sales are the bastard stepchild of the startup world. about a New York company called Salescrunch that we funded. Helping companies make money just isn’t a very interesting goal for a startup these days. The market is clamoring for a company like this and we’re super psyched to be a part of it.

Best Practices 108

Best Practices Startups Pension Funds Investing 108

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JULY 16, 2014

Third , I try to help my teams be the best company managers they can be--because ultimately, no matter how much help I can be, it''s up to them to do most of the heavy lifting. I''m learning everyday and I count on founders to be the ones that bring the best insight into the problems they face in their industry.

Venture Capital 162

Venture Capital Best Practices Startups Capital 162

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

I run into a lot of people trying to switch careers and join a startup. One of the inspirations behind the company I started in the career development space was a conversation I had with a Fordham student. Just start looking for blog posts on "10 SEO tips for startups" or "How to write a marketing survey".

Startups 146

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Consulting 146

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APRIL 6, 2015

Turns out that not only is he real, but he''s one of the most genuine, thoughtful, and egoless people I''ve met in the startup world--a real breath of fresh air. Blogging is a great place to find best practices and I feel fortunate that I have a network where I can go straight to the source and talk to people 1:1.

Best Practices 156

Best Practices Startups Funds Financing 156

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

In fact, I think people get way too caught up--especially in the startup world--in the idea that you have to live your life and run your business a certain way. A lot of entrepreneurs and startup folks aren't living and working as if there's an abundance of resources out there to help them.

Startups 137

Startups Angel Investors Best Practices Capital 137

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

On Friday, Matt Blumberg from Return Path came to talk to a group of First Round portfolio companies on scaling your organization from a management perspective. Many of our companies are at the stage where they have only one person, if any, in each functional area—and many areas are probably being covered by someone else.

Startups 108

Startups Best Practices Returns Companies 108

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AUGUST 20, 2012

Find people who seem to know what they're doing--whose companies have acheived success. One of the best ways to improve how you spend your time is coming up with a routine. Be a continuous learner--take classes, and read books and your profession and best practices. The solution? Start asking a lot of questions.

Best Practices 163

Best Practices Startups Consulting Consultants 163

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Once with Docracy, once with a super cool company launching in the first quarter of 2013.). In fact, one could say that the sagging stock price of Facebook and stories about lack of VC funding for consumer startups represents , in one microcosm, the story of Web 2.0: Need to find a collaborator?

Best Practices 149

Best Practices Startups Funds Companies 149

Insight Partners

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In the six months since that article came out, we have monitored actual agentic deployments across companies, noticing the differences in use case complexity, the tradeoff of buying function-specific Agents versus building custom agentic workflows, and the variety in how value is measured and attributed.

Startups 116

Startups Leveraging Consulting Consultants 116

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

I believe that the next generation of top companies are far more likely to be founded by people not on VC radars today. You passed on investing in my company but you still made an investment in my leadership and I'm deeply appreciative.” I generally accept any invite to speak or answer questions in front of a public group that I get.

Venture Capital 101

Venture Capital Accredited Investors Capital Best Practices 101

Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Across 27 cities, we discover the most driven founders, enabling them to launch and scale companies, addressing pressing challenges. With a diverse ecosystem of 8,000+ founders, and 950+ portfolio companies spanning 30 industries, we markedly impact the startup landscape.

Venture Capital 95

Venture Capital Due Diligence Capital Startups 95

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APRIL 11, 2011

That's why, after taking a lot of meetings lately with business development and corporate development types looking to meet with startups, I find it so surprising that the efforts of these departments within big companies are so hidden. Those are the types of partners--media companies, publishers, etc.

Best Practices 111

Best Practices Bidding Startups Capital 111

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DECEMBER 23, 2011

The entrepreneurs in New York City didn't learn how to run companies from their long histories at Amazon or Google--they learned from each other. That's because investors who are fully engaged in the business of investing in startups on a fulltime bases are information brokers.

Best Practices 100

Best Practices Startups Education Stakes 100

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APRIL 11, 2010

produced by community members that there’s hardly any reason to pay other than a token amount for in person innovation and startup related content. Let’s bring our $5 footlongs to one of the many open spaces that companies and institutions like Sun, Aol, CRESA, NYU/Poly, and Microsoft have been donating to the community for free.

Startups 68

Startups Venture Capital Best Practices Capital 68

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

We throw around the word "crazy" but in all seriousness, mental health is something that doesn''t get much discussion in the startup world. The more mental defenses and best practices you built up, the easier it will be to survive the journey over the long haul. That includes mentally. Your brain lives in your body.

Venture Capital 158

Venture Capital Best Practices Startups Capital 158

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 1, 2019

However, the methodology in that blog post remains sound and is used by many startup companies. Yesterday, Matt Cooper , the CEO of our portfolio company Skillshare , published a very detailed blog post on how Skillshare uses that methodology in their employee equity program.

Startups 31

Startups Best Practices Portfolios Companies 31

Insight Partners

JANUARY 3, 2024

Drawing on Insight Partners’ experience working with AI startups since 2014 — with $4 billion invested in the sector so far — Managing Director Lonne Jaffe discusses artificial intelligence-related lessons learned, and best practices brought to life, including the importance of explainability and the promise of next-gen MLOps stacks.

Startups 52

Startups Leveraging Best Practices Legal 52

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Where there used to be the same crews of people attending the NY Tech Meetup every month, there is now 5 tech oriented Meetups a night on specific things like cryptocurrencies, ecommerce conversion best practices, and Clojure. 2) The larger companies outgrew the community. Y ou can't just swing by Tom and Jerry's anymore.

Best Practices 75

Best Practices Startups Capital Funds 75

Insight Partners

MARCH 20, 2024

They know all of the necessary parts (product, sales, marketing, customer success, HR, finance, IT, etc), and they have a vision of what their company will become, but without that step-by-step guide, their dream may not be nearly as successful as their vision. If any element of the framework is unstable, it impacts all of the other elements.

Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Mergers and Acquisitions Best Practices Startups Taxes 52

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Until you IPO, feeling like you’re good may just depend on what part of the fundraising cycle you’re taking a snapshot of your companies in. You have the preparation and the best practices. You're asked to participate in lectures and events at top tier academic institutions known for entrepreneurship and startups.

Startups 97

Startups Best Practices Deal Flow Venture Capital 97

Insight Partners

JUNE 16, 2023

Hiring executives is both exciting and anxiety-inducing for many startup founders. That’s because there are many factors that are influencing the executive search landscape, including shifts in what startups are looking for in their new executives, as well as changes in what potential executive hires want from their new employer.

Startups 52

Startups Prospects Best Practices Accounting 52

Insight Partners

OCTOBER 20, 2023

They know all of the necessary parts (product, sales, marketing, customer success, HR, finance, IT, etc), and they have a vision of what their company will become, but without that step-by-step guide, their dream may not be nearly as successful as their vision. If any element of the framework is unstable, it impacts all of the other elements.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Startups Taxes Financing 52

Insight Partners

JULY 23, 2024

The IGNITE network’s value is derived from its position at the center of the software ecosystem, bringing together innovative founders from Insight’s portfolio of software startup and ScaleUp companies with corporate executives setting technology strategies within Global 2000 companies.

Startups 52

Startups Leveraging Best Practices Prospects 52

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

When I started leading deals at First Round Capital, I sourced investments in 8 companies. We started talking about cycling and electronic shifters (which I definitely couldn’t afford) when he mentioned this new company. I don’t really have a particular goal with this post. I’m just sharing. Honestly, I hate fundraising.

Funds 147

Funds Best Practices Deal Flow Startups 147

Insight Partners

DECEMBER 28, 2023

A CEO peer network While Insight expanded our portfolio with 29 new investments, we continued to support the growth of 500+ active portfolio companies through Onsite’s advisory and 100+ events. The experiences of other portfolio companies and portfolio company executives may differ from the experiences presented.

Portfolios 52

Portfolios Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Best Practices 52

Insight Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Biewald ran the company for more than a decade, rebranding it as Figure Eight and selling it to Appen in March 2019 for $300M. I got really excited about building a company that would help behind the scenes in making stuff reliable,” he says. The startup was hostage to fortune based on OpenAI’s success.

Startups 52

Startups Best Practices Financing Finance 52

Insight Partners

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

We see immense synergy between the companies’ solutions and teams, and with the support of Comply365, we are poised to deliver even greater value and more innovative products to our combined customers.” Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO.

Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Best Practices 52

Insight Partners

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Rattle’s intuitive business approach is rooted in cofounder and CEO Sahil Aggarwal’s decade-long journey before launching the company in 2020. Aggarwal became a senior product manager at VC-backed firm Gigster and simultaneously started his own product development company for early-stage Indian startups called WinTerrain.

Consulting 52

Consulting Consultants Best Practices Startups 52