The Motley Fool

JULY 8, 2024

Securing venture capital means partnering with investors who provide funding in exchange for equity, or shares, in your company. You'll likely give up a portion of your company and some control. Crafting a compelling campaign The key to a successful crowdfunding campaign is engagement. The downside?

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

I can't put up my track record on my blog, which I'd happily do--whether I have any exits (even though it is theoretically public what I've worked on and who might have sold to a company that rhymes with hype) and how the other companies are doing. Raising money for a new fund is harder than raising money for a new company.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Our portfolio company Mirror has been using a “game mechanic” called The Write Race to onboard users to the Mirror service. Mirror is something between a blogging platform, a crowdfunding platform, and a community platform, built for the crypto sector. They call it Token Race.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 3, 2020

My partner Nick blogged about this Kickstarter project yesterday and I immediately backed it. Second Chance Studio is a nonprofit digital media company that trains and employs formerly incarcerated individuals. You can back their Kickstarter project here.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

There I discovered that you blogged extensively, I would say, especially 2009-2015. Elizabeth, is that still true, and what are your reflections on your blogging days? I mean, I get that you were starting somewhere after blogging, but you didn't design games as a kid, it sounds like? Elizabeth Hargrave: That is still true.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 28, 2024

They go up against Bigger Pockets CEO Scott Trench and Dave Meyer, the company's VP of Market Intelligence. Scott's the CEO of BiggerPockets and Dave is the company's VP of market intelligence. You as an investor, as a stock investor, can own pieces of real companies. There pieces of real businesses? Chris Hutchins: Awesome.

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