The Motley Fool
JULY 8, 2024
Crowdfunding: Power to the people Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and GoFundMe have opened up new avenues for business funding driven by the very people who are your potential customers. Crafting a compelling campaign The key to a successful crowdfunding campaign is engagement.
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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. But crowdfunding investments in startups is the answer to all our worries in life, right?
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Mirror is something between a blogging platform, a crowdfunding platform, and a community platform, built for the crypto sector. I earned a $WRITE token a while ago and now publish a mirror image of this blog on Mirror. Mirror is built on decentralized protocols and is a web3 version of all of those things and more.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MARCH 1, 2022
I blogged about it here and AVC readers were generous with their support. My friend Alex Iskold ran the 1K project during the pandemic to help families that were struggling with lost jobs/income, etc. Alex came to the US from Ukraine many years ago, but he has many friends and family members there.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 30, 2021
I thought I’d blog about one of the projects we backed today. One of the many things I love about Kickstarter is when a friend backs a project, I am alerted. My friend Kirk went on a binge yesterday and backed a half dozen photo book projects and I followed him on that binge. NYC is many things, and one of them is a beach town.
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
DECEMBER 3, 2021
It’s embedded below on the blog but if you are reading this on email, click here and watch it. The Nest interface is simple, intuitive, and works wonderfully. Also, the video is fantastic. More like a movie trailer than a promotional video. USV TEAM POSTS:
A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
APRIL 2, 2021
I wrote a blog post last fall asking for advice for headphones that don’t go into my ear and allow me to hear ambient noise around me. I got a ton of responses and that led me to bone-conducting headphones. I have been using AfterShokz bone conducting headphones for the last six months and they work well.
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