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The fundraising marketplace has stabilized. Or has it?
Russ Heddleston Contributor Russ is the co-founder and CEO of DocSend. He was previously a product manager at Facebook, where he arrived via the acquisition of his startup Pursuit.com, and has held roles at Dropbox, Greystripe and Trulia. Follow him here: @rheddleston and @docsend More posts by this contributor Now…
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What the last 2 months of fundraising tells us about the future
Russ Heddleston Contributor Russ is the co-founder and CEO of DocSend. He was previously a product manager at Facebook, where he arrived via the acquisition of his startup Pursuit.com, and has held roles at Dropbox, Greystripe and Trulia. Follow him here: @rheddleston and @docsend More posts by this contributor What…
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What motivates innovative entrepreneurs: Money or altruism?
Hala Hanna Contributor Hala Hanna is Managing Director, Community at MIT Solve, a marketplace for social impact innovation. In today’s new world completely engulfed by COVID-19, all sorts of innovations are emerging to help the world overcome this difficult time: 3D printers are cranking out medical supplies; rapid advancements in testing have…
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Is Zoom the next Android or the next BlackBerry?
Gaurav Jain Contributor Gaurav Jain is one of the founders of Afore Capital, a $47 million fund focused on pre-seed. He was also an early product manager for Android. More posts by this contributor The pre-seed diligence framework How To Be A VC Without Any Capital In business, there’s nothing…
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The coronavirus has hastened the post-human era
Mario Gabriele Contributor In the mid-1970s, Professor Fereidoun M. Esfandiary decided to change his name. From then on he would be legally called “FM-2030.” “Conventional names define a person’s past: ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, religion. I am not who I was ten years ago … The name 2030 reflects my conviction…
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Should SaaS founders be raising capital now?
Roger Hurwitz Contributor Roger Hurwitz is a founding partner at Volition Capital. He focuses primarily on investments in software and technology-enabled business services. More posts by this contributor The don’ts of debt for fast-growing startups COVID-19 quickly put the stock market in the ICU, with signs of unprecedented volatility and…
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