Tag: entrepreneurship
My big jump: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy’s CEO journey
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy Contributor Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist, a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.…
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Extra Crunch roundup: 3 lies VCs tell, betting big on Kubernetes, NYC’s enterprise boom
Although older adults are one of the fastest-growing demographics, they’re quite underserved when it comes to consumer tech. The global population of people older than 65 will reach 1.5 billion by 2050, and members of this cohort — who are leading longer, active lives — have plenty of money to…
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‘The tortoise and the hare’ story is playing out right now in VC
Marc Schröder Contributor Marc is the managing partner of MGV, focusing on working with world-class entrepreneurs in tech. The unprecedented liquidity that has entered the venture market in the past year has spurred several trends that require VCs to adapt to a more competitive environment where startup founders have far…
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3 lies VCs tell ourselves about startup valuations
Scott Lenet Contributor More posts by this contributor Is there a creed in venture capital? Analyzing the spectrum of corporate innovation from R&D to VC I’m frequently asked by journalists whether I think venture capital valuations are too high in the current environment. Because the average venture capital fund returns…
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How one founder bucked the data-driven trend and created a startup based on inspiration
When Oleg Stavitsky and his co-founders started Endel, they didn’t necessarily expect for it to become a venture-backed business with the likes of Amazon’s Alexa Fund as investors. Stavitsky and his founding team describe themselves as a “collective of imaginative creatives and artists,” and the group had previously developed a…
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Stage 2 Capital launches $80M Fund II targeting B2B software startups
Boston go-to-market venture capital firm Stage 2 Capital kicks off its second fund with plans to invest $80 million into B2B software companies. The firm’s approach combines venture capital expertise with a diverse community of over 250 limited partners and go-to-market experts who work with portfolio companies to accelerate revenue…
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