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241st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Ann Winblad, Hummer Winblad

Posted on Thursday, Apr 6th 2017

Ann Winblad, Co-founder of Hummer Winblad, is one of the most successful women VCs in our industry, and as I mentioned in my introduction, I have never heard her whining about bias against women. One of the most encouraging things she discussed today is how her firm is sourcing interesting ventures from all over the world, not just Silicon Valley. Mulesoft, one of their hot portfolio companies, had its CEO based in Malta, originally!

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316th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Bryce Roberts, OATV, Indie.vc

Posted on Sunday, Mar 26th 2017

Bryce Roberts, Managing Director, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), and Founder, Indie.vc, discusses the issues with the venture capital financing model, and explored alternatives.

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Seed Investors Have Become Risk Averse And Rightfully So!

Posted on Friday, Dec 23rd 2016

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What Terms Should Entrepreneurs Use for Seed Financing?

Posted on Monday, Nov 7th 2016

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The Seed Capital Gap in India

Posted on Friday, Oct 21st 2016

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316th Roundtable Recording On August 4, 2016: With Bryce Roberts, OATV and Indie.vc

Posted on Friday, Aug 5th 2016

In case you missed it, you can listen to the recording here:

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Roundtable Recap: August 4 – Alternatives to Traditional Venture Capital with Bryce Roberts, Indie VC

Posted on Thursday, Aug 4th 2016

During this week’s roundtable, our guest was Bryce Roberts, Managing Director, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), and Founder, Indie.vc. We discussed the issues with the venture capital financing model, and explored alternatives.

ADDVentures
First up pitching, Alina Shcherbinina from St. Petersburg, Russia, shared ADDventures, an adventure travel planning service. I gave her extensive feedback on the product direction and business model based on my own travel planning experiences.

Vdrink App
Then Sanket Jain from San Francisco pitched Vdrink App, an app for organizing impromptu happy hours for groups of people focused on Indian cities. The concept needs validation.
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310th Roundtable Recording On June 23, 2016: With T.M. Ravi, The Hive

Posted on Friday, Jun 24th 2016

In case you missed it, you can listen to this roundtable here:

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