From the Investors Josh Elman of Greylock Partners and Paul Berry of RebelMouse dive into how media products create ‘front doors’ and the three audiences for any online property in… Read Full Article
Today, Acceleprise SF, will host their Cohort 2 Demo Day. Acceleprise is a 4 month SaaS accelerator program that provides early stage B2B companies access to funding, office space, world class mentors… Read Full Article
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Just recently, 12 startups graduated from the 6th Techstars NYC batch. The companies made up Techstars most tech-focused and international group ever. At Mattermark, we’ve tracked the startups with our business… Read Full Article
From Mattermark Samiur Rahman of Mattermark elaborates on Mattermark’s vision and summarizes the Engineering work behind it, promising more as he launches the Mattermark Engineering blog in “Mattermark Engineering: The Path… Read Full Article
We’ve been doing some fantastic, sometimes cutting edge, engineering work at Mattermark. However, whenever I give talks about what we’re doing at Mattermark, I always seem to have the same… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jason Lemkin of Storm Ventures reveals, ‘it’s really, really hard to raise a new fund and break into the industry’ and five more insights in “So We… Read Full Article
We analyzed 500 Startups’ Batch 12 portfolio, and ranked the top 10 based on our Growth Score in “Top 10 500 Startups Batch 12 Demo Day Startups – Sorted By The… Read Full Article
Today, 500 Startups Mountain View, hosted their Demo Day for Batch 12 (Winter 2015). 33 companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel Investors and decision… Read Full Article
From the Investors Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz shares his views on VC, startups, and the future – in detail – with Tad Friend of The New Yorker in “Tomorrow’s… Read Full Article
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From the Investors Connie Loizos of Strictly VC and Barry Kramer of Fenwick & Westdiscuss the terms behind the 37 U.S.-based companies that raised money at $1 billion+ in the… Read Full Article
What a day. On May 6th, 2015, the high watermark for this era was set. In just 24 hours, 17 Startups announced $1,401,700,000 in venture capital funding raised. Let that sink… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bill Maris of Google Ventures adds context to recent his comments in a New York Times article about Secret shutting down and how the founders sold shares… Read Full Article
From the Investors Angel Investor Andrew Chen calls for an end of the term ‘unicorn’ and urges founders to build long-lasting companies ‘where wealth creation is a side effect of… Read Full Article
You might miss out on all the fastest growing tech companies. It’s that simple. If you wait until news of a startup’s success is public, it’s just too late. Many of our… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Teten of ff Venture Capital presents his slideshow of research on the ways large corporations can identify the ‘next generation of disruptive companies’ in “How Large… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article
On May 5th and 6th, Downtown Las Vegas will be home to the 2015 Collision technology conference. The event brings together some of the biggest entrepreneurs and investors in the… Read Full Article
From the Investors Christoph Janz of Point Nine Capital outlines – in detail – the top six data points he recommends founders have prepared before raising a Series A or… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jessica Livingston of Y Combinator guides founders around the traps she has observed they fall into ‘soon after fundraising’ in “Subtle Mid-Stage Startup Pitfalls” Kevin Colleran and… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sam Altman of Y Combinator offers 36 pieces of advice he’s learned over time in “The Days Are Long But The Decades Are Short” Rob Go of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Glenn Solomon of GGV Capital advises founders to raise cash when possible, but to have a plan to ‘live off the current round if the market turns… Read Full Article
How did you feel when you walked into your office this morning? It’s probably not something you took note of. Think about it the next time you’re walking in. If… Read Full Article