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Reflections on 2019: Kelly Perdew, Moonshots Capital

socalTECH

Today, we share the thoughts of Kelly Perdew , the founder and Managing Director of Moonshots Capital (www.moonshotscapital.com). We also had our first exit for Moonshots Capital Fund 1 --Threatcare. Seed activity last quarter continued to trend upward, with 28 companies raising $68M of funding. Since 2010, $6.3B

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Interview with Simon Anderson, DreamHost

socalTECH

We actually have a very big Wordpress user base, because of the work we''ve done with Wordpress, contributing code and integrating them into our platform. We saw early on that the cloud as we know it today--utility services, software, and so on--was an entry point to do that, including with hosting. So, for us, competition is good.

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Meet the Investors & Tech Leaders Judging at Startup Night SXSW 2018

Tech.Co

Also at Startup Night will be 25 diverse and innovative startups showcasing their latest products, competing for prizes including: $1K from LaunchKC , Business Extra Points from American Airlines , and a fast tracked spot to the Startup of the Year semifinals competition at Innovate Celebrate 2018. Joanne Chen, Partner at Foundation Capital.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. “From the invention of the semiconductor to the creation of the Internet, new engines of economic growth have emerged due to public investments that support research, commercialization, and strong supply chains,” the White House wrote. ” Climate resiliency .

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

There are many times when being overly capitalized before you’re ready is a negative. Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). But software companies often take longer to scale top-line revenue than retailers so it takes a while to cover your nut.

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Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup

InfoChachkie

In the case of the US Federal Government, the steps a company must traverse to become approved by the Government Services Administration can take years and cost a small fortune of precious startup capital – time and money most startups simply cannot afford. It is downright criminal to lose a hard-fought sale because of crony capitalism.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

As a startup in this phase you often raise capital, get press, hire staff and everything feels possible. He came to work in our offices at Upfront Ventures as an EIR and immediately began building software to improve how storage was picked up, photographed, scanned and routed to a warehouse. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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