Blog Archives for the tag VC

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New European VC, Connect Ventures, Raises 16 Million Euros

Entrepreneurs in Europe often lament the lack of venture capital flowing into early-stage businesses in these parts, and it’s true that access to smart seed money leaves much to be…

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Apptualizate is Putting Mexico City on the Tech Map

I’m here in Mexico City representing The Next Web at an event called Apptualizate, where I’ll be speaking about Internet culture and entrepreneurship tomorrow. I’ve never been to Mexico City,…

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Yuri MIlner Explains DST Investment Strategy [video]

With many suggesting that Facebook could go public as early as Monday of next week, people are already starting to look ahead at what the next hot things will be…

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Ron Conway Discusses Characteristics of an Entrepreneur

While Mark Zuckerberg and Ashton Kutcher may have been the most “famous” guests at Startup School 2011, the best talk at the conference had to be Ron Conway‘s. Not only…

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Dana Mead From KPCB On Understanding Venture Capital

From time to time I come by videos of talks that VC’s or entrepreneurs have done, and they’re absolute boring snoozefests. Although, once in a while I find a true…

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Ben Horowitz Discusses Starting A Tech Company

Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz and has invested in Twitter, Skype, and Facebook, among other top companies. In a 2009 talk, here’s what he has…

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The future of education is technology

Last night, I attended a gathering of some of the smartest technology minds focusing on Education for grades K-12. I didn’t know what to expect, other than Newark Mayor Cory…

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Doing business at The Next Web Conference; Investors meet Europe's most talented Startups

One of the main drivers of attending any conference are the people that are attending. Meeting someone face-to-face makes a big difference and a conference helps you to meet many…

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Personal Finance Startup Yunoo raises around €1 million in Funding

Yunoo, the public choice winner of The Next Web Startup Rally 2009 raised more than 1 million euros a significant amount in series A today from Sanoma Digital Netherlands (a…