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Free Publicity for your Startup

 
As a startup, the ability to create publicity for your business at minimal to no cost can be invaluable. We've listed below some of the more creative ways that we've seen our portfolio companies and others attract the media.
 

MAJOR CONFERENCES SEEKING STARTUPS TO FEATURE (AT NO CHARGE)
 
Conferences are a great venue for educating influencers Read More...

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On September 9th, 2011

For students interested in venture capital

 
If you are a student anywhere in the world seriously interested in venture capital, angel investing, and/or entrepreneurship, please consider working with us on your research papers.  We're obsessed with research and data, and have a number of research topics we'd love to dig into with the right student partners.
 
If you are highly Read More...

Posted By David Teten Comments Off
On September 6th, 2011

The value of a CFA

 
We took our interns out for dinner last night and one of the topics we discussed was their career planning.  Walking to work today, I saw the woman below at 38th & Broadway.  According to her T-shirt, "I survived the CFA exam." 
 

Posted By David Teten Comments Off
On August 19th, 2011

Ultimate Office for Fitness, Post #2—Photos and Coverage

 
We've received a very positive response to our post about creating a fitness-friendly office.  Daily Burn posted some photos, and we thought some additional ones would be interesting. Our intern Matt Fairbank took the photos below.
 
When visitors enter the office, the first thing they see is our portfolio:
 

 
Though most of the office is set up Read More...

Posted By David Teten 4 Comments »
On July 27th, 2011

New VC/Tech Meetup for Parents of Pre-Teen Kids

 
ff Venture Capital is launching a periodic Meetup for people who work in the innovation community and who are parents of pre-teen children. Our Venture Partner Michael Yavonditte (father of a 2-year-old) and I (girls ages 6, almost 4, and 8 months) are leading this. We envision organizing activities that our kids, partners, and we Read More...

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On July 21st, 2011
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