By William Hsu The annual Forbes Midas list just came out. Which reminded me that I put together the following data for last years list for a blog post I planned for a while. Not having the time, I thought I just share the raw data for those interested. Data compiled via https://www.forbes.com/midas
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Mucker portfolio company Everipedia, the “encyclopedia of everything,” announced today that it is creating the world’s first encyclopedia on the blockchain, and that Wikipedia co-founder Dr. Larry Sanger has joined the company’s executive team as Chief Information Officer. Dr. Sanger joins the company as a key member of an effort to build a new, decentralized
by Erik Rannala Real innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum, a lesson that the famed inventor Thomas Edison understood better than most. Throughout his life, Edison revealed that great ideas come alive thanks to the proper mix of setting, timing, mindset, and luck. And so it was on the night of July 18th, 1877, during
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Guest post by Gaurav Bhattacharya, CEO and co-founder at Involve. “Culture” is a set of norms and beliefs commonly shared by a group of people that give them a sense of belonging. We humans are social creatures. The sense of community is what makes us thrive. Why should the startup culture environment be any different?
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In this episode of Mucker Academy, cloud software executive Jim Howard sits down with the MuckerLab accelerator to share his 15+ years of experience in developing and selling products and services to the enterprise. A leader in SaaS, with expertise in product, operational management, sales management, and digital marketing strategy, Jim’s talk below is absolutely
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by William Hsu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Mucker VCs say a lot of cryptic stuff when we pass on an investment – partially because it make us appear smart, but mostly because we simply don’t want to be assholes. So, we try as hard as we can to not simply say “no,” when we
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LA has rapidly become the venue of choice for many Chinese investors seeking opportunities in media and technology. They are seeing exactly what I saw when I began to spend time here a few years ago before moving here permanently in 2014. I thought it might be best to share some of my own perspectives
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This is the second in our Mucker Academy video series, where we invite leaders from the tech community to speak with MuckerLab companies. You can find the first video here. Kevin Diamond is CTO at The Black Tux, a Mucker portfolio company that’s reinventing the tuxedo industry. Kevin spoke about his early days as co-founder
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Key lessons for young managers who lead a team We’ve all seen our share of “How to Manage Millennials” posts, with older, “wiser” executives complaining about how hard it is to motivate this generation blah, blah, blah. I see far fewer posts directed at talented millennials who are already managers themselves. So that we don’t
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Following the inevitable ups and downs of the VC investment cycle, and what founders can do when it all turns cold. The “venture recession” of 2016 is in full swing. Combined with the usual summer slowdown, some are already raising the spectre of 2001 or 2008. Recession or not, what is universal is the bewilderment
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