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LinkedIn Is the New Enterprise Media
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How Startups Are Rethinking Hiring
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Investing in AZX
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Founders
How startups should think about Generative Engine Optimization
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Investing in Hearvana
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Investing in Hyphen
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Metro Multiples: A ranking of top startup ecosystems by return on investment
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Mapping Cascadian Dynamism
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Investing in Clarify
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Investing in Yoodli
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Subscribe to Token Talk
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You Let AI Help Build Your Product. Can You Still Own It?
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Investing in Avante
Nate Bek
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Venture
Dispatch from the Desert: Human[X], Robotics, and the AI Power Shuffle
Nate Bek
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Seattle
Early-Stage Hiring, Decoded: What 60 Seattle Startups Told Us
Nate Bek
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Seattle
Booming: An Inside Look at Seattle's AI Startup Scene
Nate Bek
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Founders
Stash Your Cash: Stifel Bank’s Minh Le on Startup Banking
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Investment Thesis
Token Talk: Open source won the AI race
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Venture
Investing in Oumi
Nate Bek
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Meet Nazuk Thakkar, the Ripple Investor Who Lifts up Young Founders
Nate Bek
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Investment Thesis
Token Talk: Decentralizing AI Compute for Scalable Intelligence
Nate Bek
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Investment Thesis
Token Talk: The Rise in Test Time Compute and Its Hidden Costs
Nate Bek
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Seattle
Mapping Seattle's Enterprise AI Startups
Nate Bek
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Venture
Our 2025 Predictions: AI, space policy, and hoverboards
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Meet Tyler Churchill: From CAA to finding Startup Talent in Seattle for Bonfire Ventures
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Founders
Getting Unstuck: Insights from Dave Hersh, Founder of Jive Software, Turnaround Expert
Nate Bek
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Seattle
Mapping Seattle's Active Venture Firms
Nate Bek
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Ascend Updates
PHOTOS: Founders Bash 2024
Nate Bek
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Venture
VC for the rest of us: A big tech employee’s guide to becoming startup advisors
Nate Bek
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Meet TX Zhuo, the LA VC Who Built a Company Without Raising Capital—and Now Invests in Seed-Stage Startups
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Ascend Updates
Photos: Pitch & Run 2024
Nate Bek
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Seattle
Event Recap: Valley VCs Love Seattle Startups
Nate Bek
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VC Profiles
Meet Vivek Ladsariya: The new PSL VC Bridging the Valley with Seattle
Nate Bek
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Venture
Kirby's mental model for pre-seed investing
Nate Bek
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Founders
The Art of Stepping Away: Insights from Court Lorenzini, Founder of DocuSign
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Venture
VC for the rest of us: The ultimate guide to investing in venture capital funds for tech employees
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Ascend Updates
Ascend welcomes new analyst Thomas Stahura
Nate Bek
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Meet Sunil Nagaraj: The Bay Area VC Nerding Out on ‘Software Beyond the Screen’
Nate Bek
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Navigating M&A: Insights from Priti Choksi, Partner at Norwest Venture Partners
Nate Bek
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Ascend Updates
Jen Haller's Bias for Action
Nate Bek
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VC Profiles
Meet Daniel Paredes: From Seattle Roots to NYC Investor with Sierra Ventures
Nate Bek
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Seattle
Seattle VC Firms Led Just 11% of Early-Stage Funding Rounds in 2023
Nate Bek
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VC Profiles
How the pursuit of exceptional people landed this New York VC in Seattle
Nate Bek
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Seattle
Mapping the Emerald City’s Growing AI Dominance
Nate Bek
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VC Profiles
Navigating Early-Stage Investment: Insights and Strategies from Aditya Naganath, Principal Investor at Kleiner Perkins
Kirby Winfield
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Investment Thesis
SaaS 3.0: Why the Software Business Model Will Continue to Thrive in the Age of In-House AI Development
Jen Haller
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Founders
Best Practices for Requesting Warm Intros From Your Investors
Jen Haller
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Seattle VC Profile: Matt Wang
Kirby Winfield
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Ascend Updates
FOUNDERS BASH 2023 - SEATTLE STARTUP PHOTO GALLERY
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Colin Tobias
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: James Wu, First Round
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Katelyn Donnelly, Avalanche Venture Capital
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Dennis Joyce, Tacoma Venture Fund
Kirby Winfield
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Investment Thesis
Ascend Founder Profile: Curtis Fonger - Whalesync
Jen Haller
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VC Profiles
Portland VC Profile: Julie Harrelson
Kirby Winfield
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Ascend Updates
FOUNDERS BASH 2022 - SEATTLE STARTUP PHOTO GALLERY 2
Kirby Winfield
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Ascend Updates
FOUNDERS BASH 2022 - SEATTLE STARTUP PHOTO GALLERY 1
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Sri Chandrasekar, Point72 Ventures
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Vancouver VC Profile: Chris Neumann, Panache Ventures
Kirby Winfield
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Investment Thesis
Ascend Founder Profile: Elizabeth and Nora Sheils - Rock Paper Coin
Jen Haller
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Investment Thesis
Ascend Founder Profile: Brad Van Vugt - Battlesnake
Jen Haller
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Elizabeth Scallon, Find Ventures
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Sara Lindquist, FUSE
Kirby Winfield
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Investment Thesis
Ascend Founder Profile: Matt Meyers - Yesler
Jen Haller
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Investment Thesis
Ascend Founder Profile: Dave Siegfried - LOANtuitive
Jen Haller
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Investment Thesis
Ascend Founder Profile: Aaron Ambuske - HEST
Jen Haller
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Investment Thesis
Ascend Founder Profile: Scott Case - Recurrent
Jen Haller
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Ascend Updates
Ascend Portfolio Founder Dinner - March 2022
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Andy Liu, Unlock Ventures
Kirby Winfield
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Ascend Updates
Growing Ascend - Welcome Jen!
Jen Haller
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Ben Nahir, Elevate VC
Jen Haller
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Anthony Bontrager, WestRiver Group
Kirby Winfield
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Investment Thesis
Vancouver VC Profile: Annika Lewis, Vanedge Capital
Kirby Winfield
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Ascend Updates
FOUNDERS BASH 2021 - SEATTLE STARTUP PHOTO GALLERY II
Kirby Winfield
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Ascend Updates
Founders Bash 2021 - Seattle Startup Photo Gallery I
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Will Finney, SeaChange
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Andrew Dumont, Curious Capital
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Ascend Venture Capital LP Profile: Justin Moon, Partner, Perkins Coie #openlp
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Martina Welkhoff, WXR Fund
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Sean Sternbach, VentureOut
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Julie Sandler, PSL Ventures
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Leslie Feinzaig, Female Founders Alliance
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Ben Gilbert, Pioneer Square Labs Ventures
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Isaac Kato, Techstars
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Zane Khatib, Brighton Jones
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Rob Eldridge, Tapas Capital
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Minda Brusse, First Row Partners
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Ascend Venture Capital LP Profile: David Hersh, Founder, Jive Software #openlp
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Yi-Jian Ngo, Alliance of Angels
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Geoff Harris, Flying Fish
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Jacob Colker, Allen Institute for AI Incubator
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Ascend Venture Capital LP Profile: Laura Butler, Uplift Group #openlp
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Austin Guyette, Voyager Capital
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Cameron Borumand, FUSE
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Ascend Venture Capital LP Profile: Walter Delph, Magic Leap #openlp
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Anu Sharma, Madrona Ventures
Kirby Winfield
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VC Profiles
Seattle VC Profile: Tim Chen, Essence VC
Kirby Winfield
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Ascend Updates
How I got here: A relatively dry but info-packed interview transcript if you want to know more about my journey from Seattle Startup to Seattle Venture Capital
Kirby Winfield
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Venture
My "How to VC" Links
Kirby Winfield
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Seattle
Seattle Angel Investor Ecosystem - Founder Survey Q1 2020
Kirby Winfield
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Seattle
Seattle Angel Investor Ecosystem - Founder Survey Q1 2020 - The Comments
Kirby Winfield
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