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The Baby-Sitters Club v2.0

At Collab+Sesame, we think that helping families is one of the most important ways to help kids.

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Do Your Research Before Changing the World

Shivani Siroya knows what it means to do your research.

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Eliminate the Friction

When life hands Steven van Wel a frustrating problem, he builds a startup.

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Talk It Out

From cave drawings to Snapchatting, the way we communicate with each other has changed a lot.

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Investing in the next generation

Investments in child development are creating tremendous opportunities to build massively successful businesses and have a positive social impact.

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Eight questions for Nicholas Negroponte

Nicholas Negroponte has been at the forefront of the digital revolution since the beginning.

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Starting up to solve the right problem

When Tristan Walker first heard about Foursquare, he knew that it was something he wanted to be a part of.

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The Villain Test

At Collaborative Fund, the first question we ask ourselves when evaluating a new investment opportunity is: If this startup becomes…

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Aiming higher

I saw this tweet from Donda and it got me thinking ….

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Social good practices for companies

Because of Collaborative’s focus on investing in companies that push the world forward, I often meet entrepreneurs who have a…

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Getting creative within constraints

Photo @MaxJoseph.

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Building momentum vs. creating it

Venture capital is all about placing bets on the future.

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Q&A with Chuck Templeton

Chuck Templeton is a serial entrepreneur, founder of OpenTable, and former Director of Grubhub.

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Social fabric

How do we find and connect with people with whom we share common values…

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Tackle the Impossible vs. Navigate the Impossible

The qualities that interest me the most in entrepreneurs are those in direct conflict with each other, like the tension…

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Our food system needs to be reshaped

Recently at Collaborative, we have been thinking a lot about food.

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A history lesson with Tom McMurray

From 1990-1998 Tom was a general partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the leading venture capital firms in the world.

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Hiring the best

The most common pain point amongst the companies we invest in is hiring great people.

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Empowering creativity through mistakes

Photo by Elizabeth Lippman.

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Some good eggs

When Rob Spiro set out to build Good Eggs, he didn’t have a product, a business plan, or even a…

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What would you build if you could reach 490 million users?

Collaborative Fund and LINE have partnered to invest in companies that can leverage a fast growing mobile platform.

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