Collaborative Team


Seabound: Charting a Course to Decarbonize Shipping

We are thrilled to share the news of our most recent investment in Seabound, a groundbreaking company we first encountered…

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Three Questions for Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph

Marc Randolph is the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix.

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Announcing our Investment in pH7 Technologies

pH7 Technologies: Pioneering Sustainable Metal Extraction.

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Collab’s Sustainability Board: Stacy Kauk from Shopify

We’re thrilled to introduce you to another member of Collab’s Sustainability Board – Stacy Kauk.

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Our Investment in Alga Bio

As a child, each morning I would bolt from my bed to the breakfast table to ensure that my brothers…

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Collab’s Sustainability Board: Vanessa Miler-Fels

We’re thrilled to introduce you to another member of Collab’s Sustainability Board – Vanessa Miler Fels.

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Ben Goldhirsh and Barack Obama

Ben Goldhirsh is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist.

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Collab’s Sustainability Board

We’re thrilled to introduce you to Collab’s Sustainability Board.

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Six Questions for Hannah Ritchie, Our World In Data

Our World In Data is one of our favorite resources.

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WeaveGrid

When it comes to electrifying transportation, the future has arrived ahead of schedule.

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Shared Future: What We’ve Learned So Far

We launched Collab’s Shared Future in March 2022.

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A New Fund and a Call to Action

Collab Fund has raised a $200M fund to invest in companies fueling a consumer economy based on more sustainable goods…

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Investing in Scope Zero

We often think about the various ways to make our economy more sustainable, whether it be through industrial emissions, bio-derived…

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Early Stage Empresas

We’ve used The Villain Test as part of the investment philosophy at Collaborative Fund for more than 10 years by…

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Dad Quotes

In honor of the holiday season, I wanted to do some reflecting on family and the memories I’ve compiled over…

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To the Moon? Venture Capital Trends

There is no shortage of the word “unprecedented” when describing the last two years.

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Lessons from the Sea

One of my great privileges is living in Los Angeles, close to the Pacific Ocean.

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Vaccines…

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How We Look at Carbon Removal

Climate technologies are all the rage these days, with investors pouring around ~16B into the space through mid-year 2021.

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You…

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Making water…

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Education…

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Fresh Insights Into The Growing Home Garden Trend

62% of Americans want to grow their own food, according to Collaborative Fund’s latest research into micro-farming and the home…

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Status…

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Car prices…

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California growth…

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Announcing $200M in New Funds for Entrepreneurs Pushing the World Forward

Today, we’re proud to announce that we’ve raised $200 million across two new funds — Collaborative V and Collaborative Growth.

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Noise…

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Investing At The Later Stage

Collaborative Fund’s focus is investing in startups at the beginning of their journey.

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Lifespan…

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Auto inventory…

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Getting rid of SAT requirements…

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Part II: Collab x The Climate Crisis

In Part I, we covered why we believe there has never been a better time to start a company addressing…

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Growing too fast…

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CookUnity

Technology enables the most talented individuals to be able to scale and distribute their gifts to the millions who want…

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Why Moderna won…

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Part I: Collab x The Climate Crisis

Climate technology has not been an obvious fit for venture capital.

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Covid Immunity…

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Oula Health

Care delivery models that reduce cost while improving patient outcomes are central to our health investment thesis here at Collaborative…

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Downfall…

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The Virtual Care Tech Stack

Virtual care infrastructure was designed to fill gaps in an ecosystem where most people see their provider face to face.

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Productivity…

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NYC: Looking To Its Past To Understand Its Future

There has been a lot of recent talk about the impending death of New York City.

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No tenure…

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College admissions…

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Dementia…

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Intelligence…

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Covid habits…

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Healthcare: What Happens Next

When trying to predict what’s going to happen to the US healthcare system, the safest bet is usually nothing.

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Quarantine…

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Tipping Point in Fighting Police Brutality

Network effect products are driven by their product or service gaining additional value from each and every incremental user.

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Economic growth…

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Same as it ever was…

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Technology’s Role in Uncovering Racism

In light of recent events in our country, it feels unimportant to write about anything but social justice.

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A Livestream Future or a Livestream Moment

In the weeks since Covid struck, there has been an eruption of livestream startups sprouting up for seemingly every use…

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College reform…

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Focus On The End Goal

Coronavirus is a wrench in the forecasts of most companies.

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Monument

In the spring of 2014, I reached out cold to Mike Russell and Justin Geller to discuss the business they…

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Food supply…

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Particle Health

We’re thrilled to announce our investment in Particle Health.

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Reasonable expectations…

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Flying…

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The smartphone camera changes history…

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Health…

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How Things Have Gotten Better

Things tend to get better over time.

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Communication…

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Minimum wage…

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Nico: The Neighborhood Investment Company

Strong neighborhoods are essential to vibrant cities.

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A 15-year-old describes Instagram…

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Mobility…

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Risk-Based Care

There are few things as hard to move as the US healthcare system.

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Humility…

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NYC packages…

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Adding Work As A Category

People work, and they usually work a lot.

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Negative interest rates…

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Air-conditioning…

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Electricity…

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Questions to ask before starting a business…

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Degree paybacks…

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This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Tech Company, But It Should Be

There seems to be a consensus that older people aren’t tech users: they’re resistant to change and uninterested in learning…

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Realtor fees…

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Textbooks…

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Ten Hundred Words of Crypto: Bit Money, A Person-to-Person Computer Money Thing

This series of posts is going to be a little…different.

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Currency…

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Getting ahead…

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Unpopular Opinions in Crypto

The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its popularity.

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StarkWare

Now that we’ve lifted the veil on Collaborative’s crypto investing efforts, we plan to start providing some commentary on our…

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Sleep As Medicine

Health is complicated. Our day-to-day wellbeing and long-term outcomes are determined by many interrelated factors.

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The Next Wave of Plant-Based Alternatives

Beyond Meat’s coming IPO makes clear: something has fundamentally changed in how Americans think about their animal protein consumption.

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Step

Every parent wants to impart core values and basic life skills to their kids.

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Healthcare - What We’re Looking For

There is a consensus that healthcare is broken – 70% of Americans believe that the US healthcare system is either…

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What We Learned This Year

This was a big year for Collaborative Fund.

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For Days

Collaborative Fund began with a thesis that a sharing economy would emerge to monetize underutilized assets and ensure more efficient…

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Fourpost

Fourpost offers both emerging and established brands barrier-free, turnkey access to physical retail and consumers through storefronts in a shared…

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Endless West

Artisanal. Handmade.

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Foxtrot

We are thinking a lot more about the future of retail here at Collaborative.

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Gem

Today we’re thrilled to announce our investment in Gem, which launched today as the first FDA approved, real-food vitamin supplement…

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Consumption as Identity (Not as Crazy as It Sounds)

When Collaborative Fund started, we believed we’d see a radical shift in consumer behavior toward values-led brands and shared resources.

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Calling Others to Join Collaborative Fund (Update)

In the spirit of collaboration and new practice sharing so we can all work towards better and more equitable workplaces…

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Collab+Sesame Just Became Lovevery’s Biggest institutional Investor. Here’s Why.

A couple months ago, some design-obsessed friends anticipating their first child posted about an amusing conflict: one wanted a beautiful…

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Delicious New Protein Source, starting with a Salmon Burger: Terramino Foods

We’ve all heard this: Today’s animal farming and growing protein consumption is unsustainable.

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Kicking Off Collaborative Fund IV - What We’re Looking For

We recently announced our new $100M early stage fund that we closed in May, along with a series of new…

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Calling Others To Join Collaborative Fund

We are kicking off a search for analysts to join Collaborative Fund as part of a new two-year analyst program.

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Children’s Privacy in the Age of Cambridge Analytica

It’s hard to imagine how anyone born in the last 15 years could one day run for office without a…

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The Next Wave: Digital Detox

Natural disasters. Emails 24/7.

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The Generation that Tech Forgot

There’s a group of people who comprise a third of the US population, account for half of consumer spending, and…

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Disrupting Investors’ Own Game

The number of public companies has been cut in half over the last 20 years, as the amount of capital…

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Six Questions for Steve Case

The first generation of workers who have never lived without the internet is just now entering the workforce.

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Rethinking Education

Technology offers incredible potential to make kids’ education more accessible, exciting, and effective.

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What’s Dandelion?

Heating and cooling your home is an enormous cost for a service most of us can’t live without driven largely…

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The Courage of Speaking Up

Where do we start…

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In Defense of B Corporations

Does being a B corporation really matter…

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Student Loans: Averting a Generational Crisis

Student loans outstanding just passed $1.4 trillion.

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Why We’re Wearing Red Today

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a good reminder of what’s been accomplished – and what hasn’t – in the 106…

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Winning Big on the American Dream

Lindsay Holden believes in the American dream—the idea that every citizen can achieve success and a happy life through hard…

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“Insurance Is Sold, Not Bought.”

In an influential 1979 behavioral economics paper, Daniel Kahneman and his colleague Amos Tversky developed “Prospect Theory” as a way to…

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MAYA: Most Advanced Yet Acceptable

Two anecdotes stuck out to me in Derek Thompson’s Atlantic post about “The Four-Letter Code to Selling Just About Anything.”.

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Problems We Want Solved

Billions of people wake up every day trying to solve the world’s problems.

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You Should Treat Fundraising Like Dating. Here’s Why.

Trust matters more than anything.

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Labor and Leisure

Oddly, the structure of the 7-day week, unlike 24, 30 or 365, does not have a basis in the rotations…

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Six Questions for Dan Gardner

Humans aren’t very good at forecasting.

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Six Questions For Dan Pink

Part of our investing philosophy is the belief that finance is, at its core, a behavioral field.

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Six Questions for Josh Brown

There are lots of insightful people.

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What’s Good for the Mom is Good for the Baby (and Good for Business)

A few weeks ago, Obstetrics and Gynecology released a study showing how the US has defied global trends by experiencing…

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Evolutions In Language and Culture

This weekend I was discussing the 2016 Nobel Laureates for Economics with my wife.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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Leah Busque’s Biggest Task Yet: Building a Community of Trust

Leah Busque was getting ready to head out the door to dinner with her husband when they realized that they…

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Announcing KidTech

We’re excited to announce KidTech, a new site we launched today to shine a spotlight on great, innovative products that…

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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What We’re Reading

Here are a few good articles the Collaborative Fund team came across this week.

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Welcoming Morgan Housel

We’re excited to welcome Morgan Housel to the Collaborative Fund team.

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The way we talk about exit matters.

WalMart announced a $3.3B acquisition of Jet.com last week, accompanied by press (e.g.

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Things We Make, Things We Grow

A few months ago I was having breakfast with a mentor and investor of ours, who said something very interesting…

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A New Basis For Brand Loyalty

Brand loyalty, for CPG and retail companies, can be tough to achieve, but once unlocked, can be a transformative force…

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Put down Pokémon Go, kids: there’s something better

For all its challenges, being a kid right now is pretty darn cool.

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The Business of Good Style

Shirley Kurata was 19 when she decided to move to Paris to study fashion.

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Adventuring with Sawyer, One Kids’ Class at a Time

Marissa Evans Alden was a college student when she started her first company.

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Grow the Pie (not Your Slice)

It’s incredibly common to hear the following as a seed stage VC: “I decided to hire [junior employee X…

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Leveling Up

Ryan Caldbeck wants to level the playing field.

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Putting Parents’ Oxygen Masks on First

Discussion about parental leave has reached a fever pitch these last few weeks, and it marks an important turning point…

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Wait, What Is Technology?

To start, I consulted the official definitions, to see if I could anchor in something that I understood well.

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Hydrating the World

Mike Del Ponte was standing in a puddle of spilled water when he first got the idea for Soma, a…

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The Case for a Millennial Ronald McDonald

Marketing to kids is big business.

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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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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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Getting creative within constraints

Photo @MaxJoseph.

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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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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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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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With noses pressed against the glass

The more we think about it, the more strongly we believe that there are a few ways to think about…

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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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21st century unions

Unions were a fixture of the 20th century, serving as a stabilizing force against corporate and investor interests in business…

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Goodness, power, and data

Today we announced an investment in Placemeter, alongside some great partners.

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What does peer-to-peer look like at scale?

I’ve been thinking about peer-to-peer models today, and what early learnings signify for how these businesses might work at scale.

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To change culture, be a sheep in wolf’s clothing

A successful company, in my mind, is one who changes culture for the better.

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Why Minecraft is the new Microsoft Office

While news of the Apple Watch has been dominating the news cycle, we also learned that Microsoft is in talks…

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Why Wouldn’t a Founder Want to Exit?

At Collaborative Fund, we’ve been talking about how investors and founders can align incentives for the long run.

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How A 10-year Fund Life Impacts Your Startup

Venture capital Limited Partner Agreements look very similar.

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Collaborative & CircleUp Announcement

We’ve heard many times that it’s easier and cheaper to launch a company than ever before.

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Parsing The ‘Venture Subsidy’

There is a subtle but very important distinction between venture capital “subsidizing” a service-oriented business, and a service-oriented business that…

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Let’s PlayAlong!

We like to experiment at Collaborative Fund.

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This Week in Collaborative Fund

Our weekly update highlighting new products and jobs in our portfolio.

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What Is Citizenship On The Internet?

Lately, crowdsourcing is almost a dirty word.

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Making Sense Of Connected Devices

There are a number of ways to connect hardware to the internet.

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Stop, Get Out, Unplug…And Notice

Great product design starts with understanding context, behavior, and motivation.

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How Do You Stay Relevant When Your Job Is Obsolete?

If you search your memory (aka the web for some of us) for careers that don’t exist anymore you’ll end…

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Why does eBay still use seller ratings?

On peer-to-peer platforms, trust and safety is of paramount importance.

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This Week in Collaborative Fund

Our weekly update highlighting new products and jobs in our portfolio.

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Change Culture By Making Big Bets

It is instructive, when thinking about venture capital, to consider a venture firm as a two-sided marketplace.

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This Week in Collaborative Fund

Our weekly update highlighting new products and jobs in our portfolio.

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How Quarterly Became A Platform For Empowering Creative Entrepreneurs

We recently discovered that Magic is Art created a thirty second video promoting his Quarterly subscription.

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How Your 8-year Old Is Building A Digital Reputation

One of our favorite posts here at Progress Report was written about how the credit score is outdated (If FICO…

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Win a Scholarship for Seth Godin’s Skillshare Class

The New Business Toolbox: Help Your New Business Do It Right The First Time.

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The “Uber of X” Companies Are Only Halfway There

2013 was a big year for Uber.

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Building From Your Insight

We’ve been helping out a great team launching an interesting retail company.

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This Week in Collaborative Fund

Our weekly update highlighting exciting news about our portfolio and the unique opportunities to join the companies. .

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Introducing Collaborative Market

Explore the site and discover new ways to Learn, Make, Read and Play.

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Your Ideas Won’t Build Themselves

We work with many small organizations that want to grow their business and impact.

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Founders First: DIY

DIY is the best way for kids to get skills, meet others who share the same passions, and generally be awesome.

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This Month at Collaborative Fund – Portfolio Updates & Job Opportunities

Our team shares a weekly internal email that highlights exciting news about our portfolio and the unique opportunities to join…

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Will [] Make The World Better?

Comic from XKCD.

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What Happens When The Peer Economy Grows Up?

Every online marketplace expert will tell you: start with supply.

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Build Design Culture, Don’t Wait For It

Last week, I spent an afternoon with the design team at Percolate.

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If FICO & Klout Had A Baby

Credit, though we take it for granted, is a revolutionary human invention.

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Founders First: Quarterly Co.

Quarterly is a new way to connect with the people you follow and find interesting.

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An Update On 1099.is – 42 Million People Are Currently In The Independent Workforce

For those who don’t know, 1099.is is a website that helps everyone involved in the sharing economy (and more broadly…

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Putting Sensors To Work For Us

Like I said: Optimistic.

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Future Of Payments

Communication protocols on the internet are both wildly varied and constantly evolving.

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Should Non-Profits Act More Like Tech Start-Ups?

Nonprofits can be slow-moving organizations, with lots of decision-making layers and bureaucratic stickiness.

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Translating Big Ambition Into Great Design

We’re excited by entrepreneurs building businesses, brands, and marketplaces that make the world better and our lives more interesting.

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Disruption In Food

The term disruption gets a lot of airtime in the innovation community.

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Who Really Should Learn How To Code?

I started coding way before the public Internet became available.

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Introducing 1099.is, An Online Tax Resource For The Sharing Economy

If you’ve raised startup seed money recently you’re surely familiar with Series Seed documents.

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Founders First: Grand St.

Produced by Show Love.

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Announcing Social Citizens! A Partnership With The Case Foundation Promoting Social Entrepreneurship And Impact

From its inception, Social Citizens has served to spark discourse around the ideas we hold dear: collaboration, transparency, and social…

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The Sharing Economy is coming of age

In San Francisco, you can find the “Airbnb-of-everything.” Just as Airbnb capitalized on the fact that many of us have…

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Create a community before launching

4 reasons to create a community in your industry before launching your startup…

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Backing the Shared Future

Here we are! Collaborative is officially open for business.

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