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Quality > Quantity

Written by: In: Summer 2010

26 Jul 2010

Last week Puneet Agarwal discussed the value of the quantity of iterations over quality. iterations are important but quality is just as important or more for internet services. Before one’s FIRST iteration, it is important to get the word out there and get people using the service ASAP whether its perfect or not. Even if [...]

So I finally went from TEC Virtual to TEC Real last week with Loopfuse. I met with everyone at the weekly Tuesday meeting and the experience was enlightening. Loopfuse on Tuesday of last week was gearing up for a launch of FreeView, a completely free version of their premium marketing automation tool. It was exciting [...]

Jeffrey Veen, from TypeKit, is a true internet pioneer. He first broke down the core concept what what is a service and what it innovation. We first heard the story of the ice entrepreneur who first started shipping ice and bringing the luxury of cold beverages to the world. A service fulfills inherent human needs [...]

Network!

Written by: In: Summer 2010

4 Jul 2010

Its funny how connected everything is. I was listening to the presentation by David Merrill about Siftables and I was wondering, where did he get those things made? I know it had to be done somewhere in China because China is one of the only places on earth with the resources and production capacity to [...]

Be Fearless

Written by: In: Summer 2010

27 Jun 2010

Jared Kim who created WeGame is a true entrepreneur. His story convinced me that you are born an entrepreneur. His story of being a top golfer in China, then dropping it, starting a business, dropping that, and then coming up with an idea, getting a term sheet after uttering one phrase, and then getting an [...]

TEC Virtual

Written by: In: Summer 2010

22 Jun 2010

I am joining the True Ventures TEC corps from Philadelphia, my hometown. I started interning with a sales and marketing automation website called Loopfuse based in Atlanta. Thus far the experience has been extremely interesting to say the least. On the first day I jumped on conference calls and started shaping the direction of several [...]

Hello, True

Written by: In: Summer 2010

13 Jun 2010

It is truly an honor to join True Ventures for the TEC 2010 program. After hearing from Om Malik and the other True Partners, it is clear that True Ventures is on the cutting edge of VC industry. True is not like any other VC, it is the master of the ‘lean’ startup. By investing [...]


What is TEC?

The True Entrepreneur Corps is an internship program developed by True Ventures to pair undergraduate students with our portfolio companies for a summer of learning and innovation.

This summer, participating True companies include bloomspot, BrightRoll, Fitbit, Kiip, KISSmetrics, Loggly, Schematic Labs, Socialcast, Sparked, Tello, WeGame, and a stealth company.