May 20, 2014 Startup Warts and Investing I was speaking recently with a seed investor I respect a great deal about some of the companies I invested in while I was at betaworks. A couple years since I first started, I’m now getting visibility into which companies might be very big. One thing I’ve…

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Our new logo, where it came from and what it means betaworks 8 min read· May 9, 2014 -- We have a new betaworks brand identity. Exciting stuff. This is a little background on what it all means and how we got there. The Brief 2013 was a big year for betaworks. We built some great products, invested…

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