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Thoughts, announcements, news and events from the Marathon team.

Greek Techies Stockholm Meetup
Greek Techies Stockholm Meetup

We will be visiting Stockholm this week in our quest to meet with Greek founders & techies around Europe

Panos Papadopoulos

Greek founders are my tribe
Greek founders are my tribe

With our bodies hemmed in, our minds have only the cloud to migrate to.

Panos Papadopoulos

Marathon Venture Capital Term Sheet Template
Marathon Venture Capital Term Sheet Template

If you are expecting a term sheet from Marathon, these are the terms you are going to get.

Thaleia Misailidou

Introducing Marathon Venture Capital
Introducing Marathon Venture Capital

Marathon Venture Capital launched today with the goal to support Greek tech founders.

George Tziralis

Building Investor Relationships
Building Investor Relationships

A guide from George on how to build a VC network and how to time it.

George Tziralis

Short vs. Long Term
Short vs. Long Term

Overnight success and quick wins. Sprints and hacks. Shortcuts, YOLO.

George Tziralis

The Seed Round Spreadsheet
The Seed Round Spreadsheet

A deck of slides and a spreadsheet are usually sufficient to raise a seed round

George Tziralis

Qualities to look into your first VC
Qualities to look into your first VC

The public discourse in startup land has recently focused on the value add an investor can bring to the table

George Tziralis

Founders time
Founders time

A startup’s most precious asset is its founders. And everyone’s most precious asset is their time.

George Tziralis

Rule 2: Our Network shapes us
Rule 2: Our Network shapes us

Why networking (people first, bits later) is the key to success professional or personal.

Panos Papadopoulos

Rule 1: We shape our Network
Rule 1: We shape our Network

Humans deliberately make and remake their social networks all the time

Panos Papadopoulos

Writing and Networking
Writing and Networking

It has been a very long time since the last time I wrote anything in the public domain

Panos Papadopoulos