Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Investors are wary of “equal partners,” who may jeopardize a timely decision. If your team has a depth of expertise in software, that won’t help you get funding for a new hardware solution.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) These types seem dangerous, yet are often the ones needed on board to get the fund to invest in the first place, seeing that the younger partners naturally have less pull during the Monday round-ups. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. Get Agile with Rally Release 5.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? each with partners as the lead. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still?

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Babbling VC

AUGUST 10, 2011

OK, hands up, who's truly surprised by the drop in the stock markets or the postponed tech IPO's or even the upcoming slowdown in venture financing? I am seriously babbling like everyone else did in 2001, 2008 and now again in 2011. Just as you may be out renegotiating things, your customers and partners are thinking similarly.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

As in real life – those that rush into marriage often find out what their partner is really like after the fact. How do you then reference check your VC to be sure that you’ve chosen a good firm and partner? My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. But what about once you have a term sheet? My story briefly.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

This also eliminated the big risk for my potential investors that I wouldn’t be able to stay in the country, and so I was able to close the financing round for the company in November 1998. I got my greencard approval in 2001, a few months after 9/11. I could now legally stay in the US and work for my own company.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. In the past ten years there have been several dramatic changes in venture capital.

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Babbling VC

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Technically, co-investors would fall under the "People" heading above but here I'm focussing more on the funds themselves and not specific partners or people at that fund. . We didn't really discuss whether the partner on the deal was the right guy for us. Even if they are on equal ground as partners, things can go major wrong.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner. Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

I also spend close to half my time teaching, and in addition to serving on the entrepreneurship advisory boards at Columbia, Yale and NYU, I am Chair of the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Marty: Were your own first investment ventures a positive and learning experience?

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Steve and Carolyn are partners at Emergent Research and Senior Fellows at the Society for New Communications Research. I wont bother going into details on start-up financing terms ( see this post for an overview of typical VC terms) except to say if you dont know and understand: the firms cap table and valuation. Reports and Resources.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. I think there are some real virtues to that, however, when I talk to my business partner, Ishan [Sachdev], about it, I use a slightly different metaphor: I talk about Jiro [Ono], Nobu [Matsuhisa], and Benihana. On Sushi and VC.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 9, 2013

I’ve worked with Matt since 2001 when I joined Fred Wilson and Greg Sands on the board of Return Path. They decided they wanted to join forces, Fred and I cut a deal over the phone in 5 minutes , and Greg Sands (at Sutter Hill at the time) led a financing round that set a price for the combined company.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. There were none in the firm, so I remember asking him if he knew of any general partners who were women in the Boston area. I've been in venture now twice.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Loading… Personal Finance. Personal Finance. Ritter, a finance professor at University of Floridas business school. Netscape and Opsware, which he helped found, went public with single-class share structures in 1995 and 2001, respectively. Finance Jobs |. Personal Finance. » More. » More.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick. He was 14 years old at the time. Sachin Bansal.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

Most investors and other members of the American elite come from a homogeneous background: white, male, straight, Christian (or Jewish, at least in the finance industry), tall , handsome , physically fit, graduate of a select university, with American parents of upper middle class or higher socio-economic status.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

That blog post – which turned into one of my most read posts ever – grew out of a study done by Correlation Ventures showing the distribution of outcomes across over 21,000 financings during the years 2004-2013 as well as some of my own observations. The vast majority (almost 2/3rds) of venture financings fail to return capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 23, 2018

Modern encrypted authentication protocols mean that only authorized employees, clients, or business partners can access the documents that are pertinent to them, meaning finances can only be seen by the financial department, employee info is only seen by the subject or HR, and so on. Founded in 2001, eFileCabinet, Inc.

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blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

These professionals can help with anything from finance to marketing, but you wont find any software engineers volunteering their services. Partnering with me at that stage was speculative at best. I work almost exclusively with technical partners and if we are all passionate about the idea and the product, we follow through.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I trained the Startup Weekend Next Beijing mentors and instructors, presented to several hundred entrepreneurs, and had a great fireside chat with Zhen Fund founding partner Xu Xiaoping in front of another roomful of entrepreneurs. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges. This year, SmartHealth partnered with Rosalind Franklin University to set plans to build a $50 million, four-story, 100,000 square foot Biotech Innovation Park.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 1, 2018

I’m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) , the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. It didn’t matter if it was a tech company, a finance company, or a manufacturing company.

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

An accounting firm based in Santa Monica, CA, specializing in bankruptcy, from 2001 to 2003. Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America. Corporate Partners. An accounting firm based in Santa Monica, CA, specializing in bankruptcy, from 2001 to 2003.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. I never want renters to find themselves in my situation – scared, displaced and worried about my finances. 4) Used to Reconnect. 17) Devastating Event. Thanks to Eric Narcisco, Effective Coverage ! #18)

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finance.fortune.cnn.com

AUGUST 21, 2012

FORTUNE -- Its no secret that venture capitalists were hit hard by last decades dotcom bust, considering that median returns for 1998-2001 vintage funds are all underwater. The information is based on part of a confidential year-end 2011 investment report distributed to investors in a fund-of-funds that made commitments between 1999 and 2001.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 1, 2015

In contrast, I’ve known and worked with Matt since 2001 when I first invested in his company Return Path (well – it’s a little more complicated than just an investment – see my post Return Path Launches Email Intelligence from 2012 where I recounted some of the story.).

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

These results were obtained after the following rounds of financing of more than 1000 technology companies in the United States. Only 46% of these companies were able to raise enough for the second round of financing. Where you can turn when you need financing quickly. Data Says Otherwise. Why do so many companies fail?

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 5, 2015

He began at Gundersen Partners, LLC, then moved to Heidrick and Struggles, where he became a principal in the Global Consumer Practice. She began her career as a Wall Street executive, and earned an MBA in Finance from NYU-Stern School of Business. Corporate Partners. Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ProvendusGroup.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. I had really positive experiences such as working with Greg Gretsch at Sigma Partners where he championed us to a partners’ meeting where we sort of got crucified. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. And covered we did.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2020

The Economic Antidote to COVID-19 Eric Ries & Ryan Beck In 2001, Apple's revenue fell by 33% in the depths of the dotcom bust. Smart entrepreneurs take all of that into account when making decisions about whom to partner with. The rest is history. Over the next five years, Apple created iTunes, the iPod mini and the iPhone.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

She began her career as a Wall Street executive, and earned an MBA in Finance from NYU-Stern School of Business. She started her first business, a handmade jewelry company, in 2001, where she learned that an MBA doesn’t even begin to prepare you for life as an entrepreneur. Corporate Partners.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 17, 2016

Clips from their interviews are below: Wayne Sutton is a partner and co-founder of BUILDUP VC , a Bay Area non-profit that connects, mentors, and educates underrepresented technology entrepreneurs. ” This was around 2001. Listen to the full interviews by downloading them from SoundCloud here and here.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 19, 2016

I began my career at McKinsey and when the Internet bubble burst in 2001, I made a shift towards online software (ASP at the time). My SaaS focus at Accel Partners is the natural continuity of this path. We are a global VC, therefore we’re competing — and at the same time partnering! — with Mobile will drive new use cases.

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