VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The company’s founder, Amir Peleg, is a serial entrepreneur who previously also founded Yadata, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2008, Unipier, and EVS, which went public in 1991. Procter & Gamble and ConTIPI, which was founded in 2002 and is based in Caesarea, have had a distribution agreement since 2007 based on royalties.

Israel 96

Israel United Kingdom Austria Global 96

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

In the years immediately prior to the popularity of institutional seed investing (I’m using a time frame of 2002 – 2007), the early-stage financing landscape looked similar to the first segment of the chart. And all of that is a lot to absorb and understand, let alone react to as an entrepreneur who’s full-time job is not to fundraise.

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. conference happened at the end of 2004).

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

But for us that can’t be the goal at the outset and we try to be up front with entrepreneurs that we meet that we’re not the right investment partner if that’s what they’re looking for. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Filed under Uncategorized. What’s Your Favorite Future?

South Korea 124

South Korea Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndication 124

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

I’m obviously biased, but I still think LinkedIn is an awesome platform today and they continue to innovate, grow, and evolve nearly 10 years after we started the company at the end of 2002. In addition to being a repeat entrepreneur, I was immediately impressed by his ability to build product. Overall, great find! Read More ».

Cofounder 140

Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The classic entrepreneur builds the business — quite frankly, he or she probably just builds the product for a long time first, then the business. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a full playbook, though I’ve certainly documented pieces of it in this blog over the years.

Warrant 128

Warrant Syndication Syndicate Matching 128

Mike Michalowicz

APRIL 25, 2016

Before becoming a coach, Jen worked in the creative department at CBS Records and played in several rock bands, which led to her first book, a semi-autobiographical novel called, Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer (MTV/Pocket Books, 2002). Fundera – Single source online funding for entrepreneurs.

Bahamas 60

Bahamas New Mexico Mexico Syndication 60