Steve Blank

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Why do these founders get to stay around? Because the balance of power has dramatically shifted from investors to founders. VCs competing for unicorn investments have given founders control of the board. For three decades (1978-2008), investors controlled the board. This seems to be occurring more and more. Board Control.

Founder 281

Founder Technical Review CTO Hire IPO 281

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. 5mm in Series A – Investors: GRP (Mark Suster)(lead), Greycroft Partners (Dana Settle), and Matt Coffin (founder of LowerMyBills) – Read more: TechCrunch , SoCalTech. DEAL OF THE WEEK.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

ShoeDazzle has Kim Kardashian as a co-founder / company as a spokesperson as well as Brian Lee who was a co-founder at Legal Zoom. Marketing and lead automation software for businesses; claim to have largest market share in sector since March 2008. Add this new model to the mix. 13mm in Series B.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Cofounder Spain San Diego 270

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Jeff Katzenberg has a great track record – head of the studio at Paramount, chairman of Disney Studios, co-founder of DreamWorks and now chairman of NewTV. This same risk averse, conserve the cash, VC mindset would return after the 2008 meltdown of the housing market.). ” Fire, Ready, Aim. He just hired Meg Whitman.

Lean 335

Lean Burn Rate Startup IPO 335

bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

BizThoughts Thoughts about business, technology, the web & entrepreneurship About Booklist Contact Nov 15 2011 Finding a Technical Cofounder By Mike Lee Categories: Entrepreneurship , Leadership Since I have a technical background, I get about one offer a month to join some engineering team, or to be a technical cofounder.

Technical Cofounder 40

Technical Cofounder Cofounder Technical Review Software Review 40

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As a result, entrepreneurs, founders, CEOs, marketers, and anyone in between can take advantage. Artem is a serial entrepreneur as he co-founded and acted as CTO of two companies (200 labs & Gipis) between 2011 and 2020 before founding Chatfuel in early 2020. The point of no-code tools is to empower non-engineers to create.

CTO Hire 264

CTO Hire eCommerce Engineer Software 264

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Research in Motion (RIM).

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Technology Product CTO Hire 175

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Adi Bittan, co-founder of a startup that failed due to a bad partnership. They were just about to launch their product when the financial collapse happened in 2008. Still, Bittan says every entrepreneur can learn from her mistakes and offers these tips to new founders: You have to love your partner.

Partner 126

Partner Cost Technical Review Cofounder 126

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. He joined Goldman Sachs & Co. Christopher Ahlberg is the CEO and Co-founder of Recorded Future. Nic Perkin is the President and Co-Founder of The Receivables Exchange.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

The initial concept and start-up work for Max-Wellness began in September 2008, at just about the same time as the market started to tank. In October 2008, I called a time-out on my plans for Max-Wellness, but I wasn’t ready to shelve the idea altogether. Availability of capital almost instantly dried up.

Cofounder 124

Cofounder Ohio Florida Technical Review 124

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Why Every Entrepreneur Should Write and 9 Tips To Get Started - OnStartups , September 27, 2010 "The best part of blogging is the people you will meet"- Hugh MacLeod repeating wisdom from Loic Lemeur to me at the Big Pink at 2 am in South Beach after the Future of Web Apps 2008. Why You Should Write. Google, and Facebook.

Technology 191

Technology Product San Francisco CTO Hire 191

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. I was resolute. I was obsessed with the closure date.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008). Author howerl.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Danish-based startup Inpay was formed after founder Jacob Tackmann Thomsen realized money donated to help orphaned children in Myanmar after 2008’s Cyclone Nargis would lose 5% to fees and take days to arrive. Below are four examples of organizations doing just this, including household names and some more up-and-coming startups.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Securities and Exchange Commission Myanmar Startup 158

Altgate

DECEMBER 15, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← No one wants to tell you your baby is ugly More on Liquidation Preferences → Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Posted on December 15, 2010 by admin Here’s a chart of the day worth sharing.

Pre-Money Valuation 66

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Cofounder Founder 66

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Did I mention it only took the founder a month? The last closed market we had was from about September 2008 until June 2009--10 months. In 2008, people weren't sure if we were heading into a complete financial collapse. So ignore the hype, the industry surveys and what the person next to you at your co-working space says.

Venture Capital 120

Venture Capital Marketing Term Sheet Software Review 120

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Since the financial crisis of 2008, policy makers have kept interest rates at near zero, flooding the market with cheap money in an attempt to restart growth. If they don’t, then the management team has simply become caretakers of the founders’ legacy. But they have also stacked the deck against investment in long-term innovation.

Private Equity 330

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 330

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 26, 2015

I fell in love with Ibiza when I first went there in 2008 with some friends from Madrid. My cofounder, Jason Keck, heads up our tech and runs everything related to our app. The lesson there is that you can benefit from having a great cofounder. Jealous much. How did you come up with the idea to go to Ibiza and why?

Cofounder 100

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Denver Technical Review 100

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Eric) In a bar in Amsterdam in 2005, my two cofounders and I came to the sad conclusion that startup we tried to built for two years was doomed. My co-founders decided startup life wasn't for them. Product Launch After some financing-related delays, the products went on sale in Europe and Asia in the summer of 2008.

Continuous Deployment 164

Continuous Deployment Technical Cofounder Cofounder San Francisco 164

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC., and SVP, Branded Content & Audience Creation at nitetime.net.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2010

How to Find a Technical Co-Founder – [link]. What it’s like to be the SO of a start-up founder – [link]. What’s Next for Groupon’s Founder – [link]. The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008 – [link]. The Evolution of Apple Design Between 1977-2008 – [link].

Social Media 98

Social Media Small Business Design Media 98

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

As part of a series of interviews with Seedcamp winners for VC Cafe , Startup Intelligence caught up with co-founder, Gil Rosenberg (CEO), to find out more. Along with Omar Shamir (Product Indexing), they founded Ineze in 2008. Each of the founders has a strong technological background.

Search 84

Search Product Technical Review Software Review 84

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. If anything it felt like a public service to founders to me. I simply want founders to be educated on the topic to be helpful.

Cap Table 150

Cap Table Cofounder Silicon Valley Startup 150

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. instead of having to travel home. .&# instead of having to travel home.

Cofounder 81

Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2015

It’s my hypothesis of why so many founding teams have 3-4 founders. I’ve seen many first-time founders who had fallings out with their co-founders, had lawsuits, had investors bail on them, lost market momentum. I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. I fund both types all the time.

South Korea 150

South Korea Italy Recapitalization Germany 150

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

Entrepreneurs from Latin and Central America were given first priority to pitch their businesses at today's roundtable co-hosted by Innova Tiquicia and Startup Weekend Costa Rica. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Midwest. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. Discuss.

Costa Rica 114

Costa Rica America Silicon Valley Entrepreneur 114

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will be co-hosted with TiE Chennai and TiE Mumbai. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. You can register for the next roundtable here. Recordings of previous roundtables are all available here.

Illinois 114

Illinois Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Chicago 114

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. Is the founder coachable? A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. — No.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

Endeavor recognizes that although entrepreneurial activity already exists in Miami, it remains difficult for founders to reach scale. The LAB is just one example of Miami’s shared co-working spaces that are cropping up all over the city in an effort to retain local talent instead of having entrepreneurs and engineers relocate elsewhere.

Miami 114

Miami Private Equity Florida Technical Review 114

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Greylock Partners will be talking about “blitzscaling” with his co-author Chris Yeh, and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton. Kabam, the mobile gaming company, hit a major stumbling block in its early days when its financing was lost due to the 2008 financial collapse.

Lean 103

Lean Las Vegas Cofounder Startup 103

thebarefootvc

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

– Austin Hill , co-founder Blockstream (FPV’s newest portfolio company). The 2008 financial crisis is still being felt in this country. We’ve come together because we believe in the potential of this technology to have a significant, positive social impact. Even in the United States, one in five households are underbanked.

Kenya 109

Kenya Africa United States Global 109

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

This tweet by Box founder Aaron Levie sums up how people tend to react to ideas: The incubation period: the forgotten step to great ideas. In 2008, research from the University of Toronto showed that group brainstorming can be more effective if people come to a group session after some initial ideas are already cooking.

North Carolina 167

North Carolina Incubator Pennsylvania Cofounder 167

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. venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, had jointly acquired the entire stake in the company in December 2008 for $77.4 Diversified U.S.

Israel 96

Israel United Kingdom Austria Global 96

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Airbnb founders Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia had difficulty securing funding, so they launched a mini project to build some funds and catch investors' attention. The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. Photo Credit: Jack Underwood.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Southern California South Africa 124

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 19, 2019

A startups seeds are sown and sprouted either because the founder(s) have come up with a unique solution with a product (like a software or a physical product) or service. It was in the year 2008, after a global recession hit the world, that the first startup revolution began to take shape. What is a Startup?

India 131

India Startup Cofounder Software Review 131