Capital Call Partner Startup 
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. Many of these businesses were what First Round Capital called FNACs (features, not companies – this acronym has always stuck with me). Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0
Austin Startup
MARCH 15, 2021
For the past decade, Capital Factory has been building a pipeline of tech startups and investment rights and now we’re opening up to everyone through AngelList. The Capital Factory Texas Fund is backed by many of the most successful CEOs and technology investors in Texas and across the U.S.,
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
Industry Expertise You don’t need a peer from another startup as your independent?—?you What you don’t get on a typical startup board is somebody who brings the wisdom of your industry. That’s why hiring somebody with some startup experience can really help. you can build that with your personal peer network. Diplomatic?—?A
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 19, 2015
I managed the pressure but it lead me to gain weight, drink too much, work all the time and internalize the pressure that if I failed it would be very public and would affect the lives of everybody who joined my startup in the belief we would do something big together. The road is littered with startups that shined bright before burning out.
View from Seed
MARCH 12, 2015
Here at NextView, we (like all good VCs) encourage founders to ask questions they may have of us, but it’s just the nature of the interaction: We spend the majority of the time talking about the founders’ startup, not the VC firm. Talk to Your Startup Friends. So how can entrepreneurs do research on us VCs?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically. So VCs made fewer investments at lower prices and generally on terms that were more favorable to investors relative to 2015. or Walmart buying Jet for $3 billion.
The Equity Kicker
OCTOBER 21, 2015
In the world of startups and venture capital all the money is concentrated in a small number of winners and average returns are probably below zero. Certainly they aren’t sufficient to compensate for the high risk and long lock up inherent in startup investing. We work hard to have an edge at Forward Partners.
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