SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. But founders need to know how to ask for their advice and when to ignore it.

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Fractional CTO Startup Venture Capital Cofounder 248

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre [Silicon Valley] –> Itself an outgrowth of the venture investing arm of the original Bank of America (based in SF), Merrill Pickard backed many startups that ultimately went public. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC. July 11, 2012.

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

Early on in any startup is more often than not filled with the unknown. There’s a ton of questions, but one thing is for certain: it is thrilling to see your little startup start to come into its own. Funding has only become more difficult to pursue and isn’t always a viable option for early-on founders to pursue.

Programming 40

Programming Sweat Equity Startup Private Equity 40

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

The IPO market remained closed to IT startups, but there were big acquisitions like Google buying YouTube for $1.65B (Fall 2006) and late stage financing rounds for companies like Facebook (Microsoft round at $15B valuation in Fall 2007). A16Z today or Founders Fund or General Catalyst a few years ago).

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LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. more on this later) Much like running a product-startup, you’re your own boss, so you sometimes end up working really hard and at all hours depending on where you are in your fund life cycle. 5) Fundraising for a micro vc is exactly like fundraising as a product-startup.

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Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. more on this later) Much like running a product-startup, you’re your own boss, so you sometimes end up working really hard and at all hours depending on where you are in your fund life cycle. 5) Fundraising for a micro vc is exactly like fundraising as a product-startup.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48