Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 2, 2010
I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe. Years after I had been living in Europe I told my father this regret.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 30, 2023
He started an up and down career as an entrepreneur at an early age, and has since gathered experience and success in Europe and the USA on all sides of the business equation, including philanthropy. However, by finding a partner with complementary skills, the potential was always greater than “1+1.”
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Steve Blank
JANUARY 17, 2023
Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. Today there are around 720+ venture studios across the world – half are in Europe. These studios have different metrics than startup studios whose limited partners are private family offices or venture capitalists.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 27, 2013
Understanding where your VC partner sits in their respective fund and where their fund is in the cycle of its investment lifecycle will help you understand your VCs behavior. You may have an opinion on your market-entry strategy for Europe. That role as sparring partner can be useful if for nothing else than to test your resolve.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
Our partners have invested in more than dozen companies that became worth more than a billion dollars and that has disproportionately drive returns. It was also used as a project management tool & document storage system for the largest private bank in Europe who even stored images of their bank vaults on our servers. million.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 7, 2013
He created Fox Kids Europe and took it from scratch to worth North of 1 billion Euros in value and was ultimately sold as part of a $5.3 He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press. billion deal to Disney.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Today is amongst the proudest days I’ve had at Upfront Ventures — getting the chance to announce that Kevin Zhang has been promoted to Partner. We are sparring partners, not “deciders.” years and he has definitely earned the trust and respect of all of his peer group of Partners at Upfront Ventures.
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