The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Dynamo Labs was the first recipient of fbFund, a grant fund operated by the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Facebook. Gabriella is co-founder and managing partner of Tech Wildcatters, a Dallas-based seed accelerator. Previously, she was with HP Growth Partners, an early stage venture fund in Dallas.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

… “ Group Health Cooperative , a nonprofit health care system in Seattle with 10,000 employees, has also thrown out its budgeting process. Peter Nesbitt, VP of Finance at Teampay , said, “Forecasting is exceptionally challenging in practice, especially as end users drive an era of distributed spending.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We try to recruit investment partners who bring startup operating experience. And brining in new general partners – like Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman – has certainly helped refine the vision of the firm by challenging some of our accepted wisdom. That’s healthy. So he picked up Murray.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. Instawork (*) is an on-demand staffing app for gig workers (professionals) and hospitality businesses (partners).

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 29, 2017

We led the financing, and I joined the board to work more closely with Greg Gottesman, Geoff Entress, Mike Galgon, and Ben Gilbert to build a long-lasting and enduring startup studio in Seattle. Julie previously was a partner at Madrona Venture Group and is deeply involved in the Seattle startup community.

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www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

He has been actively involved in merger, acquisition and disposition transactions with a combined value of over $1 billion, and financing/investment transactions and securities offerings worth over $600 million. Over our 9+ years we have had more than 125 organizations pass through our doors, 85% of them still exist and are growing today.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Financial and banking technology conference Finovate comes to Asia for the first time with Finovate Asia 2012. The event is expected to attract financial institution executives, venture capitalists, members of the press and entrepreneurs in the space.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 12, 2014

Today, Rover announced that Menlo Ventures has led a new $12m round of financing. As is our style, we participated, but we’re excited to have a new partner to join us, Madrona, and Petco in this fast growing adventure. My Investments dogs Financing madrona menlo ventures rover' Some get it; many don’t.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. I find it surprising that a finance professor like Damodaran did not consider the impact of price on demand. Different Economics. Rental car alternative. Today I only Uber.

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Seeing Both Sides

DECEMBER 3, 2009

  The VC community suffered a very similar scandal at Seattle-based Entellium last year, but few reporters seem to remember that one, perhaps because it wasn't located in the heart of Silicon Valley as Canopy was.   This shielding of communication must not be allowed, particularly in the finance function.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

We wholeheartedly believe in the potential of each company we select; the smaller batch size allows the NextView partners, who possess deep operating and founding experiences at companies like LinkedIn, PayPal, eBay, and Blue Apron, the space to spend meaningful one-on-one time with each founder every single week.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Five years, several iterations and a stint at a Seattle business accelerator later, things are going smoothly and successfully. And this isn’t just for your business, but as many startup founders know, your personal finances can matter just as much (especially if you aren’t profitable yet). Partner well.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 25, 2018

While I was in Seattle last week, I had a chance to stop by the Glowforge office and talk to the team during one of their biggest weeks since their historic 30-day crowdfunding campaign. I regularly share this presentation with my partners at Foundry, especially the projects. How are people using it? And how can we make it better?

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Customer Seattle Cofounder Campaign 71

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum currently has a graduate base of 30,000+ and growing with offices in NYC, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles. During this time, I have learned a lot, while also making a ton of mistakes, but I am incredibly proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish and the team of people I get to partner with. That is a great question.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. My boss, Jen Grant , was an incredible manager, and Aaron Levie, the co-founder and CEO, was a fantastic partner on all things communications. What convinced you — and your other partners — that this was the next phase of your career?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 16, 2020

Momentum currently has a graduate base of 30,000+ and growing with offices in NYC, DC, Seattle and Los Angeles. During this time, I have learned a lot, while also making a ton of mistakes, but I am incredibly proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish and the team of people I get to partner with. That is a great question.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) More than 50 Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in Texas and six of the Fortune 50.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Other factors such as your team, the market you are in, your ability to execute, and in fact other terms in your term sheet are much, much more important to your outcome and financial outcome than is the valuation of your company at the time of financing. He tries to write things that havent already been written 9000 times. Great stuff.

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Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2019

The Portland native is happiest when spending time with family, which includes her Seattle public school teacher husband, her adult son and their sweet cat Alice. There is an aging workforce in the insurance industry; we have a need to hire both insurance specialists and those in non-insurance roles like IT, Marketing, Finance and HR.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 26, 2016

We are ready to go national with expansion deals already in place in Seattle and San Francisco. While the lack of proper access to financing is one of the premiere inhibitors of farm growth, it’s one of the least addressed. We view regulatory bodies not as hurdles, but as partners in the commercialization process.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Mashable | The Social Media Guide Viral Topics Twitter YouTube Facebook iPhone Google Video About Mashable Company About Us Advertise Submit News Contact Us Announcements Resources Guidebooks Lists How To Trending Mashable Awards Subscriptions Partners W3 EDGE Rackspace Concentric Sky Dynect DNS Intridea Welcome to Mashable! Have an account?

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Social Media 86

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

View More in Seattle ›. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. Seattle Events ›. In fact, by using analytics software that relies on a different way of measuring risk, the San Diego firm is becoming known in some circles as “the Moneyball of venture capital,” according to David Coats, a co-founder and managing partner.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner. Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Referrals from your investors (or potential investment partners) are ideal.

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clicksend.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Home About Contact Make It Happen: How to find a Programmer My weekly post on Seattle 2.0. If you attend networking events, you’ve probably met a lot of entrepreneurs with an idea who need a partner to build it. Most entrepreneurs I meet seeking a partner do not include who they are and what they bring to the project in their pitch.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Last Tuesday, while I was enjoying a week off the grid, AvidXchange announced they had raised a $225 million financing led by Bain Capital Ventures. This was an atypical investment for us as we participated in the financing through our Foundry Group Select fund. But then Mike called me about some more stuff a week later.

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North Carolina Finance Charlotte Advisory Board 70

Board Effect

JANUARY 6, 2021

United Way partnered with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management to offer classes on general board governance topics such as finance and accountability. Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, Seattle. Shields for Families, Los Angeles. Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago.

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Equity Community Advisory Board Chicago 105

Reid Hoffman

MAY 21, 2020

billion Strategic Investment Fund “to catalyze the rapid procurement of essential medical supplies and help life sciences companies secure financing to produce COVID-19 products.”. Instead, it’s seeking “a range of national and multilateral stakeholders who are funding the development of vaccines for COVID-19” to partner with on this effort.

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