2000 advice investing 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 15, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. Quick aside: how can VC’s invest in online businesses, digital media, social networks or mobile applications if they don’t actually use the products actively themselves?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2013
We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Like many modern VCs, we’re committed to investing in the community and in our portfolio companies. Startup Advice' Let’s start with the fund. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
So my first advice is not to rush in the fund raising process. In fact, they will think better of you because you’re demonstrating that you’re the kind of thorough person that they wanted to invest money into in the first place. Don’t take my advice, take Eric Clapton’s. Not so in venture capital.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 11, 2012
In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. But crowdfunding investments in startups is the answer to all our worries in life, right? If venture funds could be supported by the local communities they invest in, you'd create a fantastic dynamic.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. It’s that simple. >50% of our revenue in now viral.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
<Small plug> – I invested in an awesome company called … awe.sm … that is a performance tracking tool that let’s you measure efficacy of channels like this (email, facebook, twitter, linkedin, etc.) They never did any PR or marketing to get their videos to first get shown on the news during the 2000 election.
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