Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. If you became a principal or a new partner in 2000/01 you had a good salary but as it turns out you were very unlikely to see a large upside “carry” return for quite some time. And that’s what it’s like – all superlatives.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. Rumored to be appox.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 29, 2016

Well, my own statistics are that about 2000 things come across my desk in a year, and I make 8-10 investments. There are a lot of "good" ideas out there that don't have that much potential or don't have a very strong chance of getting there. Getting an investment is very difficult thing. How difficult? That's the top 0.5%. Same with pitching.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“This essay is dedicated to the great VC’s on my board who I am lucky to work with: Sameer Gandhi from Accel, Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed, and Kirsten Green from Forerunner. In 2000 our industry had more than $100 billion in LP money. In the original version of his post, Andy writes. I rest my case. It is changing.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2023

In percentage terms, last quarter dropped the most since 2000, falling 94% year-over-year. Larger, higher-revenue-multiple combinations face more scrutiny from corporate boards when stock prices fall & equity becomes dearer. The US startup M&A market in Q4 2022 was one of the quietest in the last 20 years. in Q4 2022.

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Gust

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Maybe you don’t like having to discuss key decisions with your board of directors. It was not a great business decision, at that time (2000); but it was what I wanted and it felt good. In that case, you should think about whether or not you want to share ownership, and decision power, with outsiders. Maybe you don’t.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

And with the subscription-based business model comes the requirement of calculating KPIs like: How many customers are getting on board every month, and How many customers leave the business every month? It added another 2000 customers the same month, of which 500 churned out as well.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Both Wardi and managing director Lonne Jaffe, as well as senior associate Brad Fiedler, are joining Incredibuild’s board. Fortissimo bought Incredibuild in 2018 with belief in the enormous potential of distributed processing,” said Yoav Hineman, Partner at Fortissimo Capital and board member of Incredibuild, in a statement.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

Take Resumes with a Grain of Salt—Hire for Attitude and Train for Skills Any company can offer the greatest product or service in the world, but it can only be executed by having the right people on board. In 2000, I started writing educational skincare content, which led to the creation of my popular skincare blog in 2005.

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TechCrunch

JULY 30, 2021

Tech firms generally are younger than other companies of a similar size, which partly explains why the median age of S&P 500 companies plunged to 33 years in 2018 from 85 years in 2000, according to McKinsey & Co. Two-thirds of tech execs believed that the longer a leader has been in office, the more it complicates a transition.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. What is the True Sentiment of VCs? This is how VCs feel.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 29, 2024

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed by you and by your board and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. With the first round of funding, there should be agreed-upon milestones to be achieved.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

After just two hours there, we boarded the bus again to make our way to Sorrento and Pompeii. I had started with a flaming parachute leap from a dotcom startup in late 2000, and armed with just US$6,000 in savings and the equity I had built in my relationships over my career. Just as I had fallen in love, it was already time to leave.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“Since 2000, we have seen three major technology shifts in the enterprise: the transition from on-premise to SaaS, the growth of mobile, and the most recent – sweeping digital transformation across almost every part of every business,” said Eugene Lee of OMERS Ventures, in a statement.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Wand and CETP director Constantin Boye are joining Shopware’s board with this round. The money is notable not just for its nine-figure size, but also because of its context.

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 10, 2023

Since 2000, Shipley has led the Queen City Angels group (based in Cincinnati, OH), served as a board member for the ACA including a term as Chairman of the Board and worked tirelessly for the founding of the Angel Investor Foundation and chaired its capital campaign.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

My SVP of Sales & Marketing quit 30 minutes before an important board meeting. If you became a principal or a new partner in 2000/01 you had a good salary but as it turns out you were very unlikely to see a large upside “carry” return for quite some time. And that’s what it’s like – all superlatives.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

My favorite example of a world class pivot comes from the CEO and board of one of my most successful investments. Green Dot Corporation was formed by an entrepreneur in the year 2000 to create a product to permit those without credit cards to purchase items on the Internet.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Rethinking growth targets, in light of the rising cost of capital, to focus more on efficiency in this environment is a consistent thread in board meetings these days.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 3, 2022

At the height of the dot.com boom in the first quarter of 2000, the bank had invested in a record 53 startups. In Q2 of 2000, that number dipped slightly to 46. Tourism Board where she led branding, growth marketing, communications, and capital raising. And of course, by Q3, it had plunged to just 13. Thanks for reading!

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Business Idea #5: Employment Coaching Sadly, there's lots of layoffs across the board in many different companies, and more and more people are looking for work. We're paying him $2000/month which is well worth it for me. Here’s my number…” This is a perfect recession-proof business. And that's going to always be true. And guess what?!

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 28, 2022

With this fund raise, Prateek Jain of Fundamentum Partnership, would be joining the Ayu Health Board. Ayu Health Hospitals is the fastest growing network of high quality hospitals in India , focusing on patient experience, latest technology for advanced treatments, transparency in pricing, and highly experienced doctors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2023

Securing supply from providers was crucial to meet demand, so Jungle’s board partners worked with the startup to create a time-bound group level plan. Seemant Jauhari As an example of how Jungle has worked with healthcare startups, Jauhari said one of its portfolio companies needed to expand from five to 12 cities.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 17, 2019

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed by you and by your board and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. My favorite story of a fast failure was of a technology incubator started in the year 2000 with optimistic money from several angel investors, including me.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 17, 2019

If they are not achieved within the expected time, the reasons must be analyzed by you and by your board and acted upon to avoid loss of capital beyond plan or expectation. My favorite story of a fast failure was of a technology incubator started in the year 2000 with optimistic money from several angel investors, including me.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2000 for her breakthrough work in circuit design automation. ” Strohband also served as PM at Volkswagen, led Stanford racing’s autonomous car, Stanley, co-founded Metamind, and sits on the board of various companies. Mar received her Ph.D. He holds a B.A.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

After assisting in founding four angel groups - the Frontier Angel Fund (2006), Vegas Valley Angels (2003), Tech Coast Angels (San Diego - 2000), and Aztec Venture Network (1999) – it was clear to Bill that angels needed comprehensive education, no matter where they were in their investing journey.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Now it’s Scale Venture Partners ’ turn, announcing it secured $900 million in committed capital for its eighth fund, also its largest since forming in 2000. O’Driscoll explained that limited partners were on board with the new fund, though they wanted to make sure that Scale wasn’t raising a larger fund than it could deploy successfully.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

After presenting a “state of the company” report at a national meeting of resellers for a company where I sat on the board, I was approached by one of the audience members, complimenting my presentation and stating, “I have a problem. We now jump forward to February, 2000, 14 months after formation of the company. The year was 1998.

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

And it is increasingly hard to understand how a board of directors can legitimately exercise their fiduciary duty, while subjecting the company to such a strucurally backwards approach. As one SPAC board member declared, each SPAC is a “choose your own adventure” experience. Every thing is negotiable. The competition is real.

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. Despite the coronavirus crisis, 40 new jobs in Israel were added in the past month to the OurTalent job board.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2020

My EO journey started in March 2003 when I was hired by then chapter president, Damon Gersh, and his board. The speaker was Erin Brockovich, the well-known activist and subject of the highly acclaimed movie made in 2000, bearing her name. I was humbled and honored. In my 17-year tenure, EO has enriched my life in ways I never imagined.

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Berkonomics

JULY 8, 2021

The organization, like Vistage, manages roundtables of CEOs meeting monthly in small groups, where they discuss their mutual challenges and help solve each other’s complex problems, acting as an informal board of advisors. Unlike other groups, ABL members all belong to either healthcare or technology industry-focused roundtables.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 1, 2020

An inexperienced entrepreneur might neither have the experience nor the tools to manage their impending company crisis; we as knowledgeable Angels and mentors and board members can draw on the experiences we have faced as investors in those previous cycles. It is our hour to shine and help our startups survive and thrive! Be ruthless.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2012

They are in a board meeting with clients. 1 week later the market crash of 2000 began and the dot com market began to collapse and financings with it. We take a half a day to agree the points and send them over. Seems like the term sheet will be done in a day or so. The other law firm gets the docs. They’re traveling that day.

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