Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 15, 2009
million which closed the first week of March 2000 – a week before the market crashed. Back to BuildOnline, following the staggering decline in public market valuations throughout 2000 we were forced to cut our staff dramatically going from 92 employees to 38 in just one day (and down to 33 a month later). True story.)
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 3, 2011
Even more interesting is that at GRP Partners (the VC firm where I’m a partner) our two most successful returns from our previous fund [which is ranked as the top performing fund in the country for its 2000 vintage according to Prequin] were both run by women! But then the truth sets in. I speak a lot on college campuses.
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TechCrunch
MARCH 18, 2022
For founders, especially those starting companies for the first time, the gyrations of the stock market, the resulting correction in public market tech stocks, and the inevitable impact on private company fundraising might seem disheartening. And the past few weeks of geopolitical challenges only added to the bleak scenario.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 6, 2020
We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
So, I’ve decided to share the main lessons about VC that I wish I’d known when I was a startup founder chasing venture capital. Startups are all about reaching two milestones: (a) product/market fit and (b) a profitable, repeatable and scalable growth model. But the opposite is also true.
TechCrunch
JULY 30, 2021
The findings may not be troubling if these respondents were millennial startup founders, years from leaving their companies. Sooner or later, everyone in the C-suite today — including startup founders — will depart. For the sake of everyone they’ll leave behind, they should begin prepping for that day now.
StartupNation
JULY 19, 2021
Generation Y (1981-2000) = 35%. Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Supporting multigenerational workforces. Breakdown of workforce by generation : Traditionalists (1925-1945) = 2%. Baby boomers (1946- 1964) = 25%. Generation X (1965-1980) = 33%. Generation Z (2001-2020) = 5%.
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