Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. The founder negotiated with the fund and ultimately accepted a 15% lower price.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Gen Z is getting a dose of some economic medicine that has older generations recalling 2008 and 2001, and Uprise is here for it. She learned a lot about finances from her mother, who was an immigrant to the U.S., and taught herself about finances, passing that knowledge down to her daughter. Image Credits: Uprise.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Contact Financial Holding, Egypt’s non-bank consumer finance provider, has invested $9 million in the country’s ecommerce super-app Wasla , setting the stage for the rollout of new online shopping capabilities, products and regional expansion. And the final step is integrating financing or buy-now-pay-later solutions directly within that.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). But most importantly I lectured founders that you can’t avoid the admin of setting up your ESOP. Most importantly we talked about my good friends at Okta who were financed by Andreesen Horowitz.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. Joel met his co-founder for Fog Creek software and learned a valuable management lesson. There’s a big business in Finance working with Excel, but that’s an outlier. What did you learn at Juno?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Goalsetter , a financial education platform for kiddos, has announced the close of a $15 million Series A financing round. The startup was founded by Tanya Van Court who had her own struggles with financial literacy after losing more than $1 million in stock during the bubble burst of 2001.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. No doubt they spent countless hours arguing for reduced burn rates sometimes with founders, sometimes with investors.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, founders haven’t quit their jobs at this stage. Usually, entrepreneurs use bootstrapping to finance their expenses. Surging Growth: This period started in 2001. They probe into the feasibility of the business idea and try to find the problem-solution-fit during this stage. Go On, Tell Us What You Think!

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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. So, why should startup founders care about attracting and retaining a diverse workforce? Myth 1: Startup founders are young . Fastest growing 0.1

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

For example, Leading Edge Capital closed on nearly $2 billion for its sixth fund, Base10 Partners brought in $460 million for its third fund, Founders Fund secured $5 billion for two funds, Freestyle raised $130 million for its sixth fund and the list goes on and on. Overlooked Ventures co-founders Janine Sickmeyer and Brandon Brooks.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Imagine a world where founders boasted about how much growth they’ve driven, as opposed to their fundraising prowess. “We’ve seen that all before … what’s new-ish (at least since 2001) is the massive overhang of growth investments that will take startups years to grow into,” he wrote.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 13, 2023

MVPs are not restricted to tech founders; the principle behind them is sound for any business. originally coined the term in 2001, and it was then adopted by author Steve Blank. Blank set out a customer development method for small companies that they could use without the huge finances at their disposal that the giants have.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Join us on Wednesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 19 to watch these incredible founders take the stage. I know you want to see who made the cut.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. In 2001, for six months, Whurley left Austin to follow a girl to Las Vegas and to break into casinos as a hired hacker. Register here. It’s free.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 27, 2024

Their DNA was wrapped up in a VC mindset that starting valuations were less important given the lofty later stage valuations and frothiness at that end of the market (hence over 1000 “unicorns” today vs only 8 in 2008 and 1 in 2001). Those micro VC funds need to be invested or they will have to return the capital, hence valuations are bid up.

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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. So, why should startup founders care about attracting and retaining a diverse workforce? Myth 1: Startup founders are young . Fastest growing 0.1

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Founded by Michael Bruno in Paris in 2001, 1stdibs (*) is the world’s largest online marketplace for luxury one-of-a-kind antiques, high-end modern furniture, vintage fashion, jewelry, and fine art. If you are a founder who is excited about starting a new marketplace, there are two caveats that are important to remember.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. What Has Changed in Financing? They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 7, 2016

Morris Tabush, an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member from New York, is the founder a president of Tabush Group , a successful cloud computing, technology solutions and IT company focused on serving small businesses. This article was originally published on EO’s Inc.com column.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Truthfully.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Almost no financings, many VCs and tech startups cratered for the second time in less than a decade following the dot com bursting. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. Until we weren’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

They made great introductions, they helped you get financed, the put in more money themselves, they helped you strategically and they helped you with your exit. when you missed your targets, when your co-founder quit, when the competition chose your competitor or when the other investors around the table lost confidence? Except GRP.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Edtech needs to reach beyond underfunded public school systems to become more sustainable, which is why more investors and founders are focusing on lifelong learning. Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education (a leading edtech seed fund in Europe with portfolio companies like Aula, Unibuddy and BibliU). citizenship!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. Another called Parker Harris, the co-founder and CTO. We will hopefully close on a $2-3 million financing round at some point in January and I can get back to the full time work of running my business. I look forward to the next phase of our business.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

In a study conducted by Cambridge Associates, researchers found that the real failure rate hasn’t gone above 60% since 2001. According to Griffith, the 90% failure myth serves to soothe the bruised egos of those startup founders who failed. It’s common for founders to look for more people like them, but this can prove disastrous.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Since BCV’s first fund in 2001, the firm has invested over $4.5 I love working with founders at that stage.”. There are still so many hard problems left to solve, especially within fintech and commerce-tech and I am excited to continue to work with great founders and back the next generation of mission-driven fintech founders.”.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 14, 2014

And as DeCambre points out, so far through 2014, the ten largest startup financings have yielded about twice as much capital as the ten largest IPOs. The chart above compares the total number of MegaRounds, those VC investments of $50M or more, from 2001 through 2013. The chart above shows the 36 year trend in the number of tech IPOs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. It’s just a part of your ongoing activities as a founder. Always be fund raising.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Co-Founder and CEO Noam Levavi previously co-founded and led YCD Multimedia, a digital media provider helping some of the world’s biggest brands deliver personalized content to their customers. Our mission is to ensure positive human outcomes during life-saving missions,” Edgybees co-founder and CEO Adam Kaplan tells TechCrunch.

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