Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This lasted from about 2001-2004. Finally, I do want to mention that Mike was the founder of DogPatch Labs , which has facilities in Cambridge, New York and San Francisco. Current round: $2mm Series B from Tomorrow Ventures (Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google) and Lars Hinrichs (Xing founder). Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. Alex Haro, co-founder of Life360 , one of the most downloaded apps of all time, went through many challenging times building up his startup into a public company. The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

When I first started in venture capital, back in 2001, I used to fund funds. There were a million reasons not to do Uber, for example--regulatory hurdles, first time VC backed founder (Remember, Ryan Graves raised the seed round as CEO, not Travis), the fact that it required individual launches in each city, premium product, etc, etc.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

And people like Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Dave McClure, Chris Sacca & Eric Paley (at Founder Collective) are leading the charge. Chris Sacca talked about how a $20 million exit can change a founder’s life and that shouldn’t be scoffed at. That’s awesome. I had two kids and a rental house.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 13, 2021

It is a little known part of my career, but for a brief period from 1997 to 2001, I was part of a small group of investors who helped to create a startup ecosystem in Latin America. It all started with a company called StarMedia which created a Yahoo-like “portal” for Latin America. But it was StarMedia where I learned the most.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. I find comfort in founders in love with their markets and products and visions — whatever the economic consequences. Until we weren’t.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2020

Evan Nierman is the founder and CEO of Red Banyan , an international crisis public relations firm. Within a few days of 11 September 2001, I purchased plane tickets for optional personal travel. In times of crisis, entrepreneurs step up to take the lead on creating groundbreaking pathways toward renewal.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

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? My chips were down in late 2000 / early 2001. You’d be surprised how many ex-founders and ex-CEO’s you can find this way. When the world was ending?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. You’re a startup founder. You start fighting with your co-founder whom you thought you understood. When my company hit the fan in 2001 I could have easily walked and gotten a better paying job. That’s OK.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. I lived through this again September 2001. My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. I was resolute.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders. some founders lose their life savings.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 8, 2022

Tiera Covington, EO Hawaii, is the founder and president of Integrated Facility Services Hawaii (IFSH). In 2001, while serving in the Hawaii Air National Guard, I started working for ABM Onsite Services as the Administrative Assistant. I was raised by my single mother in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This was a reasonable achievement when you consider that it was 2001-02, one of the worst years to be selling enterprise software and we were selling it SaaS style, which was still evangelical back then. Let me tell you my story. In my first company we had achieved a small bit of scale. In our first year of sales we did $2.1 million.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Written for EO by Torsten Oppermann, co-founder of the marketing agency MSM.digital and EO member since 2007. . I am a true northerner, whereas my business partner and co-founder Markus grew up in Bavaria. Would you jump for joy because of a basket of fruits, free coffee or a foosball table? Of course not. The logical next step?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Importantly, the founders’ time could also be focused on more productive endeavors, greatly improving their mental and emotional well-being. Still, we’re not sure many founders would give up on their companies right now for a long list of reasons. After all, the money could be invested in something more impactful.

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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. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. I eventually needed more money. Do it early.

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Jason Malki

JULY 10, 2023

The Co-founder/CEO of Axioned. Libby, leads a renowned technology services firm specializing in transforming the visions of Founders and Innovators into lucrative revenue streams by bringing their tech-product ideas to fruition. In 2009, I made the decision to join forces with my co-founder, Dev Jhala.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it. I will use some examples from Parachute and some other portfolio companies to give you examples from our experiences of watching successful brands grow.

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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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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

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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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. You’ll find out the minimum when the next round is raised.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, founders haven’t quit their jobs at this stage. 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. Tinkering ends when entrepreneurs fully commit themselves to turn the business idea into a reality. Did we miss something?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

My estimate is that a lot of startup founders will hit the market between April to June next year, and that’s the moment of truth for the ecosystem,” he said at a gathering over the weekend organized by Indian newspaper Economic Times.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

By Rosemarie “Bubu” Andres, EO Global Chair, FY2018/2019 , an EO Philippines member and co-founder of Candy Corner , the number one source of quality candies and chocolates in the Philippines. When she’s not making a mark within EO, Bubu serves as the co-founder and CFO of Candy Corner Philippines, Inc.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Sometimes an original idea simply doesn’t pan out, a market gets too crowded or a company’s founders stumble onto something they have built that is actually a better business than the original idea. billion was originally a college lecture sentiment platform, according to CEO and co-founder Peter Reinhardt.

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

Generation Z (2001-2020) = 5%. Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Breakdown of workforce by generation : Traditionalists (1925-1945) = 2%. Baby boomers (1946- 1964) = 25%. Generation X (1965-1980) = 33%. Generation Y (1981-2000) = 35%. Traditionalists. Generation Y.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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. You can catch this episode of the Found podcast to hear more on that.).

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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

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Andre Maciel is the founder of Volpe Capital. Jennifer Queen is the founder of Pina , a PR firm focused on startups and venture capital firms. Andre Maciel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. He formerly worked with J.P. Morgan, and was a managing investment partner at SoftBank. Jennifer Queen. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

The term “digital divide” was first coined in 2001 by political scientists to describe how uneven access to the internet would create a population of left-behind “information have-nots.” By Annmarie Lanesey, EO Albany member and co-founder of Greane Tree Technology.

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