Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

It was June of 2003. I sat in a little ink shop on Rivington Street called Porcupine Tattoo. Emma was tracing the design I had given her--some wrap around barbed wire--onto my arm with a pen. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color. Seven Nation Army was playing. I never really thought much of tattoos.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 29, 2021

It reminds me of the early days of web2 in 2001/2002/2003, when we started USV. The good news is there are literally tens of thousands of teams building new things on a web3 stack now. Some of the best entrepreneurs and developers have moved over. The tooling is getting better. That was also a time of great cynicism.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 20, 2022

I met Mena Trott at a Nick Denton party in NYC in 2003 and she explained blogging to me. I bought Bitcoin and went about finding a Bitcoin investment to make. That was Coinbase. The same was true with blogging and tweeting a decade earlier. I was struck by the idea that anyone could be a publisher.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 26, 2020

Eric Ludwig is a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) Cleveland chapter, which he joined in 2003. He is also the founder and partner of Pulsar Eco Products. He recently shared with us how the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed him to put his EO learning to work.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. But ultimately great people drive the ideas and Highland Capital is proactive in reaching out to entrepreneurs even at early stages. So it is a combination of markets and people. The contextual ad market was attractive. Google Ad Sense was just getting going.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 31, 2022

His first major company was Blogger (acquired by Google in 2003) which was where the term “blog” was first popularized. He’s been a titan of silicon valley for more than two decades and was one of the first innovators of the internet. He later went on to cofound Twitter and served as the platform’s CEO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

So I decided to run the London Marathon in April 2003, just 3 weeks before my son was born. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born. I planned a half marathon, which I crushed in a personal best 1:42. By the time of my wedding in July 2002 I was super fit. I completed this in 3:57 and was on top of the world.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 2, 2024

I started out in September 2003 at avc.typepad.com but moved to avc.com a few years later. So I am starting a series called “I’ve Moved Onchain” to explain this journey to everyone and today’s opening post is about blogging, naturally. I’ve blogged at AVC.com for a very long time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 26, 2024

In 2003, she started Ruby Receptionists , a one-of-a-kind virtual receptionist company where high-tech meets great people and 5-star performance. Our Forum thinks so highly of Jill that we nicknamed her JBoss — an honorific she more than earned. Here’s her story.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Founded in 2003, it began as a platform for founders to connect, exchange insights, and glean knowledge from peers. Innovation Bay, a pioneering community group in the tech sector, powers collaboration and innovation.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

OCTOBER 30, 2024

By Cara Aungst and originally published at HappyValley Industry In 2003, DiamondBack Covers was born out of an assignment in an Engineering Entrepreneurship class at Penn State. Matt Chverchko had some equipment stolen from the back of his truck, and he decided to create a truck cover to keep his belongings secure.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

In the 2003/04 timefame I was living in the UK and running my first company. Looong Appendix (only for those interested in reading another story about losing a sale & key lessons): A personal story of losing a sale that haunted me for years. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

It was 2003 and I was training for a marathon so I was in great shape (yes, I know this was YEARS ago but I did complete it in 3:57). When you bring them up you take the issue off the table. I can’t say that they’ll get over the issue, but they won’t hold it against you for not bringing it up. Small story.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 3, 2024

Most prominent is the G-Unity Foundation he launched in 2003 which supports programs fostering conscious capitalism and promoting social and leadership skills for youth nationwide. Jackson was recognized for his success in the music industry and his other endeavors.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Berkeley in 2003 through the Interdisciplinary Studies Field program, Andrew writes and consults for numerous clients in the field of product design, software, and professional services. Andrew Armstrong is a freelance writer, technology enthusiast, and digital strategies consultant based in the San Francisco Bay Area. A graduate of U.C.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

It’s 2003 and VCs aren’t exactly lining up to fund startup businesses. Would now be a good time to buy a house? I’d need a letter from you to help with my loan.” ” “Buy a house? Are you kidding me? We have 5-month’s cash in the bank!

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

I ran a marathon with my colleague in 2003 – I’m still bummed that he beat me even though he was clearly more athletic. If you’re way better than me, I’m probably not playing. GuitarHero is seriously chilled out way to hang out with friends. But even more so if my score is higher than yours.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. So rounds tend to be “range bound&# where the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino outlined essentially two types of outcomes for this financial crisis from a historical perspective: “In 2001-2003, there was a depression in Silicon Valley. “This is where history is very important, and we don’t yet know the situation we’re in yet.” It went from 1 million employed people to 750k employed people within 18 months.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 19, 2022

Just as important, though, Amazon managed their finances well. Net Income, $m. Cash & ST Equivalents, $m. Before the dotcom crash, Amazon grew at 68% and lost -$1.4b in net income.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

As an enthusiastic EO DC member since 2003, I missed the camaraderie, connections and learning events with my EO family after moving to Virginia. You have to go into it with the mindset that you are launching a start-up nonprofit as a volunteer. That means you are doing everything from the very beginning, using templates and guides from EO.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 26, 2022

From 2003 to 2014, Constellation’s revenues compounded from $80m to more than $5b, an average of 25% annually. A former venture capitalist, Mark Leonard started Constellation in 1995 with $15m of outside investment & a goal of buying vertical software companies with a moat & good unit economics.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Cradle, established in 2003, holds a rich legacy of supporting more than 1,000 Malaysian tech firms, making contributions amounting to over 3.4 Simultaneously, Bursa Malaysia will leverage the data shared by Cradle to work collaboratively on programs designed to streamline and improve funding access for budding entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). The best yet is to raise money from them for a good cause – then you’re SURE to run it (commitment). Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 31, 2016

I started volunteering at the Downtown Boathouse in 2003 and helped form the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse in 2010. The reason why people were checking on me is because I've been paddling on NYC's local waters for about 13 years, and encouraging others to do so by helping to run free kayaking programs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

When I trained for the London Marathon in 2003 I bought a Nike device that I put on my shoe that measured my distance and pace via my Nike watch. There are some competitors in the market such as MyZeo , but I love my wife too much to wear a headband to bed. Measuring my daily activity. Next up for me is measuring my daily activities.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

He suggested an idea that comes from the NFL called “ The Rooney Rule ” enacted in 2003 in an effort to end the era of all-white football coaches in a league with > 75% African American players.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Around 2003, Quigo was doing tens of millions of dollars in revenue with two main products: a ready-to-use, search engine marketing solution for advertisers called FeedPoint and a contextual advertising platform for publishers called AdSonar. Quigo Lands Overture as Client, Rejects Their Acquisition Offer.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

They started their first joint venture, Blue Moon Pizza, in 2003. With an understanding of both the service and cuisine side of the industry, the couple has since parlayed their strengths into several successful businesses. In Their Industry.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 15, 2017

In 2003, Moisés started a food voucher business, Vale Panama. Moisés would go on to work for the Panamanian government as a maritime adviser and as a corporate lawyer at the Interoceanic Region Authority of Panama. He later worked at a local bank, where he became the general manager.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Shelley joined the EO Brisbane chapter in 2003. Read as she recounts five tips for failing forward that detail course-correcting strategies for maximizing each of our 30,000 days of life on Earth, accepting failures and moving forward to discover the next exciting chapter life has in store.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Taylor spent four years at Google starting in March 2003 before undertaking an entrepreneurial journey, founding early social network FriendFeed in 2007, right after leaving Google. “I’ll be setting out with Bret on this next adventure in March, and will have more to share once we get started.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2023

LMS365: Tracking and reporting Image Credits : LMS365 The story so far LMS365’s history can be traced back to 2003, when dentist Bjarne Mortensen founded a company called Elearningforce that was focused squarely on on-premise deployments of Microsoft Sharepoint.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

As TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling wrote on Friday about the company : Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 after dropping out of Stanford. I would argue what she did helped undermine the entire venture compact, and that’s why she’s going to jail.

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