A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
AUGUST 17, 2021
I recall when my partner Brad and I were raising our first USV fund, back in 2003, and potential investors wondered about my blogging habit. I am sure that Hanel has already heard from a bunch of founders working on measuring carbon and will hear from more in the coming weeks and months. And she explains why.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2015
It’s my hypothesis of why so many founding teams have 3-4 founders. I’ve seen many first-time founders who had fallings out with their co-founders, had lawsuits, had investors bail on them, lost market momentum. I saw this in 2001-2003 and in 2008-2010. I fund both types all the time. Yet failure smells.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
MARCH 31, 2022
Today’s guest is Ev Williams, the founder and CEO of Medium. His first major company was Blogger (acquired by Google in 2003) which was where the term “blog” was first popularized. Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or YouTube. He later went on to cofound Twitter and served as the platform’s CEO.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 16, 2013
I remember just a decade ago in 2003 when we all laughed at how dumb people in the 90′s were talking about the race to “capture as many eyeballs as possible” before your competition. And revisit my point about whether you are the archetypal founder who will get tons of money thrust upon you. Fair point. The market.
Entrepreneurs' Organization
MAY 6, 2020
She recently attended a Facebook Live stream hosted by Warren Rustand , co-founder of EO’s Leadership Academy in Washington, D.C., In terms of pandemics, we remember avian flu (1997), SARS (2003) and MERS (2012). Yap is a thriving serial entrepreneur whose businesses include Citrus Studios , Luxe Link , and the Orange & Bergamot.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 29, 2012
Nate followed through on his views by investing in LA accelerator Science , run by the venerable Mike Jones , who is a former founder (UserPlane, sold to AOL), tech exec (at AOL and later at MySpace) and one of LA’s most prolific (and well liked) angels. 39:00 Tell me a little bit about Gaikai and how you got involved.
This is going to be BIG.
APRIL 2, 2012
It was June of 2003. I like what Chris Sacca tweeted about it: "I admire how easy fundraising is for founders today. 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.
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