Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I normally offer this advice in the capacity of really wanting to help entrepreneurs so please bear with me. It is 2010. This doesn’t suit anybody.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. After a recent discussion I had with Steve Blank it made me remember that I had left off one of the most critical factors – a culture of failure. I remember this lesson well.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. You can’t mistake that for being the one who wins the poker tournament or even comes home with more money than you brought to the game. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA. Tags: Start-up Advice. Criteo – Provider of online ad retargeting services and personalized recommendation service. Leverages persistent cookie to follow a user and display recurring display advertising that matches a previous transaction intent or behavior.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. No Dave S. =

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

As I’ve highlighted I believe we’re in a unique period similar to 2005-08 where the biggest tech firms of Silicon Valley (and some media companies) are scooping up small software companies as “talent acquisitions&# versus accretive revenue / profit generators. I tell my wife to assume that money is lost.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2015

Before weighing in on the subject I would point out one thing that should be obvious to many of you – the iPhone was originally launched in 2007 in an exclusive partnership with AT&T and this was vital to both Apple and AT&T and was a hard negotiation throughout 2005 and 2006.

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Venture Hacks

APRIL 17, 2019

Incentives make for bad investing advice. Valuations for pre-traction companies between 2005-2010 were $1-5M pre-money for the first non-friends-and-family round. Incentives make for bad investing advice. Incentives influence the advice you get from VCs, lawyers, incubators, and everybody else. Back $0B companies.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. But if 2011 & 2012 look more like 2008-2009 than 2010 or 2005-2007 then one of the most important skills of angel investors will be whether they can get their companies financed (or ramen profitable, but this is harder to sustain over a long period of time).

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. Startup Advice' Call me when you’re ready to leave.” ” Now they have a deep sigh when they hear what you’re actually working on. “Dude, we saw a bunch of those last year. Sorry, brah.”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

style euphoria that swept the Valley beginning in 2005. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. The success of the iPhone – The success of the iPhone and more importantly the App Store has led to an increase in early-stage VC fundings that mirror the Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 But this strategy great depends on point 3. Availability of Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. Prior to First Round Capital, Howard had invested in two of Josh’s companies Infonautics Corp. and Half.com. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I first met Ethan in 2005. I am taking the lead from GRP and we also invested alongside a number of friends including Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, Jay Weintraub and a whole host of other angels.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

To anybody who asks my advice I repeat the same line, “I don’t know whether this party will last 6 weeks, 6 months or 18 months. An obvious example is Google who may have gotten less market attention if there would have been 8 well-financed competitors during the 2001-2005 timeframe. source: Capital IQ. But it will end.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. It was a powerful moment, and he gave some great advice to us that day. In addition to developing Urban Betty , a successful salon with two locations, Neff also created an app for stylists , produced a book about homes in Austin, Texas, and even reached the Inc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. Nearly everybody in the DC region had told me, “You must meet Mike. He knows every startup & VC in town.” ” He was generous with his time with me and helpful. He was a mensch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

But today I want to give you advice on how to decrease your odds of failure in a startup. But that’s harder to build in 2016 than it was in say 2005. You may still fail but at least you’ll have less chance of failing for the wrong reasons.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I Is that when it became big? Yeah, that was when I changed for me…” “…there was so much positive feedback on demystifying this one element of venture capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

There are times in life when playing it safe is good advice—like wearing a seatbelt, for example, or looking both ways before crossing the street. A former professional athlete, Nagtegaal speed-skated with the North Holland Region/Utrecht KNSB from 2005 to 2008. Due Diligence vs. Self-Doubt.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. Because you put ads in front of user for a long time and cover the whole screen Meebo click-rates are very high. From listening to feedback after launch, it was clear that users wanted a chat experience on other websites too.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Booking.com started in 1996 and was later acquired by Priceline Group (now called Booking Holdings) in 2005. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion. Stefan van Duin , partner, Borski Fund.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

When she graduated from university, Naik’s father gave her some advice: Start your own business; don’t work for somebody else. Back in 2005, that meant working on ringtones for mobile phones, and even trying, and failing, to stream Indian concerts to mobile phones in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Klarna’s first ever transaction took place at 11:06:40 am on April 10, 2005 at a Swedish bookshop called Pocketklubben, according to the abbreviated history published on the company’s website. But first, let’s go back to the beginning.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

When I first arrived in New York City in 2005, I was 21 years old. If I can end this with one piece of advice, it is that no matter where you are in your journey to the American Dream, do not run away from your challenges. By Saloua Ibaline, business strategist, author and digital marketing coach. I was dedicated to success.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

based incorporation management company that has incorporated more than 450,000 companies since its foundation in 2005. As it enters the U.K. market, Sleek has also announced the acquisition of Ltd Companies , the U.K.-based Sleek will add its stack to the existing Ltd Companies offering to build an operating system for U.K.-based based SMEs.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2023

I initially worked as an analyst at a stock-broking firm until 2004 before embarking on my venture capital and private equity journey, where I made my first investments in Greater China before exiting via the London Stock Exchange later between 2005 and 2006. In short, venture capital is a long-term game, and there is no escape.

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Feedough

APRIL 14, 2021

This term is believed to have first appeared in a blog post by Rex Hammock on May 11, 2005. Thus, before striking off an acquihire contract, buyers should consider these factors: They must seek legal advice and approval from the board and stockholders. They must buy the business as a whole , not just the people and properties.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Now, everyone sees Google as this huge company with endless products and expansive teams, but back in 2005 when I worked there, it didn’t seem like a megacompany. That may seem strange advice for a new startup, but the economy is volatile and things change very fast.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2011

I was significantly wiser by 2005 when I started my second company. From there VentureHacks was then launched which gave entrepreneur advice on fund raising from your point of view. It’s no surprise that I got a bit fawked on my first company. There was no guide. VCs were negotiating with asymmetric information.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 20, 2012

I think this is great advice. When I heard that 10,000 people had signed up, I was stunned that 10,000 people had figured out (in 2005) how to drag the tagging button up to the bookmarks bar. There seems to be three windows, each with their own pros, cons and complications. When I first saw del.icio.us, I didn't get it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Klarna’s first ever transaction took place at 11:06:40 am on April 10, 2005 at a Swedish bookshop called Pocketklubben, according to the abbreviated history published on the company’s website. But first, let’s go back to the beginning.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

I still drive the same car I bought for cash in 2005. I was chatting with the finance guy and he was cycling through all the things he wanted to bait-and-switch me to and he asked if I wanted a lease in stead of a purchase. I told him I didn’t because we planned to keep the car for more than 3 years so it was more advantageous to buy.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 24, 2024

David, left, at Stanford in 2005 I decided to bail on the PhD and finished my Master’s and I went to work at Texas Instruments back home in Texas, until I got the bug to be more than an engineer. We’re consuming our own advice. I was really lucky to get to work with him for a bit. Last question! Oh man, so many things.

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Tomasz Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

I hear this in the advice that seed investors provide to SaaS companies. A modern Series A company is much larger in staff, revenue and achievement than a Series A company from 2005 and consequently, conveys a greater sense of momentum and growth rate than its predecessors. Series A volumes have more than doubled in the same period.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 29, 2019

Assessments for measuring and analyzing such strengths have been developed by VIA (Values in Action Classification of Character Strengths; Peterson & Seligman, 2004), Personality Strengths Project (Linley, 2008) and Gallup, Marcus Buckingham, Now Discover your Strengths (Buckingham & Clifton, 2005).

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