Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC. It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

YC itself says it was founded in 2005 as “an antidote to the classic venture capital firm.” Months after the departure, Tan said that Ohanian isn’t leaving the firm altogether but is instead stepping into a board partner role at Initialized.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The company is a role model and innovator in this area: It has been entirely remote since 2005, and at 1,700 employees, it has helped prove that a remote workplace culture can succeed at scale. When I came here for the first time, I had a board meeting, and I said, ‘Let’s get to work.’ I said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me!

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 11, 2014

I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I joined the board and I was assuming everything would always be up and to the right, because that''s the way success happens, right?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 31, 2021

At the height of its growth in 2005, the company underwent some changes. Pressure from the board and/or investors. Qualcomm was founded in 1985 and led by Irwin Jacobs who, based on Qualcomm’s success, would later become a billionaire and one of San Diego’s most prominent philanthropists. Low employee engagement.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 19, 2021

Contributed by Winnie Hart, an EO Houston member who serves on EO’s Board of Directors. on Monday, August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. Hart is an author, brand strategist and the CEO of TwinEngine and Brand in the Box. We must be ready. We must be prepared. We must lead. At 6:10 a.m.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In 2005, three entrepreneurs — Vadim Vladimirskiy, Stuart Gabel and Niall Keegan — co-founded Adar, a Chicago-based company providing “streaming IT” and IT-as-a-service products mainly to small- and medium-sized businesses. ” It likely helps that Nerdio has a close working relationship with Microsoft.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Our collective strategy Ambition 2030 represents the promise of Impact Hub when I first joined as a member (Impact Hub Islington, 2005). Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. Every startup I knew in 2005 (when I started my second company) was using this. The Emergence of “Open Cloud&# Infrastructure. These people understand that the nature of startups have changed.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

The company has been growing revenues and customers at a rate of 50% over the last 10 years (and 63% over the past 15 — it’s been around since 2005), and it now has 1,700 employees with plans to add another 1,000 this year. Sikkens is joining the board with this round. Billings are expected to be €160 million in 2021.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And – you’ve guessed it – also the solutions will be co-designed with the SoTecIn community acting as a sounding board, advisor and steering committee. Arriving at this consensus wasn’t easy, but building diverse communities and helping them co-create solutions within their cities and countries is our bread and butter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. We can make different boards that represent cuts, color, up-dos and makeup and show them to our guests, or have them make their own to show us. 5000 list twice! . What drives you? Instagram has forever changed how guests can find stylists that appeal to them.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

I have sat on a board with Howard and have known him a few years. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. What is ideal board structure? For a company that raises a seed round of capital a three person board that includes the CEO, Investor, and an Independent member is fine.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And – you’ve guessed it – also the solutions will be co-designed with the SoTecIn community acting as a sounding board, advisor and steering committee. Arriving at this consensus wasn’t easy, but building diverse communities and helping them co-create solutions within their cities and countries is our bread and butter.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

This is the first deal I've closed for FRC and I've also joined the board of the company. We met back in 2005 through our respective blogs—he was writing at Businesspundit at the time. Backupify also has had some very smart advisors on board like Sim Simeneov and Dharmesh Shah that I'm looking forward to getting to know better.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. What is the communication rhythm and dynamics with the board and in other meetings? In the beginning there were monthly board meetings then after Series C they moved to quarterly. Seth likes to get together with board members every 30 days. I totally agree.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. The spin-out took a few months to negotiate and didn’t actually close until February 2005.

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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 take into account the effects the purchase has on the board of directors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Rick Shrotri and Neil Sheridan from Digital Alpha will join WeLink’s board. Ross had been interested in wireless internet since 2005, but the technology was early — and very expensive. “I It dubbed the latter an “outcome-based financial structure.” The startup was founded by CEO Kevin Ross and CTO Ahsan Naim in 2018.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

It feels a lot like NYC as a whole did back in 2005--a handful of relatively disconnected folks, a few marquee companies and a whole lot of pent up interest in doing something impactful in the local community. Android Backlash. It will be a movement that picks up steam across a very diverse set of communities.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I had a 3-hour board meeting with another. I sent an email to another about what I thought we should cover at his next board meeting and what was missing from the deck he sent. He turned me down for a job in 2005. I spent a late morning meeting with a product exec at one portfolio company. Yesterday I offered him a term sheet.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). I believe this is wrong. Let me start with a couple of stories. Fast forward to my second company.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Or again here in Consumer Affairs dating back to 2005. Former CEO (and now Chairman of the board) is Nethaniel Lipman. Many of these complaints stem from the charges individuals found on their credit card statements.&# Background. I was home visiting my father in Sacramento.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 11, 2022

Your community is the best sounding board for trying out different types of content. For example, Pew Research publishes an annual fact sheet that charts the demographics of social media users annually, since 2005. Trust them. Resources like these are great for gaining insights into which platforms your audience is on.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 19, 2021

Take Resumes with a Grain of Salt—Hire for Attitude and Train for Skills Any company can offer the greatest product or service in the world, but it can only be executed by having the right people on board. In 2000, I started writing educational skincare content, which led to the creation of my popular skincare blog in 2005.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

2005 / Ask your employees for feedback. The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. Our recent phone number feature additions were designed to help you eliminate a phone bill, and we are working to add more customized packages this year to more closely match our clients’ needs. I certainly did.

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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.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Using Crunchbase data , I charted the financing follow-on rates across the 12 US cities in which at least 10 seeds, 3 Series As and 3 Series Bs have occured in the Crunchbase data set from 2005-2014. The third chart shows the success rates of raising a B having raised a seed round.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA. Sellers can lower transaction fees by aggregating purchases into fewer transactions, while also providing buyers with an attractive alternative payment method.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. There are merger discussions, board debates, product miscues, revenue misses and a litany of delicate topics. Call me when you’re ready to leave.” ” Now they have a deep sigh when they hear what you’re actually working on. Sorry, brah.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

Many companies that are raising B or C venture capital rounds right now raised their initial money in 2005-2008. If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. It is 2010. That means that they likely raised money at a particularly high price relative to 2010 prices.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2016

I signed up for Facebook before many – in 2005 – when I first moved back to the US. Twitter was my public chat board, my place to share blog content, my place to ask public questions and to debate. Others had very few connections and they used it to share personal information. I was always more the latter.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. No Dave S. =

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I joined Google in 2005, a little after Claire. And then we do score ourselves with the board, but also with the company. ” That’s reported to the board. She’s got an English degree and an MBA. She’s a lover of fiction, and she has two dachshunds, one of whom is named Cookie.

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Campaign Monitor

MARCH 8, 2022

Many Unsplash images wind up on popular Instagram accounts or aspirational Pinterest boards. . It’s better to send nothing than to send an email that looks like it was coded in 2005 (hey, unless that’s your brand’s big thing). . Unsplash is a stock image company that prides itself on beautiful, free photography. Why it works.

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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. In order to get a VC to agree to fund you, you need to get the entire partnership on board. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

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