Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

There were over 200 as of 2006.” This is in contrast to going it alone in direct investments or publicly traded REITs and stocks. Wikipedia notes that “in 1996 there were about 10 angel groups in the United States.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

That way, I still get to stay in touch with the thrill of startups, but I could do it vicariously through other entrepreneurs. During the first week of that class, we all had to do a short pitch of a startup idea and convince our classmates to join our “startup”. The Entrepreneur vs. Investor Dilemma. We were off to the races!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Instead of going into a pitch meeting hoping to eke out favorable terms, Rafaeli advises entrepreneurs to interrogate investors with direct questions about liquidity, exit expectations and how they intend to add value over time. “The best working relationships are those built on an equitable footing with honesty and clarity.”

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. 5:00 – 5:55). 6:00 – 7:30).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 The value of Pitch Decks; Brad’s personal preferences on deal presentation; and Brad’s practice of accepting cold approaches via email. Are Pitch Decks becoming obsolete? It’s interesting that the question is pitch deck’s being obsolete versus business plans being obsolete.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

the founders of a young company hailing from Cambridge, England addressed a crowd of celebrities, investors and entrepreneurs at Y Combinator’s August Demo Day promising a revolution in food science. “Sugar is a massive consumer of water and in contrast, there’s big sustainability pitch for what we do.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. Conversely I offered the same deal to another entrepreneur who decided to shop around longer.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. We exchanged ideas when I was an entrepreneur along side him in NorCal in 05-07 and my point-of-view on founder / VC relationships hasn’t shifted even 1% since I went to the dark side. I believe this is wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

So as an entrepreneur it’s hard to navigate those waters over time. I thought I’d do a quick post on why VC’s don’t like to cross funds so entrepreneurs can better understand the situation and how to talk with their investors about it. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

I’m writing this post to explain to entrepreneurs what you should be thinking about in terms of the VC’s you approach and the size and stage of their funds. I’m happy to say that in 2006-2008 we has some good exits including BillMeLater, DealerTrack, UGO Networks and PrePay Technologies to name a few.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. As in other maturing markets, companies that have seen success in the past are now spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs as well as attracting others from various locales.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

Robert Scoble interviewed me in 2006 about my startup, Koral. I wasn’t trying to pitch a tightly controlled message about my company. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Sales & Marketing Advice Social Media Start-up Advice Startup Advice. It was Robert’s show.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. ” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

This post highlights some of the reasons why the market is moving again and what entrepreneurs should do about this. note: there is one rare exception – in 2006 Sevin Rosen declared that Venture Capital was broken and actually returned money to their LPs ! So eventually the money has to start flowing.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

They were part of the Ycombinator Cambridge class of 2007, after being rejected by YC in 2005 and 2006. Two years earlier I saw another Boston based startup called Carbonite pitch a similar cloud backup solution to investors. Boston has great universities, experienced entrepreneurs, and plenty of venture capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 26, 2022

We launched in 2006 as the first full-service digital agency in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Middle East region. Suddenly, I found myself in a period of my life that so many entrepreneurs know all too well after an exit: I felt unsure of my “place.”. I remember asking myself questions like: Am I still an entrepreneur?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Pitch perfect, you might think. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. ” Europe’s startup ecosystem was still immature and what now seems like aloofness was probably nothing more than a crude way to deter cold pitches from non-venture type businesses.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

In addition to writing up founder pitches, they’ll also rank their favorites. In August 2006, AWS activated its EC2 cloud-based virtual computer, a milestone in the cloud infrastructure giant’s development. The pre-pitch: 7 ways to build relationships with VCs. yourprotagonist. Image Credits: Ron Miller/TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It was obviously a scheme set up by young entrepreneurs to line their pockets and some big-company executives who didn’t understand innovation. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. This was Politburo-style innovation and was laughable. Enter Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included some well known firms that made me come for a team pitch and then only gave me literally 15 minutes when we’d scheduled an hour. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.

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propel(x)

MARCH 2, 2017

Here steps in Jason Holt, former staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, serial entrepreneur, and a seasoned investment advisor. In 2006, our group published a high-profile paper in Science on the concept of water filtration with nanotubes. Venture investment in the sector has remained pretty flat the last several years.

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