Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. 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). It’s that simple. Many term sheets ensued.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Tags: Start-up Advice. Time will tell.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). How’s that advice holding up? Until we weren’t. Hey, we got to raise again next year.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others. In 2006 I started using Facebook and most of my friends & colleagues thought I was strange. In 2008 I started VC blogging.

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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

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I was also deeply paranoid that a bad recession was coming (this was early 2007). Startup Advice' I had foregone my VC term sheets to accept an offer yet I knew it wasn’t 100% probability to close – it never is. Yet focused. He won’t give up that. Easy, no. Surreal, it definitely is. photo credit: YouTube video ].

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. 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. I saw this kind of pricing when I first entered the VC market in 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I tried to be at every event.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). And why my advice to newer VCs would be not to feel bad if you’re missing out on what is perceived as a few hot deals. ” Hours and hours if you’re engaged.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It had grown stratospherically from 2004-2007 to 100 million users, which actually was slightly smaller in December 2007 then MySpace was. StockTwits) where you really want to know more about the person giving you advice. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly. Enter Facebook.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We had agreed to sell the company to Salesforce.com and between the offer in December 2006 and the closing March 27th, 2007 I focused exclusively on the sale to Salesforce.com. Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs. I swam every morning and ran every afternoon.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2011

Our advice is what helped them target the right market, hire the right team, build the right products.&# And there are some delusional people who really believe it. It was 2007. That’s why we didn’t succeed.&# That’s the rationalization for the failure. If you’re going to leave, go do another startup?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. 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. source: Capital IQ.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2024

HW: I’m sure you get hit up for career advice all the time. JS: The most general yet useful bit of career advice I often give is for people to look at the progression of their career as a story, and do their best to make the story compelling.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

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). Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. Defensible IP When I’m asked by newer, younger VC partners for advice on our sector, one of the things I always emphasize is looking for companies who have built defensible intellectual property (IP). Over the past 2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

They sold in December 2007, but he started selling Quigo in 2004. Advice on startups raising capital: if you raise your first round at a super high valuation and don’t grow into your valuation, it makes it very hard to live for the long game. Judged his instincts, and felt it was Quigo’s time.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

406 Ventures 11:30 – 12:00pm PT Hear from two local investors who will talk through actionable advice on fundraising and company building. 406 Ventures since 2007, is one of the leading VCs in the Boston area. In Conversation with MassChallenge and.406 Greg Darcon, a Partner at.406

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Founded in 2007, Kryo/ChiliSleep’s products include the chiliPAD , a device designed to improve sleep by adjusting the temperature of your bed. “What’s going to be different, really, with the platform is that we’re going talk to that individual” and offer personalized advice, she said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Venture Kick was launched in 2007 with the vision to double the number of spin-offs from Swiss universities and draws from a jury of more than 150 leading startup experts in Switzerland. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? It grants up to CHF 130,000 per company.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2016

in 2007 during the collapse of the housing market, precisely because I believe change and chaos breed opportunity. We publish consistent updates on our business, provide a monthly real estate newsletter, and share customer service tips and advice with regular blog posts, videos and radio appearances. I started TitleSmart, Inc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. Do you think that “follow your passion” is good career advice?

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

An experienced investor, his journey in venture capital began in 2007, a tumultuous period with a global financial crisis. Kim offers invaluable advice to newcomers in the startup investing scene. His experiences, advice, and personal anecdotes serve as guiding lights for both newcomers to the investment scene and early-stage founders.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 23, 2014

Eric rose quickly, and by the age of 26 he became Opsware’s Vice President of Marketing, remaining in that role through the company’s acquisition by HP in 2007. It requires investors to work diligently on the boards of startups, providing advice and counsel and supporting the visions and dreams of entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

in 2004 before falling sharply due to the economic recession of 2007-2009. We also feel it when they call and ask for advice and even try to beat their deadlines.”. Homeownership is one of the key components to building intergenerational wealth, and Landis is working to make that a reality for renters. according to Statista.

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abovethecrowd.com

MAY 3, 2015

I first spent time with Dave when he joined us as an EIR at Benchmark back in 2007, and over the years, we had become good friends. He had what seemed like inexhaustible time, patience, and advice for an amazingly large number of people. As others have highlighted, he also had a huge heart and a big tent.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

Our advice is what helped them target the right market, hire the right team, build the right products.&# And there are some delusional people who really believe it. It was 2007. That’s why we didn’t succeed.&# That’s the rationalization for the failure. If you’re going to leave, go do another startup?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Since its 2007 founding by Morris — who also co-founded Capital One Financial Services in 1994 — and Frank Rotman, QED has backed more than 150 companies, including 20 unicorns. “We Very, very few can augment that with proven, actionable advice and insight that can help them tomorrow.”. Many VCs can offer capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the suggestion that non U.S.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

His passion has defined an entrepreneurial journey that began in his spare bedroom in 2007 where, after discovering a world of private lending that few small business owners knew existed, Joe turned his fascination into a business. Smart Hustle Resources: How to Engage, Motivate and Retain a Remote Team.

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abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalypse (originally published in 2007) is offered as premium content behind the Longreads subscription wall. He offers advice on everything from running a BOD meeting to maintaining innovation in a large company. Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalypse by David Kushner (Rolling Stone).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Their first company was called Traffic.com, which they sold in March 2007 to Navteq for $180 million (not too shabby). Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I’m not sure why you’d do that unless you had to. I met the CEO Brian Malewicz several times.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

I know that 80+% of the people listening to me must have thought that was the wrong advice. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). Tags: Start-up Advice. I told him to quit his job first. If he wasn’t prepared to do that he wasn’t a real entrepreneur.

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