Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

It was 2009 and it was terribly difficult to get any financing (if you can remember a time like that!) We are happy to now support every & all accelerator in town that provides capital and office space and we want to focus on mentorship, coaching, advice, community building, etc. We had a specific goal in mind.

accelerator 290

accelerator mentorship peer-to-peer VC 290

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. As of near the end of September 2009, we’re up 46% since the March 9th nadir (yes, I need to find a way to use one of my SAT words ; – ).

VC 255

VC venture capital networking innovation 255

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. Two Sigma is a technology and finance company in Soho filled with incredibly bright engineers and developers, so I’m really excited about leveraging that partnership in a number of cool ways.

ventures 280

ventures pitching VC startup ecosystem 280

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

But if 2011 & 2012 look more like 2008-2009 than 2010 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.

angel investing 284

angel investing investment investing VC 284

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

It encourages a bit too much FOMO (fear of missing out) and over-valuation in companies and a desire to do huge financing rounds to be perceived as the “knock-out winner.” It’s been high tide since 2009 so an entire batch of entrepreneurs don’t know what low tide even looks like.

startup 390

startup VC venture capital entrepreneurs 390

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

But it was early 2009 and not many companies were getting new financings at all so I thought they should take the deal. But my other VC partner had a smaller fund and raising price would have a big impact on his ability to finance the company. The company agreed on a price but felt it was a bit lower than they had hoped for.

VC 356

VC finance financing investing 356

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

I would argue that the shut-down of September 2009 was equally severe yet there are signs that this “VC Ice Age” has begun to thaw. They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations.

VC 263

VC board investment investing 263

Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Cautionary note: No competent VC is actually fooled when you show up after raising $6M in seed financing and say you’re now raising an A! 5 million was always the classic definition of an A-round between the late nineties (crazy financings aside) and say 2007. Whom you take advice from really matters. and there''s always a but].

VC 136

VC advice financing finance 136

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. Jody self-funded the company and worked from his spare bedroom in February 2009. She did a bunch of research on it and finally found a small number of safe brands. His passion stemmed from what he saw moms doing.

VC 292

VC peer-to-peer investment investing 292

abovethecrowd.com

JUNE 17, 2014

In July of 2009, the UK instituted a new network known as Faster Payment Service with same day settlement to replace their equivalent of ACH. Many blame Dodd-Frank and the consolidation post 2009 for the loss of free checking. I can ping Madagascar from my desktop in California in 368ms, but it takes 72 hours for a U.S.

disruption 83

disruption finance financing incumbents 83

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? This has worked very well in the 2009-2012 time frame because the tech market has boomed in this period. To better understand the arguments for / against convertible equity I suggest you read my posts on those topics: Is convertible debt preferable to equity?

startup 354

startup VC entrepreneurs financing 354

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.

angel investing 152

angel investing investment investing VC 152

Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. What did we owe our sponsors, and did that put us in conflict with our commitments to give founders the best possible advice, and to never waste their time?

startup ecosystem 189

startup ecosystem accelerator communities support 189

TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

After a founder takes the quiz, the Funding Finder algorithm points them to what could be their best bets: debt financing, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), banks, bootstrapping, family and friend rounds, or even crowdfunding. of the approximate $238.8 billion in venture capital allocated to U.S.

capital 94

capital founder education startup ecosystem 94

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I got a job at a bank, and I worked in their corporate finance group. Be an intern” And by the way, this is 2009. You remember what 2009 was like, right? Startup Advice' Comp sci in the 80s was terrible. So that didn’t last very long. But I was a programmer in college. Maybe you misheard me.

startup 337

startup entrepreneurs consulting board 337

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

This should come as no surprise, given that fintech combines two sectors traditionally dominated by men: finance and technology. of the funding raised since 2009, while Latinx female founders saw only 0.4% Add in the intersection of race and ethnicity, and the figures become bleaker: Black women founders received 0.6%

VC 123

VC startup leadership communities 123

Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Closely Monitor Finances. Almost nine in 10 said they are open to advice/referrals when consuming content, making them virtually always ready to take in any information that could possibly be helpful to their business. Before founding db5 in 2009, Chris served as Chief Executive Officer at Hall & Partners USA.

peer-to-peer 114

peer-to-peer media leadership advice 114

StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009. Defined as a type of private equity investor funding given to startups that have growth potential , VC can play a huge part in business growth success and can facilitate a number of startup-based costs.

venture capital 89

venture capital capital ventures startup 89

Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ramon spoke with two money experts — Carol Roth and Tricia Taitt — about how to handle finances and money during COVID-19. Money Advice. What the pandemic has done and what the recession did in 2008 and 2009 is refocus everybody back to the cash flow stage. . Did you prepare for something like this? Probably not, but that's ok!

advice 88

advice personalized services finance financing 88

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

As evidence of that, the firm led Credit Karma’s Series A in 2009; led Remitly’s Series A in 2014 and participated in Nubank’s Series A in 2014. Very, very few can augment that with proven, actionable advice and insight that can help them tomorrow.”. That’s especially true as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to (sadly) rage on.

investment 91

investment investing capital advice 91

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. They wanted advice. You’re a small fish. This team is talented.

VC 332

VC advice financing finance 332

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

If you’re thinking about raising VC and have not yet started the process, you’ve probably already missed the boat for 2009. VC’s are never really “off.&# Just like entrepreneurs they take calls from vacations, do board calls, handle company emergencies and urgent financings.

VC 304

VC venture capital advice capital 304

Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 12, 2014

In 2009 and 2010, the company recognized more revenue from services than subscription. Behind this advice is some sage advice, however. WorkDay financed this huge investment by coupling long-term, near-million-dollar agreements and nearly $200M in venture capital. Services revenue isn’t a money-maker.

SaaS 45

SaaS advice venture capital investment 45

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

I know that 80+% of the people listening to me must have thought that was the wrong advice. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. Tags: Start-up Advice. I told him to quit his job first. Why should I be? Not my problem.

entrepreneurs 293

entrepreneurs VC advice consulting 293

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

My first corporate job was at First Interstate Bank where I worked in Corporate Finance. Next post: two “4-Hour Workweek&# like hacks I started in 2009 to try and take back control of my life that are saving me hours. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice startup technology vc.

advice 295

advice entrepreneurs VC technology 295

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started out as a lawyer, corporate finance lawyer, for about two and a half years. A lot of the things that we ultimately did when I was running Global Payments from 2013 to 2023, a lot of things that we ultimately did were not even like a glint in my eye back in 2009, 2010 when I was just thinking about coming over.

technology 81

technology investment investing board 81

Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

And then take your experience and turn it into a piece of thought leadership career advice to share with people reading this. Box had just 50 employees and was hitting an inflection point when I joined in 2009, so there was far more work to do than people to do it. Put yourself in interesting situations.

VC 76

VC advice energy capital 76

The Entrepreneurs Library

JUNE 30, 2015

What we find is that the banking system, the finance system, things like debt, interest, limited liability, all of these things that are quite destructive in our society actually become very functional in an economy that is putting money back in instead of extracting it out. “The Winston Churchill. His Website: howonearth.us

advice 58

advice sustainability capital financing 58

Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) ( Note to reader: this week’s essay is a continuation of my piece from last week, “A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee”.

energy 133

energy support investing investment 133

Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 11, 2023

(Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) But for all our effort, there is still a chance that we will never reach this ultimate state. It’s called Bitcoin.

capital 127

capital networking support energy 127

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. So if you’re casually reading and don’t really care about angel financing – abort now! Ask them for advice.

advice 291

advice VC pitching angel investing 291

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Finance where needed. Come 2009 we felt really bullish about the future for startups because the froth was gone and so, too, were wantrapreneurs. The people left standing had a compelling vision to build companies and we backed many in 2009. He pinged me for advice. We need some visibility. Cut where needed. Fawk, man.

VC 305

VC disruption entrepreneurs venture capital 305

WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, in first quarter 2015, 55% of all American venture rounds were either seed or Series A, split almost evenly, while 19% of all rounds were Series B (the third round of financing), according to data from CB Insights. Only 4% of the 160 startups from the class of 2009 completed a 6 th funding round by April 2014.

ventures 28

ventures incumbents venture capital finance 28

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. Also, if there is a lowering of M&A activity this will lead to increased financing needs for startups driving higher failure rates or increases in “adverse terms” entering future financing rounds.

entrepreneurs 298

entrepreneurs real estate VC advice 298

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

But most of all, he will go out of his way to help newcomers (as well as veterans) of the Austin tech scene whenever they need help or advice or counsel,” Forrest said. “We In 2009, Whurley and Erwin met Ben Lamm at SXSW and they decided to launch Chaotic Moon, which focused on software, mobile development and design, the next year.

transportation 93

transportation entrepreneurship capital entrepreneurs 93

StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Software can be licensed to corporations to benefit employees and uses behavioral science to understand the reasoning behind financial decisions people make and to help democratize financial advice for the masses. Credibly is a Detroit fintech startup helping small businesses receive loans and financing by leveraging data and technology.

startup 108

startup real estate health energy 108