Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. During this era, from 2009–2015, most founders I knew were in it for building great & sustainable companies. How’s that advice holding up? Hey, we got to raise again next year. Let’s deploy faster! So now our collective companies are worth less.

VC 466

VC culture sustainability capital 466

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 25, 2021

Kent Gregoire is an Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) member and founder of Symphony Advantage, which helps CEOs achieve ongoing success through strategic thinking, advice and planning. Example: In 2009, Southwest Airlines decided to go against industry standards that were shifting toward fees for checked luggage.

capital 278

capital culture sustainability leadership 278

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. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class.

VC 263

VC board investment investing 263

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. But this strategy great depends on point 3. But while Net Burn is the more critical figure at first blush and what most investors will focus on, Gross Burn is not irrelevant.

startup 383

startup VC frameworks capital 383

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

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

And then I got into strategy consulting, and I wanted to go into strategy consulting, and they said, “Yeah, but you’re a tech guy. We don’t take tech guys in the strategy consulting group.” Probably the internet helped because they needed internet skills in their strategy group. Startup Advice'

startup 337

startup entrepreneurs consulting board 337

Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I have come to realize that since the great tech boom started in 2009 and given the massive increase in first-time angels, first-time seed funds, first-time accelerators … the market is just filled with well-intentioned, but inexperience advice. Whom you take advice from really matters. So back to reality. Reblogged via [link].

VC 136

VC advice financing finance 136

Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Taskrabbit; Nov 2009 What is one question you ask yourself before investing in a company? What is one piece of advice you’d give every founder? The strategy to minimize loss is not the strategy to win. Execute on the strategy to win. What and when was your very first investment? What struck you about them?

VC 111

VC entrepreneurship pitching strategy 111

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When we interviewed him last July , Hughes explained that he would refer leads to EveryDeveloper when they needed to sort out their content strategy. The idea for this book dates back to my time at ProgrammableWeb (2009-2014). There are about a dozen of us, split between content strategy and production. The main takeaway?

development 92

development education strategy consulting 92

StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2022

In fact, VC-based funding has boomed within the last decade, reaching a whopping $753B worth of investments since 2009. Using VC spending to aid product development is a smart investing strategy as this could put startups ahead of their rivals thanks to a boost in both planning and manufacturing-based resources.

venture capital 89

venture capital capital ventures startup 89

Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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

AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

From commerce, where it’s fine-tuning marketing strategies, to healthcare, where it aids in rapid advancements, data is key. What encouraged me to start creating services and technologies that can analyze and provide advice on these, after a lot of practice and effort to get scores. The sports industry is no exception.

education 105

education data analysis consulting data collection 105

Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

He started teaching e-commerce and helping others with it in 2009 and has been a staple in the industry. This is a marketing strategy that really works. John got into e-commerce a little differently — he was going bankrupt about 20 yrs ago and started selling stuff on eBay to make some money. Starting E-commerce: What To Do.

real estate 111

real estate media strategy innovation 111

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

” The software development agency has worked on more than 350 digital products since its founding in 2009, for startups of all sizes. They have an audit process that is based off custom development strategies they built out for us. From being around so long, we’ve probably made every mistake you can possibly think of. ”

consulting 94

consulting startup education B2B marketing 94

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. In terms of strategy, Rotman notes that QED has continued to lead deals that it feels “passionate about being involved in.”. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups.

investment 91

investment investing capital advice 91

TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Last week, Kickstarter announced that people have backed more than 200,000 projects with $6 billion in pledges since the company launched in 2009. We frequently run articles with advice for founders who are working on pitch decks. Kickstarter’s CEO on the future of crowdfunding. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

pitching 96

pitching disruption mix-use leadership 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. They wanted advice. This team is talented.

VC 332

VC advice financing finance 332

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. I joined GRP Partners in 2007 before they raised their current fund (we closed a $200 million fund in March 2009). Basically my strategy was to prove myself before asking for equitable compensation. Tags: Start-up Advice.

entrepreneurs 293

entrepreneurs VC advice consulting 293

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

I ran a team of 14 people (12 Japanese, 1 German and 1 Turk … both of whom were fluent in Japanese) who produced an Internet strategy for the board of Sony. 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. It was not a touristy experience.

advice 295

advice entrepreneurs VC technology 295

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

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. Any advice on how you either kept your confidence through that time or recalibrated?

technology 81

technology investment investing board 81

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

Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We sold that at the end of 2007 and I stayed on with MoneyGram International who acquired the company until the end of 2009. Seema: Would love to hear any advice that you have for early stage founders, either things you’ve learned or something you would guide your earlier self around. It was a strategy of hope.

technology 81

technology advice support founder 81

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2010

So my advice was to focus a bit more. When I was looking through their company’s history I saw the following statement made in September 2009: “Takes on WebEx, launches web conferencing and announces its US expansion with 900 US resellers&#. But then I saw something really nutty. So Skype was ubiquitous. billion).

advice 266

advice education venture capital strategy 266

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. They help users navigate away from assumptions or use of outmoded data to drive their marketing strategy. Love crypto?

startup 108

startup real estate health energy 108