Both Sides of the Table
JULY 26, 2022
If I look back to the beginning of the current tech boom which started around 2009, we often wrote a $3–5 million check and this was called an “A round” and 12 years later in an over-capitalized market this became known as a “Seed Round” but in truth what we do hasn’t changed much at all.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Startup founders always need help. It wasn’t until I helped Foursquare raise their seed round in 2009 that many outside VCs even took notice of NYC. We love giving tourists directions and everyone’s got a local business they frequent where they know the owner that they’re hawking neighborhood newbies.
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Entrepreneurs' Organization
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
In mature Western economies (the US, UK, Canada, for example), it’s almost twice as costly to operate a business in 2019 as it was in 2009. 45 days for a typical startup to hire a technology engineer. The other market segment which has understood the advantage of being able to access a rich talent pool of elite talent is startups.
Founders Coop
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 6, 2020
We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .
TechCrunch
AUGUST 3, 2022
Andreessen Horowitz’s recent hire of former Jordan Park Group Chief Investment Officer Michel Del Buono suggests the venture capital firm is getting into startup founder wealth management. That move was notable in that the storied venture firm was founded in 2009 in Menlo Park and has historically been associated with the Bay Area.
Revolution
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “ Today’s abrupt slowdown in VC investment suggests a post-recession-type M&A wave is on the horizon. How can you avoid this unnecessary fate?
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