A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 11, 2021

This week our team met with a founder in Singapore via Zoom. In one hour we learned enough from the founder to be able to make a decision on whether or not to invest in the founder’s company. I don’t think we will see founders going back on the road in any material way ever again.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 4, 2013

I guess this is the ultimate definition of implementing a business model when you’re not clear on strategy! One of the things I have observed over the years is that a hard charging sales oriented founder/CEO can often hide the defects in a product. I found myself in violent agreement with Fred’s blog post(s).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

The ones above are the ones I’ve prioritized this year (other than Disrupt – I never seem to get invited to that one). Co-founder discontent. Reference checking is to confirm or disprove a strong, positive intuition you already have about founders that could lead to an investment or a pass. Oh, the conferences.

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

For this reason, it would be ridiculous for a founder to ever tell a venture investor that they want to keep the company private. The exit strategy conversation should be nuanced, and founders should use it as a way to show investors you can think about things from different angles. In reality, exits are an outcome, not a strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The founder of the event, Paddy Cosgrave, smartly responded to the critics in a post I just read this morning. ” So how should you feel about Web Summit, DreamForce, TechCrunch Disrupt, CES, SxSW or any of the myriad of tech events that are put on every year? But if you want a great trip to Dublin then you should definitely go!

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 22, 2020

You have to go back to the Depression and World War II to find a disruption of this magnitude—and that shaped an entire generation. This will definitely be a generation shaping event—one in which we’re going to undergo a lot of pain and difficulty, but ultimately, for the better. How we run businesses will be different, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Maybe small amounts of money for what founders reading these pages dream of but life-changing for many. ShayCarl (a Maker Studios co-founder) in particular. The production quality is terrible” I say, “ Please study The Innovator’s Dilemma because it predicts the disruption of your industry presciently.”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

I suppose it can be different for every founder and for different VCs but I’d like to offer you some context on what I think it is and it isn’t. I see this on a regular basis like the founders – Josh Mangel & Aaron Peck – at Skurt who are asking the obvious question of why renting a car an airport sucks so badly.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. Here are mine: 1.

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Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Many founders, unfortunately, skip this stage altogether and go directly to the next one. Challenges facing EdTech founders: Small Network: A small number of hugely successful EdTech startups (compared to other markets like FinTech, AdTech, etc) so a very small network to learn from and everyone is still exploring and finding his own way.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Welcome to day three of TechCrunch Disrupt , where the opportunities to learn, connect and grow your business just don’t stop. Remember, you’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Founder Fireside: Clubhouse. Founder Fireside: Metafy and Seven Seven Six .

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was hanging out the other day with my buddy Jody Sherman, founder & CEO of EcoMom. I was sick of hyperbole articles pronouncing that VCs were “scared or AngelList&# or “it was disrupting VC&# or some other BS exaggeration like that. Q&A with Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant, founders of AngelList.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Falck, now the CEO and founder of Swedish autonomous freight company Einride, also worked as the director of manufacturing engineering assembly at Volvo GTO Powertrain. The following interview, part of an ongoing series with founders who are building transportation companies, has been edited for length and clarity.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

million) seed round of funding led by Founders Fund. Also participating is LAUNCH (the fund led by investor Jason Calacanis), Sweet Capital (via Pippa Lamb), Rogue VC (via Alice Lloyd George) and Angel investors Simon Beckerman (co-founder of Depop), Eric Wahlforss (co-founder of SoundCloud and now Dance), Abe Burns and Joe White.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 25, 2011

bre.ad , a new startup launching whose founder has perfected the art of the conference pitch. I was sitting at lunch at Techcrunch Disrupt in the middle of a bunch of people. I've been thinking about bread for the last couple of days. No, not bread.

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Onevest

APRIL 27, 2015

Just ask Adam Lee, co-founder of Bohemian Guitars. Feeling the need to change up the musical instrument scene while also making an environmental impact, the brothers are definitely disrupting the industry with Bohemian Guitars. When you pair up an oil can with guitar strings, only good things can happen.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2021

As an early-stage reporter, I honestly bet a lot on the potential of a savvy edtech founder or creative marketplace play. All Raise, a nonprofit dedicated to increasing the footprint of women founders and funders, has released its annual report for 2020. Founders who don’t properly vet VCs set up both parties for failure.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The founders of “Time” magazine, for example, wanted to create a news magazine that a busy person could read in an hour or less. Something disruptive. And that’s pretty much what I was doing, because I definitely didn’t have a product that was ready to go in a store. I was just focused on one goal.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

As the idea went from innovating on software & systems to launching a company to rolling it out in the field brought on Rahul Gandhi as his co-founder to physically launch the company. Sam & Rahul have worked closely together on “innovate & operate” since the earliest days of MakeSpace. Seriously, this happens.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2022

This was one of the takeaways I had when chatting with Continuum CEO and co-founder Nolan Church about a recent spree of CFO resignations, including but not limited to OpenSea, Noom and Brex. TechCrunch Disrupt is next week, somehow. Remember that you can use code “STARTUPS” for a special reader discount for Disrupt tickets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

With other outlets like media publications WeeTracker and Disrupt Africa disclosing different results for the African venture capital market, we compared and contrasted their results last year. billion while Disrupt Africa, $496 million for the same year. of the total African VC funding counted by Disrupt Africa.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But is it the right choice for every founder? After he posted a thread on Twitter offering several rationales explaining why some should definitely avoid them, I invited him to adapt it for a TC+ guest post we published yesterday. These founders landed early checks by being savvy about social media. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Co-founder and CEO Cody Candee admits business “completely froze” for the first three months of the pandemic. “We basically just chased the opportunity wherever it was,” he tells TechCrunch, summing up how Bounce tackled the last two years of pandemic disruption.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

For one, Mara was founded by Danilo Mansano and Ariel Lambrecht, the latter of whom was one of the co-founders of 99, a mobility startup that became the first unicorn in Brazil after being sold to Didi for $1 billion in 2018. . This round caught my attention for a few reasons. Image Credits: Mara. “It’s

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

But when it comes to learning all the complex ins and outs of building and launching a successful startup, more is definitely the way to go. Both TC Early Stage events focus on the essential skills every founder needs to succeed, and you’ll learn from leading industry experts. We’ve all heard the adage, less is more.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

And to Fred’s point that he and Brad want to do this for a long time: Yves is only 60 and over the last several years has gotten even more passionate about investing in disruptive technologies than I’ve seen before. He’s leading the charge in our investments in agriculture technologies, for example.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2021

When LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman first coined the term “blitzscaling,” he kept it simple: It’s a concept that encourages entrepreneurs to prioritize speed over efficiency during a period of uncertainty. “Blitzscaling itself isn’t the goal,” Hoffman said during TechCrunch Disrupt 2021.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The VCs who founders love the most. Managing Editor Danny Crichton spearheaded the development of The TechCrunch List earlier this year to help seed-stage founders connect with VCs who write first checks. ” The VCs who founders love the most. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 17, 2022

Founder of rental matchmaker technology platform Pickmee, Felix Scholz, believes this is the first place all entrepreneurs need to start. Being able to see patterns helps you steer towards, or away from, disruptive trends. It’ll allow you to leverage any research and problem definition you’ve been building in the background.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2021

This is Hopper’s second raise in a year that has been marked by turmoil for the travel industry, owing to the disruptions caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. And one that’s working really surprisingly well is the disruption insurance.” “Price freeze is a good example.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 28, 2023

Companies want to build for the pain point you never dreamed to disrupt; VCs want to invest in an emerging trend before it becomes a household name; and those breaking into tech are told to lean into their earnestness, because you never know who is going to answer your cold email. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

It’s a unique moment, one that creates an unusual opportunity for startup founders on the hunt for talent. While all startups are certainly not focused on being disruptive, they often rely on cutting-edge technology and processes to give their customers something truly new. percent, versus 5.5% percent in the economy overall.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Secondly, it’s further proof that mortgage – a traditionally “unsexy” industry that has long been in need of disruption – is officially hot. During a one-on-one interview at Lendit Fintech’s USA 2020 virtual event in October, Garg had told me that an IPO was definitely in the works. We’ll do it when it’s right,” he said.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Tide Foundation, a Sydney-based, five-person startup competing in TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield this week, claims that its “first-of-its-kind” encryption protocol could make this so-called “cyber breach pandemic” — a tagline the non-profit was using before the global crisis struck — a thing of the past.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 7, 2017

You need a great idea—ideally one that is disruptive and will scale and that you care about passionately. You need to recruit an amazing team, and ideally, have co-founders you trust and respect. Share definitive documentation with investors, including a capitalization table. By Murray Indick and Kate Tyler.

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FundersClub

JULY 13, 2017

• Can help maintain productivity on days when events disrupt commutes or services at office. We've drawn from our own experiences as founders, as well as getting feedback from other founders, to put together some guidelines on how to best put together a work from home program. • Good for morale, developing trust.

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

A few examples… When asked in February what differences in the landscape he saw in 2021 and if deals were much more competitive, Accel partner Ethan Choi responded: “On the investing side, deals were definitely more competitive and valuations certainly reflect that, even despite a correction in public fintech comps.”.

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