Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 27, 2013
We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Santa Monica is the place where the highest concentration of early-stage startups are created if you consider also the contiguous geography of Venice Beach. Let’s start with the fund.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
I think you have to listen to the queue’s.” “…if you look at a lot of the early stage investors, whether it be Union Square Ventures or First Round or Jeff Clavier at Softtech or Dave McClure – we want to try the product, we want to experience the product, we want to get a sense of how the entrepreneur is thinking about it.
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David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
Mr. Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Prior to joining First Round in early 2006, Mr. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us through the Yahoo! acquisition.
Duct Tape Marketing
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
So back in 1996 I wanted to start my own business and I asked my mom, “Hey, what businesses could I do from home?” And I think that in the early days it was sort of novel that people had content, and obviously like you said, the search engines didn’t have as much content to chew through so they would surface your content.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 26, 2013
Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. Conglomerates, which were the engines of growth and vitality in the twentieth century, have proven themselves unable to innovate, and have a tarnished public image due to financial woes and poor management. Large corporations have lost their ability to innovate.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 19, 2015
Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever. According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. IPO proceeds also shattered 2013’s high-water mark of $55 billion, with an impressive $85 billion in proceeds.
www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
You make elaborate plans for a product, hire a team of engineers to develop it (people who do this tend to use the term "engineer" for hackers), and then find after a year that youve spent two milliondollars to develop something no one wants. There is nothing more valuable,in the early stages of a startup, than smart users.
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