K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In fact, when starting K9 I used my own startups as an example such capital efficiency. In my first company, SneakerLabs, the total capital raised was $1.15M. I started the company in December 1996, we sold the company in March 2000 (3+ years). So, we were capital efficient, but only because we had no other choice.

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K9 Ventures

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In fact, when starting K9 I used my own startups as an example such capital efficiency. In my first company, SneakerLabs, the total capital raised was $1.15M. I started the company in December 1996, we sold the company in March 2000 (3+ years). So, we were capital efficient, but only because we had no other choice.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 10, 2011

In May 1996, Open Market completed a successful IPO and more than doubled on the first day of trading, ending with a $1.2 billion market capitalization. The average venture capital fund raised between 1995 and 1997 returned more than 50% per year. But what if it’s actually more akin to 1996? We had recorded $1.8

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 28, 2014

I remember in 2007 when the idea of a super angel appeared, where successful entrepreneurs were suddenly angel investors making 10 or more seed investments a year. Between 1994 and 1996 I made 40 angel investments with the money I made from the sale of my first company. Entrepreneurship cycles investing Venture Capital'

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Unfortunately, Mr. Slywotzky makes an important assertion about venture capital that is incorrect. First, the venture capital business is contracting severely: From the April 18th, 2009 NVCA/PWC Moneytree report: “Venture capitalists invested just $3.0 ” FULL STOP.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. in December 1996, while on a student visa. Besides I was a young, first-time entrepreneur at the age of 23. I always knew that I would someday start my own company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2021

 —  @jd_weinstein  —  @htprescpb  —  @johnengler  —  @bdainton  —  @jhcjr_  —  @adrianna_atx About Joshua Baer Joshua Baer helps people quit their jobs and become entrepreneurs.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2012

For a number of years, my partner Jason Mendelson has been teaching an extremely popular course at CU Boulder Law School with Brad Bernthal titled Venture Capital – A 360 Degree Perspective. Being an Entrepreneur. Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity 1996 – 2010. Five Minds for the Future (Gardner).

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

In 2007, BusinessWeek named Ries one of the Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech and in 2009 he was honored with a TechFellow award in the category of Engineering Leadership. He serves on the advisory board of a number of technology startups, and has worked as a consultant to a number of startups, companies, and venture capital firms.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. And importantly, Mark encourages all entrepreneurs to make sure they understand a VC’s seed strategy before taking money, which I strongly agree with. Mark Suster: Understanding a VC’s Seed Funding Policy is Critical.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 19, 2012

As a reminder, LPs, or limited partners, are the investors in venture capital funds. One of our slides today showed VC exits over $100 million since 1996, split between the US and Europe. Another slide showed venture investments in Europe by sector, and provided the basis for a discussion about our sector strategy.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

While that’s not true, it is a fact that entrepreneurs only have one word for “startup.” Palm in a New Market What makes this example really interesting is this: rewind the story 4 years earlier to 1996. In 1996 no potential customer had even heard of a Personal Digital Assistant.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

According to the latest Kaufman Startup Activity Index , entrepreneurs are making an unprecedented comeback in America, with data showing the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 15, 2011

OK, I may be biased having been an early stage VC based out of New York since 1996, but I must say that the vibe, energy, and people at the Techstars NYC Demo Day event yesterday was simply awesome. And with that, it was clear to see how much these startups could accomplish with so little capital and just sweat equity.

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BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This is a story about starting an enterprise seed fund called Boldstart in 2010 and our journey in enterprise since 1996. Add 4 more repeat founding teams we backed prior to boldstart, and another 8 entrepreneurs we backed who are also advisors with carry, and you can see why we believe in the power of founders and building a family.

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Seeing Both Sides

JULY 21, 2014

million in one year, the year we went public at a billion dollar valuation (ok, it was 1996; everyone went public in 1996 with a billion dollar valuation), and then $61 million the following year. When I discuss business models with entrepreneurs and investors, there is a varying appreciation for why recurring revenue is so special.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 22, 2009

”, written by Mark Veverka, asserting that “venture capitalists want to widen the playing field for the underwriters.” ” The story includes quotes from former National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) chairman Dixon Doll of DCM and investment banker Paul Deninger, who is the vice-chairman of Jefferies & Co.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. I spent a bunch of time thinking about this position — especially since Beezer is an investor in Upfront Ventures. I could go on for a long time.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. Practical Market Research Resources for Entrepreneurs. Eric Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, popularized this strategy for web applications.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

which happen to all be venture?backed backed companies, went public raising less than $50 million at various times between 1971 and 1996. capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997. Rational economic actors do not continue to risk capital in a loser’s game. jobs today.

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Pascal's View

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

equity capital markets for emerging growth companies are not the current revenues of companies filing to go public or their current profitability levels—the core problems for U.S. And this isn’t just a venture capital problem—this is a major problem for the American entrepreneur—since 1991, 47% of all U.S.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Hands-on startup advice for emerging entrepreneurs. Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. Successful entrepreneurs have a bias toward action, as illustrated in Tom and Huck. Entrepreneur (167). Launching Venture (34).

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

That is why it is imperative for entrepreneurs to critically examine all advice and “truths” about startups. Many aspiring and even experienced entrepreneurs blindly believe those myths to be true and either take too long to start their business or never feel confident enough to get going. Successful entrepreneurs move quickly.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

When I made 40 seed investments between 1994 and 1996, I had a philosophy that I’d double down on a seed investment. In some cases this turned into nothing, but in a few cases it had magnificent outcomes for me and my gang, along with the entrepreneurs. It’s not pretty, but it happens.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Decades ago, the thesis of Yossi Vardi , a prolific technology entrepreneur who has invested in 75 Israeli startups, was that Israeli entrepreneurs should seek quick exit opportunities through global corporations interested in buying a window into Israeli talent and technology. We think so. Today, this thesis is less relevant.

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aweissman.com

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Some of them reflect the architecture of a building built in 1917, but they are otherwise for the most part nondescript and surely less opulent or fancy or technology-laden than the average mid-sized venture capital firm. I’ve seen this before - when I worked at AOL in 1996 and in the early days of the social web 2006 or so.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Are you an entrepreneur or small business owner with questions about funding your small business? I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. I’ve been an entrepreneur for almost as long as I can remember. I have been involved in startups since I graduated from college in 1996.

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