Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

So I was an Angel investor from 1994 to 1996. One of the successful investments was a company called Nigenisis, which ended becoming a public company in 1999. “As a result I got to see some deals and get involved with some deals and I made some investments with my own money. And it’s that combination with a long-term view.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. 22 » More than 40,000 investors worldwide trust Gust. Investors: Sign up Entrepreneurs: Get started. Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund. Sign up for Gust and receive Bill Payne’s Definitve Guide to Raising Money from Angel Investors.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. “I’ve been an angel investor in private companies since the late 1990s, and I invested in eight start-ups.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Tech is absolutely a boon the city — the city has doubled in size since 1999 on the back of countless new tech jobs. This is the place where first-time founders can rub shoulders with seasoned entrepreneurs, experts from the labs of IBM, and every single angel investor in the area.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

this post is all about the resilience required to keep going as an entrepreneur, not as an angel investor. Our original investors made very little?—?unless We started Coremetrics in 1999 selling to dot-coms. But I digress?—?this Bob Fabbio was the founder and CEO of eRelevance and he was the man in the arena here?—?and

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 22, 2013

Organized by the National University of Singapore (NUS) Entrepreneurship Society and aimed at encouraging youth entrepreneurship, Start-Up@Singapore started in 1999 as a business plan but has now grown to be much bigger. Preliminary submissions end on 8th February, 2013 – register for it here.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

What most frustrates angel investors is the “needle in the haystack” nature of picking winners. We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. For the U.S.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

What most frustrates angel investors is the “needle in the haystack” nature of picking winners. We are now well-beyond 11 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading much lower than they were in September 1999. For the U.S.

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Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2011

many new angels spawning from Google, Facebook, etc. angel investors are supporting these early unqualified launches; many are F&F/parents who believe in the dream. whenever investors jump in late (now) many bad things happen. the barriers are now very low for actually forming a business, as is the cost. millionaires.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is exactly what happened in the broader VC industry between 1999-2001 as many people without the requisite skills entered the industry. But I fear that for most angel investors who invest over the long haul angel investing will not be a profitable endeavor. If you do, make sure you’re not the sucker.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A study based out of Babson College via The Diana Project looked at venture capital investments in women between the years 1999 and 2014. Unfortunately, Babson also found that the number of women involved in venture firms has dropped; as of 2014, it was 6 percent, compared to 10 percent in 1999. What about “leaning in”?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He is an ecommerce innovator with first Coremetrics and then Bazaarvoice, a very active angel investor, and currently Founder and CEO of data.world. Follow Chelsea on Twitter @ChelseaMcC #Policy #SmartCities #EisenhowerFellow Cindy Lo was one of the first people I met in Austin in 1999 when I came to work at Trilogy Software.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Acquirer/ Investor. Angel groups using Gust. Out of over 70 companies that we have invested in since 1999, about 20 are in our home city, New York. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. ff Venture Capital. 2009) [ii].

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I’ve known and worked with Andy since 1995 (I was on the board of his first company – Abuzz – which was acquired in 1999 by the New York Times) and am awed by the amazing things he’s doing in Seattle these days, including Founder’s Co-op , RevenueLoan , and of course TechStars Seattle.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 6, 2014

I was making plenty of money consulting and, while I was investing much of the money I made from the sale into new companies as an angel investor, the idea of living in Homer was attractive. When Amy and I talked about “what’s next” when I was 29.5 This was 1995 and the path from there has been powerful and dramatic.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Here is a 60-second tour of IM Creator: IM Creator is bootstrapped with $250k from the founder Jonathan Saragossi, and a few unknown angel investors. billion back in 1999 ; Yahoo has since shutdown Geocities after failing to charge all its users to use the service. Geocities for example got bought out by Yahoo for $3.56

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Fralic was also one of the early employees and VP of Business Development at Half.com starting in 1999, and after the eBay acquisition, spent six years with eBay in a variety of entertainment, business development, and media roles. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us acquisition.

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Growthink Blog

JULY 30, 2012

What most frustrates angel investors is the “needle in the haystack” nature of picking winners. We are now well-beyond 13 long years of ZERO public market returns, with major indices (Dow, S & P, and NASDAQ) trading, on an inflation adjusted basis, much lower than they were in July 1999. For the U.S.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Just because an angel investor that made tens of millions of dollars gives $50k to a startup, and got 9 of her friends to do the same thing, doesn't mean that company deserves to get a $5 million check. It's actually a great situation for the ecosystem. This brings to mind a bigger question of where we're going from here.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Ralph Mack, Julie Allegro, and other prominent angel investors, and I’ve also agreed to be the CEO’s primary mentor. both in the “picks and shovels” space of digital retail with very compelling software solutions. One I’ve invested in personally, along with Mike Maples, Jr.,

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Start Up Blog

AUGUST 25, 2013

They made a trade sale in late 1999. Angel investors really look for entrepreneurs who want to build something, more than make money. So hard it is only now becoming functional 30 years later. NetMind: Alan was a cofounder of this startup, which he said never really made money. Though he had a successful exit from it.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Since 1994, Conway has been doing angel investing in solely internet software. He is one of six people for SV Angel, which is on its third fund of $30M. Conway’s first fund, Angel Investors I, raised and invested in 1998, generated a 7 times return. His second fund raised and invested during 1999 saw a 1.5

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 5, 2016

Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Brian worked at Salomon Brothers, Lehman Brothers and Thomas Weisel Partners, where he joined at the firm’s inception in early 1999. Meredith is an angel investor in Color Genomics and Munchery and sits on the advisory board for zkipster.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 8, 2015

I was a Limited Partner in Angel Investors II (Ron Conway's angel fund) that was an investor in Confinity. Not surprisingly, the merger was highly dilutive, particularly to Confinity/PayPal shareholders. At the IPO, Musk held a 14.2% stake vs Thiel's 5.6% (Sequoia Capital had 10.7%).

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Austin Startup

MAY 3, 2017

Staying private  — The average age of a technology company before it goes public is 11 years, as opposed to an average life of four years back in 1999. They can just go back to their investors for more capital. Imagine that. Sounds like Texan resilience and who in Texas doesn’t know the etymology of “bootstrapping”??

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

On the other hand, sometimes you get the entrepreneurs who say, “I know I am doing the 36th workforce collaboration system in the consumer side; Google was the 36th search engine, and I know it’s 1999, and I know the whole sector is overfunded, but I have a better idea. I know how to do it better, I know how to do it different.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. The initial vulnerability will affect angel investors : The stock market and real estate impacts usually hit angel investors (excluding angel funds) before they hit VCs so that is where the initial hit will likely come again this time.

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