Start Up Blog

AUGUST 25, 2013

NetMind: Alan was a cofounder of this startup, which he said never really made money. They made a trade sale in late 1999. Angel investors really look for entrepreneurs who want to build something, more than make money. Back then he thought, how hard can it be? Really hard. Though he had a successful exit from it.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I discuss category creation with one of the co-authors of Play Bigger , Christopher Lochhead, in episode #232 of Legends and Losers if you would like to really delve into that (it is a very important topic). Ralph Mack, Julie Allegro, and other prominent angel investors, and I’ve also agreed to be the CEO’s primary mentor.

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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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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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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. Previously, Andreessen developed Mosaic and co-founded Netscape.

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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. Getting intros is easy as pie, and so far there are few social ceilings between founders and the local tech elite. In fact, the conflicting attitude towards newcomers has quite a lot do with Austin’s egalitarian culture.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

The prices of angel deals have recently crept up, VCs have also gotten their checkbooks out again, frothy deals are happening and people are feeling bullish. While not 1999 all over again but I am observing first-hand the signs of funding frenzy. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#. I know not everybody agrees.

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