Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 11, 2016

eThread was acquired by Melita International in 1999 after a crazy ride that included a midnight negotiating session on the 173rd floor of some building in midtown Manhattan to try to merge with iChat. Welcome to 1999. The post Love and Venture Capital appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). Thus is venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Paige Craig , currently the most prolific, under-dressed, and most eligible angel in Los Angeles, sourced a hot, young startup called Gendai Games (makers of GameSalad - a platform for rapid development of mobile games). Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis Term Sheets.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. We’re here for Greycroft’s CEO Summit – a gathering of the CEO’s of their portfolio companies with guest speakers covering topics including how to build your team, PR, customer development, etc.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 13, 2013

Client-server has moved to the cloud (dramatically decreasing the cost of software development and deployment), and mobile apps are everywhere. Whereas I may have seen a dozen companies in 1999 with a point solution in a particular area, now I see multiples.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

This year, The Startup Magazine is proud to sponsor the entrepreneurship and venture capital conference, SeedCon, run by the Chicago Booth business school. On Friday, January 25, the entrepreneurial community at Chicago Booth looks forward to hosting their annual conference, SeedCon. Event Focus.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The Times Square Strategy discussion I had with Eric Ries , was still top of mind, so instead of my standard Customer Development lecture , I offered my thoughts on: the origin of Customer Development, where we are today, and where does Customer Development go, and how you can help get it there.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 10, 2010

How can I raise venture capital?" And when it comes to venture capital in particular, the vast, VAST majority of entrepreneurs go about it the wrong way. And if you go about raising venture capital like MOST entrepreneurs do, then you'll probably get the same results that most entrepreneurs do.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The video above shows Billie Holiday (one of my favorite singers) singing “Strange Fruit”, a song that Time manazine named, in 1999, the “song of the century” The song is a protest against racism. Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. Staffing your startup?

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

The two most obvious are: Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

In future posts I’ll describe how Eric Ries and the Lean Startup concept provided the equivalent model for product development activities inside the building and neatly integrates customer and agile development. Other companies in the 1999 PDA market were Palm, the original innovator, as well Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

It was 1999 and I had valuable Internet skills. After just 4 years I become managing partner of what is now the largest venture capital fund in Los Angeles. Develop your voice. Developing an audience gives you a bigger network, bigger knowledge and more power to get ahead. That was 12 years ago.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

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 as a director in their business development group. through the Yahoo!

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The mobile phone has transformed billions of lives by providing previously unavailable connectivity, information and economic development (studies have linked a 10% increase in mobile penetration to a 1.2% Villagers in rural areas are now connected to health services via SMS updates and “dial a doctor” services.

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The Equity Kicker

APRIL 13, 2017

As a keen observer of startups over the last 17 years, one of the most remarkable and welcome developments has been the application of scientific method to building startups. In 1999 when I started in venture capital there were no blogs and very few business books that were useful for entrepreneurs.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Alone in a ski cabin with the snow coming down outside, and my wife and daughters out on the slopes all day, I started collecting my thoughts by writing a series of “lessons learned” stories that I had hoped would become my memoirs.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Research & Development. Before Roving Software could receive its first round of financing from professional investors, in early 1999, he had to put all the stock arrangements in writing. For example, Morse notes that neither C corporations nor venture capital funds structured as partnerships can, by law, be S corporation shareholders.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If you’re thinking about joining as the director of marketing, product management manager, senior architect, international business development lead, etc. It was 1999. My reply is usually, “is it time for you to earn or to learn?&#. Let’s face it. That’s Ok. It was easy to do these calcs.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In recent years Business Incubators have developed into diverse models. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

But before Google became the giant corporation that it is today, it was almost sold for a shy $1 million to Excite CEO George Bell in 1999. Their patience paid off months later when big name venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital invested $25 million in Google. TOMS Shoes.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. But some companies have entrepreneurs that seem talented on paper, are in a space that seems interesting to investors and are able to raise venture capital early in the company’s existence. True story.) We hired people to run the UK and Germany.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

It’s no coincidence that these two developments have come together. In an anomalous, parallel development, the 1999-2000 bubble spawned local funds who were able to support these companies to a point, and to introduce them to their Californian counterparts. The former enables the latter.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. Karen Bantuveris has 15 years experience as a consultant in customer centric- leadership development, marketing strategy and business process design. Karen Bantuveris, CEO of VolunteerSpot ( ff VC and angel-backed startup with 2.5m

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Growthink Blog

MAY 18, 2010

If you would like help developing a professional business plan for your company, Growthink has developed business plans for more than 2,000 clients (who have raised $1 billion since 1999). And if you'd rather develop your business plan yourself, click here to download Growthink's business plan template.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

I’ve written about board governance challenges for startups since 1999, publishing one book, a series of three white papers, and many articles and blog posts on this topic. Adult Education Corporate Governance Entrepreneur Levensohn Venture Partners VC Board Best Practices Venture Board Governance White Papers Venture Capital Web/Tech'

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. eBay is likely the most efficient “accelerator” to have existed to date.

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Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2011

angel funding, venture capital, bank loans, etc.) Study after study proves that entrepreneurs who develop formal business plans are much more successful than those who do not. We have successfully developed business plans for over 2,000 clients since 1999, so I have to recommend our team here at Growthink.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

In recent years Business Incubators have developed into diverse models. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2011

As it turned out, rather than run me out of town on a rail, the two venture capital firms that had lost $12 million in my failed startup actually asked me to work with them. In 1999… with the company’s revenue north of $100 million…I handed the keys to a new CEO and left.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 14, 2011

In his view, board practices generally in the venture industry are substandard and there are few organized resources to guide board members, outside of the work done by the National Venture Capital Association under the leadership of Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners. and San Mateo, Calif.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

If you’re at the stage where you’re looking for outside investment to take your business to the next level, SaaStock boasts having over 200 representatives of venture capital funds in attendance. Founded in 1999, Etail was one of the first conferences devoted to e-commerce, and it remains one of the biggest. eTail East.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 12, 2012

When I first entered the venture capital business 10 years ago after being an entrepereneur, my partners warned me that "my bar" for new investments would get higher over time. In other words, before they had raised a nickel, they had made as much progress as a $10 million funded Series A start-up circa 1999 or even 2004.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. I remember the heady days of 1999 when everyone believed that there were new rules to investing.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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