Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

When you’re an early-stage startup that hasn’t raised any institutional money you end up doing almost every job function of the company yourself. I hired a senior exec from the building materials industry (we were a document collaboration company for the engineering & construction industry) who was also ex McKinsey.

Founder 299

Founder Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 299

Startup Lessons Learned

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A few of the detailed case studies include: Tech legend Bill Gross building an MVP in 1999 to test demand for online car sales, which grew into CarsDirect.com. AppFog creating "high-hurdle" experiments to surface authentic early adopters with real pain. LitMotors approach to using Lean Startup to create a new vehicle category.

Lean 167

Lean Entrepreneur Agile San Francisco 167

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now. However, many variables come into play when investing at the early stage.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now. However, many variables come into play when investing at the early stage.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

I’ve seen several cycles in the market since I first started venture investing in 1999, and I believe there has been no greater potential for wealth creation in the sector than there is now. However, many variables come into play when investing at the early stage.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Seed Funding (Innofund).

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 278

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 9, 2009

In the summer of 1999, I started working on a startup from my college dorm. Id been on the internet since I was playing MUDs as a kid, but by 1999 I felt Id already missed the boat. You can even see the humiliating evidence of my smug incompetence in this absurd article from 1999.) I pretty much missed all the trends.

San Francisco 94

San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 94

Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

They provide consulting, promotion, product testing, hiring, training and incubation services to startups. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Seed Funding (Innofund).

Programming 170

Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids. Deal origination is a slow, labor-intensive, frustrating process.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

We just hired our first in-house recruiter, Lisa Novak, and she is leading our team in this regard. In The Entrepreneur’s Essentials #10 , I cover the most proven way to hire well?—?it Opportunity cost is very real for any stage company, but it is critical for an early-stage one. it isn’t easy. But this is rare?—?Steve

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Software Review Sales Cofounder Analytics 48

Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Piracy became so associated with startups that when, in 1999, the cable network TNT released a movie about the heated rivalry between Steve Jobs and Apple, and Bill Gates and Microsoft, it was titled, “Pirates of Silicon Valley.” This adaptability is critical in the early stages of building a great company.

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Software Review Employee 36

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

Mine started this way … I started my first company in the “go-go years&# of the Internet: 1999. We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million.

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Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

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. The whole risk capital industry aims towards what is known as ‘early stage investments,’ sprouting new companies.

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Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity. If 1999 was a wet (read liquid) bubble, 2015 was a particularly dry one. Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees.

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IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Eighty-two percent have global offices, and yet 91% are still run by Israeli CEOs, as opposed to foreign executives hired from the outside. In the old model of Israeli startups, many Israeli executive teams would hire a vice president of sales in the U.S. until the late-stage go-to-market phase may be too late.

Cofounder 20

Cofounder Technical Review United States 20

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then the other thing is companies are having — if you talk to anybody running a company, they are having real trouble hiring enough qualified people. Number one is, a lot of companies need to actually educate their customers or their partners, and a lot of that has to happen online.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22