1999 Entrepreneur Syndication Valuation 
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
A reminder that it is important for all entrepreneurs is to remember to be careful about “deal drift.” When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take.
Feld Thoughts
AUGUST 25, 2015
Take a look at the founding syndicates of each: Masstor Sytems (5/1979). Quantum Corporation (6/1980). What is striking about these syndicates is that nobody had any meaningful capital, which forced syndication and cooperation. For many years preceding 1999, the 1982 vintage was known as the industry’s worst vintage year.
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thebarefootvc
MAY 8, 2012
As an entrepreneur at heart, I often innately grasp the potential of entrepreneurs and ideas that I meet with. These days, I am seeing a large number of first time entrepreneurs with great ideas, which is fantastic to see. There is inherent risk taking when you haven’t done it before, which often leads to true innovation.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “Reid” Reid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being. The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
Not the successful companies themselves but the entire b t culture of swash-buckling startups who define themselves by hitting some magical $1 billion valuation number and the financiers who back them irrespective of metrics that justify it. It seemed like a message in a bottle opened from a shipwreck in 1999. And I blame unicorns.
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