Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I had an MBA, had done a few years of strategy consulting and knew all of the management theory. We hired a head of technology, a head of customer service, a head of marketing, a head of strategy (which no startup should ever hire) a CFO and, ugh, 33 developers. I’m not trying to take credit beyond where credit is due.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. So I think the hardest role to fill in a startup is a Product Management role.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 9, 2010

For decades the “layering&# of technology has allowed us to develop IT systems and networks in a specialized way that let’s best-of-breed technology solutions to emerge at each layer of the stack and to allow people with different skill sets to specialize in key areas without having to have competence in every technology arena.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Over a coffee in a small office in Cupertino (yes, their name is related to their founding hometown), we talked about how it was the right time to build a new networking company due to the confluence of three major trends: cloud, software defined networking (SDN), and the consumerization of IT. The discussion struck a chord with us.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. In 1998 it was 150 million, 1999 250 million and by 2000 it had crossed 350 million. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The world has changed much since I started my first company in 1999. They communicated this to product management who looked at all of the internal requirements we had generated (e.g. some came from our customer service, some were to improve performance / scalability from tech ops, some were bug fixes, etc.)

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

The key reason for the explosion in capital flowing into the industry, and therefore the large increase in practitioners, had nothing to do with 1970’s performance, early stage investing, or technology. So contrary to the piece, it wasn’t VC were good at early stage technology, it was that they had newfound capital and a big exit window.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2019

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. In tech startups stock options were here almost from the beginning, first offered to the founders in 1957 at Fairchild Semiconductor , the first chip startup in Silicon Valley. VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 20, 2019

In 1998–1999, when I was running my first company, one of my investors, the late Don Jones , came by to visit us at the office. For those it behoves us to spend the time to think through the choices diligently, and make the best decision we can with the information we have. The architecture and technology will have to evolve over time.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 30, 2022

As technology and algorithms are constantly changing, the world of SEO as we know it continuously evolves along with it. 4:56] Could you talk about something you’ve written about — the end of technical SEO? [5:43] Would you say that we just need to remember those principles and apply them to today’s technology? [18:04]

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s review all of our existing investments. I need leaders who manage in good times and bad.To build a large company you need to manage through economic cycles. Not just tech companies but industrials, too. Don’t spend like it’s 1999. On Mar-6 it hit 6,626 or 53% off its peak. Cut where needed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. I think too many books are written by charlatans and have too much management jargon / double speak that I can’t stand.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2019

But she has persevered while pursuing experience in steel fabrication, traffic management, and transportation regulatory consulting. Ellen wanted to grow the association but many companies were in dire straits and unable to pay their dues. Ellen’s ride to the top with her association group hasn’t always been smooth cruising either.

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Ben's Blog

MAY 24, 2021

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 The value of mutual fund investments in private tech companies was estimated at just north of $7 billion in 2016, or about.05% IPO market.

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 28, 2010

. “Juniper is excited to acquire one of the industry’s leading virtualization security vendors and the extremely talented team that built it,&# – Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Juniper Networks. The technology was developed in collaboration with Bar-Ilan University.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

The Greycroft event was a 10 out of 10 so I’ve diligently taken notes. With all the external presenters, the ones I enjoyed the most were Dan Senor who wrote the book Startup Nation (an examination of the Israeli technology scene). My action item – I will soon announce the GRP Partners CEO Summit.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 8, 2013

Since 1999, my passion has been studying high performing IT organizations. Often, the entire organization starts dreaming up bigger, bolder features that are sure to dazzle the marketplace, but without the best grasp on what technology can and can’t do, or fully realizing what caused us to miss our commitments in the first place.

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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. We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence. VCs get paid to “put money to work.&#.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. But even more exciting is when I see inflection points of adoption — which is why 2011 was a particularly exhilirating year for me.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. Detailed due diligence. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors. Deal origination is a slow, labor-intensive, frustrating process. Target Selected.

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SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

When I first decided to start The Silicon Valley Product Group, I had just left eBay and had some very strong opinions about what makes great product teams, and great product cultures, and while there were more than a few important thinkers and leaders on these topics, one area that I felt was under-represented was the role of product management.

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Mike Michalowicz

MAY 22, 2017

The continual innovation of technology and product can provide infinite scalability for an Online Retailer. Everything she does is with authenticity, from how she communicates to her market, to how she manages her staff. Nathan Huppatz, an online retail trailblazer, has learnt a lot since he began back in 1999. 5 Stars Irene!

Global 87

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

My original post was directed at hiring managers. My view still stands – for many hiring managers a large factor in looking through resumes of somebody who is 30+ and has never worked somewhere for more than 18 months will be the job hopping element. I learned how to better run a product management process.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. The managing partner of the firm called me the next day. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). we had about 25 firms contacting us – more than I could manage.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet San Diego Viral 274

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Calxeda is on track with its business and ARM-based product development plans, moving toward providing first samples of its industry-changing technologies in 2011. According to Gartner, nearly 60% of datacenters point to power as their greatest facility problem, whether due to excessive heat generation or insufficient power.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. But the day after you’ll wake up and see yourself more as a manager than an owner. Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It in not uncommon to see a VC talk about “total assets under management&# as in “We have $1.5 billion under management.&# I don’t really understand why VCs do this since it’s mostly a meaningless number. What is total assets under management? - So VCs often raise money every 3-5 years if they can.

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alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

In 2003 as part of my master’s degree I reviewed over 50 empirical studies in typography and found a definitive answer. To date, no one has managed to provide a conclusive answer to this issue. Part 2 reviews the evidence for and against the legibility of serif and sans serif typefaces. 5; in Lund, 1999 ).

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Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

www.igda.org

JULY 24, 2012

Ive spent 20 years developing and managing software projects. But, over time, I noticed that the productivity losses that result from working too many extra hours start taking a bigger toll faster than most software managers realize. Electronic Arts is no different than many high-tech companies in this regard.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Technology. This service is temporary unavailable due to system maintenance. As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Receive and manage newsletters. Loading… Tech. Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. WSJ Classroom. My Journal.

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 3, 2016

2 – Our Flagship Technology. When filing for incorporation ATLAS Technologies was already taken, so Mobile was added since that’s our focus. Thanks to Steve Wood, ATLAS Mobile Technologies. #3 I had actually developed the logo in 1999 and it is now on the back of my entire product line.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 7, 2016

This means that personalization and related technologies left the “nice to have” category for good. The underlying technologies of recommender systems are becoming more and more polished, both technically and in terms of possible business applications. Moreover, implementing such widgets can be quite easy, technically speaking.

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Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? from the UCLA School of Law where he also served as Chief Comment Editor of the UCLA Law Review, and earned his B.A.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MAY 4, 2013

It will be great to catch up with Idea Management System vendors like CogniStreamer , and innovation service firms like Ideas To Go and Maddock Douglas. “The contents are inspiring” – senior research manager, major food manufacturer using IdeaKeg since 2011. They’re always doing something new.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 19, 2010

Is it a 3-year fad, or will new technologies like 3-D keep going to the movies from being relegated to the dustbin of history like Vaudeville, the afternoon newspaper, the evening news, the variety show, and the compact-disc? from the UCLA School of Law where he also served as Chief Comment Editor of the UCLA Law Review, and earned his B.A.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Despite Benchmark’s strong association with ecommerce during the late 1990’s due to the success of companies like eBay, we have not been particularly active in ecommerce in the past several years. In addition to market concerns, I had the unique experience of working with Dan Nordstrom and the team at Nordstrom.com in August of 1999.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Tony Hsieh, CEO of online clothing retailer Zappos, has made company culture a focal point in his management style. million in 1999, Zappos is now worth $1 billion. Thus, efficient management of funding sources is highly important because small businesses have to fund both day-to-day operations and expansion projects.

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