Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

Back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, a flood of LP capital was coming into the VC asset class given the strong returns of the mid-late 90s tech boom/bubble. For example FRC launched a founders equity exchange fund and various programmatic forms of knowledge sharing like list serves, CEO summits, conferences, etc.

Cofounder 193

Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Online social game network; make their own games (FarmVille, Mafia Wars, FrontierVille) in addition to allowing third-party developers to access network. Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. Read more: PaidContent.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. The newest development phase dubbed “TMC3” will lead the world in life sciences research commercialization. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

France has proven its ability to develop innovative internet models Over the past three years, we have invested over $60 million in French technology start-ups with Showroomprive (number 2 in Europe for online private sales), BlaBlaCar ( Covoiturage.fr Why should they be penalised in such an arbitrary way?

France 71

France Europe Capital Gains Dilution 71

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

How much would an extra $1000 or $2000 per month help during that time? Right now companies are cutting costs and letting go of their $125/hour development shop. Back in 2001 I worked with a consultant who was a developer when times were really good, and a trainer when times were really bad. The average U.S.

Programming 30

Programming Technical Review Software Review RSS 30

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Last night at the NY Tech Meetup, John Britton of our portfolio company Twilio showed how it is done. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. Dying at 70? Dec 26, 2009).

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. Why Register?

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2012

I talked to my co-founder Brian Moran (we launched the company in Ireland) about it. He had been working in the 1990′s for a large global real estate developer called Hines ( which he has now rejoined ). 1 week later the market crash of 2000 began and the dot com market began to collapse and financings with it.

Term Sheet 301

Term Sheet Ireland Cofounder Finance 301

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). During this year they.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. The results were similar when he examined data for companies funded from 2000 to 2010, he says. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do. Replay the event.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 13, 2020

- This article was co-authored with my colleagues Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay and published initially on Tech.eu. To develop the list, we surveyed more than 1,500 European and Israeli private SaaS companies across 20 countries and a number of categories. The 2020 Accel Euroscape was unveiled earlier today at SaaStockEMEA.

Europe 71

Europe Cloud Silicon Valley 71

Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 6, 2016

They are typically mission-driven companies with founders who are passionate about the mission for its own sake rather than financially driven where the company's focus is a means to an end. One of our portfolio companies (sprung out of Paul Graham's Y-Combinator), Codecademy , aspires to teach the world to code for free.

Massachusetts 20

Massachusetts Government Cofounder 20

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Nicolas Brusson spoke to me about BlaBlaCar’s early ambitions to be a European rather than local country winner and its progression to global player. 1999/2000 was the startup heyday, and I was in the hot space of telecoms – it all looked promising. How did you go from VC to founder?

Global 62

Global Europe France Cofounder 62

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

& Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020. Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04. Phoenix Capital , a tie-up between OurCrowd and Abdullah Al Naboodah’s business development unit. Apply here.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60