Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

This is true not only in a firm’s dealings with entrepreneurs but also with it’s limited partners and even within the firm among its partners. 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.

Cofounder 193

Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

I hope that you can join us Monday night, April 4, midtown NYC, at a panel on “Innovation in Private Company Liquidity-Online Merger Markets, Social Media, Secondary Markets, Non-US Markets, Private Equity, and the Disappearing IPO” The program is sponsored by the HBS Club of New York and the HBS Angels of NY.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

What is the best advice you can give for finding a business partner? Don’t quickly choose any business partner. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. That like quickly choosing a wife.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

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. Siraj Fund Management Company (SFMC) is the first Palestinian private equity fund manager. Apply here.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

VC Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2011

Yair Goldfinger’s Dotomi sold to ValueClick for $295 million, of which $162 million are in cash and the rest will be paid in ValueClick equity. Yair Goldfinger, co-founder and CTO of Dotomi and a prominent Israeli angel investor, founded Dotomi back in 2000, following the acquisition of ICQ by AOL.

Angel Investor 87

Angel Investor Chicago Retention Cofounder 87

Hunter Walker

APRIL 10, 2014

most of my peers from the early 2000 days of angel investing are now VC’s (Reid Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Josh Kopelman, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples, Dave Whorton, etc). I had 9,000 angel list followers many of who had tried to co-invest with me previously. The Andreessen and Founders Fund investment in AltSchool is public.

Syndicate 121

Syndicate Syndication Hiring Cofounder 121

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I soon found that yoga taught me 2000-year-old strategies, to be more present with my kids, be more patient with my family and feel more calm and energized at the same time! I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Nancy D.

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Geleerd also co-managed the IPO of Manufactured Home Communities, LLC, now Equity LifeStyle Properties, LLC which owns and operates the highest quality portfolio of resort communities in the United States. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Designmantic Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Sergey Brin – Co-founder of ‘Google’. Brin was a college graduate who, with his partner Larry Page secured funding to launch ‘Google’; a search engine that would eventually be considered as one of the most valuable brands in the world according to Forbes.com. Ben Cohen – Co-founder of ‘Ben & Jerry’s’.

Small Business 40

Small Business Cofounder Sweat Equity .Net 40

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. Your customers and your investors like partners?

Silicon Valley 60

Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Panelists Adam Berk, founder Neigh*borrow Adam Black, founder KeyWifi Jeff Stewart, founder Lenddo / Mimeo Cameron Tonkinwise, Associate Dean for Sustainability, Parsons, The New School Moderated by Roo Rogers, President of Redscout Ventures, and Co-Author of What’s Mine Is Yours. Adam Berk, Founder of Neigh*borrow.

Darfur 122

Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

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.”). Company : Untitled Partners.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

The good news for Techcrunch readers: Every major study conducted to date has placed angel investors’ IRR between 18 and 38 percent, as summarized by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank in prior Techcrunch articles. All exits occurred between 1990 and 2007—the vast majority after 2000.

IRR 114

IRR Angel Investor Angel Groups Cofounder 114

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Sarah also points to the vast global wealth that has to get allocated somewhere as well as a small bump in long term average returns, now that the generally terrible performance of funds from the 2000-2002 time frame (after the tech bubble of the late 90s crashed) no longer factor in to 10 year returns.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. They also avoid Reg D. DEAL OF THE WEEK.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

There were over 2000 participants and around 100 speakers from all over the world. Founders are often restricted to how many shares they can sell in the IPO, and this is to keep their skin in the game. Last week Ernst & Young held their annual conference Journey 2011 at the Hilton hotel in sunny Tel Aviv, Israel.

IPO 92

IPO Cofounder Europe 92

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

Commitments to respect their employees, their customers, their partners. So for other companies, especially for this next generation of founders who look up to you and what you have accomplished here, what do you want them to take away from your example here? Focusing not just on the short term, but on generational lasting change.

Silicon Valley 113

Silicon Valley Design Hiring Government 113

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. What is the True Sentiment of VCs? This is how VCs feel.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. No big shocker since it is co-founded by Biz Stone and Adam Ruegel. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia.

Venture Capital 217

Venture Capital Los Angeles Oakland Asia 217