View from Seed

MARCH 29, 2016

Tracking this metric allows entrepreneurs to identify their most effective applicant sources for certain types of positions. After receiving 50 responses from the college website, 500 from the developer-focused job board, and 2000 from the national job board, you find two candidates worth interviewing from each source.

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Metrics Founder CTO Hire Technical Review 120

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The tortoise and the hare is a great bedtime story, but also proffers some advice to every young business owner and entrepreneur alike. The CEO of Blockbuster, John Antioco, said in 2000, “Redbox and Netflix aren’t even on the radar.”. A young entrepreneur often doesn’t realize the access to capital in which they have.

Entrepreneur 203

Entrepreneur Oregon Early Stage Texas 203

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. These are not scientific, just anecdotal and just trying to provide some transparency for entrepreneurs on what I’ve seen the market. And of course there are always outliers.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Version One Ventures

JULY 22, 2014

At the same time, funding opportunities have expanded for early-stage start-ups. While the top of the funnel has grown with all the angel and early-stage activity, the bottom of the funnel is still roughly the same size (about 10-20 billion dollar companies/year). But this boom landscape might change soon.

Finance 167

Finance Seed Money Bootstrapping Angel Investor 167

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. But it +is+ an anti-entrepreneur stance.&#

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Southern California Angel Investor Early Stage Silicon Valley 267

The Equity Kicker

MARCH 17, 2015

That’s still true in less developed parts of the world, but in San Francisco and increasingly in London there are multiple sources of venture capital working very hard to find good investments and entrepreneurs sitting on quality opportunities have lots of options. Over the last fifteen years that has become accepted best practice.

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Early Stage Venture Capital San Francisco Silicon Valley 60

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I know many entrepreneurs who have cashed in big but aren’t showing any signs of slowing down. We just closed out in 2017 our 10-year early-stage venture fund started in 2000. Think about that. We all need some disturbance to keep us operating at our potential. Do the math.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Atlanta Software Review Early Stage 48

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. Relatively untested early-stage ventures are less predictable and more prone to failure than established companies. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

Given the rise of startup incubators and accelerators; the availability of funding for early-stage startups and the fact that big companies everywhere are buying startups instead of focusing on in-house innovation, you may want to consider launching a startup instead of a traditional business. Ever heard of the serial entrepreneur?

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Small Business Exit Strategy Cofounder Angel Investor 154

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

In the early stages of every technology, the market is usually dominated by products built for early adopters who are typically tech savvy – this mainly consists of developers who like to have full control over a product and its features. 2 nd decade (early 2000): The First Content Management Systems (CMS).

PHP 143

PHP Management HTML Framework 143

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

I believe the middle isn’t being “gutted” but rather is being supplemented by “opportunity funds” and “growth funds” that sit side-by-side “core funds” allowing the firms to stay small and nimble while still being able to grab prorata rights of their best early-stage investments.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Later Stage Non-Compete 309

OnlyOnce

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Fred Wilson has been a venture investor and director in Return Path since 2000, first with Flatiron Partners and then with Union Square Ventures. If you’re fortunate enough to have built a really strong early stage company, you will find yourself in the position of being able to pick from a number of potential venture investors.

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Valuation Term Sheet B2C Security 133

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Institutional venture capital dispensed thus far in 2014 has been up significantly over the last few years, but is still less than half of the peak hit way back in the year 2000 (over $100 billion). This can cause early investor dilution, lower ultimate returns or leave the startup stranded.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. Product Manager Entrepreneur Mark Geller SEO for Startups Startup Version 1.0 However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. I understand his frustration.

Open Source 150

Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. Rise of Y Combinator, 1st Branded Entrepreneur Guild. and no, we didn’t.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. 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. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2000, Louisiana gave our five-person company (at that time) a multimillion-dollar contract to implement a mission-critical system. Going back to your early career decisions, tell us what factors influenced your decision to be an entrepreneur? . Describe RedMane’s pivot point, and its impact on the company?

Louisiana 114

Louisiana Founder Virgin Islands South Africa 114

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

Personally, I think it would be pretty awesome if all of the people who subscribe to my weekly newsletter could put $2000 towards supporting the early stage tech ecosystem in NYC. scratches bald head]. At least it would be diversified across 25-30 companies--there's no such requirement in crowdfunding.

Latvia 110

Latvia Fiji Arizona SEC 110

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 10, 2012

Supposing this client is an early-stage startup — even if funded — the most likely event is that they stiff you! Sign up for AppSumo 's daily deals specifically for web geeks & entrepreneurs. But “lost interest” and a premium doesn’t solve the biggest problem with these terms.

Founder 291

Founder CPA Startup Early Stage 291

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Singapore-based early-stage technology seed fund Golden Gate Ventures has announced investments into cloud-based inventory and sales management SaaS solutions provider TradeGecko , online grocer RedMart and mobile payment provider Coda Payments. “Southeast Asia is brimming with smart, talented, and self-driven entrepreneurs.

Singapore 147

Singapore Asia China India 147

The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Juan Pablo Cappello is an investor in more than twenty early stage companies. Juan Pablo was a partner in Patagon.com and was elected “Top 50 Entrepreneur” by Business Leader Magazine. Rather than read news articles to formulate ideas for your next company, I encourage any budding Latin American entrepreneur to get on Wikipedia.

America 164

America Canada Brazil Mexico 164

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Look more modern than our previous website, which had a very 2000 feel to it. Become a resource for entrepreneurs to have access to the lawyers, accountants, real-estate professionals and other people with whom our entrepreneurs work. Demonstrate the deep relationships we have with the CEO’s with whom we work.

Early Stage 260

Early Stage Lead Investor Portfolio Partner 260

Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

I know many entrepreneurs who feel that VCs have played them, gamed them, deceived them, or bullshitted them. But this doesn’t only happen to entrepreneurs. In 2007, when we set out to raise our first Foundry Group fund, early stage tech VC was in the shitter. VCs play this game with VCs all the time.

LP 155

LP Advisory Board Venture Capital Early Stage 155

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Early stage startups have to survive one day at a time and are often presented with limited choices of the moment that enable them to continue. At early stages you probably don’t have an assembly line and can’t clearly define any particular job. But, later on they often wish they had the ability to erase many of them.

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Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and employees) are getting rich. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

IPO 273

IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Entrepreneur news from reporter Eric Markowitz. Jumpstart was one of Grahams first clients; it signed on shortly after he founded Arizona Bay, in 2000. In the 1990s, Graham was one of those entrepreneurs giving away equity in exchange for crucial services. Small Business Success | Mondays and Thursdays. Finance | Tuesdays.

Arizona 40

Arizona Equity Iowa Venture Capital 40

Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

First and foremost, it’s worth emphasizing that greatness as a VC firm is derived primarily from helping exceptional entrepreneurs build enduring companies. 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.

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Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. By 2000 the total LP commitments had mushroomed to more than $100 billion. Thank you, Aaron Sorkin! The Funding Problem.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

” And that turned into, at its culmination, the $2000 course kind of paradigm. And that’s something that should be really interesting to a lot on entrepreneurs. John Jantsch: I mean, in the early stages maybe saying, “Here’s kind of what I’m thinking about. Danny Iny: Absolutely.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

Being an entrepreneur isn’t exactly rocket science, but in the case BlogFrog ‘s co-founder Rustin Banks, he literally is one. The 30-year old rocket scientist – he literally designed next-generation imaging systems for satellites – left the aerospace industry in 2009 to be a web entrepreneur.

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Community United States Colorado Social Media 162

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns.

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LP Later Stage IRR Term Sheet 374

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We spent the first 45 minutes or so talking about industry trends (in this order): The history and background of True Ventures, one of my favorite early-stage VC’s (and the one with whom Om is a venture partner). industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Conventional wisdom dictated that they made reckless investments in very early-stage ventures mostly doomed to fail. In addition, angels were up against a selection problem: All the best entrepreneurs and opportunities would naturally gravitate to the best venture capital funds, leaving only the “scraps” for angel investors.

Angel Investor 152

Angel Investor Venture Capital Seed Stage Silicon Valley 152

The Equity Kicker

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Having worked in VC backed growth businesses for many years, I’m now changing seats and changing gear, looking forward to helping the best UK entrepreneurs succeed. I have real practical experience having worked in multiple high growth international startups and I hope to provide sound advice that will really help entrepreneurs succeed.

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Partner Early Stage Business Model HTML 91

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

From around 2000, and perhaps coinciding with the need to work harder to win deals as opportunities dried up after the internet bubble burst, individual partners at VC firms began adding ‘helping CEOs win’ to their job descriptions. . This trend accelerated through the emergence of VC and operator blogging in the early 2000s. .

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Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2011

There seems to be a lot of this going around these days – the “I’m just about to start a startup” category of entrepreneurs, or “I just started a startup” when they haven’t. funding is more prevalent than ever for early early (read “ideas”) stage companies.

Angel Investor 24

Angel Investor Startup IPO Software Developers 24

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

This conversation seems to come up very frequently these days both with portfolio companies and with entrepreneurs just looking for mentorship. I like to tell entrepreneurs that the “fairway&# of fund raising is 25-33% per round. million and you’re an early stage business this is probably a fair deal.

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Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303