Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

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. Arnie Gullov-Singh (ex-EVP of product, technology and operations for MySpace) also joined as CEO, as Sean Rad will assume the role of President.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2011

MicroVentures isn't disclosing a lot of details about the first three deals that it's funded, but it says that these ranged from $2000 to $25,000 increments, with the average investment roughly $5000. Everything is disclosed fully to potential investors, who make their investments in exchange for equity in the companies.

Software Review 122

Software Review Accredited Investor Due Diligence Burn Rate 122

Steve Blank

MARCH 17, 2020

The ripple and feedback effect of all of these closures will have a major impact on our economy, as each industry that gets impacted puts people out of work, and those laid off workers don’t buy products and services. Whatever your product/market fit was last month it’s no longer true and needs to change to meet the new normal.

Burn Rate 436

Burn Rate Startup Valuation Sales Cycle 436

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Although Syracuse offers a heavy amount of help, students are able to maintain 100% equity in their companies, making this a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurial-minded Syracuse students. Dysonics secured $750,000 in funding from angel investors to develop products that will reproduce three-dimensional, immersive sound in headphones.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How should one go about pricing their software product? How Much Equity Do Your Employees Deserve? How CEOs Stay So Productive | Fast Company – [link]. What is someone going to stop doing when they start using your product? The Value of Taking a Productive Pause – [link]. Quora – [link].

Social Media 107

Social Media Small Business Design Media 107

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Austin, as a city, has been one of the fastest-growing cities for years due to University of Texas, a reputable live music and food scene from Grammy-nominated Black Pumas to James Beard-nominated Tyson Cole and a thriving tech and consumer product goods companies that count Indeed, Bumble, Tito’s and Whole Foods among its winners.

Austin 118

Austin San Francisco Texas Technical Review 118

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Up until late August, Lightning Labs had capped the channel capacity and payment size for users of their popular implementation of the network to ~$2000 USD and ~$500 respectively to better protect user funds with experimental software. . 3) Exchanges + HFTs. synthetic stocks or futures) and prediction markets.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

Jeff Bezos’s private space technology company Blue Origin was founded back in 2000. You’d think that no one could recreate a product so sophisticated and advanced as space rockets, right? With enough resources, products can always be copied. It’s tough to compete on product alone and you’re likely to see diminishing returns.

Marketing 109

Marketing Social Media Non-Compete Audience 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

And I was blessed to receive many awards for our product too. I started my business, Eco-Bags Products in 1989 for three key reasons. Thanks to Sharon Rowe, Eco-Bags Products ! #4- I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. So Snuggwugg was invented. There are valleys and a lot of ditches.

Entrepreneur 114

Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 114

VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2011

V iola Private Equity , an Israeli PE fund with $164 million under management for technology buyouts, has announced a $7 million investment in Zend , the leading provider of open-source and commercial solutions based on PHP web applications.

Private Equity 87

Private Equity Equity PHP 87

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 6, 2019

I get 2000 things passing through my inbox in any given year, and I make about ten investments per year. How excited do you think I am if I’m only picking the top 10 out of 2000? Maybe it means giving extra equity to a standout hire that really takes your team to the next level. That’s because of the simple math of competition.

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Equity Hiring Founder Customer 97

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In 2021, the startup landscape looks much different than it did in 2000. Entrepreneurs who are considering starting their businesses might want to start by looking at this list of qualifications/requirements: The entrepreneur must have an idea for a product or service and understands how to make it happen. Increased Productivity.

Startup 127

Startup Social Media Global Incubator 127

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. In addition to FOMO it is partly driven by massive increase in valuations for earlier-stage companies who raised money at bit seed prices but who still have product risk.

Saudi Arabia 309

Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

ATX has been relying on Arcos to provide a number of the video processing products it sells. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the cable television (TV) industry. SANRAD, founded in 2000, designs cutting-edge cloud storage acceleration and virtualization software and hardware for datacenters.

Flash 94

Flash Private Placement Los Angeles 94

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. This came in part due to the huge influx of money into VC but also because hedge funds and private equity shops with no VC experience wanted part of the action. It is no wonder why they had less time for new deals.

Burn Rate 263

Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 29, 2017

biopharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare products, targeting the regeneration and repair of complex human organs and tissues. So I went home to my comfortable 2000 square foot UWS apartment and thought, what can I do myself, from home, and still make a good living. Bioquark’s current focus is on developing proprietary.

Entrepreneur 70

Entrepreneur Social Media Liquidity Event Private Equity 70

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). It’s the right way to get money without giving up too much equity or control of your business.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Coupled with my participating preferred from 1999 and 2000 I had more than $55 million of liquidation preferences. The company did well in 2006 as we delivered a phenomenal product that got much industry acclaim at conferences and with initial customers. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Another company which is going to have widespread impact is eShares, eShares is going to change the way the private companies manage their equity. Technical founders, or founders who are capable of building their own product, with at least one founder who is capable of leading and building the team.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $800 million dollars in over 800 companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

ATX has been relying on Arcos to provide a number of the video processing products it sells. designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the cable television (TV) industry. SANRAD, founded in 2000, designs cutting-edge cloud storage acceleration and virtualization software and hardware for datacenters.

Flash 60

Flash Private Placement Los Angeles 60

VC Cafe

APRIL 7, 2011

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators.

Java 79

Java Database Argentina 79

The Equity Kicker

MAY 7, 2013

The creative economy – a real economy that generates real products and services. These firms have had a significant impact on growth over the last 20 years through the bubbles and crashes they create – e.g. the Long-Term Capital Management crash of 1998, the Dot-Com crash of 2000, and the housing meltdown of 2008.

Development Team Review 94

Development Team Review Business Plan Agile Operations 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This is another very popular website for raising equity or debt investments for startups. Since its founding in 2000, its members have invested over $400 million in companies in technology, consumer products, healthcare/life sciences, real estate and other segments with high growth potential.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

They’re looking to be paid properly in the context of the overall salary structure, including cash, benefits, and equity, and to be paid commensurate with performance. You want to see your product or service performing in the hands of real users. Your Product Plan must fit into context of your overall business mission.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Remember that equity investments are not like loans with interest. For bigger companies, it’s a more efficient and quicker way to grow their revenue than creating new products organically. But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%.

Exit Strategy 241

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering IPO Startup 241

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

Remember that equity investments are not like loans with interest. For bigger companies, it’s a more efficient and quicker way to grow their revenue than creating new products organically. But since the Internet bubble burst in the year 2000, the IPO rate has declined every year until 2010, and is now at about 15%.

Exit Strategy 231

Exit Strategy Initial Public Offering Startup IPO 231

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

“Carriers are moving rapidly to IP-based mobile backhaul, and Wintegra’s product offering is uniquely positioned to enable this packet transition and breakthrough the bandwidth bottlenecks faced in mobile networks,&# said Greg Lang, president and chief executive officer of PMC-Sierra. LONELY PLANET RANKS TEL AVIV 3RD HOTTEST CITY.

Bandwidth 79

Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

And finally, you may be able to avoid diluting your equity. Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! Why are consulting CTOs so scarce?

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2. After all, before the house of cards inevitably tumbles, private equity investors get a tidy return. Like GroupOn, with a product that everyone agreed was brilliant, spawning 1,000 copy-cats. Support.com — On 2.5m And it is magic.

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kupietzky held a variety of management roles in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies: Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle). Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

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

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Or, as my friend Marc Andreessen might say, Software Eats the Private Equity World. 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.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Spencer Fry

APRIL 17, 2017

It’s a great conference with about 150 attendees for the “Starter Edition” -- lots of online course creators, info product folks, SaaS people, and others. I would have continued to scrape by with a product that was conceptually on point, but didn’t have the bells and whistles that customers expect nowadays. Competition is everywhere.

Bootstrapping 63

Bootstrapping Cap Table Liquidation Preference Cofounder 63

Gust

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Assume you have the right factors to get angel investment: experienced team, good product-market fit, growth potential, defensibility, and a reasonable shot at a successful exit. It was not a great business decision, at that time (2000); but it was what I wanted and it felt good. Have you considered the tradeoffs?

Cofounder 133

Cofounder Angel Investor Equity Software 133