Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Dividing economic pies and handing leadership off between different cohorts of individuals is rarely easy, but the nature of the VC business makes it particularly tricky. Should there be a notion of “founder equity” for those individuals who put in the hard work to start a firm and build the brand? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 240

Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The year was 2000, and the hardest part about the AdWords project was simply getting agreement that they could work on it. They’ve been around for nearly 100 years, but they embraced technology and the Internet relatively early. And especially how close this product came to never happening at all.

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

The kinds of places where you have to sign an NDA when you walk in the lobby… When I lived and worked in the bay area (2000-2005) virtually all the startups were down on the peninsula somewhere. So why are software & internet startups more urban today than 5-10 years ago? What’s Your Favorite Future?

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) In 2000 or 2010, it made sense to build in San Francisco. True Wealth Ventures focuses on funding companies with women on the leadership team.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

SaaS 101: 7 Simple Lessons From Inside HubSpot - OnStartups , July 19, 2010 It’s been a little over 4 years since I officially launched my internet marketing software company , HubSpot. Though this was 2000 , and all startup & VC blogs we've grown to love didn't exist yet, I did have mentors available.

Software Review 217

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217