Feld Thoughts

JUNE 9, 2021

I’ve been working with Matt since 2000. If you are looking to expand your leadership team or board , are looking for a part-time executive role or board role , or are an investor looking for fractional executives to join your portfolio companies , you should become part of the Bolster network right now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

Angel Investor 241

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

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Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). People buy companies for 3 primary reasons: 1) they want the management team / talent 2) they want the technology or 3) they want the market traction (revenue, customer base, profits, etc). Tough, but true.

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Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

To succeed in the space, angels must have a high risk tolerance, a large bank account to weather losses, and most important, a diverse enough portfolio to handle losing money on most of your investments. Of course, investing in a diversified portfolio is a significant time commitment. approx 2004-09. More than 90% of startups fail.[2]

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Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. Although relatively new, AngelList already has featured over 42,000 businesses and provided over 28,000 introductions to potential investors in a format that''s, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and Angels. Keiretsu Forum.

North America 289

North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. The IPO Bubble – August 1995 – March 2000 In August 1995 Netscape went public, and the world of start ups turned upside down. What Do VC’s Do?

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. USA Angel Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

Angel Investor 167

Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 167

Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

Could I learn the job and build my network fast enough or would I lose the company? Superior network – Great professional CEOs know lots of outstanding executives and employees. Founders tend not to have enough industry experience to know all these people and need to build their networks almost from scratch.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Portfolio Cofounder Partner 78

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

And these ideas have ways of seeping into board discussions with portfolio companies as in, “have you ever thought about trying A, B or C?&# I worked with an entrepreneur who was to appear at a startup networking event where he was to talk about his company’s plans. I know because I did this in early 2000.

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Early Stage Stealth Marketing Startup 380

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This software platform is used by most local Angel organizations for managing deal flow. It boasts more than 1,000 member-managed groups and VCs, with 40,000 investors, and over 1,800 startups funded in the last 12 months. New England Investment Network. Keiretsu Forum. Marty Zwilling.

Angel Investor 270

Angel Investor North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor 270

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.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It was this same high-minded collective action that created a network of publicly owned hospitals – controlled by cities, counties, districts, boroughs (in Alaska), parishes (in Louisiana), etc. Additionally, investment managers are attracted to matching long-dated pension liabilities with the extended duration nature of leased asset.

Private Equity 129

Private Equity New York City Chicago Investment Bankers 129

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. . Building platforms. They called them ‘Platform Teams’ and the value they add varies between funds.

Portfolio 84

Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Asset management also shows the traditional earmarks of an industry ripe for disruption — most obviously, unhappy customers and extremely profitable incumbents. Despite this, it’s hard to think of good examples of disruption to asset management in the classic, Clay Christensen sense.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The CEO of Blockbuster, John Antioco, said in 2000, “Redbox and Netflix aren’t even on the radar.”. Being a young entrepreneur is the tortoise in this analogy, because oftentimes, they don’t yet have a track record or a vast professional network; however, young entrepreneurs possess something much more powerful – tenacity.

Entrepreneur 203

Entrepreneur Oregon Early Stage Texas 203

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In the first transaction, SailPoint acquired Beacon Professional Services to supplement the company’s identity management consulting services and to deliver expert support and training to the company’s implementation partner network. SailPoint’s worldwide partner network saw dramatic growth in 2010.

Global 73

Global North America Customer Cofounder 73

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. Even though our 2000 fund was the single best performing fund in the United States for that vintage, continuing to get investments wasn’t possible so we had to rebuild.

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LP Entrepreneur United States Venture Capital 150

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Google buzz Advertise Network Blippr iPhone App Mashable France MashDeck Twitter App Mobile Site Social Media Events Twitter Guide Book Facebook Guide Book Partners App Development WordPress Expert Rackspace Hosting MaxCDN Content Delivery Dynect Managed DNS ConVerdge Communities About Us Submit a Tip!

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 13, 2008

A few days ago, Bessemer West Coast SaaS Practice - David Cowan , Byron Deeter and myself, hosted a CFO Dinner for our SaaS portfolio at John Bentleys in Redwood City. Fifteen CFOs participated - about half of them from Bessemer portfolio SaaS companies (Cornerstone On Demand, Intacct. Portfolio. (3). So were do we go from here?

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Valuation Portfolio 48

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. 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).

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

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. In the midst of the internet & telecom meltdown at the beginning of the 2000s, as a firm CRV realized there were insufficient opportunities to profitably invest $1.2B.

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Cofounder Limited Partner Early Stage LP 193

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 23, 2011

In under a year, venture-backed, Boulder, Colorado-based BlogFrog would grow to be the United States’ largest network of mommy blogs – thanks in large part to Hamann’s influence with mommy bloggers – and connect over 1.7 million blogging members and their readers. There was also less seed investment available.

Community 162

Community United States Colorado Social Media 162

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Convergin’s industry-leading J2EE-based Service Broker platform enables communications service providers (CSPs) to manage services for a wide range of networks and application platforms, including pre-paid charging. The solution allows CSPs to focus on launching innovative services while modernizing to next-generation networks.

Venture Capital 79

Venture Capital IP Acquisition 79

VC Cafe

MARCH 8, 2010

the world’s largest maker of proprietary database software, is acquiring Israeli startup Convergin, which makes software that lets telcos deliver services across multiple networks and platforms. Formerly known as PhoneDo Networks, Convergin was founded in 2000. Oracle Corp., DVTel, Inc., DVTel, Inc.,

IP 68

IP Analytics Portfolio 68

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

The management team wasn’t strong enough. The VC sense of accomplishment or failure is blunted by being slightly removed and by the portfolio effect. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. I think it looks something like the graph below. I was baffled.

Entrepreneur 384

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 384

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Oversi’s video cache and P2P cache solutions enable service providers to cope with the huge traffic load on their networks while significantly improving subscribers’ QoE (quality of experience). With the exponential growth of video traffic, operators are being forced to invest in network upgrades to meet customer demand. About Oversi.

Caching 79

Caching Venture Capital Private Equity 79

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It possesses a strong corporate base, talented workforce, and a vast network of nationally ranked universities, startup development organizations and innovation-minded companies to support a robust tech ecosystem,” said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. A significant strength of Texas lies in its diversified portfolio of unique cities.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

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. Social networking finally came of age connected the planet and leading to enormous wealth creation for Facebook employees and investors. Even Sequoia.

Valuation 150

Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Back in early 2017, I worked with ABANA (network of financial professionals with ties to the Middle East/North Africa); Harvard Arab Alumni Association ; and Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY (which I founded) to launch an annual Tech Summit in New York focused on the Middle East/North Africa region (“MENA”). Siraj Capital.

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UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

Its i-nigma solution comprises of a mobile multi-barcode reader application and an integrated platform for managing barcode services. This allows customers to create, manage and track processes that include tagging of physical objects using barcodes. 4G/LTE and WiMax networks and provide full cell awareness. Amos Spacecom.

Mobile 103

Mobile Securities and Exchange Commission Flash IP 103

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. Receive and manage newsletters. that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. Most people want to know management is accountable.". Why Register? Todays Paper.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

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 : Cryptine Networks.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It is important to get involved with different startup networks, conferences, and competitions. Here is a short list of conferences, competitions, and networks to check out for upcoming events. Another option is to go straight to a network designed specifically for angel investors. Startup Funding'

North America 40

North America Angel Investor Accredited Investor Silicon Valley 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

The management team wasn’t strong enough. The VC sense of accomplishment or failure is blunted by being slightly removed and by the portfolio effect. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. I think it looks something like the graph below. I was baffled.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Startup Salary Egypt 176

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

1999/2000 was the startup heyday, and I was in the hot space of telecoms – it all looked promising. There were no social networks, let alone sharing economy then, so it took a while to take off. In your first M&A, it’s easy to believe you can manage two brands and two platforms. Back in 2006, that was a very weird concept.

Global 62

Global Europe France Cofounder 62

Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

No manager in their right mind would fire the technical lead of a big software project. And if your manage isn’t in their right mind, it’s probably time to find another job. If you were a manager forced to layoff 10% of your team, who would you let go? Start a MicroISV Build it or buy it , it doesn’t matter.

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Programming Technical Review Software Review RSS 30