Feld Thoughts
MAY 28, 2015
For example, from a post in 2008 about Rally’s $16.85m financing , I riffed on the origins of the company. I remember my friend Ryan Martens sitting down with me and Chris Wand around 2001 and walking us through his idea for changing the how he approached managing the software development process. Get Agile with Rally Release 5.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 24, 2015
I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies. For the next four or five years, technology M&A boomed, growing from 50 in 2003 to 450 in 2006. Warning sign? Say 40 years = 20 years real direct experience.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Belnick founded BizChair.com with $500 in 2001. Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? Well, here is a comprehensive list of 10 of the most successful investors of the last 10 years. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick. He was 14 years old at the time.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs.
Ben's Blog
JULY 16, 2013
3/30/2001: 26.3. 3/31/2003: 44.6. Smart investors will want the founders and employees to be properly motivated post-financing, so there may be a way to a reasonable outcome for both you and your people. Financing capital market down round fundraising outkast' One would be wrong: 3/31/1995: 21.0. 3/29/1996: 22.3.
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