YoungUpstarts

MARCH 10, 2017

evolved around trends that focused on the idea of user collaboration , sharing of user-generated content, and social networking, so too does the concept of collaborative governance. Launched in 2001, it is the world’s sixth most popular website regarding overall visitor traffic. Just as Web 2.0

Government 113

Government Technical Review Asia Japan 113

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). I’ve heard every excuse in the book and you’d be surprised how many people put this off. Most importantly we talked about my good friends at Okta who were financed by Andreesen Horowitz. Do it early.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Term Sheet Valuation Stock Options 282

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009.

Silicon Valley 267

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance. The table below from web2asia.com shows the number of users of online social networks as of 2009.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

What I mean by this is that a lot of folks are perched on soap boxes across social networks, shouting from the hilltops. You could read Steven Pinkerton’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined , or many, many other books that talk about that. We do that primarily through leading financings.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

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. They’re not buying a book on Amazon or shoes on Zappos. As I like to say, in the era of social networks and transparency if you can’t figure out how to get introduced to a VC then hang up your cleats now.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

I also spend close to half my time teaching, and in addition to serving on the entrepreneurship advisory boards at Columbia, Yale and NYU, I am Chair of the Finance, Entrepreneurship and Economics program at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. Marty: Were your own first investment ventures a positive and learning experience?

New York 221

New York Accredited Investor Advisory Board IRR 221