Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 11, 2021
On the other hand, most people thought Segway was the next big thing back in 2001, as an electric “personal transporter,” but it has yet to find a foothold. For technical innovators, I often recommend finding a partner with deep business savvy. Yet today, Twitter is a fifty billion behemoth, and MySpace is forgotten.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2010
Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming. I knew my partners for 8 years before joining GRP. We built a long-term relationship.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.” each with partners as the lead. So in a way it’s self selecting. Where are Things Headed for VC in 2031?
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 18, 2009
This was soon after the bursting of the dot com bubble – in early 2001. The first came from the CEO of iScraper telling me that they would not be able to complete the deal – their investor, Apax Partners, had decided not to proceed despite verbal assurances that they would. And then I got a few disturbing calls.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. But we weren’t optimizing for dilution – we were building a $1 billion+ company and we wanted the runway to succeed. I lived through this again September 2001. I lived through this again September 2001.
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. A good piece covering the contracting VC market is by Bill Gurley So partners at many firms are racing around to the limited number of pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, family offices, etc.
Ben's Blog
MAY 24, 2021
Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner Scott Kupor to the U.S. By way of background, I am the Managing Partner for Andreessen Horowitz, a $16.5 Among the findings are: SPAC dilution amounts to roughly 50% of the cash ultimately delivered to the companies brought public. IPO market. 1990-1998 13.3%
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