BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We are purpose-built to not only invest pre-product but also to help accelerate your path to product-market fit with our decades of entrepreneurial and investing experience along with our active CXO advisory board. will be a great fit with the Salesforce marketing cloud. First check to seed?—?congrats Rebel exit to Salesforce.

Stealth 79

Stealth Advisory Board Cloud Virginia 79

Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. Sevin Rosen in Dallas launched the next year and throughout the 1980s and 1990s the two firms vied for their place in the Texas market.

Venture Capital 54

Venture Capital Austin Texas Private Equity 54

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed and early stage funds now than ever before, and more people willing to give money to young companies looking to make it big. At K9 we focus on the first two, either core new technologies and technology platforms or new markets. That’s what K9 does.

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Software Engineering 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

If you didn’t notice that the stock markets in the US dropped nearly 4% today (after falling last Thursday and Friday) then you were probably completely off-the-grid and on vacation. And by this I assume he meant that “market prognosticator twitter” was vomitous. It was a nerve racking morning. Neither do I.

Stock 150

Stock Finance Marketing Valuation 150

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While institutional LPs know big changes are happening, most focus too much on 1) increasing/decreasing fund size or 2) marketing + branding as the major trends. These two divergent groups have optimized for very different market conditions and behaviors. This is a long piece, so if you’re not a fan of inside baseball, skip it.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. As a former investment banker who followed the markets closely once upon a time (especially when I was in the midst of public market M&A transactions), I now have the luxury of watching from an arm’s length.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

AUGUST 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. As a former investment banker who followed the markets closely once upon a time (especially when I was in the midst of public market M&A transactions), I now have the luxury of watching from an arm’s length.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

thebarefootvc

JULY 26, 2015

After a tumultuous week in global markets, today the US stock market ended higher on the session. As a former investment banker who followed the markets closely once upon a time (especially when I was in the midst of public market M&A transactions), I now have the luxury of watching from an arm’s length.

Marketing 40

Marketing Investment Bankers Valuation China 40

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

But with its growth and success it will encourage many people to enter the market who will lack 5 critical success criteria for earning positive returns. This is exactly what happened in the broader VC industry between 1999-2001 as many people without the requisite skills entered the industry. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

Silicon Valley 306

Silicon Valley Deal Flow Angel Investor Cofounder 306

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2020

Vancouver executive Christopher Kape is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who founded JAMCO Capital Partners , an early-stage investment and strategic advisory firm that focuses on a number of industries, including gaming, high-tech, food and wellness. The future is also exciting for JAMCO.

Partner 147

Partner Uganda Angel Investor Bulgaria 147

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.

Venture Capital 417

Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet 417

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

It seems obvious but strategic investment only makes sense when that corporate VC is providing technology, market access, or other aid that cannot be obtained through a simple business relationship or from a startup’s other investors or advisors. 2) Is now the right time for us?

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. The best start-up I ever invested in went bankrupt in 2001. Cash is king and it's a developer's market out there right now. Marketing to Whites.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

From his annual “100 Books” he finishes and highlights every year, his frank advice to a young medical supply company to pivot toward a new market, or his search for a new CEO for a struggling ed-tech company, he works tirelessly in the trenches to solve problems and enhance the startup ecosystem.

Illinois 78

Illinois Chicago Entrepreneur Cofounder 78

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

He taught me, amongst other things, the benefit of “ top down thinking &# that changed the way I analyzed markets, companies and people. We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. See, Mark, in a booming market you can never tell the winners from the losers.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

For many businesses you should keep your costs low & your capital raises low until you discover whether you are really on to a big idea where there is market demand. When you see evidence that there is this so called “product / market fit&# then you may be ready for larger amounts of capital.

Pre-Money Valuation 303

Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation PR 303

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We need people at all stages of the funding lifecycle and not just VCs. We need venture debt, factoring companies and public markets. Industry change allows the entry of newer players at earlier stages – It doesn’t take as much money to launch a startup anymore. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. We all know that.

Liquidity Event 308

Liquidity Event Silicon Valley Seed Stage Finance 308

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

Bullpen is one of a growing number of early-stage funds - or, perhaps more accurately, "earlier-stage," since even his is no longer the first out of the gate. stock market: The change led by NASDAQ in early 2001 to valuing stocks in increments from one-eighth of a dollar down to one cent. Number of U.S.

IPO 115

IPO Stock San Francisco Lean 115

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Originally created in the mid 1990’s to help with the imprecise problem of how to value early stage companies, especially those in technology, I developed what soon became known as “The Berkus Method” when published in the popular book, “Winning Angels” by Harvard’s Amis and Stevenson with my permission in 2001.

Valuation 48

Valuation North Carolina Oklahoma City Silicon Valley 48

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Though after the dotcom collapse of 2000-2001, there are many more than there were! And why would you hire a technology guy who launched a failed startup? Try Google.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

She received the AUTM 2001 Bayh-Dole Award for her efforts in university licensing, and is currently a member of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Deputy Director of Intramural Research. The government had no interest and/or ability to market these technologies and find venture capitalists.). If you can’t hear the clip, click here. .

Government 120

Government Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Silicon Valley 120

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

The real truth is, since the "Internet bubble" burst in 2001, initial public offerings have not resumed the vitality levels of the late 1980s, let alone the boom years of the '90s. It's a move that's not without controversy, and not even the people who are happy with it are completely happy with it.

IPO 121

IPO Startup Florida Seed Capital 121

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. You’ll find out the minimum when the next round is raised.

Liquidation Preference 153

Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Razor thin or negative gross margins are accepted (or even ignored) on the widely accepted view that growth and market share are what really matters in terms of value creation.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

A friend of mine is a serial entrepreneur and is running a high-profile, early stage company in NorCal. We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die.

Founder 329

Founder Liquidation Preference Term Sheet Participating Preferred 329

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

One of the first things I did when I joined the venture asset class as a lowly institutional LP analyst in 2001 was to build the VC fund cashflow model. If you could return investors nearly triple their money and mid 20's returns consistently, compared to the 8% long term return in the public equities market, they'd more than accept that.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IRR Valuation 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Out of 5,923 investment professionals in our dataset, 916 (15.5%) were focused primarily on origination and marketing. Leading Late-Stage Technology Investors’ Portfolio by Geography, 2001-1Q2010. Battery & Sequoia data only include late stage/growth equity deals. Notes: Only for IT & related sectors.

Private Equity 114

Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. Marketing/Sales Channels/Partnerships 0-10%. Marketing/Sales/Partnerships. 10% max.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Dan Kimerling: In today’s venture market, any given fund or affirm or an investor has four things that they could focus on: Qualit Consistency Velocity Scale. Today, we are lucky to welcome Dan Kimerling of Deciens Capital.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

If you remember your history the market crashed the next week. I lived through this again September 2001. By mid September the entire market was constipated. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. I’ve offered to fund an early stage company where I promised cash in bank in less than 30 days.

Technical Review 301

Technical Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Venture Capital 301

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. Razor thin or negative gross margins are accepted (or even ignored) on the widely accepted view that growth and market share are what really matters in terms of value creation.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And trust me, if you’re early stage you DO want to meet Bryce. He’s awesome for early-stage entrepreneurs.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Back in the day, tech companies typically went public at market caps in $100 - $250M range. Late private and early public investors were richly rewarded. or a market cap of $800M. However, the bulk of the gains were earned post IPO as Amazon''s current market cap is $175B or a 2,500X increase from the IPO.

Las Vegas 28

Las Vegas IPO Pre-Money Valuation Valuation 28

entrepreMusings

APRIL 29, 2010

This year marks the 10 year anniversary of I2P and I remember being part of the early discussions when the competition was forming. The Idea to Product® UT Competition is an early-stage technology commercialization plan competition, hosted by the Murchison Chair of Free Enterprise, which was started at UT in 2001.

Product 28

Product Incubator Austin Later Stage 28

Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

million for the year, which is the first time it has been below $5 million since 2001, a sign that capital efficiency will be even more important than it has. From first hand experience, we certainly felt the market conditions and the funding process was much more difficult than anticipated. Total amount raised fell from $7.5

Venture Capital 28

Venture Capital Silicon Valley San Jose Bootstrapping 28

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2011

The second company in which I invested, back in 2001, was a novel concept from the serial entrepreneur who invented social networking. My fourth investment, and the first one I led, was into a mobile applications company, which was also ahead of its time and never truly understood its market. The third company is still alive.

New York 221

New York Accredited Investor Advisory Board IRR 221

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

a few days before the wheels came off of the market). We were immediately thrust into a globally competitive market for B2B collaboration tools. But this was early 2000 and our US competitors had already closed rounds North of $45 million. Our first big institutional round was $16.5 It became a social activity.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308