Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. The market size for online advertising, e-commerce, and web premium services are 1/10th to 1/3rd the size they are today. I’m curious how you think about that pre-money in retrospect and in the context of “market” today.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

The Next Web

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. “You 1) Twitter. million to develop.”.

Cost 168

Cost San Francisco New York City Ruby 168

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. 4) Are these investment partners for the long haul?

Strategic Investors 120

Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Well.thats probably why Salesforce market cap is 4.9x Did he really "accidentally" made several hundred million dollars by investing in a company (NetSuite) that raised $120m and turned it into a $1B market cap… What an unsuccessful outcome! 2002, the stock price went from $17.5 sales and marketing. (10).

Software Review 48

Software Review Software Technical Review Cloud 48

Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

This year, the panel included Steve Jurveston from DFJ, Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures, Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital, Roger McNamee from Elevation Partners and Joe Schoendorf from Accel. Steve believes these baby boomers will become a large market of internet savvy people up for grab. sales and marketing. (10).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review San Jose Venture Capital 48

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

But this discipline also means that the product fit to market tends to be very good - you don't end up with solutions looking for problems. The second project is when you start to sense that maybe a real market exists. So if you are techie, find a founding partner that is a hustler. That is just lipstick on a pig.

Software 127

Software Startup Architecture Bootstrapping 127

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Mastering your pitch to a VC, prospective customers, new hires or partners is part art and part science. When Elon Musk received $200 million from the proceeds of the PayPal acquisition in 2002, he re-invested everything to build the next big thing: $100 million in SpaceX and $100 million in Tesla. Talk about passion and commitment!

San Francisco 48

San Francisco Churn Rate Silicon Valley Engineer 48