Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
A lot of people ask me what it was like raising the Series A round for LinkedIn back in 2003. I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. Ok, now you have the context for early 2003. Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004).
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 4, 2011
I ran my first marathon in London this way in 2003 raising $3,000 for Parkinson’s disease (and finishing in under 4 hours – my publicly stated goal). Because it can be hard to define or agree company objectives at an early stage I believe most people avoid them. Nobody likes to raise money then look like a loser. In 6 months?
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Professor VC
JUNE 6, 2008
Hvide analyzed 6,800 companies that started between 1996 and 2003 in Norway. Some conclusions were that the founders role is more important in the very early stage in the creation of the horse and as the visionary and as the company moves beyond this stage, becomes replaceable. This leaves a relatively small sample.
www.readwriteweb.com
OCTOBER 7, 2007
Sun Microsystems has a program called Startup Essentials [link] thats designed specifically to help early stage startups get into some great equipment, free software and other great stuff too. social network for sports fans! Posted by: Jackie | September 10, 2007 12:27 PM @Matt (#20): That makes sense.
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas. Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information.
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. In the era of social networks, LinkedIn, Facebook messaging, Quora and email addresses that are easily guessable, it’s easy to think that maybe you should just approach a VC directly. Meet early. Not so much.
reidhoffman.org
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Friendster was at its height, strongly battling MySpace after raising its premium round from Benchmark and Kleiner in the fall of 2003. Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Friendster raised a big round in 2003; MySpace started gaining traction.
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