YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Place your bets on an entrepreneur who has the guts to pivot, restructure, bounce back, and the stamina to re-orientate his business when profitability starts to seem bleak. Emmanuel de Watteville, General Partner and Co-founder of Blue Ocean Ventures, has been part of the startup ecosystem since 2003.

Early Stage 160

Early Stage Cofounder Startup Security 160

David Teten

AUGUST 7, 2019

You identify the “hot” companies; network into them; and sell them on the value of accepting your capital. Likely signs of a Momentum investment: the round is oversubscribed and the entrepreneur has more negotiating leverage than VCs during the closing process. . As booms progress, more and more investors adopt a Momentum model.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Valuation Stock NDA 60

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Investments from capital markets to real estate plummeted. What have entrepreneurs been up to since then? Holmes founded a company known as Theranos in 2003 when she was just 19 years old. Carlson founded Polychain Capital in 2016. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Source: Pexels. Sean Belnick.

Cofounder 142

Cofounder Venture Capital India Valuation 142

David Teten

JANUARY 7, 2015

I created my blog way back in 2003 because of the scale it gives me (Principle #177, “Constantly think about how to produce leverage”). I have the great privilege of being an investor and advisor to many great entrepreneurs, who by definition are coming up with independent opinions about what business make sense.

Design 60

Design Connecticut Venture Capital Portfolio 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Pascal's View

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Kelly Slone, director of the Medical Industry Group of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA ) posted an important article on October 7 on the NVCAccess blog, clearly calling out that the unintended consequences of FDA regulations have precipitated a full-blown crisis in medical innovation in the U.S.

United States 50

United States San Francisco Venture Capital Asia 50

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

If you’re an entrepreneur who would like to see this clause in more startups please ask your VC to include it in future term sheets and link to it from their home page. “We Many of us had experiences of asking entrepreneurs, “Why are none of our candidates women?” Ours is: upfront.com/inclusion. Well, did you ask them to???”

Term Sheet 284

Term Sheet Los Angeles Open Source Portfolio 284

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I was around at the beginning, spending a day a month in Kansas City with the Kauffman Foundation as an entrepreneur-in-residence when the program was originally created by a team at the Kauffman Foundation to identify, develop, and network the next generation of global leaders in the venture capital industry using a two-year apprenticeship program.

Kansas City 70

Kansas City Kansas Venture Capital Programming 70

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. (5:00 5:00 – 5:55).

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Last week , I wrote about the strong ambition across the globe to have a "Silicon Valley of One''s Own," and to replicate the otherworldly innovation of a region that has produced more than 75% of the World’s Unicorns - technology companies started since 2003 that now have valuations of more than $1 billion. trillion in cash held by big tech.

Silicon Valley 63

Silicon Valley Private Equity Venture Capital IPO 63

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs. Today Baum heads up a non-profit called Founder.org , where he’s applying the lessons he learned from his own startups to help student entrepreneurs launch their companies. Michael Baum : You remember what happened in 2003 in Silicon Valley, right?

Founder 60

Founder Entrepreneur North America Startup 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.” they are all chasing talent.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 24, 2015

I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains. At least later stage investors.

Stock 150

Stock Finance Marketing Valuation 150

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

The Beginning of the Next Wave (2003 – 2011). Led By Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs vs. Government. Venture Capital Matters. Principals of a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Community. Have A 20 Year Commitment. Welcome Everyone Into The Entrepreneurial Community. Leaders vs. Feeders.

Community 142

Community Silicon Valley Incubator Colorado 142

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2019

Innovators are not entrepreneurs. Philip Bouchard : You’ve started teaching at Berkeley since 2002, Columbia in 2003 and at Stanford since 2011. My contribution has been, “Why don’t we design classes more closely modeled to what innovators and entrepreneurs actually do.” Building an entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Incubator 331

Incubator Lean Programming Government 331

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Since the angel network was created, transparent angel investing has exploded and entrepreneurs from any background can get funded. Quickly, startup investing is looking more like the public markets, and power is quickly shifting to the entrepreneur from the investors. To my surprise, VC? Bryce Roberts , a partner at O? startupcto

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 28, 2012

chief, came to the rescue in 2003 and helped turn the company around for the better. Google is one of the largest companies in the world and its founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, are some of the richest entrepreneurs to date. Believe it or not, but the uber successful retailer, J. It wasn’t until Millard Drexler, former Gap Inc.

Bankruptcy 195

Bankruptcy Texas Naming Venture Capital 195

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

It was only around 2003 that the first podcasts appeared, but actually what made Podcasts mainstream, was the show Serial , an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, which started as a side project of the National Public Radio’s (NPR) show “This American Life”. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs.

Audio 109

Audio Silicon Valley Curation Cofounder 109

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

. × At Greylock , my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or whether we’re casually meeting for the first time. Entrepreneurs often ask me for help with their pitch decks.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I often think of all the times I was encouraged to conform when I come across entrepreneurs who are told that their ideas won’t work. Jalak means glimpse and is a word in Hindi (it’s not a traditional name) and has provided much entertainment to taxi drivers in Mumbai, camel drivers in the Rajasthani desert and countless others.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Me: So, you raised venture capital? 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. Truthfully.

Liquidation Preference 153

Liquidation Preference Valuation Term Sheet Stock 153

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2012

We also spent a fair bit of time talking about the changing nature of venture capital and in particular the hand-on practitioner role of early-stage VC led by accelerators such as YC, 500Startups, Betaworks and the like. Nate, tell us a bit about Rustic Canyon Venture Partners. I agree with him. My guest today is Nate Redmond.

Southern California 279

Southern California Detroit Los Angeles California 279

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. So how did I come to work in the world of venture capital?

Venture Capital 285

Venture Capital Hiring Software Review Stock Options 285

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

It was only around 2003 that the first podcasts appeared, but actually what made Podcasts mainstream, was the show Serial , an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, which started as a side project of the National Public Radio’s (NPR) show “This American Life”. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs.

Audio 60

Audio Curation Silicon Valley Media 60

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I grew up in Los Angeles and went to undergrad at UC Santa Barbara, graduating in 2003 with Honors in Economics. I feel too many people are discouraging, and as a result, too many entrepreneurs are discouraged and give up. Many entrepreneurs have an idea but don’t know how to monetize it. Tell me a bit about your background.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles Southern California Startup SEO 150

Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

These notions of an independent ethos don’t map that well to what we know about venture capital, which is a very staged and formulaic way of building a company. As a venture funded startup, you’re supposed to operate a certain way. Because venture does provide a lot of good things to a bunch of really great companies.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Valuation Los Angeles Chicago 40

Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

After failing dismally at making disposable digital cameras in 2003 Pure Digital Technologies reinvented their company in 2007 to make the Flip line of camcorders. And venture capital and entrepreneurship has made life even tougher for the modern corporation. Thx for sharing (and researching)!

Silicon Valley 164

Silicon Valley RSS California Agile 164

Growthink Blog

APRIL 12, 2017

Here’s why: Tesla is led by Elon Musk , one of the most iconic and admired entrepreneurs of the past 50 years. And yes Tesla is young (founded 2003) and General Motors is old (founded 1908). So many found it interesting that sophisticated investors and market observers decided that Tesla was a more valuable company than GM.

America 48

America Revenue Technology Cost 48

thebarefootvc

JANUARY 1, 2013

I invested in Silicon Valley from 1999-2003 and in NYC pre and post 2008 financial crisis. Given the growth of the Internet, fueled by smartphones and high speed broadband, it’s no surprise that the tech world has been awash in capital in the past few years. I’ve seen this movie twice before as a VC.

Silicon Valley 84

Silicon Valley United States Portfolio Internet 84

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

It was June of 2003. The problem is that the program simply attracts only "the best"--a group of entrepreneurs who, at first, self select and believe they fit this criteria and then displays whatever patters Paul Graham and his team believe to be indicative of success. She had flower sleeves of spectacular color. They need attention.

Silicon Valley 115

Silicon Valley Flash Dilution Portfolio 115

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others).

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion. Google, which incorporated in 1998, has a market cap of $200 billion and employs more than 30,000 people.

IPO 110

IPO Prospectus SEC Intellectual Property 110

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

Like any motivated entrepreneur, I started a company (in this case, an investment platform), to fill the gaps – which I also believed FPV was uniquely capable of filling. I am thankful to all of FPV’s early LPs, advisors and entrepreneurs who are an indispensable part of FPV’s mission and success to date. Below is a recap.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Education plays a major role in venture capital. even selfish humans are more likely to act fairly when in public.” ( Burnham, 2003 , pp. Even though most people chose KIA projects, AON projects were more successful: Why are AON projects more successful? Describe Your Education and Past Successes. How can you apply this tactic?

Campaign 48

Campaign Reputation Metrics Naming 48

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Like any motivated entrepreneur, I started a company (in this case, an investment platform), to fill the gaps – which I also believed FPV was uniquely capable of filling. I am thankful to all of FPV’s early LPs, advisors and entrepreneurs who are an indispensable part of FPV’s mission and success to date. Below is a recap.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. April 29th, 2003 my first son was born.

Entrepreneur 308

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley San Diego Non-Compete 308

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

I've been in venture now twice. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. I was in Boston, working for the first time in venture capital as an analyst for this guy who was incredible and an amazing mentor. How do you develop power within a venture capital firm?

Founder 68

Founder Lean Venture Capital Cofounder 68