Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I’m not looking to invest there – I’m looking to understand the trends, the people, the innovation, the regions and how China can become an integral part of any of my portfolio companies as they scale. I’m dropping everything non-portfolio related in the next few weeks and setting my sights on righting my wrong.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Software Review Technical Review 328

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2018

We therefore ask that each portfolio company include an “inclusion rule” in its HR policies so that at least one woman and/or member of a population currently underrepresented within the company shall be formally interviewed for any open executive position.” The idea came from a full-day session we held last year at Upfront.

Term Sheet 284

Term Sheet Los Angeles Open Source Portfolio 284

Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Probably the grand-daddy of VC blogs, Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson has been posting every day since 2003. On Haywire, Semil Shah shares stories about his investments, giving a behind-the-scenes view on why he’s working with the companies in his portfolio. Follow Jason on Twitter @ASmartBear. Above the Crowd.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Technical Review Silicon Valley Cofounder 60

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

The Startup Magazine

JULY 7, 2020

million portfolio. In 2003, during his senior year in college, he founded Cilantro Fund Management with a starting fund of about $1 million raised from friends and family. His star student, Tim Grittani turned a $1,500 trading portfolio into a $3.2 million portfolio within 5 years. Entrepreneurial experience.

Stock 103

Stock LLC Portfolio Entrepreneur 103

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. I had a wide portfolio of hard-working friends from engineering school and previous places I worked that I picked from. Can you find a way to improve on what already is generating revenue? . Thanks to Laurence J.

Entrepreneur 56

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 56

Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

From 2003 to 2008, I was the host/DJ/producer of The Groove Boutique, a radio mix show that aired across the United States. I had a wide portfolio of hard-working friends from engineering school and previous places I worked that I picked from. Can you find a way to improve on what already is generating revenue? Thanks to Laurence J.

Entrepreneur 54

Entrepreneur Delaware Hiring Social Media 54

Feld Thoughts

MAY 17, 2016

In 2003 I seriously thought about quitting Mobius Venture Capital. My portfolio melted down with the bursting of the Internet bubble. In early 2003, I started to think about leaving Mobius. I woke up one morning in February 2003 and decided to spend a little time each day pretending like I had quit Mobius.

San Francisco 108

San Francisco Internet Portfolio New York 108

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

After graduating from the ACL in London, he began his career in financial markets in 1995 as an equity and portfolio manager at Standard & Poor in London, taking up further posts at Alfred Berg/ABN AMRO in Moscow and PBS in Switzerland. Since 2003, Rumson has helped clients invest over $1.0

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 3, 2021

Quantitative goal-setting, setting stretch targets — these principles are as evident in the 2020s as they were when I arrived in 2003. Or you could, of course, use this OKR template from Homebrew portfolio company Coda. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. In Q4 teams also set metagoals for the next year.

Early Stage 145

Early Stage Management Startup Portfolio 145

thebarefootvc

MAY 8, 2012

However, the reality is that I am building a portfolio of investments and, like Brad, I believe in being an active and helpful investor. As an entrepreneur at heart, I often innately grasp the potential of entrepreneurs and ideas that I meet with. This takes a lot of time. Money is fast turning into a commodity.

Venture Capital 78

Venture Capital Syndicate Syndication Bandwidth 78

David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

According to a 2003-2004 U.S. We’re filling it with our own team , plus a couple of startups in our portfolio ( Parsely , Phone.com , some in stealth mode). At the front of the office, we’re creating an office map showing the names of our portfolio companies, and the photos of the employees that work at each.

Product 166

Product Portfolio Venture Capital Vesting 166

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Ted Rheingold: In 2003 I owned and ran a web service business called OneMatchFire , and made a number of image sharing products for customers (or as side projects). Now it’s time for the Finance, Portfolio and Expansion teams to take over. How did the site come about? I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

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 also resonated with #38: “Remember that almost everything good comes from having great people operating in a great culture”; recruiting is the driver of success of all of our portfolio companies. #40

Design 60

Design Connecticut Venture Capital Portfolio 60

Hunter Walker

JUNE 7, 2022

When I left in 2003 we agreed that my final title could be focused on Product and Marketing, since that’s what I was interested in pursuing next. Whether you’re heading right back into the job market or taking a break, Homebrew portfolio companies are eager to talk to you when you’re ready! It’s not about pros and cons, but tradeoffs.

Stock Options 94

Stock Options Vesting Stock Valuation 94

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. 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). You Manage What you Measure.

Metrics 346

Metrics Startup Acquisition SEM 346

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. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). Image from Sequoia Capital presentation. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Hunter Walker

JANUARY 24, 2021

You see, it was for work I’d performed from 2001–2003 at a startup called Linden Lab, the company behind virtual world Second Life. Highlighted Homebrew Portfolio Jobs. Startups Should Work To Make Their Employees Wealthy Not Just Their Founders And Investors. Things I’m Enjoying.

Silicon Valley 83

Silicon Valley Equity Vesting Cofounder 83

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. So, too, investments.

Stock 150

Stock Finance Marketing Valuation 150

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. But the short answer is that the best intro is from a portfolio company of that VC or by other entrepreneurs whom that VC respects. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud.

Developer 366

Developer Silicon Valley PR Las Vegas 366

BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

We bought that company in 2003 and invested some more capital. Enter Didera (backed by Hudson Ventures) which had a database clustering solution which would allow us to take our data analytics solutions on to commodity clusters.

Portfolio 109

Portfolio Open Source Architecture Database 109

BeyondVC

JULY 7, 2010

We bought that company in 2003 and invested some more capital. Enter Didera (backed by Hudson Ventures) which had a database clustering solution which would allow us to take our data analytics solutions on to commodity clusters.

Portfolio 109

Portfolio Architecture Open Source Database 109

Seeing Both Sides

JULY 22, 2012

My firm, Flybridge Capital , operates with both offices and portfolio companies in both cities. My summary view is that the outperformance is due to a more vibrant seed and Series A environment in 2003-2006, which is when many of these companies were started.

Boston 52

Boston IPO Technical Review New York 52

Up and Running

AUGUST 23, 2016

In 2003, Matthew Kinsman was traveling around the world and found himself in Hong Kong. Now, Base Creative is one of Asia’s leading agencies, with a portfolio that includes Walmart, Cisco, and Hermes. He needed a job, but breaking into the job market was tough. “I

Agile 60

Agile Viral Social Media Differentiation 60

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2018

In 2003, four months out of college and still without a satisfactory job, Waseem Malleye took a step anyone who has ever been frustrated in attempts to get their career started can appreciate. He took control of his destiny.

Management 124

Management Due Diligence Private Equity Forecast 124

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Moneyball,” of course, refers of to the 2003 book by Michael Lewis (and the 2011 film starring Brad Pitt) about the Oakland A’s baseball team—and how general manager Billy Beane began using obscure baseball statistics and a new kind of computer-generated analysis to find under-appreciated talent and build a winning team on a shoestring budget.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

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. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). Image from Sequoia Capital presentation. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In 2003 one of their first investments was Qiigo, Mike Yavondite’s company. An example is Metacafe, a Highland Capital portfolio company. One of Highland Capital’s portfolio companies, Affine Systems, helps solve this problem by extracting search terms from the video images. So it is a combination of markets and people.

Vertical 265

Vertical Curation Boston Burn Rate 265

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

At Risk – Usually starts with a firm beginning to see challenges in large portions of its portfolio, or in keeping the partnership together, or in the viability of the firm’s core strategy as broader markets start to shift (e.g. Well first it’s worth understanding the distinct phases of exactly how a VC firm dies.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Software By Rob

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Within a year, I had a large format camera of my own, a growing portfolio, and a long list of tricks he taught me from his years in the art show business. By 2003, I entered my first show and in 2004 I had a full-fledged business running. I ended up befriending this large-format photographer and learning the ropes.

Java 66

Java Product Software Developers Software Development 66

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Since 2003 the global market for children’s nutrition and infant formula products has nearly doubled reaching about $23 billion in 2009. The joint OpenMarket-MX Telecom business will provide a hosted platform to extend mobile payment and messaging capabilities through an integrated network and product portfolio.

OTC 68

OTC Brazil Paraguay 68

www.readwriteweb.com

MARCH 7, 2011

Instead of investors holding onto proprietary connections and introductions for their portfolio companies, these relationships are being displaced by the dominate social networks ( Facebook , Linkedin , Quora ). Most indices are cap-weighted - more in line with a concentrated portfolio (i.e. startupcto

Technical Review 50

Technical Review Due Diligence Startup Angel Investor 50

Agile VC

JUNE 17, 2015

We started working nights and weekends in late 2002 when some of the founding team were wrapping up their prior day jobs and then everybody was full time on LinkedIn by January 2003. So why should I or we collectively care?

Startup 188

Startup Cofounder Seed Stage IPO 188

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 25, 2003

Its latest survey calls for an increase of 2% spending for 2003 versus a December 2002 survey which forecasted a decline of 1.1% for 2003 spending. That being said, the October 2003 survey forecasts spending growth of only 1.3% for 2004, down from an August 2003 spending survey forecast of 2.3% growth for 2004.

Forecast 60

Forecast Software Review Portfolio Security 60

Software By Rob

JANUARY 25, 2012

And the funds came from revenue generated by my portfolio of web applications and websites that I’ve built over the past several years. Indeed, I did buy my latest startup, but the deal was done from a spare bedroom of my suburban home in Fresno, California for less than most people pay for a new car.

Acquisition 63

Acquisition Software Review Fresno Algorithm 63

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. Founded by friends Marc Català and Pablo Juncadella in 2003, the company grew quickly and now has offices in five cities around the world.

San Francisco 86

San Francisco Design New York City New York 86

This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2012

It was June of 2003. Somewhere within this portfolio, you're going to find some seriously huge successes and "the best of the best" will emerge--but you really never know which ones, just like any other venture portfolio. I sat in a little ink shop on Rivington Street called Porcupine Tattoo. Seven Nation Army was playing.

Silicon Valley 115

Silicon Valley Flash Dilution Portfolio 115