Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2011

In a nutshell – I think airbnb eventually got to the right place and I was impressed with the letter their founder Brian Chesky wrote and their new commitment to safety and damages. With portfolio companies I’m always involved in the planning phase. The short article in Fast Company is here if you’d like to read it.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 25, 2013

Following is a guest post by Zack Rosen , co-founder and CEO of Pantheon. Pantheon is one of the Silent Killers in our portfolio – and I’m immensely proud of the progress they are making and excited about their future. I spent a year on the Dean campaign Web Team during the presidential campaign of 2004.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Dave Kerpen, founder and CEO of Likeable Local , just published an interview with me on Linkedin, which I’ve included below. approx 2004-09. Of course, investing in a diversified portfolio is a significant time commitment. Enter Dave: Angel investing is a great way to make a lot of money. More than 90% of startups fail.[2]

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 18, 2022

He was swiftly followed by Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic in 2004. At a startup, this can be as simple as defining why the founder started the company in the first place. It helps them audit existing content portfolios (blog posts, landing pages, etc.) In 2002, Elon Musk created Space X. The solution: build a brand.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. You have a company called Oblong (in your portfolio) which is a Minority Report type company. and one of the founders of Oblong, John Underkoffler, was an MIT Medialab PHd., RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. And in addition to helping each other, they also started funding each other , and even helped YC select future batches of founders.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 13, 2015

The acceptable definition of "world-class" and "proven" in this context is that the founders created enormous wealth for investors in a previous company, or they held positions in highly respected, large companies. Copyright © Guy Kawasaki, 2004, 2015.' We have a world-class, proven team." Excerpted from The Art Of The Start 2.0:

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Genuine VC

JANUARY 23, 2012

At NextView Ventures, we have a number of companies in our portfolio which are “marketplace” businesses, where buyers and sellers meet to exchange a good or service. And along the way we’ve met with or observed a larger number of seed-stage startups attempting to start them. Brute force a mini-market and expand.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 8, 2012

When I first started in the VC business in 2004, I usually shared some reactions with entrepreneurs whenever we passed on pursuing an investment, but I admittedly erred towards communicating generic thoughts that were fairly non-specific but perhaps mildly helpful. At NextView, we’re looking to invest in the truly great entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

When he entered the industry he caught the tail end of the dot com bubble and then was immediately thrust into a 3-year period of “triage&# where VC’s had to deal with problems in portfolio companies. This lasted from about 2001-2004. Co-Founders Michael Clark (ex-Photobucket), Geoffrey Arone (ex-DanceJam).

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

For more page-turning corporate drama, including the feud between Intermix co-founders and UCLA college buddies Brett Brewer and Brad Greenspan, Nasdaq delisting, proxy contest and lawsuits by Greenspan after he was fired as CEO, see Stealing MySpace by WSJ reporter Julia Angwin. Part of the deal was bringing in a new CEO, Richard Rosenblatt.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

After CB Insights’ investigation yielded such an alarming figure of failure, the company decided to compile more than 100 post mortem letters from different startup founders to discover the reason for the failures. Many times during the execution of a project, the founders and the team begin to doubt about the sacrifices they must make.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 8, 2012

When I first started in the VC business in 2004, I usually shared some reactions with entrepreneurs whenever we passed on pursuing an investment, but I admittedly erred towards communicating generic thoughts that were fairly non-specific but perhaps mildly helpful. At NextView, we’re looking to invest in the truly great entrepreneurs.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Andreessen Horowitz is telling entrepreneurs it prefers situations where the founders have controlling stakes, reckoning that theyll be better able to resist outside distraction and focus on making great products. Why Register?

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David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

We will discuss liquidity options appropriate for a wide range of people with private company stock, including private equity funds, venture capitalists, angels, founders, and employees with options. David Weild IV, formerly Vice Chairman of The NASDAQ Stock Market Mr. Weild is the founder of Capital Markets Advisory Partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 24, 2021

The culture is driven by the 20-something irreverent founder with huge technical chops who in a “David vs. Goliath” mythology take on the titans of industry and wins. But markets have changed and I think investors, founders and experienced executives who want to join later-stage startups can all benefit from playing the long game.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

After taking another year to build a second email marketing startup (with Anvil running in the background), I finally decided it was time for me to commit to building my own team and Anvil grew in earnest in 2004. Working directly with other CEOs and founders, I receive immediate feedback and appreciation for my expertise.

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Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. To give you some perspective, my salary today is less than what I made at my first job out of college…in 2004. Having raised money before for my startup and having coached a lot founders on fundraising over the last few years, I’ve grown to love it.

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Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

And I enjoy working with founders immensely. To give you some perspective, my salary today is less than what I made at my first job out of college…in 2004. Having raised money before for my startup and having coached a lot founders on fundraising over the last few years, I’ve grown to love it.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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Hunter Walker

JANUARY 24, 2021

Startups Should Work To Make Their Employees Wealthy Not Just Their Founders And Investors. And when that company was acquired in late 2020 by another private party, my stock purchased in 2004 turned into cash. And when that company was acquired in late 2020 by another private party, my stock purchased in 2004 turned into cash.

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David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

All of the 40 companies’ 92 founders were male. based founders, 35 were white* American; four were white immigrant/first generation, from France, Ukraine, Russia and Iran; and four were Indian immigrant/first generation. Of the 19 Western Europe/Israel-based founders, all were white. Of the 43 U.S.-based

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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. A16Z today or Founders Fund or General Catalyst a few years ago).

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When a co-founder walks out of a company — as was the case for me — you’ve already been dealt a heavy blow. So, the best way of dealing with this issue is to take a long, long vesting period for all major sweat equity founders. Furthermore, founders become highly emotional about their companies. Company: Home Portfolio.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

His findings are based on data from more than 2,000 companies that received venture funding, generally at least $1 million, from 2004 through 2010. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Replay the event. Comcast Corp.,

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mashable.com

JUNE 11, 2013

In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). Or maybe the co-founders have a poisonous relationship that will hinder the companys growth. Check out the tips below from founders, CEOs and investors alike. Leave it in the comments.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

& Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020. Pre-seed startups (all vertical) are welcome to register to world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, the Founder Institute Final Admissions Deadline: October 04. INVESTMENT ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON THE ISRAEL-MENA AXIS. Apply here. Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 27, 2020

Akash Bakshi , Nadja Mannowetz , and Andrew Bartynski are the co-founders of University of California, Berkeley-based YourChoice Therapeutics. Out of the Crisis #5 is a conversation with three people who pivoted their biotech company to help fight the coronavirus. And so, that planted the seed of like, "Maybe there's something there."

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

That is why I invited the Founder & CEO, Jonah Peretti , to come talk at the 2017 Upfront Summit and make the case himself. Around 2001 Jonah was studying at MIT Media Lab and began running experiments in viral stories in an era before smart phones (2007) and before social networks took off (2004–2007) and before YouTube (2005).

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