Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

A simple online search should reveal your investors interests as well as the portfolio of companies that he/she has invested in. In 2004, Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched Reddit. For venture capitalist, Paul Suster , it’s not just the individual; the ‘management team’ is essential. A management team they believe in.

Exit Strategy 91

Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

approx 2004-09. To succeed in the space, angels must have a high risk tolerance, a large bank account to weather losses, and most important, a diverse enough portfolio to handle losing money on most of your investments. Of course, investing in a diversified portfolio is a significant time commitment.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. Product Management – Brad and Mark discuss the role of Product Managers in Startups. One (thing) we have talked about in the past is a lack of Product Managers, experienced technology Product Managers. (in in LA and Boulder) Is that true?

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

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.

Engineer 201

Engineer Vertical Portfolio Seed Stage 201

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 20, 2014

But the USV Opportunity Fund was the first time, at least in the post 2001-Internet bubble cycle (or last decade, if you want to put it that way) where an early stage firm created a separate fund to invest in late stage rounds of their existing early-stage portfolio companies. Greycroft is the latest firm to raise this type of fund.

Early Stage 147

Early Stage Later Stage Syndicate Syndication 147

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 20, 2014

But the USV Opportunity Fund was the first time, at least in the post 2001-Internet bubble cycle (or last decade, if you want to put it that way) where an early stage firm created a separate fund to invest in late stage rounds of their existing early-stage portfolio companies. Greycroft is the latest firm to raise this type of fund.

Early Stage 108

Early Stage Later Stage Syndicate Syndication 108

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

I would be driving for FedEx and employing drivers, using my experience to manage the route. By the year 2004, I had somewhere around 12 rentals. Today, he is an authority in the real estate business, with more than 500 transactions in his portfolio. Things were going really well, and I was loving life.

America 100

America Florida New York New York City 100

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Kupietzky held a variety of management roles in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies: Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle).

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 25, 2003

for 2004, down from an August 2003 spending survey forecast of 2.3% growth for 2004. Another data point that I look at is how the fund’s 30+ portfolio companies are performing. We have a number of companies in the Enterprise IT space selling security, storage, network management, wireless, and other related software.

Forecast 60

Forecast Software Review Portfolio Security 60

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

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. What I’ve honorably been able to do, however, is share the deck I used to pitch LinkedIn to Greylock for a Series B investment back in 2004. Reid Hoffman.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Some founders pointed out that disconnecting from what their opponents were doing did not allow them to see that they had already managed to solve the market problem more efficiently. Despite the results of both investigations, not everyone agrees with such high figures. To set a lousy price in relation to its quality and cost.

Venture Capital 77

Venture Capital Cofounder Finance United States 77

Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Prior to crowdSPRING, I was producer and production manager in the film and television industry and Ross was an attorney in private practice specializing in intellectual property. Before I became an entrepreneur, I was an over worked project manager whose contract was about to expire. Thanks to Kent Lewis, Anvil Media. #4

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Australia Software Review LLC 48

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

Peter Lehrman, CEO, AxialMarket Daniel Confino, Founder, MergerID ( a Financial Times business) Dan Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners. He serves as a Managing Partner of both funds. a leading-edge research and development lab in the Millennium Technology Ventures portfolio.

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

BeyondVC

APRIL 14, 2009

A personal example that sticks with me is of former portfolio company GoToMyPC which is now Citrix Online.    We had our huge exponential growth years from 2000-2004 during a difficult time in the technology markets.    While not a novel idea today, it was quite novel back in the day. 

Advertising 68

Advertising Portfolio Cost Revenue 68

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

To give you some perspective, my salary today is less than what I made at my first job out of college…in 2004. In many cases, fund managers invest 1-5% of the fund size. They want you as a fund manager to be incentivized to make good investments, because you are staking your own cash too. And this makes sense.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

Hippoland

JULY 24, 2018

To give you some perspective, my salary today is less than what I made at my first job out of college…in 2004. In many cases, fund managers invest 1-5% of the fund size. They want you as a fund manager to be incentivized to make good investments, because you are staking your own cash too. And this makes sense.

Salary 48

Salary Capital Call Bootstrapping Cofounder 48

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. If these terms sound onerous and lopsided, it’s because they are.

IPO 159

IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

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

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. Receive and manage newsletters. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Most people want to know management is accountable.". Why Register? Todays Paper.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

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

BeyondVC

JANUARY 20, 2004

I was quite frustrated recently when one of my portfolio companies presented the board with a 2004 revenue forecast which was not based on reality. Too many assumptions and drivers in a model make it too complicated and too hard to use as a management tool. It should be easy for you to add a sales person, change the ASP, etc.

Forecast 60

Forecast Sales Sales Cycle Early Stage 60

This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 3, 2014

A blog is also a mental portfolio for knowledge workers. When I started in early 2004, very few people were blogging--and then I watched blogging take off. People ask me to post ads, but managing the text ad, the link, and the payment is full of duct tape and bubble gum. There was only one problem. Blogging is hard.

Curation 141

Curation HTML RSS Venture Capital 141

David Teten

MARCH 5, 2021

This would be easy to detect: among their portfolio companies, do startups with female founders outperform those without? First Round Capital found that among its portfolio companies, startups with female founders outperformed those without by 63%.” . However, there is still work to be done.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Founder Technical Cofounder Technical Review 78

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Management. 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. Manage Email Preferences. Manage Email Preferences. » More.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

K9 Ventures

MAY 2, 2012

” Well, I’ve never had an assistant, and I manage my calendar pretty tightly. Over the years I’ve developed a fairly streamlined way of managing my calendar. When Google released GMail (2004) and Google Calendar (2006) there was hope for a better future. The real problem with Outlook is the backend: Exchange.

Email 80

Email Portfolio Database Video 80

K9 Ventures

MAY 2, 2012

” Well, I’ve never had an assistant, and I manage my calendar pretty tightly. Over the years I’ve developed a fairly streamlined way of managing my calendar. When Google released GMail (2004) and Google Calendar (2006) there was hope for a better future. The real problem with Outlook is the backend: Exchange.

Email 80

Email Portfolio Database Video 80

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

It’s a pain to manage payroll, unemployment, insurance, etc in one state. It’s a freaking nightmare to manage in three states (well, two states and a district), even though we paid a payroll service to take care of it. Nearly everyone thinks they can give good management tips. Company: Home Portfolio.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2012

Most of the freelance work he managed to have published in various magazines was run anonymously. troops in Iraq in 2004. Eventually he built a portfolio good enough to get him into Columbia’s journalism school. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Jimmy Page. Mitch Albom.

New York 248

New York Los Angeles Sacramento Iraq 248

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Phoenix will act as a platform to channel Gulf investment into OurCrowd’s 220 portfolio companies, building on the pent-up demand in the UAE for opportunities in the thriving Israeli start-up scene. Siraj Fund Management Company (SFMC) is the first Palestinian private equity fund manager. Siraj Capital.

UAE 60

UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

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). If you dont manage this expectation upon hiring, you will be managing employee issues six months down the line. If so, I hate to break it to you, but theres a good chance it will fail.

Cofounder 111

Cofounder Technical Review Startup Software Review 111

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

https://medium.com/media/cc969482e7abf6b75d3c0958c8ee409d/href I moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and as a VC who had built his career as a programmer, database designer, program manager, CEO then VP Products at Salesforce, I wanted to build a portfolio of software investments. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210