Hunter Walker
JANUARY 15, 2016
Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. Now it’s time for the Finance, Portfolio and Expansion teams to take over.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Massive liquidity awaited the first movers to the IPO’s, and that’s how they managed their portfolios. It helped that in the nuclear winter that followed the crash, 2001 – 2004, startups and VCs were extremely risk averse and amenable to new ideas that reduced risk. The result?
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
million and we seemed likely to raise another $40 million within the first 18 months of operations. I learned everything I know about startups in these lean years: 2001-2004. I will quote one portfolio company CEO who said about his office manager, “Mark, this is the most important hire we made last year.
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. My experience of 2001-2004 is very remote from what you are describing. What Do VC’s Do? Reply Lee Hower , on September 16, 2009 at 3:38 am Said: Excellent post, thx.
Feld Thoughts
JULY 25, 2013
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. Friends from the campaign went on to run Obama’s Internet operation.
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.
This is going to be BIG.
MAY 5, 2023
You can stop making new investments, but it will take years to actually work through your active portfolio companies. To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. I’ve decided that this is long enough for me—especially given the fact that when you’re in venture capital, you don’t just stop.
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