Hunter Walker

JANUARY 15, 2016

Though I should point out was still doing client work for OneMatchFire until mid-2005 until the business could pay full salaries. From the middle to 2005 to early 2010 the business was break-even or better every quarter. Now it’s time for the Finance, Portfolio and Expansion teams to take over. It’s been an amazing run.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Cofounder SMS 48

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Other angel investors and smaller funds also copied this innovation, and many of these new Micro-VC fund managers (like me) came from operational backgrounds at companies like PayPal/eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, or Google, rather than finance backgrounds from investment banking or Wall Street. They are operators, through and through.

Silicon Valley 74

Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

To put that timeframe in perspective, here’s a picture of analyst me taken at USV’s first office in 2005, dressed in khakis and a button-down shirt versus a picture of me, a GP at my own firm, over 100 deals later, now on my latest Zoom board call from my couch at home with my junior analyst of about a year and a half.

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Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

The Equity Kicker

JUNE 23, 2016

The first thing to happen was that the bar for a Series A went up – unsurprising given that startups could now get much further with pre-Series A amounts of capital (2005-2010). That created a gap in market which sub $100m dedicated seed funds (aka micro-VCs) stepped into – there are now over 300 of them (2005-2016).

Seed Stage 97

Seed Stage PR Portfolio Operations 97

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

Then from the mid 2000s, value add began moving beyond the partner to the firm as VCs began employing people who’s full time job was helping their portfolio. The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . Building platforms.

Portfolio 84

Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 5, 2012

47% of social media users seek customer service over social media – predominantly via Facebook (good news for our portfolio company Conversocial ). Microsoft’s market share of operating systems is 35%, down from 96% in 1998-2005. Mobile apps are used nearly five times as much as mobile websites. tablets) with iOS dominating.

Mobile 125

Mobile Internet Social Media Portfolio 125

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Operations. I spend tons of time each day on portfolio company issues. I spent a late morning meeting with a product exec at one portfolio company. I spent time talking with 2 senior execs who are separately joining two of my portfolio companies. He turned me down for a job in 2005. My core duty. Marketing.

Email 314

Email Product Term Sheet Portfolio 314

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. Sentiment is strong in personal portfolios and up commensurately with VC’s expectations that their last fund will now be worth something (and along with that increase the partners’ personal wealth).

IPO 255

IPO Investment Bankers Venture Capital Marketing 255

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

He then led the growth of the domain services division, expanded into the aftermarket business and built Oversee’s owned and operated portfolio of domain names into one of the worlds largest, firmly establishing the company as a leader in Internet real estate. Jake Geleerd, President and Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Tomo, LLC.

Naming 122

Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Never missing an opportunity for a good war story, I’d like to revisit one high-profile transaction, the $650 million acquisition of MySpace by Fox Interactive Media in 2005, on which I spent many sleepless nights along with the rest of the deal team. The spin-out took a few months to negotiate and didn’t actually close until February 2005.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios.

Venture Capital 347

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Mobile 347

genuinevc.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Conferences are for Conversations » Wednesday Oct 12 2005. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 01:15PM. I’ve recently been introduced to a number of startups that are operating in “stealth mode,” and have been thinking about what to make of this fact. October 13, 2005 |. Know Your VC’s Magic Number. Stealth Mode.

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Stealth HTML Flash Email 40

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). and Economics, both from Cornell University.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

David Teten

APRIL 1, 2011

" Barry Silbert, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SecondMarket As the Founder and CEO, Barry Silbert is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and operation of all its markets. a leading-edge research and development lab in the Millennium Technology Ventures portfolio. a 2005 book about new developments in Web 2.0

Private Equity 68

Private Equity Merger IPO Equity 68

K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

This is how I remember it: It’s September 2005, and I was sitting in my office at Stanford in Gates 382. ” Ren and I started brainstorming about the potential for commercializing his technology in 2005. I was honored to participate in the round and officially welcome Refocus into the K9 Ventures portfolio.

Technical Review 134

Technical Review IP New York Portfolio 134

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

As an agent or broker, you can carefully research which products you choose to offer in your portfolio. With the advancement of technology, insurance agencies are easier than ever to start and operate. They bring an enormous number of policies and they profit when they spend less on claims than they bring in via premiums.

Technical Review 72

Technical Review Bootstrapping Cost Software Review 72

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. Because we have viral growth and digital goods, we can have high operating margins. After myself is Sarah , who made sure our operations could run to scale.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Cracking the Code

APRIL 21, 2021

UiPath was founded in Bucharest in 2005, selling computer vision technology to OEMs. In early 2017, while the company only had single-digit revenue, it was already operating in North America, Europe, India and Japan. Congratulations to Daniel Dines and the UiPath team for this incredible accomplishment!

Leadership 62

Leadership Hockey Stick North America Europe 62

www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Company founders don’t have the luxury of ‘diversifying their portfolio,’ so to speak. I’ve been operating the business full time for 10 months now and only recently felt the need to move out of my basement. So unless you have a legitimate need for an office, skip it until you do.

Software Review 40

Software Review Software Startup Massachusetts 40

Bryce Dot VC

JUNE 28, 2017

OATV (O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures) was founded in 2005 by myself, Mark Jacobsen and Tim O'Reilly. These were typically angel size checks of a couple hundred thousand dollars written into rounds being led by larger funds into companies operating in thematic areas of interest to us run by founders we had relationships with.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Committed Capital Early Stage Portfolio 40

VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

billion, and in 2005 it bought another generics competitor, Ivax, based in Miami, for about $7.4 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

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

. “ Steve Jobs, Stanford University commencement speech, 2005. His reaction reminded me one more time why entrepreneurship is an art, why VC’s manage portfolios of companies and why new ideas come from those who don’t respect the status quo. A match made in heaven? Not exactly.

Vertical 332

Vertical Agile Customer Development Lean 332

Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Saba currently works as the operations manager (Sumo) at AppSumo. Carbonmade helps over 100,000 people create online portfolios that require zero HTML skills. Today, Carbonmade is a bootstrapping success story, growing from a tool built for a personal portfolio to being used by over 200,000 people to showcase their artistic talents.

Bootstrapping 78

Bootstrapping Startup Cofounder Salary 78

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

. “ Steve Jobs, Stanford University commencement speech, 2005. His reaction reminded me one more time why entrepreneurship is an art, why VC’s manage portfolios of companies and why new ideas come from those who don’t respect the status quo. A match made in heaven? Not exactly.

Customer Development 224

Customer Development Vertical Agile Lean 224

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. Mostly we got to see the team operate in stressful times and that changed my perspective on the deal. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. Depressing. And Social.

Stock 305

Stock Technical Review Marketing Greece 305

VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

The new fund will operate under the Ministry of Finance program for encouraging investment in venture capital by giving breaks to institutional investors that invest in funds – a program that is largely criticized by the industry – full article.

Venture Capital 87

Venture Capital Startup Denmark 87

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

After a somewhat disappointing congress in 2009, in which companies showcased products from previous years, this year is expected to be faster, greener and ‘cloudier’ Looking at the conference agenda , it’s not hard to spot the trends for 2010: Mobile Clouds – additional storage and new revenue streams to operators.

Mobile 109

Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

JOB OF THE WEEK: Operations Manager. Microsofts New Enterprise Operating System Is Going To Be A Big Hit. Our portfolio speaks for itself.". Y Combinator is a startup funding firm that was founded in 2005 by Paul Graham. Wow, The iPhone 5 Is Going To Be Pretty Thin. Neil Armstrong Escaped Death 7 Times As A Pilot.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

alexpoole.info

AUGUST 14, 2012

Legibility is concerned with the very fine details of typeface design, and in an operational context this usually means the ability to recognise individual letters or words. Interestingly, My daughter, a graphic designer was taught the opposite (that was in 2005 ish). Alex Poole. User experience design and research. Site français.

Technical Review 85

Technical Review Software Review Design Web 85

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

In 2005, he retired to focus on giving back, beginning by teaching technology entrepreneurship courses at Stanford, becoming a trustee at the University of Pennsylvania (which he attended undergrad), and funding cancer research with his wife. If you're the second person, you're an operator. That's not it at all. I'm an investor.

Silicon Valley 159

Silicon Valley Lean Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 159

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? In addition, TheFunded.com allows entrepreneurs to view and share term sheets, to assist one other finding good investor, and to discuss the many facets of operating a business. VC Portfolios. Seed Startups. Updated Business tools for Startups. www.g2i.org.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

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. Back then there were “email forwards.”

Media 210

Media Los Angeles Russia Viral 210