David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

17, on “How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology”. The first panel will focus on public markets and will discuss the use and effectiveness of social media tools and data mining technologies in harnessing the wisdom of crowds to generate investment ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. You need to have passionate tech entrepreneurs who want to build businesses locally. The ingredients are all here. No Dave S. =

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2019

If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. For example, a $10B endowment might be looking to have 10% ($1B) allocated to venture capital at any one time. That 10% might start to look more like 12% or 15%.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

We make a minority of our investments in new technology areas where deep technical innovation is occurring and where we believe there is will be a large future market opportunity. For these companies, we look for deep technology differentiation plus early market validation or clear opportunity for such.

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

links » Attracting a CTO to your startup Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 05:29AM by Charlie ODonnell Businesspeople ask me all the time how to find a technical partner for a startup. Think about it this way, if you have an idea and youre willing to give up half of your company to get a technical partner, consider the CTOs side of it.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). Thus is venture capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Let’s review all of our existing investments. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. Not just tech companies but industrials, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In the early 80’s he left academia to work on venture capital investing with Jim Simons, Renaissance Technologies. The discussion with Howard Morgan starts off by acknowledging Josh Kopelman as a co-founder of First Round Capital. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. The BDS series tracks the annual number of new businesses (startups and new locations) from 1977 to 2005, and defines startups as firms younger than one year old. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,

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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. It was the defining moment when I started thinking about doing my own venture fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. But everything has intrinsic value.

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mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

“Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. The shortage of startup technical talent, especially in New York City, has been well-documented. Have an account? Kayserian believes they will. “It’s not been a difficult sell.&#

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. You technically have more gas left but you never know if some unexpected circumstance causes you to run out of gas.

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allthingsd.com

AUGUST 24, 2012

According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. Patrick, price , Q1 , Q2 , report , round , second quarter , Series B, Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, survey , up, valuation.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? Girls in Tech. Ad Serving Technology.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

He’s been at it since 2005. I founded it in 2005 at the age of 37. year old boy and another one due in 1 months. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. I believe this is wrong. Let me start with a couple of stories. Fast forward to my second company.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 20, 2009

By the late 1930′s when HP started, a small group (measured in hundreds) of engineers who made radio tubes were building the valleys’ ecosystem for electronics manufacturing, product engineering and technology management. And since there was no Venture Capital in the 1950′s/’60′s where was the money coming from?

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. New Communications Review. Member since 01/2005. Interest in this waned when the Internet bust resulted in most tech start-up equity becoming worthless, but it seems to be coming back. August 2011.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

Many startup businesses – tech or otherwise – fail. Trying outrageous new things or even trying mundane things but in new ways but with extreme quality & innovation is what fuels the tech startup industry. Marketing with long payback is precisely what requires venture capital. No, thanks.

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Altgate

JANUARY 5, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur! ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur! Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 28

Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Tips: $75 HOT All-Hands Team Meeting Board Management Tips For Startup CEOs Customer Support 2.0 Tips: $75 HOT All-Hands Team Meeting Board Management Tips For Startup CEOs Customer Support 2.0 Bookmark the permalink.

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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. I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. Others that are experts in this field include Matt Harris at Village Ventures and Jim Robinson at RRE. Right for my stage?

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  For example, it's tilted toward authors in the US who write about "tech" companies but I would love to expand and grow the reach.  My list has many biases.    So if you know of other blogs that should be included on this list, post a comment here and I'll update the list. Bookmark the permalink.

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Altgate

JANUARY 17, 2009

FCAT , and my review is F’n-A! FCAT was formed about 10 years ago with a mandate to transform business through technology. Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Technology. I don’t know if they’ve been able to deliver on that, but I can say that it’s the coolest lab I’ve seen in a long time.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Although bootstrapping is still an approach in Austin, a lot has changed since I wrote my original challenge to the Bootstrap Austin group back in 2005. Groups list on March 15, 2005. I farmed out work to Wharton undergrads that were in the Management of Technology program. It isn’t the early days of technology anymore.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

My professional experience is in the area of delivering technology solutions for major movie studios. I run award-winning agency InsideOut PR (established 2005) and founded social influencer agency #AsSeenOn last year. AsSeenOn was founded due to the shift in media landscape and the rising importance of social influencers.

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Altgate

DECEMBER 16, 2010

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? ← Pre-Money Valuation vs Number of Founders Where Do Tech VCs Invest? Bookmark the permalink. One point to takeaway from [.]

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. It was early in 2005 and the company was Facebook. This is a good review of the movie and both books. How Much Diligence is Due.

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Social Network Networking Software Review San Jose 28

www.singlefounder.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Venture capital is one method of getting a company off the ground, but it’s not the only method. Venture capital is also not a guarantee of success. Venture capitalists invest in multiple companies because they know that not all of them will succeed. If so, then this is true…for you at least.

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Software Review Software Startup Massachusetts 40

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks.

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Altgate

APRIL 22, 2009

 I got a preview of it a couple of weeks ago and my review is that it is really impressive! ← There is Too Much Venture Capital…Not Too Little 2009 Startup Executive Compensation Survey Opens → [link] Are You In Need Of A Payday Loan Now? Bookmark the permalink.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

November 2005 Venture funding works like gears. I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. Want to start a startup? Apply for funding by March 3. Few startups get it quite right.

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Cracking the Code

MARCH 23, 2007

Popular Media is a hosted, web-based technology platform that enables customers to quickly create, optimize, and scale viral marketing programs - and it seems to work pretty well. The following chart compare the impact of the tsunami in 2005 on the website traffic vs. the viral marketing campaign that they launched in 2007 with Popular Media.

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Software Review Viral Media Marketing 48

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Neither is a particularly good backdrop for trying to raise capital, because. we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. Most technology revolutions are founded on one or two simple concepts. Is it a technology advantage?

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Altgate

MAY 3, 2009

← More on the “VC Math Problem&# “What’s Next in Tech&# Event in Boston → [link] Here are some helpful reviews about neon Sign Gas [.] Bookmark the permalink.

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