Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

While 2011 is only eight years ago, it’s a lifetime in the world of finance, private equity, venture capital, and business. The first is from David Rubenstein (Carlyle Group co-founder – one of Blackstone’s competitors) in 2006. It was indeed private equity’s moment.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. Just as I was getting the swing of things the world shifted beneath my feet and the stock market went into a free fall and venture capital all but shut down for nearly a year. Over the past 2.5

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

This LP is also a long time investor in Union Square Ventures and was one of the first people Fred introduced us to when we started raising the first Foundry Group fund in 2007. In 2007, when we set out to raise our first Foundry Group fund, early stage tech VC was in the shitter. But is wasn’t always this way.

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www.entrepreneur.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

July 31, 2007 |. When you're getting started, sweat equity is often a critical component of your negotiating leverage with co-founders, early stage employees and others who aren't paid market wages to help you grow your business. Market value doesn't equal the sum of sweat equity invested by you and your partners.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Co-founder discontent.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” And Greg has had the most influence on Upfront Ventures’ strategy since he joined. From 2007-2012 I scoured LA constantly. I keynoted.

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David Teten

APRIL 16, 2012

ff Venture Capital is creating a new, spin-off business from an existing company, and we need a team to take the reins. Initially you will likely be working out of our co-working space on West 36th St., About ff Venture Capital ( http:/ffvc.com ) : We are one of the most active early-stage investors in New York.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder. Instead of worrying solely about some 3rd-party stealing your business idea or a “slip and fall,&# your startup company’s top legal priority should be the reduction of its internal legal threats: co-founder disputes.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Such a model is particularly helpful for those founders looking for a co-founder or key employee. While working on my most recent startup, Navon Partners , we were fortunate to have Raul Trevino , a star former Citi investment banker and Columbia MBA, interning with us.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 23, 2015

Scott Maxwell of OpenView Partners had an awesome post up this morning titled The Truth About VC Value-Add. The next person on the list of supporters is Scott Maxwell at OpenView Venture Partners. ” Second, I went through the scale up of the organizational VC firm in the late 1990s at Mobius Venture Capital.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, February 12, 2007. It would be nice if You wanna give us some advises on the recruiting process in Venture Capital Industry. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Venture Capital.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The first one is about Next Big Sound and is titled Fueled by venture-capital funding and a love for unknown bands, can Boulder’s Next Big Sound predict the next rock star? EventVue went through the TechStars Boulder 2007 program (the inaugural year), raised an angel round (which I participated in) but never really got lift off.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Basing a consultant’s compensation on the incremental revenue they generate is a great example of a deal that is on The Fringe (for other creative approaches to partnering, see Agreements on The Fringe). Venture Capital (7). Interview: Naval Ravikant, Co-Founder AngelList and Co-Maintainer Venture Hacks. |.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

I’m an investor in Danielle’s company Mattermark and was parters with Heidi at Mobius Venture Capital. Since we started in 2007, we’ve done around ten new investments per year. “A small pool of angel and venture investors fund a majority of Black women Founders.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. Today, we are lucky to welcome Dan Kimerling of Deciens Capital. Dan has a B.A. On Sushi and VC.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

But before Foundry Group, my partners and I were involved in many seed investments, both at Mobius Venture Capital. In addition, I’ve made many seed investments as an angel investor in two time periods,1994-1996 and 2006-2007, and seen many more through my involvement as a co-founder of TechStars. ?Our

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

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Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

With the launch of 3G and the rapid growth of iPhones and iPads in 2007-09, the world realised that paper could be entirely digital, beginning a new era for DocuSign, which had invested early on in “mobilising” its product. Partners network Keith Krach, who joined the board of the company in January 2010, was appointed CEO the following year.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2013

The good news for Techcrunch readers: Every major study conducted to date has placed angel investors’ IRR between 18 and 38 percent, as summarized by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank in prior Techcrunch articles. All exits occurred between 1990 and 2007—the vast majority after 2000.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 22, 2009

Hewlett’s partner Dave Packard wanted to get into the computer business.) After failing dismally at making disposable digital cameras in 2003 Pure Digital Technologies reinvented their company in 2007 to make the Flip line of camcorders. At HP the founders were still at the company and still running the business.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

He is co-founder of international start-up community event organisation 3beards and founder and director of Albion Drive , a fully integrated communicaitons agency for entrepreneurs and challenger brands. If it is, then Australia does start to look appealing as a startup destination both as a founder and an investor.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 12, 2012

The first amendment relies on the definition of « founder » and imposes a minimal ownership of 10% of the company and a holding period of two to five years to benefit from a lower tax rate. Let’s take an example in our portfolio: Playfish, a “social gaming” company, was launched in London in 2007.

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  The criteria for inclusion on this list is rough but basically boils down to the primary author of the blog has to be a founder or C-level executive at an entrepreneurial organization and write relatively frequently about entrepreneurial stuff.    So with that in mind, I created a list of entrepreneur blogs. 

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Pascal's View

MAY 23, 2009

  Through Levensohn Venture Partners' involvement as the lead venture sponsor of the IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum (ITSEF) since its inception in 2007, and through my personal initiatives advocating public policy solutions to address cyber security issues, I have had some positive impact in increasing awareness of this problem. 

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC. ff Venture Capital. First Round Capital. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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Hearpreneur

APRIL 24, 2016

I’ve been a dating and relationship coach for over 8 years and what I learned personally as I dated between my two marriages (and is the reason I met and married my husband in 2007) and what I continue to learn from my clients is ‘We attract the type of person we believe we deserve.’ It was at this point things hit me.

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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. Dont forget that this person is adding you as a partner just as much as youre adding them, so look in the mirror and think about what you bring to the table.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

These anticipated outcomes were validated by “ Returns to Angels in Groups ” by Professor Rob Wiltbank in November 2007. Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Mike is a no BS guy, has all the attributes I look for in a founder and says things like, openly shares knowledge and opines without a filter including this one, “whoever invented uncapped convertible debt should be spanked!&# The Union Square Ventures partners started whispering in his ear that “it’s all about social now”.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The company was acquired by ebay in January 2007. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. Instawork (*) is an on-demand staffing app for gig workers (professionals) and hospitality businesses (partners). Interested in “Unlocking Wealth” Yourself?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

We had a special edition of This Week in Venture Capital this week shooting out of the Next New Networks offices in New York. Our guest was Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital. And what we think about Sequoia’s website , First Round Capital’s and True Ventures (we both like to copy stuff from True). TechCrunch article.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 7, 2010

The report’s country profile assessment also noted that Israel’s favorable financial environment, the category in which it was placed 14th, and the availability of venture capital, the pillar in which it came in 10th place, also contributed to making the country an innovation powerhouse. Diversified U.S. Diversified U.S.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

In all cases, these names were derived by the Founders, without the involvement of consultants, MBAs, focus groups, statistically valid surveys or other detriments to a startup’s ability to make quick, sound decisions. Jerry Yang and David Filo, Yahoo’s Founders, chose the name, as they considered themselves to be “Yahoos.”.When

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There are some obvious structural reasons why a shakeout in the venture capital industry takes a long time. Some of the firm’s partners may move on to new jobs during this phase but at least some are usually still around. 2) Rebirth of Some Firms - Mobius Venture Capital is now defunct.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

The first one in 2007 was Cornerstone OnDemand, the second one was Peopledoc in 2014 and the third one is Gloat in 2021. It was about this time I met my co-founder, Amichai, at IBM. We learned that big organisations have big challenges, and they’re looking for partners to help solve them. Gloat was that startup.

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