Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

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%). Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!,

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Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 374

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. In July 2007 Google acquired web security and archiving company Postini for $625 million. billion in April 2007. I created {s}hareCLOUD — Private social networks for businesses– with Google in mind.

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www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Main July 11, 2007 The Different CTO Roles I was putting together a short panel presentation on the roleof a Chief Technology Officer in corporate innovation and I once again realized that there is quite a bit of confusion around the role of the CTO.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

This is true not just for entirely new product categories like tablets, but even existing ones… smartphones had been around for 5+ years before the first gen iPhone launched in 2007 (remember Palm Treos and the original Blackberry phones?). On the startup side, Square’s done a particularly good job of this in payments.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 9, 2006

Done deal: after a quick syndication with the kitchen team (their job was at stake, so they were easy to convince.), ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Feedburner Network. Paperblog network. we bought a $4 measuring spoon with an expected return of 1,000 times in the coming year.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 1, 2018

For historical reference, our early-stage funds (FG 2007, FG 2010, FG 2013, and FG 2016) are all $225 million in size. We are syndication agnostic, being indifferent between investing by ourselves or with co-investors – especially our partner funds – where we mostly have long and successful relationships.

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Syndicate Syndication IRR Canada 17

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I describe this in part as the “Social Network” effect… not just the movie itself but the example of Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile young founders as role models ( who can forget this image? ) Google started and is still headquartered in Mountain View, but they opened an office in SF at the end of 2007.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

However, in 2007, “familiarity” jumped to 37%, and in 2012, it was 45% – that’s a 105% difference!! Imagine this: with the push of a button, your show instantly syndicates to iTunes, Stitcher Radio, SoundCloud, and a number of other directories where they can be downloaded by eager listeners around the world.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). Back to the panel.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28