Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you are a 20-something tech entrepreneur you could be forgiven for thinking that seed-stage investors, Angellist Syndicates and widely available angel money always existed. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). I’m assuming this in Silicon Valley, LA or similar locations. year old boy and another one due in 1 months.

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AUGUST 1, 2008

October 2007 (This essay is derived from a keynote at FOWA in October 2007.) Startup Hubs Will Persist It might seem that if startups get cheap to start, it will mean the end of startup hubs like Silicon Valley. If all you need to start a startup is rent money, you should be able to do it anywhere. silicon valleys.

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