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MARCH 9, 2007

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JULY 23, 2014

The seeds of cheap cloud computing, social networking & mobile were planted and then the 2008 financial crisis brought a hurricane that swept much of the old, dead brush from the venture capital industry and ushered in a new phase perhaps best punctuated by Sequoia’s famous and now ironic presentation “ RIP Good Times.”.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 13, 2007

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FEBRUARY 28, 2007

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney.

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MARCH 1, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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MARCH 12, 2007

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FEBRUARY 27, 2007

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FEBRUARY 25, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

The smart home business is still in the very early stages in India, and it will take some time before Evolutech ramps up. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. These resellers buy devices from the U.S. and Singapore at significantly higher prices and presumably would be open to sourcing lower-cost parts.

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MARCH 20, 2007

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MARCH 5, 2007

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ). during this time.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. Early-stage valuations are up 70%, and late-stage valuations are up 103% (source Pitchbook ). during this time.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Take a look at some of the emails between us from 2010: We were attending NYU from 2008–2012. Josh runs a series of Capital Factory-affiliated venture funds and is the most active early stage investor in Texas since 2013, according to Pitchbook. Our Story The two of us met at NYU almost 10 years ago.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Monday, November 17, 2008 The four kinds of work, and how to get them done: part one Ive written before about some of the advantages startups have when they are very small, like the benefits of having a pathetically small number of customers. Tell your Startup Visa story Speaking 2010: Webstock, GDC, Web 2.0,

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APRIL 22, 2014

“In 2010 I traveled Asia, meeting over 80 startups from a dozen countries. The NRF has identified these six VC firms after evaluating 32 submissions of which 18 were initially shortlisted. All of them posed the same question, ‘How do I raise money?’”,

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. She writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020. As an entrepreneur CEO, she ran three companies: DAIS, Intarka, and Uuma.

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The companies I spoke to all agreed that the community there was extremely supportive, especially in the critical ulta-early-stage. Then, create an encouraging environment for early-stage companies. Provide early seed capital, and be the ones to make those introductions. And do your customer development.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC. There has been a preponderance of early-stage deals that have seen quick exits.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

it's up to the Board or CEO) One or more financial metrics Balanced scorecard For very early stage startups (e.g. " Well, there are basically three ways you can link pay to performance (in startups): Discretionary (i.e.  It is just too hard to see out 12+ months with any certainty to be able to pick meaningful metrics.

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MARCH 22, 2007

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APRIL 14, 2011

a group of entrepreneurs from TiE Chennai gathered at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) Research Park campus, and we spent the next four hours discussing strategy and tactics of early-stage entrepreneurship. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. At 11 a.m.,

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DECEMBER 10, 2014

He is currently a second year student at Harvard Business School and will be focused on supporting the early-stage startup community in Boston and its schools. Harvard’s original plans were scrapped following the 2008 financial crisis, as the Harvard endowment failed to deliver the performance that was required to fund the new campus.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In 2010, the city had six times more high-tech startups per capita than the nation’s average. After the economy crashed in 2008, Las Vegas was pushed to reinvent itself in order to survive. We are willing to help anyone without an expectation of what we are going to get back in the short term. Sound good? We think so.

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APRIL 28, 2010

11.2mm in Series A, rumored pre-money of $35mm; $1.6mm angel raised in Jan 2010. In late April 2010, VentureBeat published that Blippy credit card numbers were published on Google search: [link] followed by Blippy’s response. Investors: August Capital (David Hornik) (lead) with existing investors Charles River Ventures.

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View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

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OCTOBER 8, 2009

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

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Sunday, September 14, 2008 How to listen to customers, and not just the loud people Frequency is more important than talking to the "right" customers, especially early on. In the very early days, the trick is to find anyone at all who can understand you when you are talking about your product.

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JANUARY 15, 2011

Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. 9 Responses to Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO Startup Advice: Developer Stockholm Syndrome « Web Startup Help says: November 10, 2008 at 5:10 pm [.]

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