Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008! The second part of the year has seen a lower flow of blog posts, but part of my 2008 resolutions are to remedy to this shortfall, so be prepared for a strong 2008. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. 26 Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), the oldest venture capital practice in the United States, today announced the closing of a $350 million supplement to its current fund family, BVP VII, which closed in June 2007. 2009 Bessemer Venture Partners. Friday, February 27, 2009.

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VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

” In fact, I’ve written two posts over the years on this topic – one way back in 2005 and a follow-up to that a few years later in 2008 (the 2nd of the post is the more practical advice if you’re pressed for time; or just keep reading below). And partners were former junior partners who had been promoted up as well.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Friday, October 10, 2008. The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. When we first published Bessemer’s Top 10 Laws for Being "SaaS-y" in early 2008 in conjunction with our annual invitation-only SaaS CEO Summit, we were overwhelmed with the positive response and feedback we received.

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Cracking the Code

MAY 15, 2008

Thursday, May 15, 2008. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. This year, the panel included Steve Jurveston from DFJ, Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures, Josh Kopelman from First Round Capital, Roger McNamee from Elevation Partners and Joe Schoendorf from Accel. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. It was September 2008. Why is that?

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. 2008) [iv]. Acquirer/ Investor. 2009) [ii].

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

As the former CEO of a professional expert network , I’m a firm believer in the value of speedy access to relevant experts. I was excited to see that GLG (formerly Gerson Lehrman Group), the industry leader, is now offering a professional network service geared to the needs of the startup community: GLG Share.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2022

More About Duct Tape Marketing Consultant Network: Learn more here. John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the salesman podcast, hosted by will Barron and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. I mean, you think back in 2008, you think about early advertising and banner ads.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Feedburner Network.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Feedburner Network.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New business applications are the highest since 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal. The most important factor in a startup’s success is its resource network, so start building yours. Your partner may tell you to spend more time with your family, and that is important. by LJ Suzuki, CFOShare.org. Ask for help.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). The iPhone was released.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The project was a little unexpected – creating customer cereal boxes called Obama-Os and Cap’n McCains, timely for the 2008 elections. This included health insurance and making them domestic partners. Therefore, the 2008 World Series of Poker champion Daneshgar paid $1,000 to enter a poker game. 10- Elon Musk.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Earlier this week YL Ventures announced a 7-figure USD investment in Israel-based Seculert , a new non-intrusive Security-as-a-Service that comprehensively detects cyber threats affecting corporate networks. The exact sum was not disclosed. billion times per month. billion times per month.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2011

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Feedburner Network.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 3, 2019

We had another solid year filled with learning, growth, laughter, and new projects and partners. Thanks to all of the amazing founders, advisors, co-investors, corporate partners, and others that helped make 2018 an amazing year. Look at 2001 and 2008’s Lehman collapse and Sequoia RIP Good Times deck for lessons learned.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

And I also now have to raise money myself, but this time from bigger institutions that our industry calls LPs (limited partners). Partners make investment decisions. Also recognize that WITHIN a VC you have partners who focus on different areas. I now observes the fund raising process as a profession. Meet in person.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 13, 2023

So yeah, so I mean, to kind of make this story more colorful, I actually was in the real estate world and I was doing fix and flips and, you know, the 2008 nine economy crashed and I got stuck with a lot of properties that I had. And I was using VAs at that time, but I hired my first VA in November of 2008. Joe Rare (06:28): Right.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 CEO Network – CEO’s from the portfolio companies are introduced to each other. Office Hours – Two or three partners post a sign-up sheet to meet with entrepreneurs. These partners travel to a city and take ten minute pitches from the entrepreneurs.

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ConversionXL

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Localized, where the entire buying process happens within a small—sometimes offline—network. Way back in 2008, an obscure SaaS company called Zuora started talking—loudly and endlessly—about the “ subscription economy. It created powerful network effects. Partner with industry publications to reach hundreds of decision-makers.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Feedburner Network.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2008: A Down Year in Investment Dollars But Not in Deals” Unknown. Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”.

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David Teten

JULY 25, 2011

Advanced risk management : After the crisis of 2008, financial institutions are clamoring to empower their risk management practices via technology solutions that perform better and faster than current offerings, with as little room for human error as possible. Our portfolio companies OfferIQ (acquired by Transactis) is in this sector.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 5, 2011

First up, Satya Choppadhandi from Bangalore, India, presented Evolutech Networks, a company that manufactures wireless energy monitoring devices for the smart home. Bill has been following the 1M/1M project and would like to connect his partners to our team. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 21, 2011

On April 16, I was in Mumbai doing a live 1M/1M event with TiE Mumbai and Indian Angel Network (IAN). We also had Pritam Roy present Gomolo.in , a social network and online hangout for movie lovers. It would also help him figure out the audience engagement model of how to make the social network compelling. Fragrochem.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

COMMUNICATIONS GIANT ARRIS GROUP BUYS ISRAEL’S BIGBAND NETWORKS FOR $158 MLN. is acquiring digital-video networking company BigBand Networks Inc. Waze’s free mobile application provides a social network where drivers interact, reporting on road conditions. Communications-equipment maker Arris Group Inc.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

My partner Seth Levine has written several posts over the years on the topic of how to get a job in venture capital. Things have changed in the last decade since his 2008 post titled How to get a job in venture capital (revisited) , which was an update from his 2005 post titled How to become a venture capitalist.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

a Site Finds Love in India : Ignighter was in the TechStars Boulder 2008 class. I’m a huge Tim fan and am psyched to see what Tim and his partners are accomplishing at RoundPegg. While it will be built for the TechStars Network , it will be available to anyone that wants to use it. Click through to whatever interests you.

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www.readwriteweb.com

MAY 10, 2012

When smartphone apps first got popular, after Apples App Store was launched in July 2008 , they offered an immediate jump in functionality for mobile content. Compared to mobile sites circa 2008, iPhone apps were attractive and easy to use. In 2008, it may not have been possible to get the functionality you wanted via a mobile website.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

General Partners Sara Brand and Kerry Rupp are fixtures in the startup community, and especially in driving forward female entrepreneurship. of deal-making partners in venture capital and 3% of venture-backed company CEOs being women.” - Letter from the Founding General Partner, 09/1/2015. Currently, they’ve raised $19.1m

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bizthoughts.mikelee.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Build your networking skills, not in a swarmy way, but in a geniune way. iPhone & iPad #distribution #ormaybemarketing # 19 hours ago @davemcclure Idea 2: Partner with someone with an established distribution channel, ie. If you’re not an extrovert, you may find this option somewhat of a struggle.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release. Churchill Club 2008 Top 10 Tech Trends. Happy New Year 2008! Feedburner Network.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 7, 2009

I am working on a post-mortem of the SaaS 13 Index for 2008, but before getting into these gloomy numbers, I thought I would start the year with something more refreshing. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2008.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Mark Walsen Mark Walsen Thursday, October 09, 2008 Deleting … Approving … I think you would be better off hiring people, rather than trying to convince them to work for free in exchange for equity. Make sure you treat people as partners, not as paid help. Equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise.

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