Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

But VC is an “illiquid asset&# so funds didn’t disappear quickly - In 2000/01 the stock market quickly adjusted punishing investors in the NASDAQ and in individual public technology stocks. So as of 2008 total LP commitments were still at nearly $250 billion. Our current fund was raised in 2008/09.] Others will, too.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

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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. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment. ff Venture Capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 6, 2011

She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. No, you do not need to come to Silicon Valley to learn entrepreneurship.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world.

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K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

The Venture Capital industry as a whole does a terrible job of giving things the right name and so we end up keeping the same name, but changing the meaning out from under it. Moving up stream is a natural evolution of a venture fund, especially as you get more money and more partners. Scaling venture capital breaks it.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

From what I have seen, this is one of the few companies that can cross the elusive billion dollar mark in due course. Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. I make the most of this time by listening to my favorite tech and venture podcasts. The bi-weekly podcasts feature interviews of entrepreneurs and silicon Valley leaders. VentureCast : Bi-weekly anecdotes on the Silicon Valley venture world.

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Altgate

JUNE 1, 2009

  For example, it's tilted toward authors in the US who write about "tech" companies but I would love to expand and grow the reach.  My list has many biases.    So if you know of other blogs that should be included on this list, post a comment here and I'll update the list. Bookmark the permalink.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Yes, venture capital is very good for scaling businesses rapidly. I personally have nothing against venture capital. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

New Capital Earmarked for Global High-Growth Investments LARCHMONT, N.Y., 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.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. .

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Dan Frommer, in Moneyball for tech startups , interviewed Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Paul Graham and Ben Horowitz on the topic. Labels: due diligence , early stage investing , moneyball , valuation. How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2008. (14). ProfessorVC.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Ross and I will be speaking at South by Southwest again this year and hope that you’ll join us there for our talk titled “ Third Coast: How to Be a Startup Outside of Silicon Valley.&# Threadless, 37Signals, FeedBurner, BIG Omaha conference, and SXSW itself are proof that technology life exists away from the coasts.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 11, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. While the flick has gotten rave critical reviews (93% on Flixster), the question of what percentage of the movie is true has also gotten a lot of discussion in the blogosphere. This is a good review of the movie and both books. How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2008. (14).

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 16, 2006

A couple weeks ago, I attended the 13th Silicon Valley Annual VC/Entrepreneur luncheon organized by NVCA. The guest speaker was a well known and highly successful Silicon Valley veteran: Tony Zingale, President and CEO of Mercury Interactive. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Venture Capital. (3).

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 24, 2009

The other revels in the world as we all know it will be someday: limitless distribution enabled by new technologies, the importance of collaborative filters, and on-demand availability of all content for end-users. But the same technologies that make life difficult for traditional marketers also offer them unprecedented new opportunities.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Also worth a read after you review these startup failure post-mortems. If you are an entrepreneur seeking funding, try our free Funding Recommendation Engine to identify a list of angels, venture capital and state grant programs that best match your business. We focused too much on technology. It’s free.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. DEMO has always been one of my favorite tech conferences. Labels: #democon , DEMO , tech conferences , vuvuzela. How Much Diligence is Due. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. ► 2008. (14). Venture News. Are DEMOs days numbered?

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The web and technology bubble has a lot in common with the rest of the business world in that there are essentially two disparate groups — the haves and the have nots. This dynamic births serial entrepreneurs and motivates angels and venture capitalists to pull their friends into investment deals. and Path Intelligence.

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Professor VC

DECEMBER 18, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Thursday, December 18, 2008. We recently had our Neat Ideas Fair, which is my favorite annual event of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship at SJSU. This team had a working prototype of the first solar powered wetsuit using nano-solar technology. ▼ 2008. (14).

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I attended the annual LP meeting for a venture capital firm this week and got into a discussion about the above question. While Silicon Valley covers a large amount of turf, it is very small. How Much Diligence is Due. ► 2008. (14). ProfessorVC.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Tuesday, February 12, 2008. I have noticed this same feeling when making a venture capital or angel investment. Of course, rigorous diligence is performed, the team is challenged, and assumptions are tested. Labels: angel investing , entrepreneurship , venture capital.

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Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Technically, the start-up is insolvent from the day they take the first dollar of investment. How Much Diligence is Due. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic. ► 2008. (14). Congratulations on the Best Venture Capital Investment.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Sunday, January 27, 2008. During the next four months, we will examine over a dozen entrepreneurial ventures from a diverse mix of industries - technology, service, food & beverage, and fashion. There used to be a fairly standard career path in the venture capital industry.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Tuesday, February 26, 2008. He was the first American in 30 years to graduate from the 5-year brewing program at the Technical University of Munich , the highest technical degree in brewing engineering. How Much Diligence is Due. ▼ 2008. (14).

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Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Friday, June 6, 2008. In most of these cases, the founder relinquished the CEO role within the first 18 months following institutional funding, but remained in a critical technical or visionary role, often as the companys external evangelist. How Much Diligence is Due.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Tuesday, September 16, 2008. I am not sure how this relates to venture finance or entrepreneurship, but Im sure Ill find some connection along the way. A: Technology companies and Drug dealers While the fall semester is in full swing, summer doesnt officially end for another few days.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I get approached about clean tech or biotech periodically – I don’t focus on these. Others that are experts in this field include Matt Harris at Village Ventures and Jim Robinson at RRE. In ad tech there’s Seth Levine at Foundry Group and both Dana Settle & Ian Sigelow at Greycroft. Right for my stage?

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

I'm able to do my work from home effectively, and all the technology, everything works. But I think even for those of us who have nice homes and the technology to work from home and the opportunity to work from home, there are challenges, as well. I think it's a challenge, right? I mean, I feel very, very fortunate on the one hand.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. ALEXIA TSOTSIS.

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