Altgate

JANUARY 5, 2009

@altgate Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between Skip to content Home Furqan Nazeeri (fn@altgate.com) ← Layoffs In Venture Capital Be Glad You Are An Entrepreneur! Although in 2008 I did learn that this is called a “ sneeze page.&# Who knew? Bookmark the permalink.

Technical Review 28

Technical Review Due Diligence Term Sheet Liquidation Preference 28

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

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Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. Las Vegas, NV.

United States 113

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. Get funded now, if you can.&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. Same with VCs.

Florida 299

Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

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. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. Time will tell. Founded in 2007.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

SoCal CTO

MARCH 9, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 9:30 AM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Web Startup Lessons Advice from a CTO and Entrepreneur Home About Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO There are not many to be found. Most likely, this is a person who is a serial entrepreneur and was the chief technology officer for two or more web startups. .&# But I’m not the only person who does this kind of work.

Fractional CTO 40

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 4, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, October 4, 2008 About the author ( Update January, 2010: This post originally dates from October, 2008 back when I first started writing this blog. October 13, 2008 6:47 PM Luke G said. December 4, 2008 4:43 PM Valto said. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 5:02 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 13, 2007

March 14, 2007 10:47 AM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? In it he separates web consumers into: Time Rich (more time than money) and Time Poor (more money than time).

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Austin Startup

AUGUST 2, 2018

In the venture capital world, it’s similarly staggering, with 4.2% 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 for their fund, and plan to invest in 12 companies.

Austin 57

Austin Software Review Technical Review Entrepreneur 57

SoCal CTO

MARCH 1, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 12:50 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Networking Southern California Los Angeles 150

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 20, 2012

Today’s venture capital deal flow to innovative new companies looks a lot like a fat man trying to squeeze into a slim Italian suit. In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 In 2000, venture capitalists poured a staggering $112.2 Today, venture capital deal flow has slowed to a relative trickle, just $28.4

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Venture Capital Deal Flow Atlanta Incubator 66

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2011

Need to check on how much traffic the company Web site is getting? The initial concept and start-up work for Max-Wellness began in September 2008, at just about the same time as the market started to tank. Availability of capital almost instantly dried up. by Michael Feuer, author of “ The Benevolent Dictator “.

Cofounder 124

Cofounder Ohio Florida Technical Review 124

SoCal CTO

MARCH 12, 2007

Posted byTony Karrer at 2:57 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. As Harvard professor Clayton Christensen noted, these efficiency metrics provided wise guidance for times when capital was scarce and raising money was hard.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. Startup activity in Las Vegas is booming.

United States 82

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 82

VC Cafe

MAY 23, 2023

As I mentioned in my post on the LLM Benchmarking , venture capital investment in AI startups was down 43% in Q1 2023. But the number of apps kept multiplying (there are 500-600 new games introduced to the app store every day vs. a few dozen in 2008 or so when the iPhone came out). What else do we know?

Generative AI 165

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence ChatGPT API 165

SoCal CTO

MARCH 5, 2007

[link] [link] Posted byTony Karrer at 5:33 PM 0comments: Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. He has twenty years’ experience as a CTO.

Open Source 150

Open Source Business Model Technical Cofounder Southern California 150

thebarefootvc

JUNE 15, 2014

Thanks to the Web and mobile connectivity, more and more people have access to online resources for education and information – the combination of on-the-ground expertise and this access to global information is creating a revolution. Since I wrote that post, millions more entrepreneurs have launched their businesses globally.

Africa 106

Africa India Bangladesh United States 106

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Labels: SaaS , software , Venture Capital. He thinks as far as he offers an ERP on a monthly basis with a web interface, then he's offering cloud computing. 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Venture Capital. (3). ► 2008. (11). The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008 Release.

Software Review 48

Software Review Cloud Technical Review Venture Capital 48

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Yes, venture capital is very good for scaling businesses rapidly. I personally have nothing against venture capital. I asked her to go through my recent article, From Niche E-Commerce To Web 3.0 , as well as the Taking On Giants section of EJ1. In that case, why bother wasting time trying to raise money right now?

Cloud 115

Cloud Silicon Valley Incubator Finance 115

Altgate

OCTOBER 8, 2009

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

Term Sheet 39

Term Sheet Technical Review Michigan Liquidation Preference 39

SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 April 20, 2007 8:32 PM Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me Tony Karrer Dr. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. event I did last fall.

Technical Cofounder 150

Technical Cofounder Southern California Los Angeles CTO Hire 150

Altgate

JUNE 7, 2009

Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Technology , Venture Capital and tagged blog , entrepreneur , startup , Twitter. ← Directory of Blogs by Entrepreneurs Successories’ New Line of Posters for Venture Capitalists → Comments are closed. Bookmark the permalink.

Cofounder 58

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Entrepreneur Venture Capital 58

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

Boulder’s entrepreneurial system is bolstered by a number of local venture capital firms, including Foundry Group. With its concentrated mix of start-ups, established businesses, and venture capital, Boulder has all of the elements to fuel sustainable economic growth. Startup activity in Las Vegas is booming.

United States 48

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 48

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners.

Venture Capital 225

Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Cracking the Code

JUNE 23, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Monday, June 23, 2008. In addition, Cardo got a lot of press for this initiative - so, overall great PR at minimal cost and this shows how web 2.0 1st 2008 with a base value of 100.00 Venture Capital. (3).

Software Review 48

Software Review Technical Review Viral Europe 48

Pascal's View

DECEMBER 17, 2012

Denis Dougherty of Intersouth Partners was recently interviewed by Brian Gormley of The Wall Street Journal on the decade-long liquidity crisis that continues to plague the venture capital industry. Venture capitalists that have an inventory of acquisition-ready companies will do well.”. I agree with Dennis.

Acquisition 38

Acquisition Merger Covenant Liquidity Event 38

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. Posted by Steve on April 07, 2008 at 12:57 AM | Permalink. Posted by: Post Work | April 09, 2008 at 07:57 AM. Posted by: Steve | April 09, 2008 at 09:44 AM.

Equity 40

Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Build a web presence. Build a web presence. To learn more about great website design, check out Grow Your Small Business With These 7 Website Design Best Practices and 7 Modern Web Design Trends for 2019. Most template-based web design services offer some form of e-commerce functionality. Develop and refine your idea.

Angel Investor 85

Angel Investor Small Business Business Plan Intellectual Property 85

Altgate

MAY 3, 2009

When I suddenly woke up, I was thinking: what if we could download the whole web, and just keep the links and… I grabbed a pen and started writing! Soon after, I told my advisor, Terry Winograd, it would take a couple of weeks to download the web — he nodded knowingly, fully aware it would take much longer but wise enough to not tell me. . 

Michigan 37

Michigan Boston Technical Review Audio 37

Scalable Startup

JULY 20, 2013

In 2008 I was working on a post-merger integration project for a small company being acquired by a Fortune 100 behemoth. SaaS is the culmination of over 20 years of changes from ASPs, client-server, the web, higher speeds, always on, mobile 2.0, This saves energy, mistakes, cost, time, client computer memory and bandwidth.

Mobile 22

Mobile Hawaii Angel Investor Early Stage 22

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2012

6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. Buddy Media builds, promotes and monetizes one of the largest networks of engaging and entertaining social media applications on the web. Buddy Media can build an application and drive 1 million users in just a few months.

Software 105

Software Media Social Media Advertising 105

Pascal's View

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Kelly Slone, director of the Medical Industry Group of the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA ) posted an important article on October 7 on the NVCAccess blog, clearly calling out that the unintended consequences of FDA regulations have precipitated a full-blown crisis in medical innovation in the U.S.

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