Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

Entrepreneur-in-Residence After SuperMac I had been approached by one of our venture investors to be an entrepreneur in residence (EIR), a Silicon Valley phrase which says one thing but means another. I offered to introduce him to the firm whose Entrepreneur-in-Residence offer I had just accepted.

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K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

This is probably the very first group that an entrepreneur who is starting out may approach for some funding for his or her idea. They are still individual investors, they invest on a full-time basis as professionals, but they have funds with Limited Partners. Pooled resources or Limited Partners. Source of Funds.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 28, 2010

The first closing for the fund was held in Q2 2009. K9 began investing in 2009 and is honored to have the following five companies in its portfolio: CrowdFlower (Seed and Series A). The objective is to provide entrepreneurs with a meaningful amount of capital and support to help the company build a sustainably profitable business.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

In the early spring of 2009, the fundraising nuclear winter of the previous year hadn't yet thawed. Many of you entrepreneurs know that feeling. million of limited partner commitments--a huge and exciting first step. It would be months before Foursquare's first round touched off a NYC venture frenzy.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 22, 2016

Truth be told, I still believe the best ROI to be had is in the very first round, but now even a small follow on will help an entrepreneur answer whether all their existing investors are participating. Now, that number will grow to $350k and the firm will be able to do a small amount of follow on investment. 3) Have a consistent focus.

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Altgate

MAY 1, 2009

The bottom line take away (for me) is that VC is capacity limited by the value of exits (M&A plus IPOs). Share and Enjoy: This entry was posted in Entrepreneurship , Startups , Venture Capital and tagged entrepreneur , exits , IPO , limited partners , M&A , private equity , startup , venture capital.

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Altgate

MARCH 8, 2009

I say ecosystem as opposed to industry because it is not just the VC funds themselves that are imploding, instead the collapse includes entrepreneurs and startups that were funded by VCs, angel investors, service providers like lawyers, bankers and accountants as well as limited partner investors in VC funds. So what to do?

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Seeing Both Sides

JANUARY 27, 2009

But I confess this book did not resonate with me or strike me as relevant for the VC-entrepreneur dance in the same way his previous book, Blink, did (see: VCs Blink ). Further, partnerships as a whole are going to be loathe to admit problems and failures with their investors, the Limited Partners. The reason – loss aversion.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

My first reaction is incredulity that limited partners would buy into this idea. For firms that dont have access to the most successful entrepreneurs, trying to predict an individual or individual teams success rate based on experience, personal attributes, intellect, etc. Steve Bennet. at 1:42 PM. Email This BlogThis!

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Professor VC

JANUARY 20, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Of course, the most important funding statistic to an entrepreneur relates to one specific company, and whether there is sufficient capital available to build and scale his business. Some were also dealing with issues of limited partners struggles with capital calls and asset allocations.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 29, 2009

million of it by the time they dissolved their partnership in 1968 – they returned $90 million to their limited partners – a 54% compound growth rate. Aligning their interests with their limited investors and the entrepreneurs they were investing in.

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David Cohen

JANUARY 28, 2015

Molly was really the first person I ever considered a partner at Techstars, long before this was ever formalized. In 2009, there were two more moments that mattered. The first Limited Partners who invested in that first fund took a tremendous risk on me and on Techstars.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

I experienced that myself with my startup in 2008 and 2009. B) That the people who are trying to profit off innovation--the entrepreneurs and VCs--for whom there is no criteria to try your hand at it, are generally sucking at it. How many investors take as many classes as entrepreneurs do these days? I failed to perform.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2017

Every year Upfront Ventures surveys Limited Partners (LPs) who are the main source of capital that invests in VC funds and thus the main source of capital that goes to startups to get an early-warning sense of the year ahead, leaving aside any Black Swans. We’re trying to limit our exposure.”

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