Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Our last fund was $200 million but as you may already know since we raised that fund we added new partners Greg Bettinelli and Kara Nortman and Venture Partner Hamet Watt – all of whom are busy looking at new deals for the firm in addition to Yves Sisteron (the founder), Steven Dietz (also part of founding team) and myself.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

I am thrilled to announce that we have added Hamet Watt as a Partner at Upfront Ventures. But as sweet as that success has been (we invested pre-revenue in a small team) today my even more important news was the further expansion of our partner ranks. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners. What does that mean?

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Union Square Ventures The next morning I got to spend time with Brad Burnham , partner at Union Square Ventures talking about their investment strategy and insights about web-based businesses. Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active. Great quote.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Posted on September 14, 2009 by steveblank Over the last 30 years Wall Street’s appetite for technology stocks have changed radically – swinging between unbridled enthusiasm to believing they’re all toxic. Each VC firm/partner has a different spin on what to weigh more.) 3) invest in and take equity stakes in exchange for capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I spent my first year developing proprietary deal flow and learning the business and then the Sept 2008 / Lehman Bros collapse / financial meltdown happened. 5 years ago.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Friday, 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2014

I first met Nick Halstead in 2009 when he was running a company called Tweetmeme (the predecessor to DataSift) who had invented the Retweet button and actually helped Twitter develop its early API. He travelled tirelessly to clients, data partners and to the UK to make sure the global organization was synchronized. Shaping an industry.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

McGuinness is the co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. McGuinness is the co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. Podcast Transcript.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2009

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 11, 2020

He won the 2009 Affiliate Manager of the Year award there as well as leading Legacy Learning Systems to be named Most Improved Affiliate Program (with over 70% of the votes) and a second-place finish for Best Affiliate Program. What you’ll learn if you give a listen: What makes an affiliate and a strategic partner.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Last month we Launched Los Angeles Tech and in the announcement we provide the Hot List for the first half of January 2009. Top for January 16, 2009 - January 31, 2009 Posts Are You Selling Online Yet? This hot list is based on various social signals of what people are writing about, reading, bookmarking, searching, etc.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 30, 2014

After all, Gmail wasn’t taken out of beta until 2009 — five years after it was originally released. We test our products with our partners in their retail spaces. Google is notorious for this, releasing many of its products in beta form — and sometimes even leaving them in that phase for years.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development | Tagged: Entrepreneurs « Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners (part 5) Unintended Lessons » 6 Responses Twitter Trackbacks for Let’s Fire Our Customers « Steve Blank [steveblank.com] on Topsy.com , on September 24, 2009 at 7:19 am Said: [.]

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

1: SendGrid (2009). The three founders (Isaac, Tim, and Jose) were based in the Los Angeles area when they moved the company to Boulder for the Techstars Boulder Accelerator in 2009. 2: Uber (2009). 3: Twilio (2009). Techstars Ventures 2009 invested in the angel debt round in 2011. 6: Outreach (2011).

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Ruta N.com, a public-joint venture established in 2009, also helped the city earn significant attention by providing landing services, office space, and incubation for startups. Kushki recently raised a Series A round from dev labs and Magma Partners at the end of 2018. Companies promote international relations.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 6, 2023

My Foundry partners and I helped Kim and Eric Norlin create Gluecon in 2009 because we saw the need for a developer-focused event to explore emerging technologies around the cloud and APIs. GlueCon will occur for the thirteenth time, on May 24th-25th, in Broomfield, Colorado.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 28, 2014

The firm was founded in 2009 and they just announced the closing of their fourth fund at $1.5bn. They are one of the firms that inspires us here at Forward Partners , particularly for their operational model which we have adapted and extended so it works for early stage in the UK.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Mitul’s passion to excel and customer focus have been built into the core values and mission of Citius Partners. They provide a hands-on transformation and revenue growth partner for B2B technology companies. How Citius Partners helps their clients. Mitul Ruparelia – Founder, Citius Partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2020

I found this reality addressed well in a new book, “ Fast Times ,” by McKinsey Partners Arun Arora, Peter Dahlstrom, Klemens Hjartar, and Florian Wunderlich. They grew sales by 28% in 2009, while most companies were hunkered down and losing share. Fast change today requires commitment and an adaptive learning culture at all levels.

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K9 Ventures

JULY 24, 2014

I was relatively new to the investing world at the time having started K9 Ventures just a year before in April 2009. I believe this was in April 2010 and if memory serves me correct it was an event hosted at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos by Sand Hill Angels , where Vinod Khosla gave a talk.

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 11, 2021

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. Thanks to Roy Morejon, Enventys Partners ! #6- 8- Having an accountability partner. An accountability partner increases the chances of achieving goals up to 95% on average, and those numbers don’t lie.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

JUNE 16, 2014

Doing her best to avoid any form of full time employment, Natalie partners with a talented artist to start a production company. After several successful years, Natalie and her partner decide to suspend the production company so they can both move on to focus on their main passions.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 6, 2012

Dunkle and friend Mitch Gordon, 33, started their online travel community business in 2009 after they met teaching English in Taiwan, and realized there was a clear gap in quality online information about various overseas programs (teach, study, volunteer, etc.). That’s why it’s especially important to keep the lines of communication open.

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Up and Running

JUNE 7, 2013

It’s almost as if we – the startup community – have been led to believe that you need partners. Some with partners, others without. On the other hand, the ventures which were outright failures or fledgling businesses involved anywhere from two to four business partners. Am I implying that I must be smarter than those partners?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 10, 2011

Business owners must learn to manage and juggle a complex and shifting combination of customer, partner, vendor, staff and advisory relationships in order to survive and grow. This is so critical if you plan to build a strategic partner platform. Internal customer – How often do you take the internal temperature?

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Also, working with a consulting CTO will prepare you for finding and selecting a permanent technology partner. Avoid delay by using a consulting CTO on a short-term basis while you are searching for a permanent technology partner. Referrals from your investors (or potential investment partners) are ideal.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

He invested in a new division in his company in 2009 and has expanded significantly since then. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. He started it in 2009 with 10 employees and sold it to Susino Umbrella in 2014. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

One recent development has been that larger companies are now looking at small innovative companies in a new light — as potential partners in developing new products, processes and services. By 2009, it had run out of cash. The result of all of these factors is to slow down innovation potential at large companies.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

Note: There have been some updates since I published th. 5 Practical Tips for Gett. : As the importance of Facebook as small business marketi. 5 Steps to Successful Fac. Currently Facebook boasts somewhere in excess of 400 mi.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 31, 2017

He’s been in the space since 2009 and joined Eloqua in 2011. It is a growing group of independent marketing consultants and agencies that are partnering and collaborating using the Duct Tape Marketing tools, and really scaling their businesses. He’s been in the space since 2009 and joined Eloqua in 2011.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 28, 2022

She is an author and founding partner of Y Combinator, which Lovd.com (W21) was lucky enough to be a part of as well as 3,500 other companies including Airbnb, Instacart, DoorDash, Coinbase, Dropbox and many others. He’s now worth over a billion pounds, has his own TV Show (The Apprentice), and was granted a Peerage to become a Lord in 2009.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. So why do inexperienced (as entrepreneurs), ultra-skilled CTOs fall into the trap of engaging a business partner too early? Lack of confidence?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 24, 2011

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 21, 2011

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