Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. Prices have definitely gone up in 2011 as depicted in the anecdotal chart below. There is no such thing as a uniform price. And of course there are always outliers.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 23, 2011

I have been getting emails and tweets all day from people upset that they cannot get into Startup Lessones Learned 2011 - either here in SF, where we're sold out, or in one of the more than 100 simulcast locations around the world, many of which are sold out, too.

Czech Republic 167

Czech Republic Costa Rica Romania Brazil 167

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011). 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey. Bill Payne October 2011. Here is a summary comparison of the 2011 results to last year’s survey of only 13 groups: The average valuation increased from $1.7

Angel Groups 125

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In November 2011, David Rosenblatt took over as CEO and has been scaling the company ever since. Poshmark was founded by Manish Chandra in 2011. Julie Wainwright founded The Real Real in 2011. Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. 2011 Holiday. 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Austin, TX. San Diego Meetup. San Diego, CA. August Capital Party 2013. Menlo Park, CA. Crunch With Us. Download the TechCrunch App for iPad in the Apple App Store. SIGN UP for CrunchDaily. Gift Guide. Gift Guide.

SEC 61

SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

View More in Seattle ›. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. Seattle Events ›. million, and Coats says they didn’t close the fund until November, 2011. Innovation Report Shows San Diego Added 695 Tech Jobs at End of 2011. View More in San Francisco ›. View More in Cleantech ›.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Justin and I met in 2011, my first year of residency and his first year of business school. In the Puget Sound, where I live in Seattle, there was an unfortunate net break and more than 100,000 Atlantic salmon, which are not native to the Puget Sound area, escaped into the sound. Another problem, other than the food, is space.

United States 120

United States San Francisco Afghanistan Seattle 120

fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

In a post on his blog , Dave Parker, Co-Founder and CEO of Bundled.com and Director of the Seattle Founder Institute , explains why spiltting equity 50/50 amongst co-founders is almost never the right answer, because each co-founder will have their own expectations, commitment, and goals regarding the startup. Kuala Lumpur. Los Angeles.

Cofounder 43

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley San Diego 43

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. I profiled one of these interactions from when I last visited Seattle. And why I still made it to breakfast at 8.30am with Christina Cacioppo the next morning (although I’m not sure she found me too Haimish of a conversationalist that day ). Examples in My Life & Work.

Los Angeles 319

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Fractional CTO New York City 319

Haystack

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

I used to live right by Stanford University, starting in 2011. Similar effects are seen in Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods, home to Amazon’s main HQ and Microsoft. Similar effects are seen in Seattle and surrounding neighborhoods, home to Amazon’s main HQ and Microsoft. I lived down there for a while.

New York City 102

New York City New York Seattle Social Media 102

Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Alliance of Angels (Seattle). Of the 22 groups included in both the 2012 and 2011 survey, 18 reported higher valuations while only 4 reported lower valuations. 2012 Valuation Survey. Organization. Clean Tech.

Angel Groups 169

Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million. Ask Microsoft, Autodesk or Salesforce.com – the evidence was there from Seattle to Sand Hill Road. in terms of time spent on the sites.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

Startup Lessons Learned

MARCH 22, 2011

Google Tech Talk, Friday. 4/1 noon-3pm - private Lean Startup Machine , Friday.

New York 133

New York Lean Michigan San Francisco 133

mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

As a side note, if you’re interested in applying to TechStars Seattle for this fall, the application page just went live a few days ago and can be found here: [link] It was by far the best decision we’ve made, and I’d highly recommend this route for any early-stage entrepreneurs. May 12th - 14th, 2011. startupcto

Programming 86

Programming Startup Technical Review Software Review 86

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

This will be the fourth city into which the program has expanded, joining Boulder, Seattle, and Boston. TechStars is accepting applications now for the NYC Class of 2011. The deadline for applying is November 21, and the inaugural program will kick off in New York in mid-January of next year. Sponsor.

New York City 113

New York City New York Seattle Incubator 113

ReadWriteStart

JULY 14, 2011

The venture capital database CB Insights has just released its report of investment from the second quarter of 2011, and based on the deals it's tracked, venture capital funding is at a nine-quarter high - both in terms of the amount of funding and the number of deals. The news was less than stellar from Seattle where funding remained low.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Massachusetts Seattle Database 115

thinkspace.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

20 Aug 2011 | 33 Comments | posted by Peter Chee | in entrepreneurship , funding. Last weekend at Seattle MindCamp we had a session on this topic of “How to divide co-founder equity” and we did talk about there being too much emphasis on what was done in the past and not enough about what is actually going to get done.

Equity 62

Equity Employee Founder CTO Hire 62

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2011

If you follow this blog, follow TechStars , or have read Do More Faster , you know that I have put a lot of energy into the Boulder entrepreneurial community, but have also spent a lot of time helping other entrepreneurial communities that I invest in (such as Seattle, Boston, and New York.)

Community 148

Community New York Seattle Colorado 148

Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

And if you look elsewhere at places like Seattle you see the same pattern; Microsoft may have been built in Redmond, but Amazon and many of the more recent startups like Zillow, Redfin, Zulily, etc are all in Seattle’s downtown core. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. So that in itself is a big shift.”

Silicon Valley 185

Silicon Valley San Francisco San Jose Startup 185

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

It follows two other funds, called Bullet Time Ventures, that were a $5 million fund raised in 2009 and a $25 million fund raised in 2011. In 2011, Techstars had begun to grow meaningfully as an organization. We had programs in Boulder, Seattle, Boston, and New York.

LP 70

LP Seattle Angel Investor Partner 70

Cracking the Code

APRIL 27, 2018

DocuSign’s second office, the ‘Garage’ From printer & fax to computer When Tom Gonser, Court Lorenzini and Eric Ranft started the company in 2003 out of Seattle in the overhang of the dot.com explosion, the business world was used to the print-sign-fax routine. And this is just the beginning!

Seattle 48

Seattle Global Cofounder Security 48

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 29, 2011

And in just two weeks, on September 13, 2011 , it will be in bookstores everywhere. From there, the tour goes through Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago, DC, and culminates back in San Francisco at the Commonwealth Club on September 27. The Zen-inspired design by Marcus Gosling looks amazing in physical form.

San Francisco 158

San Francisco Lean Los Angeles DC 158

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2011

Ignite SXSW 2011 is an official event, and will feature 20 super interesting 5-minute presentations, each with slides that auto-forward every 30 seconds no matter what. The first Ignite was held in 2006 in Seattle, Washington , and was the brainchild of Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis.

Austin 59

Austin Seattle Washington Global 59

Version One Ventures

AUGUST 31, 2015

Between 2008 and 2011, I made around 35 investments with my own money. This meant I needed to build my network by frequent trips to the Valley, Seattle, NYC, Toronto, and Los Angeles. You’ll learn about the industry as well as the in’s and out’s of investing strategy. Start with small angel investments.

Bootstrapping 60

Bootstrapping San Francisco Los Angeles New York 60

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

I also run a small firm that provides CTO level help to start-ups in Los Angeles and Seattle. Reply Craig Tadlock says: November 19, 2009 at 7:31 pm I agree with this article’s logic. We also can bring product and development resources on board to build out initial products and setup engineering systems.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

There are only a few tickets left to Startup Lessons Learned 2011 on Monday (May 23). The next couple of days are going to be amazing, as the Lean Startup community converges on San Francisco. I want to welcome all of you who are traveling to be here. Welcome to our fair city. If you haven't registered yet, please do.

Czech Republic 114

Czech Republic Costa Rica Brazil Romania 114

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Look beyond California and you have group purchasing (GroupOn in Chicago, LivingSocial in Washington DC), private sales (Gilt Groupe in NY, HauteLook in LA), artisan marketplaces (Etsy in NY), eCommerce (Amazon in Seattle) and on and on. But one common theme I’m hearing from there in 2011 is that it’s impossible to recruit.

Silicon Valley 313

Silicon Valley Southern California Los Angeles Semantic 313

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 12, 2011

On January 5th, he left a friend’s home in Seattle having given away his own home, cars, and possessions and with just a laptop, $10 is cash and a backpack with a few changes of clothing. Over the next two months I donated everything I owned, flew to Seattle, and launched the experiment on January 5, 2011.

Seattle 92

Seattle Michigan America Social Media 92

www.thenameinspector.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

on 09 Apr 2011 at 12:31 am boat parts. on 22 Apr 2011 at 11:11 pm Graphic Web Design Perth. on 05 Jul 2011 at 7:46 am How to pick the perfect name for your startup. [.] on 05 Jul 2011 at 7:46 am How to pick the perfect name for your startup. [.] on 20 Sep 2011 at 12:13 pm Josh. on 05 Nov 2011 at 12:29 pm Kenny H.

Naming 44

Naming Product Delaware Seattle 44

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

6, 2011 we hosted our 64th free One Million by One Million (1M/1M) strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, and the first for this year. So, effectively, at the cost of one full-time sales rep, they can access coverage in four different regions. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

Vertical 115

Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

dashes.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

or Seattle. The essential design paradigm can be sketched on the back of an envelope. Does glasperlenspiel ring bells? Glass Bead Game" aka "Magister Ludi" is a must read.). I dont live in SF. or Portland. or Vancouver. Innovation is essentially a social process. Like high-school politics. ;-p. Anyhow, its Catch-22. Maura Johnston.

NDA 52

NDA Technical Review Non-Compete San Francisco 52

www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

­om migrated off Drupal. All rights reserved. Part of Money & Finance HuffPost Lightbox. startupcto

CTO 43

CTO CTO Hire PHP Cofounder 43

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 22, 2020

So, we actually started with $10,000 we raised on Kickstarter in 2011 and because we had no resources, we just clawed our way up, and actually, this is funny, I remember reading The Lean Startup and just thinking, I should really keep my situation asset-light here.

San Francisco 60

San Francisco Government Technical Review Community 60

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

By 2011, the number of subscribers worldwide had surpassed 5 Billion and cellular communication had become an unprecedented technological revolution.” ( article via @trengriffin ). When I used to travel to Los Angeles and Seattle on business I would use a rental car. This creates new use cases versus a historical model.

San Francisco 111

San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

abovethecrowd.com

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Durant of course plays a huge role, but there are many more nuanced elements certain to drive any Seattle basketball fan to the edge of tears. Technically, this article was published in 2011, but that should not stop it from being further distributed. Thanks to Sam Anderson for making me even more of an OKC fan than I already was.

New York 68

New York Silicon Valley Internet Video 68

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

When Friday passes, the end of September 2011, my coaching program will be closed to new members. I also traveled, attending tournaments in Seattle, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Sapporo Japan during my gaming “career” My time playing Magic happened to coincide with the rise of the Internet.

Video 75

Video Seattle Japan Singapore 75

www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Sponsored Links His start-up Viddy, launched in early 2011, created a smartphone app that allows people to capture, enhance and share video and already has 40 million registered users. Hes raised more than $38 million in funding. Our vision for the school is to support the local ecosystem and our community, so this is fabulous," he says.

Los Angeles 87

Los Angeles San Francisco Southern California Silicon Valley 87