Austin Startup

OCTOBER 6, 2018

My talk was about the 7 lessons I’ve learned on the journey from founder to CEO. where I am now a Venture Partner?—?in First Round has been an incredible partner in our journey from startup to public company. with the portfolio to show for it. with the portfolio to show for it. in our Series A.

Founder 51

Founder Cofounder Software Review San Francisco 51

David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

By contrast, as a venture capitalist, I can report that almost all of our portfolio companies are desperate to hire talented software engineers, and eager to hire in a range of other roles. HBS Angels will likely execute this in 2012. We typically do this by partnering with graduate student teams.

Government 146

Government Technical Review New York Offshore 146

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

Ron Conway , of SV Angels, and Reid Hoffman , LinkedIn's founder, are names often mentioned in this category. Startup founders typically invest some real dollars into their new startup as well as months or years of their time with no salary. Deep-dive meeting. Expect your skills, insights and motivation to be tested -- so be prepared.

Software Review 120

Software Review Sweat Equity Accredited Investor Angel Investor 120

Rob Go

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

Founder Dialogues : Eric Paley plays talk show host on this recurring fireside chat style event with Boston area founders. OnStartups: One of the largest online startup communities founded by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah. Investors: Antonio Rodriguez – Matrix Partners, HP ( blog , @antrod ). University Resources.

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Boston Community CTO Hire Cofounder 72

David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

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. Twilio became a popular perk for Techstars companies globally over the years and many other Techstars portfolio companies use the product extensively. 1: SendGrid (2009).

San Antonio 171

San Antonio New York City Seattle Los Angeles 171

www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, 8 March 2012. The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. Recently, my friend Harjeet Taggar, partner at US seed fund YCombinator, tweeted that, increasingly, the problems faced by start-ups they fund are being addressed by other start-ups. New technology for enquiring minds. Yiannopoulos.

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Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Coder 43

BeyondVC

MARCH 18, 2018

We couldn’t be more excited to be leading this new round of capital again with Canaan Partners and including Heavybit, FundFire, and Peter Mckay (Co-CEO of Veeam) (see Techcrunch for more coverage). Our initial journey goes way back as we were investors in Guy Podjarny’s previous company, Blaze.io, which sold to Akamai in 2012.

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Open Source Security Cofounder Software Review 60

Hunter Walker

JUNE 26, 2023

At 500, I had the opportunity to work with early-stage founders from around the world and quickly realized that this was where I wanted to spend my time. HW: Your blog , which I love, tries to bridge a knowledge gap between founders and investors, often explaining ‘why investors do/care about X’ and so on. Maybe they can’t sell.

Silicon Valley 114

Silicon Valley Canada Founder Early Stage 114

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? I don’t worry about my anti-portfolio.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio. Updated July 10, 2012, 7:57 p.m. One of its champions includes Jason Goldberg, the co-founder and CEO of online design retailer Fab.com Inc., Create a profile for me in the Journal Community. Why Register? Todays Paper.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

techcrunch.com

AUGUST 12, 2012

Thursday, August 9th, 2012. Founders Den co-founder and angel investor Zachary Bogue has joined forces with seasoned big data VC Matt Ocko , Metamarkets founder Michael Driscoll and Prismatic CEO Bradford Cross to launch Data Collective , the world’s first Big Data-only early stage investment fund. Disrupt SF.

Early Stage 70

Early Stage San Francisco Los Angeles Southern California 70

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Howard Lindzon is Co-Founder and CEO of StockTwits, a social network for traders and investors to share real-time ideas and information. With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses.

Technical Review 128

Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. You can stop making new investments, but it will take years to actually work through your active portfolio companies. No more founder pitch meetings.

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Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

Up and Running

MAY 10, 2012

Sulaiman Sanni and his partner Ben Lamson were both working for Meltwater Group, a large, well known Software as a Service company, Su as a social media consultant and Ben as a sales manager. ” The founders of WeDidIt saw an opportunity and a need, and put aside the fears everyone who’s ever struck out on their own faces.

Small Business 142

Small Business Advisory Board Employee Entrepreneur 142

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors.

IPO 202

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Dave Tisch, Founder & Managing Director, TechStars NYC. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more.

Portfolio 122

Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Maybe that’s USV, too.

Leadership 161

Leadership LP Venture Capital Silicon Valley 161

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. There are some excellent comments, especially observations made by Vikrant Mathur, founder of iFood.tv. Social Contacts. Our audience of readers is full of entrepreneurs. And what do entrepreneurs do?

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

But Bazaarvoice actually has a working network effect that benefits all participants: retailers, brands that sell through those retailers, consumers that shop at those brands and retailers, and Bazaarvoice and some of its partners. I wrote about this in detail in my first annual shareholders letter after Bazaarvoice became a public company.

Networking 48

Networking Fractional CTO CTO Hire B2C 48

Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

April 27, 2012. My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups.

Silicon Valley 124

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

Sakti3 Founder Sastry to Step Down From U-M. Co-Founder and CEO, Wetpaint. Managing Director, Enterprise Partners. Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corporation. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. Subscribe for Free. Xconomy San Diego. Our Cities ▾ Boston ›.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Ben's Blog

AUGUST 28, 2012

This is a guest post by Christian Gheorghe, founder and CEO of Tidemark. In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. In Q2 of 2012, 362 million mobile phones shipped and it is increasingly rare to see business users who don’t have smartphones or tablet devices.

Romania 77

Romania Software Review Cloud Mobile 77

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The partners at Benchmark are delighted to announce that Scott Belsky has joined the firm as our newest general partner. It is rare for us to encounter a partner candidate who has so much experience as an operator, investor, and advisor at such a young age. Adding a new partner is a significant event for Benchmark.

Partner 40

Partner Early Stage Venture Capital Bootstrapping 40

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

It’s hard enough to get a job at a venture capital or private equity firm; it’s even more complex to join as a Partner. Sean Seton-Rogers, Partner, Profounders Capital, breaks the conversation into three areas: Control: voting/veto for new deals, share of management company. So assessing fit is critical. What should the firm do?

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Partner 60

K9 Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2017

The small and concentrated portfolio means that K9’s interests are always well aligned with the interests of founders who choose to work with us. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to work with some absolutely amazing founders in the K9 portfolio and look forward to the many more amazing founders that K9 will get to partner with.

Technology 96

Technology LP San Francisco Portfolio 96

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

She served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from February 2009 to February 2012. She’s currently Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors , and former Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a bipartisan national security think tank.

Technology 300

Technology China United States Government 300

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

I’m thankful to the associates at Upfront Ventures for helping me to evaluate our new opportunities and for helping me be prepared for issues with our portfolio companies. I’m thankful to the founders of the companies that I invested in where the business has been on a crazy growth trajectory over the past year or two.

Valuation 288

Valuation eCommerce Revenue Social Network 288

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

2012-2016: The Era of Blitzscaling. But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Facebook goes public in 2012 and Twitter in 2013. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors.

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Check out the 28 Israeli startups coming to London next week to showcase at the Innovate Israel 2012 portfolio. Screenz - Company Website. companies to form a unique partnership.

Securities and Exchange Commission 133

Securities and Exchange Commission Technical Review Software Review 133

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

The first was at Denver Startup Week, where we did a panel discussion with Ben Huh and Bart Lorang where we discussed the pact between CEO and Board, the pact between Founder and Investor, and how to be transparent and direct. The next day, Rand led a full day offsite for a number of CEOs in our portfolio. ” Whatever.

Denver 195

Denver Leadership Portfolio Metrics 195

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I wonder sometimes if founders even know about the hours their lawyers or advisers put in on evenings, weekends, vacations. It might be a big law firm behind your deal but it is an individual partner and human being working on your deal. I had dinner with my friend Brooke Hammerling , founder of Brew PR recently.

Startup 363

Startup PR Venture Capital Angel Investor 363

Lightspeed Venture Partners

DECEMBER 10, 2014

When Avi Networks founders Umesh Mahajan, Murali Basavaiah, and Ranga Rajagopalan first came to Lightspeed in 2012 with their vision of bringing the benefits of a hyperscale approach to application delivery and layer 4-7 services, it made perfect sense to us.

Architecture 113

Architecture Stealth Agile Distribution 113

99u.com

DECEMBER 22, 2012

Jeffrey Bussgang General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners, Author of "Mastering the VC Game ". Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures. When you advise a founder/CEO, understand that they will only take a small fraction of it. Founder of VaynerMedia & Author of Crush It. Online Portfolio.

Turkey 40

Turkey Dilution Portfolio Exit Strategy 40

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

September 19, 2012, 9:32 p.m. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. Venture capitalists "bury their dead very quietly," Mr. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., David Cowan of Bessemer Venture Partners has stuck with Mr. Dreymann. SMALL BUSINESS.

Venture Capital 107

Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

Both founders and researchers in healthcare are spending far too much of their energy in areas where they’re not going to make maximum impact. Source: AON Hewitt 2012 Health Care Survey , based on World Economic Forum data. Healthcare founders are being rational in an irrational system. Diseases with strong lobbies (e.g.,

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Technical Review Non-Compete Philadelphia 60

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 9, 2015

by Mark Fabian Henkel, co-founder and CEO of Paymill. In addition, using the right language as well as favored color and design pattern or product portfolio is mandatory. Small and medium companies should regard the expertise of trustful partners in operative actions. Mark Fabian Henkel is co-founder and CEO of Paymill.

United Kingdom 100

United Kingdom Monaco Cyprus Cofounder 100

David Teten

APRIL 22, 2013

I couldn’t be more excited to share that one of our portfolio companies, Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress), has raised $9.4 Ted Schlein, general partner at KPCB , and Tom Noonan, partner at TechOperators , will join the board of directors. (This is the second ff VC company that KPCB has invested in, after Klout.).

Venture Capital 114

Venture Capital Security Operations Atlanta 114