thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. Just in the past year, a Babson study pointed out that funds with female partners were 3x + more likely to invest in female led companies.

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North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. Just in the past year, a Babson study pointed out that funds with female partners were 3x + more likely to invest in female led companies.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2018

And yet, on one deal we were pretty much ready to sign one day when the founder kept calling and calling until my partner and I were just begging for him to stop. Don’t bring up valuation unless I ask first. Talking about your company valuation is kind of like bragging about how much you paid for your pants.

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Elevator Pitch Valuation Conversion Portfolio 48

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

And yet, on one deal we were pretty much ready to sign one day when the founder kept calling and calling until my partner and I were just begging for him to stop. Don’t bring up valuation unless I ask first. Talking about your company valuation is kind of like bragging about how much you paid for your pants.

Entrepreneur 50

Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Valuation Conversion 50

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

As of January 20, 2016, based on the “CrunchBase Unicorn Leaderboard,” there are 157 unicorns (companies with $1 billion+ valuations) which have not IPOed or been acquired—and more start-ups reaching unicorn status every day. Key Insights. 38 unicorns, or 1 in 4 (24%), have at least one MBA founder. as ranked by U.S. that of GSB).

Programming 120

Programming St. Louis Cofounder India 120

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Dallas at night I would venture to say it is shared by other non-Dallas-ites, as a city whose residents consider themselves more cosmopolitan, a bit more reserved, and a cut above the rest of the Texas social scene, more in the national league of NY, LA, or Chicago.

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Dallas Austin Texas Cofounder 60

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 21, 2011

I want Groupon to settle in at a strong valuation that generates wealth and further fuels the Chicago entrepreneurial ecosystem while returning capital to liquidity-starved investors. VCs are famous for bragging about their portfolio companies and snidely putting down their rivals. Is he still in the business?”.

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Silicon Valley IPO Chicago Boston 45

Bryce Dot VC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

What that meant is that six companies a year could achieve a hundred million in revenue or a billion in valuation. Back in 2005 we started a venture firm called OATV, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, myself, my partner Tim O’Reilly, and my partner Mark Jacobson. company is Tapster Robotics in Chicago. Another Indie.vc

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Valuation Los Angeles Chicago 40

Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. Before Giftly, Dan was a Booth Scholar at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. with Honors) in International Relations from the University of Chicago where he won numerous awards. Dan has a B.A. It’s awesome to have you.

Silicon Valley 88

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Cofounder Africa 88

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I have been talking about my concerns about valuations for the past couple of years because, well, they’ve been rising very rapidly the past two years! ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” Do Investors WANT Valuations to Drop? The Motive for Speaking Up. Mostly, no.

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. As a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, what gets me up in the morning is the work I do serving and coaching young entrepreneurs. Values Are More Important Than Valuation. Billy Bosworth, CEO of DataStax, had a saying for this process of exclusion.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Dilution Chicago Partner 100

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

And Does He Think Chicago Is a Good Place for Entrepreneurs? He’s someone I really consider a ‘good egg’ as we’ve enjoyed the stories of his own entrepreneurial journeys and strongly held opinions on Chicago coffee. We don’t aspire to be venture backed, to be a mark-up, or to chase the headline of a valuation. LLH: I don’t know.

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Chicago Venture Capital Miami Employee 79