Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I told my friend that I felt that in 2014 too many new VCs feel the pressure to chase deals, to be a part of syndicates with other brand names and to pounce on top of every startup whose numbers are trending up quickly. Co-founder discontent. What would this founder do if he got an offer to be acquihired quickly by Facebook?

Cofounder 374

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Early Stage 374

View from Seed

JANUARY 28, 2016

We don’t delineate between seed or pre-seed rounds, but as that definition has come into vogue, it’s clear that we are quite active as both “pre-seed investors” and “institutional seed investors.”. Regardless of check size, the reality is that the earlier a company is in its lifecycle, the more time we tend to spend with founders.

Cofounder 120

Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 120

View from Seed

JANUARY 26, 2016

This is actually an imperfect definition, but let me first talk about why these are happening in the first place. After all, aren’t seed investors (like us) by definition supposed to be the first and earliest-stage investors? So here’s what I’d propose: A Better Definition of a Pre-Seed Round. Tweet this.).

Seed Stage 120

Seed Stage Early Stage Cofounder Finance 120

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2014

If the deal is from out of your geography and/or out of your focus area or a deal is being referred by a well-know investor who normally co-invests with similar syndicates – at least ask yourself, “Why am I so lucky to be getting this call.” I’m certain we’ll talk about it soon enough.

Cofounder 337

Cofounder Syndicate Syndication Angel Investor 337

View from Seed

JULY 9, 2015

It’s a common question that every VC fields from founders — and founders field from other founders, and marketers field from founders, and PR people field from founders. In light of that partnership, founders should be proactive about asking them to delay — if that’s your desire.

Startup 120

Startup PR Cofounder Stealth 120

www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The first thing thatalways comes up when you want to discuss the role of a CTO is that there is no wellestablished definition of what a CTO actually does. When John Brockman ,founder of Edge , interviewed NathanMyhrvold his first question was “ What’s a CTO ”,to which Nathan replied: “Hell if I know.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndicate Syndication 40

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player.

Audio 109

Audio Silicon Valley Curation Cofounder 109

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

Second, more damning is the “signaling problem.&# This means that if a VC invests in your seed round and does not participate in a future round the next round investor will think to himself, “well, if Big VC Co. You were a VP at a company that sold for $200 million making the founder very wealthy. is now a VC.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Term Sheet Early Stage Silicon Valley 265

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). So, let’s start with some definitions. It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player.

Audio 60

Audio Curation Silicon Valley Media 60

Rob Go

JANUARY 28, 2016

We don’t delineate between seed or pre-seed rounds, but as that definition has come into vogue, it’s clear that we are quite active as both “pre-seed investors” and “institutional seed investors.”. In my prior post, I talked about the rise of the pre-seed and a more nuanced definition of a pre-seed based on milestones, not financing labels.

Cofounder 28

Cofounder Finance Founder Syndicate 28

Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 20, 2008

I think where we get into trouble is we have many definitions of quality. Excepting for cosmically co-incidental success stories, the fuzzy requirement stuff never congeals as a holistic engineering exercise. Anything that doesnt contribute to figuring out what customers want is waste, even if its a cool feature. larry - well said.

Software Review 164

Software Review Engineer Management Technical Review 164

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. As a founder of a company, a CEO of a company. It’s definitely, it’s the hardest part. Go check it out.

Kansas City 38

Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 38

ConversionXL

MAY 27, 2022

They also did a lot of self-directed research checking all sorts of sources, from social media to syndicated content to category- or industry-specific resources.” – Beth Caplow, VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester [via Forrester ]. Thought leadership needs to be educational and provocative at times.”.

Demand 91

Demand Lead Generation PPC Leadership 91

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. Is the founder coachable? A local network of angels is critical to achieving a diversified portfolio. — No.

Valuation 146

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

If you’re working with an open source project, for example, it’s important that you have a definitive business model to drive revenue — though not at the cost of alienating your community of core contributors. BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution.

France 77

France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Since the iControl system chronicles all meetings, I was able to find the automatic picture snapped from my first meeting with the founders, Reza Raji and Chris Stevens on April 22, 2004. At this time, we had secured a term sheet from a co-investor from one of my other angel investments (Thanks, Graeme!)

San Jose 28

San Jose Angel Investor Term Sheet Venture Capital 28

Up and Running

AUGUST 4, 2015

The failed pitches to investors, the difficult conversations with loved ones, and even the negotiations among cofounders are all recorded here as they happened, giving a unique look at one man’s entire experience from concept to company. Listen to StartUp here. See Also 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Hosting Syndicate Syndication 60

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Within a few days, the site received thousands of user signups, according to its founder Mark Davis. raked in five-figure daily signups after announcing its upcoming launch, according to the site’s founders. I definitely would have used it for my start up for [link] but we’re already up and going. startupcto

Pakistan 94

Pakistan Social Media Startup Stealth 94

Hunter Walker

MAY 19, 2014

Anecdotally, over the last 3-6 months we’re definitely seeing more examples of larger early stage or multistage funds offer to do 80-100% of a company’s seed round. And it hasn’t been a special situation such as the founder as an EIR at said fund, or having been previously backed by that fund at earlier company.

Seed Stage 99

Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication Founder 99

OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

Return Path , as we announce that Return Path has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an exciting new company called Validity. Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!), Press release is here.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Affiliate Cofounder 48

OnlyOnce

MAY 1, 2019

Return Path , as we announce that Return Path has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an exciting new company called Validity. Today is a special day in my entrepreneurial journey and in the life of the company that I started back in 1999 (last century!), Press release is here.

Syndicate 48

Syndicate Syndication Affiliate Cofounder 48

Brandanew

APRIL 22, 2016

As a Content Marketer, your content piece can be syndicated across all these top publisher sites, for a very nominal Cost-per-Click thereby increasing the reach of your post. As a Content Marketer, this is definitely another platform you’d want to look into when distributing content through a paid distribution model.

Advertising 100

Advertising Distribution Marketing New York City 100

mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

Originally founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin Slide.com was known as the largest third-party developer of Facebook applications until Google purchased it to “make Google services socially aware.”. The Idea: A computer mouse with memory and clipboard feature, this would definitely be a useful device to have :). Slide.com.

San Francisco 104

San Francisco Acquisition Social Media Mobile 104

mashable.com

MAY 24, 2011

I’m the founder of Movylo Shop (www.movyloshop.com), a SaaS mobile commerce solution. I don’t want to thump my own chest, but I was definitely ahead of the curve in seeing this issue. Richard Rabins Co-Chairman Alpha Software, Inc. I look forward to trying it out on the different types of devices for sure. startupcto

Mobile 90

Mobile Web Social Media Software Review 90

mashable.com

OCTOBER 5, 2012

He currently runs marketing at tech incubator QLabs and previously co-founded travel site Wanderfly. A few weeks of organized effort should be enough time to develop a name and gain consensus among your co-founders, but if you’re on a tight schedule, it’s also possible to do in just a few days. Global Syndication Partners.

Naming 84

Naming Startup Social Media RSS 84