Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

The birthplace of sponsored search (Overture), semantic search (Applied Semantics which became Google AdSense), comparison shopping (ShopZilla, PriceGrabber) and many others. A quick survey of their portfolio tells you just how many high-profile startups have included them in their rounds.

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Community Los Angeles Startup Silicon Valley 304

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. The Innovation Center at Houston’s TMC (TMCx), co-located with Johnson and Johnson’s J-Labs, and the Center for Medical Device Innovation, drive medical innovation. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston.

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Seeing Both Sides

APRIL 1, 2013

Your co-workers in one start-up become your co-founders in another. Pick a Stage. The first company listed is an earlier stage company (either jungle or dirt road) and the second company is a later stage company (either dirt road or highway). This is easier than you would think.

Boston 52

Boston B2C Salary Cofounder 52

David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Just do a search online and the VC’s job is done! Similarly, my research on venture capital portfolio operations found that Portfolio Operator VCs such as Andreesen Horowitz , First Round Capital , ff Venture Capital , and Google Ventures are hiring unusually large teams and structuring them in traditional pyramids.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Most are sitting on large portfolios of private companies that are raising money now or will need to do so in the future and they know that they’re up against some headwinds. So the multiples paid by publics matter and when they drop, the late-stage markets drop, too. There is reason for despondency.

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Valuation Down Round Startup Later Stage 150

Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 19, 2021

You can listen to the podcast here, or search for Greymatter Podcast in your podcatcher. At this stage, you need a true founder who fervently believes they’re going to make the company successful. Naive board members might think, “Our job is to hire and fire the CEO, so we should think about firing the founder.”

Startup 36

Startup Cofounder Advertising Hiring 36

David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I’m speaking on a panel this afternoon on fundraising for minority founders at the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project. Fundraising is always difficult for all founders; the median PE/VC fund sources and reviews 87 companies before investing in 1. This young, talented girl is given no chance of being the founder of the next Facebook.”. “I

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Venture Capital Advisory Board Greece Cofounder 60

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Researchers divided the portfolio companies into six stages and startups are still operating a loss in each of the first four. Those categories represent roughly 84% of all portfolio companies. Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62