Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. Wilmington Investor Network. Silicon Valley. Central Texas Angel Network. Valley Angel Fund. Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley. c) Silicon Valley (3 groups) – $3.1

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It’s like a dam has broken and now there is a flood of new entrepreneurs, investors, and big companies moving to Texas. The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) they are all chasing talent. Something is different now.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

VC investors rely heavily on referrals, but what should a non US startup do when looking to raise funding in Silicon Valley? How best can European startups land VC funding in the US / Sillicon Valley? It’s likely that the investors don’t know you, so try and find warm intros from people in your network.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. Each city will showcase entrepreneurs and scaling companies with different themes: June 4 in Dallas ?—?Retail a lot of them are moving here from Silicon Valley! Who should come on the bus?

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

One of the things I didn’t realize as an entrepreneur was that at the seed stage, *anyone* could potentially be an investor. A lot of entrepreneurs just think to pitch to VCs or well-known angel investors or people who have signaled they are angels on Angelist. And in fact, many angel investors in the Silicon Valley are not!

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

We love meeting entrepreneurs who take this blank canvas approach when thinking about disrupting markets. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

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. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs. The James Altucher Show by Stansberry Radio Network on Apple Podcasts.

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Agile VC

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The bulk of spending on PC-related computing (desktop computers, software, networking gear, etc) in the ’80s and ’90s was made by businesses large and small. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. To Steve Jobs and the other innovators, we can only say thanks. Author howerl. Read More ».

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Agile VC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Providence Equity invested $100M at a $1B valuation not because of their technology or product, but because the network owners contributed a lot of valuable content… or at least access to it for 2years. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Filed under Uncategorized. Read More ».

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Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

Opportunistic VC investors focus less on developing very specific theses and more on cultivating a deep, rich network around the entire firm. Also really great opportunistic VCs are highly intentional about how they build their sourcing network and brand. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Brentwood Associates [Silicon Valley] –> Founded in the early 70s and focused primarily on VC, Brentwood had big wins in both IT like Wellfleet Communications (big chunk of what eventually became Nortel) and WebTV (part of Microsoft) and healthcare (various businesses that make up a big chunk of what is now Medtronic and Baxter).

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Agile VC

JANUARY 27, 2012

Also, I’d argue these factors have made the “hockey stick” growth curves even steeper because when company’s “get hot” there are so many more eyeballs and networks to capture and convert. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Read More ».

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

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. The success of Serial, inspired a new wave of entrepreneurs. The James Altucher Show by Stansberry Radio Network on Apple Podcasts.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 7, 2017

By connecting Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and the rest of the state into a Texas S tartup Megatropolis we can unlock billions of dollars in capital and unleash thousands of diverse entrepreneurs. Epic Office Hours” is a speed dating event with dozens of entrepreneurs, mentors and investors meeting in rapid fire.

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Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. ProfessorVC. Well, not exactly.I

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Agile VC

MARCH 18, 2012

Twitter isn’t really a social network. But Twitter isn’t really a social network. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. Hootsuite, CoTweet, etc). It’s probably not a huge market though. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010.

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Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. I was on a panel earlier this week with several other investors from Angel Groups in the Valley.

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Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

Active Network – 2.4x Well for entrepreneurs running late stage companies prepping for IPO in the next 12 months, it’s an excellent time. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. As of this week, here’s a sample of multiples: LinkedIn – 16x+ trailing revenue.

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Agile VC

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA. Read More ».

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. And although this is written for angel investors, I think entrepreneurs can only benefit by increasing their knowledge around these investors and hope you’ll continue reading if that’s you.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The founders felt that having a legitimate site for content would discourage Silicon Valley VC’s from funding entrepreneurs to create the next big TV killer. In Hulu it is each individual studio / network wanting to push their own stuff direct rather than through Hulu.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. These funds use a combination of cold-calling, travel, firm networks, paid expert networks, and technology to identify investment opportunities outside of their neighborhood. They are typically among the top quartile performers.

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Agile VC

APRIL 13, 2012

I spent some time with some startups in San Francisco proper, as opposed to the heart of Silicon Valley (see Note 1). “Silicon Valley” (see Note 2) is hardly alone in this urbanization of startups trend. April 13, 2012. I was back in the SF Bay Area last week for a bit of work and a bit of fun.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. had mixed emotions when I read the the press release on the recent funding of iControl Networks. There are definitely some lessons in the story for entrepreneurs and angel investors, but before discussing, I thought Id share a bit about the early financing history for iControl.

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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Entrepreneurs struggle to find investors and investors struggle to find the best start-ups. This is a brutal process for entrepreneurs and many have no interest in the angel groups for this reason. Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"?

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Austin Startup

APRIL 3, 2017

Is it Silicon Valley, home to accelerators Y Combinator and 500 Startups and to tech giants Google and Facebook? As of now, the City of Austin’s startup density is greater than that of the Silicon Valley! As of now, the City of Austin’s startup density is greater than that of the Silicon Valley!

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Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

Cloze is helping outbound professionals understand and utilize their professional network more comprehensively than ever before. We amass all of this information in our emails, social networks, smartphone address books, and other software tools (e.g. Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

One of the things we hear a lot about in Silicon Valley is how cheap and easy it is to launch a startup these days. No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

They are fully fungible for hard currency through Safaricom’s network of retail partners for either the sender or recipient of an M-Pesa mobile payment. And at the end of the day it appears Isis will just be working with the existing credit card networks Visa, MC, Amex, & Discover. . Good luck to Ben.

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mashable.com

JULY 18, 2012

“We’re trying to find entrepreneurs who are thinking of it as another stage in the company,” he said. “Entrepreneurs who sell to Google are doing it because they have a vision of what they’re trying to do,” Lawee told attendees. Nice piece and certainly one that covers what many entrepreneurs think.

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