Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

And rather than a small group of our partners and associates all thinking it’s a good idea we don’t mind if there is strong internal debate and at Upfront there often is. ” So other partners at the firm might sling mud at your ideas as you go for approval on an investment. .” 6SensorLabs.

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Technical Review America Partner United States 362

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Jacqueline and her partner Cortney are designing and manufacturing the line out of China and selling in the U.S. First, there are two primary aspects that have to be managed: inventory financing and customer acquisition costs. Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. Or, bootstrap longer.

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Silicon Valley Malaysia India China 117

The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

We discussed a number of themes close to my heart, including the future of venture, Forward Partners culture and the power of mindfulness practice. Why stop at having a few people on payroll to help your portfolio companies succeed? “Why Why stop at having a few people on payroll to help your portfolio companies succeed?

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Founder Indiana Venture Capital India 102

Haystack

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

and China, managing billions of dollars and driving returns for their LPs in being early investors in companies like Wish, Buddy Media, OpenDoor in the U.S. I’ve been lucky to have seen the inside of a firm like GGV , operating across the U.S. and Didi, Qunar, and countless others in China.

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Venture Capital China India Cofounder 117

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well.

Global 136

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 136

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well.

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Global North America Intellectual Property Entrepreneur 244

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Antonio has a portfolio of Web-based business process management applications for small businesses with 10-100 employees. Then, she can start doing partnerships with fraud management system vendors and use their channels to sell, perhaps. The key take away from that discussion is: convert potential competitors to partners.

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Partner Belgium Portugal Bootstrapping 117

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well.

North America 260

North America Intellectual Property Marketing Offshore 260

K9 Ventures

JUNE 5, 2015

Almost like boiling a frog the micro-VCs who started out as “super angels” (See my post from 2011 on Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral ) writing $25K – $100K checks with personal money, are now managing funds which are $40M – $140M in size, some with multiple partners and are writing checks which are $750K – $1.5M.

Seed Stage 48

Seed Stage Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation 48

K9 Ventures

JULY 21, 2016

That’s 7 out of about 29 investments that K9 has made to date and so that’s almost 1/4 of the K9 portfolio. These design houses do a phenomenal job, but it is up to the founders to choose the right firm for their product, and then manage the cost and timeline for the design process.

Software Review 48

Software Review Forecast Portfolio Distribution 48

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Techstars provides their accelerator portfolio companies with access to financial, human and intellectual capital to fuel the success of their business. I am very excited about this year’s incoming class,” said Amos Schwartzfarb, Techstars Austin Managing Director.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 6, 2020

Almost every company in our portfolio with more than 50 employees either has or is looking at a second (or third, or fourth) location. China and India work, but seem to be harder and more hit or miss. I learned an approach many years ago from my now-partner Chris Moody that he used at Aquent when he was COO.

Silicon Valley 81

Silicon Valley Seattle Russia Denver 81

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well.

Global 258

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 258

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. Scanning / Document Management. Project Management tools. Part 4- Closing.

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Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

I started as a programmer, and then a database designer, and then a project manager, and I led conversion teams. It’s humbling to spend time in India. ” “Well, you get to be involved with our portfolio companies after we invest.” And I’m now managing partner six years later.

Cofounder 337

Cofounder Technical Cofounder San Diego Startup 337

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Had a great chat with Jim Armstrong who is a General Partner at Clearstone Venture Partners today on TWiVC. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India. Clearstone currently invests out of a $200 million fund based in LA with offices in Menlo Park and in India.

IPO 236

IPO .Net Venture Capital Strategic Investors 236

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well.

Global 120

Global North America Intellectual Property Offshore 120

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Sisu is currently expanding its product portfolio and geographic scale to develop additional cutting-edge, patented, clinically proven medical devices, and to create a system for medical device commercialization in emerging markets. Prior to Sisu, Yarina founded a medical device non-profit working with rural mobile clinics in India.

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Baltimore Africa South Africa Michigan 62

ReadWriteStart

MAY 24, 2012

We operate as a ‘double-bottom line’ fund,” explains Core Innovation managing partner Mike Harris. “We You may have thought debt bondage was a problem only in rural India. We seek excellent financial returns and a positive social impact on the lives of the underbanked.". Emerging Middle Class. Image courtesy of Shutterstock.

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Minnesota United States India Venture Capital 142

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. This is called brand goodwill, a hard-won value resulting from the trust that a strong name engenders among buyers and partners. Companies with diversified portfolios can focus their energy on other global markets that are doing well.

North America 223

North America Intellectual Property Offshore Startup 223

David Teten

APRIL 6, 2015

At the American Society for Cell Biology Conference last month in Philadelphia, they described their approach as emulating venture capital by maximizing investigator productivity and investing in a portfolio of strong investigators. As he observes, behavior change (such as prevention) is possible, it’s just expensive.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Non-Compete Philadelphia 60

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

At Risk – Usually starts with a firm beginning to see challenges in large portions of its portfolio, or in keeping the partnership together, or in the viability of the firm’s core strategy as broader markets start to shift (e.g. Well first it’s worth understanding the distinct phases of exactly how a VC firm dies.

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LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Cracking the Code

MARCH 12, 2010

This is a significant guidance revision, which shows the current focus and mindset of the management of these companies. mba india. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Portfolio. (3). Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. You named 3 in your post, but what are the 10 others? Amit said.

Software Review 63

Software Review Technical Review Cloud Forecast 63

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. Receive and manage newsletters. Mark Siegel, managing director at venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, which has managed more than $4 billion since 1976, said its a matter of supply and demand. My Journal.

Silicon Valley 42

Silicon Valley Founder Software Review Technical Review 42

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

In the first transaction, SailPoint acquired Beacon Professional Services to supplement the company’s identity management consulting services and to deliver expert support and training to the company’s implementation partner network. SailPoint’s worldwide partner network saw dramatic growth in 2010.

Global 73

Global North America Customer Cofounder 73

online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Management. He also combed the portfolios of VC firms and talked to people at start-ups, he says. The company raised $45 million in venture capital from firms including DCM, Emergence Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners, and built partnerships with AOL Inc., Manage Email Preferences. América Latina.

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Venture Capital Software Review Rhode Island North Dakota 107

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

A recent example is Regalii (HOF portfolio company), a NYC startup founded by a Santo Domingo immigrant which has expanded rapidly to work financial services clients across the US and Latin America. In addition, HOF has backed 6 companies with roots in Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, India, and Russia. (In

New York City 60

New York City Cofounder New York Startup 60

thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

BeyondVC

MAY 11, 2004

In our weekly partner’s meeting yesterday, we ended up in a discussion about the progression of offshore development in a variety of portfolio companies. For example, one portfolio company had 5 consultants from India trained for 3 months on the product. 6 months later only 2 are left.

Offshore 60

Offshore India Cost Belarus 60

thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

We got to know stellar entrepreneurs in the space and backed them early – 50% of our portfolio is comprised of companies who are defining this computing paradigm, and FPV continues to be a go-to fund for entrepreneurs looking for sector expertise. When we launched, few had heard of blockchain, and bitcoin was a dirty word.

North America 40

North America Early Stage New York City Portfolio 40

www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

At the end, I asked myself what are the most critical resources I need to be successful and the answer was partners and developers. It’s a pain to manage payroll, unemployment, insurance, etc in one state. Post-Mortem Title : Untitled Partners Post-Mortem. Company : Untitled Partners. Company: Home Portfolio.

Software Review 79

Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

To learn more about the CAC ratio and CLTV, you can read Philippe Botteri’s white paper “CAC Ratio - One Number to Manage your SaaS S&M Spend” also available at www.bvp.com/saas. Together, CMRR, Cashflow, Churn, CAC, and CLTV make up the “5 C’s of SaaS Finance. Philippe Botteri.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2015

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

Denmark 60

Denmark Guatemala Bangladesh Cofounder 60

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

At UT Dallas, as we call it for short, I’m a clinical associate professor in the Jindal School of Management , where I teach entrepreneurship. Jackie Kimzey , one of the early Sevin Rosen general partners, is a fellow professor on the faculty of UT Dallas with me.) But, it wasn’t knocked out, with signs of re-emergence.

Dallas 60

Dallas Austin Texas Cofounder 60

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

Scoping the prpject down to something manageable is really hard. I am starting a big web project, and have been thinking about how to break it down into manageable chunks. for anyone needing user interface, design and branding for their project visit my portfolio: [link] we love to build bold identities for fresh ideas.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 10, 2003

A number of my portfolio companies outsource development to India and other locales. When offshoring it is important to think about what can and cannot be offshored, whether management can handle it, and whether or not you open your own office with your own infrastructure or outsource completely. 2k in-house vs. $3-3.5k

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