Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

Fred Wilson also wrote a sophisticated analysis of why he believes the market must normalize to smaller amount of money going into VC firms. Fred echoes my view that fewer firms is good for the industry and good for the companies we fund. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. Tags: Start-up Advice. StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software.

Stealth 285

Stealth SEC Advertising Accredited Investor 285

OnlyOnce

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Part I of this series isn’t particularly useful, though there’s an entertaining link in it to a video of Fred that’s worth looking at if you know or follow him. Tags: Boards Business Entrepreneurship Leadership Board Brad Feld Fred Wilson Greg Sands powerpoint Scott Petry Scott Weiss VCs.

Leadership 72

Leadership Restful Founder Video 72

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Filed under: Customer Development , Venture Capital | Tagged: Entrepreneurs « Customer Development Manifesto: Market Type (part 4) Customer Development Manifesto: The Path of Warriors and Winners (part 5) » 16 Responses Jon Ziskind , on September 14, 2009 at 9:19 am Said: Steve – Great post and really great advice.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Steve Blank

APRIL 19, 2010

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Jason Calacanis , founder of Mahlo.com, and Mark Suster of GRP Partners, have all weighed in on the nature side – you’re born being an entrepreneur or your not. Tags: Customer Development Venture Capital. Taking Sides. Entrepreneurs are born not made. Entrepreneurs are made not born.

Silicon Valley 219

Silicon Valley Venture Capital China New York 219

David Teten

JANUARY 11, 2020

I agree with Fred Wilson on the value of owning your own platform. Ideally the tool would automatically add relevant tags and distribute on relevant platforms (including email), without looking spammy. Tagging recommenders and the news sources that they recommended also helps with followers and engagement. “.

Social Media 60

Social Media Technical Review Media Private Equity 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

A nice surprise was an invite to crash a dinner in progress with Fred Wilson , Mark Suster , and Joanne Wilson. Tags: Business Model versus Business Plan Customer Development. I was in New York teaching at Columbia University this week and gave a few talks around town. She posted her notes from the talk here.)

Customer Development 270

Customer Development Business Model Developer Design 270

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

That prompted Fred Wilson’s blog [.]. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. This is part of my ongoing series “Pitching a VC“ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents.

Founder Vesting 252

Founder Vesting Vesting Founder Term Sheet 252

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I was prompted again by Friedman’s Op Ed this weekend on immigration & jobs , which was covered by Fred Wilson (more succinctly than I am capable of). Tags: Tech Market Analysis. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post.

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Canada Green South Carolina 282

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market. M&A Outlook for 2010 / 2011 – Tags: SoCal Stuff VC Industry LA SoCal startup technology vc venture capital. Right now this isn’t robust because the buyers are bottom-feeders (e.g.

Technical Review 241

Technical Review IPO Southern California Venture Capital 241

Seeing Both Sides

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

For the second year, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures was kind enough to come to HBS to meet with the class Professor Tom Eisenmann and I co-teach called Launching Technology Ventures. The Twitter stream (which you can see here , using the hash tag #hbsltv) nicely captured our dialog. You can see the course blog here.

Technical Review 47

Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley Boston 47

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Bill and his partner Fred Wilson have invested in ~30 or so companies with 27 still active. I like this post by Fred Wilson on this topic: [link] Reply steveblank , on November 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm Said: Nivi, I think I understand the problem with #2. It’s an impressive portfolio.

Customer Development 219

Customer Development Web Developer Customer 219

Steve Blank

JULY 8, 2010

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Jason Calacanis , founder of Mahalo.com, and Mark Suster of GRP Partners, have all weighed in on the nature side – you’re born being an entrepreneur or you’re not. Tags: Customer Development Venture Capital. Taking Sides. I’ll was the moderator (referee). Take a look at the video below.

Venture Capital 227

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Customer Development Partner 227

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2009

million from Albert Wenger and Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice. Entrepreneurs want less cash because they want to control dilution and preserve exit options at lower prices. Is an average of $675k each a seed deal?

Software Review 283

Software Review Term Sheet Due Diligence Southern California 283

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

So I agree with Fred Wilson’s post that startup applications shouldn’t simply be plugging in minor feature gaps in Twitter’s offering. Tags: Social Media Tech Market Analysis. It also leads to higher CTR’s (click-through rates) than side-bar advertising in all of the tests we’ve run.

Acquisition 287

Acquisition Developer Management Advertising 287

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Message of the week (from Fred Wilson) – “don’t fill cracks&# but innovate in new ways with the platform. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital VC Industry. If I were a betting man I’d say they paid sub $5 million. Good deal for all. PLUS RELATED FUNDING ….

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

Fred Wilson wrote a great piece on this. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. But it takes the same amount of money to scale a big business and this is where outsized returns are earned – If you want to build a big business you still need big bucks. And of course you will produce our next wave of innovation.

LP 311

LP Technical Review Early Stage Silicon Valley 311

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Was Fred Wilson right that a VC owning a small stake is OK? Tags: Start-up Advice. Topics include: - Should you raise money at a high price and then just spend it slowly? - Is the VC model broken? - Why did the VC investment pace slow down so much? - short answer: in most cases a small stake is a problem.

Startup 245

Startup Advertising Video Employee 245

www.founderinstitute.com

MARCH 2, 2010

New "Plain Preferred" Term Sheet 08/24/2009: by Adeo Ressi Public: TheFunded Founder Institute has just released a new "Plain Preferred" term sheet with support of the blogosphere, including top-rated venture capitalist, Fred Wilson. Tags: startupcto. Please contact us using the form below, and we will get back to you promptly.

Term Sheet 40

Term Sheet Liquidation Preference Vesting San Diego 40

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

See Fred Wilson’s post on Twitter referring traffic. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. This is why many people are so excited by how much traffic they’re now generating from social media. The initial data we are seeing at Ad.ly about CTRs even on ads is very impressive.

Technical Review 286

Technical Review Advertising Early Stage Internet 286

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Here are four takeaways I gleaned from the entrepreneurs: 1. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Here are four takeaways I gleaned from the entrepreneurs: 1. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Here are four takeaways I gleaned from the entrepreneurs: 1. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Matching Venture Capital 79

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Is it because there are more worthy companies for investment all of a sudden, or are VCs driven by the need to deploy some of their capital before the end of the calendar year? Here are four takeaways I gleaned from the entrepreneurs: 1. Take more risks — sooner…&#.

Technical Review 79

Technical Review Venture Capital Matching 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

People like Fred Wilson have written about this topic (and gotten attacked – so I’m prepared for it!). Tags: Tech Market Analysis. In stead, you have to go through the Apple gatekeeper and pay an Apple toll to develop applications for their phones. This isn’t open innovation. All the same rationale holds.

Flash 326

Flash Mobile Application Development Cloud 326

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 8, 2016

bootcamp construct , where the tag line is: Practical Skills + Radical Self-Inquiry + Shared Experiences = Enhanced Leadership + Greater Resiliency. Fred Wilson. Yesterday, Fred Wilson wrote what is the best VC-related post of 2016 titled Losing Money. Go read Fred’s post Losing Money right now.

Venture Capital 70

Venture Capital Cofounder Internet Portfolio 70

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Fred Wilson emailed me a link to Dennis Crowley’s post I’m running the NYC Marathon tomorrow! Fred knows my obsession with human instrumentation, marathons, and social media. Tags: HCI human instrumentation marathon. of the NYC Marathon via RunKeeper. Oh – and he’s running a marathon.

New York 125

New York Colorado Social Media Naming 125

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Fred Wilson outlines why in his piece “ Swinging For the Fences.&# I can’t argue with Fred. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Start-up Advice Startup Advice. It’s easy to say you’d back a great team that has previously been successful – that’s a no brainer.

Silicon Valley 333

Silicon Valley Venture Capital Entrepreneur Naming 333

Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 23, 2014

I copied Fred Wilson in this regard as he made this shift a while ago. On the left is site specific stuff, such as additional feld.com content (About, Investments, and Marathons), clear discovery (Search, Categories, and Tags). After looking at many popular blogs, I kept coming back to this approach.

Design 124

Design Mobile Community Search 124

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 29, 2010

Fred Wilson followed with Women In Tech and Women Entrepreneurs Discussion. Tags: NCWIT. TechCrunch / Arrington wrote a post Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men. My partner Jason Mendelson did a video interview on the subject with EZebis. Lots of controversy but lots of useful discussion. Which is good.

Video 119

Video Partner Entrepreneur 119

Steve Blank

JULY 2, 2009

Rocket Science 2: Drinking the Kool-Aid « Steve Blank (tags: vc startup) [.] Sure when clumped together they perform worse than some other asset classes (Fred Wilson made a good post on this: [link] The performance of a limited partner’s investment is clearly a product of the team of VCs you invest in.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS Software Review 120

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2010

And I couldn’t help but noticing the adversity in this article on NY Times interviewing Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures : “Before the sale [of GeoCities], we were completely broke. Tags: Startup Advice. I’ve had many setbacks in life – probably more than many of you.

New York City 407

New York City New York Audience Sales 407

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

And Fred Wilson responded that he went to the iPad store, but couldn't find the app. Scoble responded that the startup is "very stealthy," which Wilson described as a " lost opportunity.". Being in "stealth mode" is, as Wilson argues, often seen as a bad idea for startups. Tags: Tips. fredwilson alert!"

Stealth 118

Stealth Startup Conversion Naming 118

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

This is the sentiment behind a blog post Friday morning from New York-based investor Fred Wilson. In it, Wilson remembers an entrepreneur who had considered sending a not-so-friendly email to a troublesome VC firm after it had turned down his pitch for investment. "It Tags: Tips.

Startup 115

Startup New York Email Entrepreneur 115

ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

In a blog post this morning, investor Fred Wilson described the talent war as part of what he identifies as "storm clouds" brewing in the tech industry. million to not leave for Facebook, Wilson says that this, along with the massive deal flow, is all "unsustainable." Tags: Analysis.

San Francisco 118

San Francisco Non-Compete Deal Flow Startup 118

Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

There have been a number of thoughtful "early warning sign" posts in the past few days including one from Fred Wilson ( Storm Clouds ), one from Mark Suster ( What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common ), and Roger Ehrenberg ( Investing in a frenzied market ). Tags: Venture Capital angel seed VC.

Florida 137

Florida Venture Capital Angel Groups Angel Investor 137

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

And the list of mentors for the New York program is impressive, including Foursquare 's Dennis Crowley, Founder Collective 's Chris Dixon, GetGlue 's Alex Iskold, First Round Capital 's Charlie O'Donnell, and Union Square Venture 's Fred Wilson, to name just a few. Tags: Startups.

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New York City New York Seattle Incubator 113