Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. It was 1991. There were startups and a software industry but barely. We still loved every moment. People were building.
Feld Thoughts
DECEMBER 23, 2014
When I first started investing as an angel investor in 1994, I was focused on a very simple set of criteria. While it didn’t make me cynical, I calibrated my filters as I slogged through three more very long years between 2004 and 2007. He looked at me and gave me that “yeah – we should do this” look.
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David Teten
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
1994 – present. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2007: Mixed Signs of Growth” Unknown. Despite the difficulties in gathering it, angel return data has gradually accumulated over time and the verdict is in: we’ve looked at a dozen different studies of angel returns , and they show returns ranging from 18% to 54%. .
Version One Ventures
DECEMBER 14, 2016
Every 10-15 years, a major cycle reshapes the computing landscape: PC (1981), Internet (1994), Mobile (2007). We also believe that we’ll get more clarity on what the next platform will be. If historical trends continue, we should now be at the cusp of the next big thing.
David Cohen
MARCH 30, 2020
This recession lasted until 1994. Around 2007, the subprime mortgage crisis contributed to a recession that lasted through 2009. Founded in 2006, Techstars ran our first startup accelerator in 2007. I started my first business in 1993, right in the middle of the recession, because I didn’t know any better. Fear and panic set in.
Feld Thoughts
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
They walked me through multiple origin stories, including how I started making angel investments (1994), the origin of Mobius / Softbank Venture Capital (1996-1997), the origin of Foundry Group (2007), and the creation of Foundry Group Next (2015-2016).
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 2, 2010
Will is finishing up his 31st angel investment (we’ve done a bunch together – including my very first one – NetGenesis in 1994) and he walks through what he’s learned from 16 years of angel investing. For context, I’ve made over 75 direct angel investments primarily in two time periods – 1994-1996 and 2006-2007.
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