1997 Finance Partner Portfolio 
David Teten
JANUARY 10, 2012
Christopher Fralic, Managing Partner, First Round Capital. Christopher Fralic is a Managing Partner at First Round Capital’s New York office, and has focused on a number of the firm’s investments in Advertising Technology, Social Media, Ecommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more. In 1997, Mr. Yavonditte joined Juno Online Services, Inc.
Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. At the same time neither banks nor local governments had the cash to finance startups on the scale the country needed. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Like the U.S.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 12, 2013
By 1991, 70% of the Torch funded startups were getting bank financing for expansion and later stages of the new ventures, with local governments acting as guarantors. At the same time neither banks nor local governments had the cash to finance startups on the scale the country needed. It went bankrupt in 1997.). Like the U.S.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2011
Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. We just landed the biz dev partner we’ve been working on for 9 months. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. The VC sense of accomplishment or failure is blunted by being slightly removed and by the portfolio effect.
Reid Hoffman
JANUARY 19, 2021
They might both be accomplished writers or editors, but for a particular project, each partner focuses on a single role, and their different foci make the partnership stronger. As investors, we are active partners to the founders and CEO. I am the invited partner in the room who is here to help this company succeed.”.
K9 Ventures
SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
I graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1997 and decided to use my OPT to give the company a proper shot. This also eliminated the big risk for my potential investors that I wouldn’t be able to stay in the country, and so I was able to close the financing round for the company in November 1998. I formed SneakerLabs, Inc.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2011
Inbound calls from partners, people who want to join, atta boys from friends. We just landed the biz dev partner we’ve been working on for 9 months. Google DID NOT just acquire our main biz dev partner. The VC sense of accomplishment or failure is blunted by being slightly removed and by the portfolio effect.
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