Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team. As founding CEO, I remember being quite excited to meet our financial backers and talk about how we could partner to build a great company. That question tortured me for months.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. There are a bunch of amazing autonomy and robotics startups in Texas, and most of them are working with Guinn Partners in one way or another.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. The industry built slowly until a few years into the new century.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Your passion will drive you and others around you, but be sure to partner with people that are as enthusiastic as you are. Know what your strengths are and partner with others to cover your weaknesses; Preparation. He has over 30 years of experience in executive management, corporate governance and business development.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 14, 2011

In his view, board practices generally in the venture industry are substandard and there are few organized resources to guide board members, outside of the work done by the National Venture Capital Association under the leadership of Pascal Levensohn of Levensohn Venture Partners. now Thomson Reuters, and then in 1999 co-founded NeoCarta.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

2011 was finally the year when the media spotlight shone on how under-represented women are in almost all power structures in business, government, technology and media – and how crucial it is that we leverage the leadership skill set that they bring to the table to tackle the problems facing the world today.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

I’ve written about board governance challenges for startups since 1999, publishing one book, a series of three white papers, and many articles and blog posts on this topic. In these videos, I don’t just ask difficult questions, I answer them. To learn more, go to my Facebook fan page Entrepreneur Essentials.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 4, 2011

The funniest experience I ever had on July 4th (US Independence Day) was in 1999. I know we have a budget deficit and as an economic conservative I believe in smaller government. Every government form in England seemed to ask questions about my parents. In American we have people like Charles Best. At least not in California.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

Three years after that, I was fortunate enough to find a firm, Land Carroll & Blair, with a same client-oriented mentality and partnered with them. I was intrigued when digital photography started taking off, but I didn’t buy my first digital camera until 1999, when my daughter was born. Thanks to Nancy D.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 9, 2013

In a 2007 report, the Council on Competitiveness quoted a USA Today survey revealing that, “ of venture-backed software startups created since 1999, nearly 40% have employees outside the United States.”. The best way to “go local in each new global region” is to partner with an expert, better known as a “market native.”

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. – The Torch Program. Seed Funding (Innofund). Venture Guiding Fund.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2019

I reminded them that it is all about which partner you get at the reputable firms he was targeting. they are ultimately service firms and the partner that sponsors you and joins your Board really matters. And to make sure you are picking the right partner for your business?—?and What about the Governance Committee?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. government’s SBIR and STTR programs. – The Torch Program. Seed Funding (Innofund). Venture Guiding Fund.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

However, the seeds had been planted between 1995 and 1999 with the opening of several hackerspaces and “work clubs” devoted to bringing people together and instilling a sense of community while working. Some local governments are even embracing telecommuting as a solution to traffic and pollution woes.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 11, 2009

The abundance of risk capital during America’s technology bubble in 1999 and 2000 effectively financed the launch of the technology innovation ecosystems that now thrive in China, India, Singapore and other emerging (and increasingly robust) economies. The three proposals impact the deferral of U.S.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 1999, Jack Ma created Alibaba , a Chinese-based B2B marketplace for connecting small and medium enterprise with potential export opportunities. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days. Interested in “Unlocking Wealth” Yourself?

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 26, 2009

Amid the hoopla a few weeks ago at the annual NVCA meeting, where the focus was rightly on improving liquidity, it was barely noticed that a new chairman was elected – Polaris co-founder and managing general partner Terry McGuire, one of the leading life sciences investors in the industry.  3)      Life sciences.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity. LIMITED PARTNERS (LPS).

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Mike Michalowicz

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Previously, from 1999 to 2001, Seth was a Senior Revenue Accountant for the Veterinary Centers Of America. Seth also worked as an Auditor for United Government Services, a division of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Wisconsin auditing Medicare cost reports under contract with HCFA (Health Care Financing Administration) from 1996 to 1998.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

that did so in 1999 and 2000, according to an analysis for The Wall Street Journal by Jay R. We are encouraging all of our companies to put in place a dual-class share structure if and when they go public, said Marc Andreessen, a general partner at the firm, which has taken stakes in 156 tech enterprises over the past three years.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Venture Capitalists typically have partners’ meetings on Mondays. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. I introduced my partners, we spent weeks with the team and felt good rapport. This article was originally published on TechCrunch.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And then medium-size businesses start to use it, and then large businesses start to use it, and then eventually the government starts to use it. Number one is, a lot of companies need to actually educate their customers or their partners, and a lot of that has to happen online. And then small businesses start to use it.

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