Feld Thoughts

APRIL 21, 2014

We were in the middle of fundraising for Softbank Venture Capital (which became Mobius Venture Capital.) In 1999 we filed an S-1 to take Sage Networks public. The post The Great Internet Stock Correction of 1997, or 1999, or … appeared first on Feld Thoughts. I was a co-founder and co-chairman.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. I saw it myself in 1999-2002 when it was hard to charge for my product because all of my competitors raised large rounds of capital and were giving away their products free fueled by large VC rounds.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2010

In 1999 I was in Japan doing a strategy project for the board of directors of Sony. We were looking at all sorts of strategic decisions that Sony was considering, which required analysis and data on broadband networks, Internet portas and mobile handsets/networks. But you have to understand how to interpret your numbers.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Greycroft is Alan’s venture capital firm that recently raised its second fund ($130 million) with offices in both New York and LA. I’ve been to similar events with First Round Capital and True Ventures. I’m typing this from the lawn of Alan Patricof’s “Greycroft” home in East Hampton – my first time in the Hamptons.

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

The two most obvious are: Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2019

So you need to build a network even outside of your company. It was 1999 and I had valuable Internet skills. After just 4 years I become managing partner of what is now the largest venture capital fund in Los Angeles. Developing an audience gives you a bigger network, bigger knowledge and more power to get ahead.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I recently appeared on Fox Business News covering the topic of raising Venture Capital. Easier to start by networking with some of our investments. I’m guessing it’s easier to get a meeting these days from Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures than from Evan Williams at Twitter. Video is about 7 minutes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2011

But before you jump on the bandwagon, you should consider the advice I saw recently from the maven of venture capital, William H. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. Draper III, in his new book titled “ The Startup Game.” The market is moving back up, but slowly.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Powered by cell phones and social networking platforms, we saw revolutions taking place, businesses being transformed and our daily lives made more convenient (if we could tear ourselves away from our Facebook and Twitter updates). eCommerce/Social Commerce: New models continue to evolve as ecommerce rebounded this past year.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Fralic was also one of the early employees and VP of Business Development at Half.com starting in 1999, and after the eBay acquisition, spent six years with eBay in a variety of entertainment, business development, and media roles. Fralic was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.us acquisition.

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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In an anomalous, parallel development, the 1999-2000 bubble spawned local funds who were able to support these companies to a point, and to introduce them to their Californian counterparts. But most of the local funds are small and the local ecosystems sub-scale. They are unable to provide for the needs of some companies as they grow.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

If you never raise another round of venture capital (a big if) and if your company is sold for the normal venture exit ($50 million on average for 200 or so annually that get sold) then what is your stake? It was 1999. Ventro was trading at $8 billion on sub $2 million of revenue. It was easy to do these calcs.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 15, 2009

This is a story of one of the risks of venture capital. But some companies have entrepreneurs that seem talented on paper, are in a space that seems interesting to investors and are able to raise venture capital early in the company’s existence. True story.) 2 weeks later and we may never have raised any more VC.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

David Teten, Partner, ff Venture Capital ; Chairman, HBS Alumni Angels of Greater New York. 8:30 Networking. From April 1999 until June 2006, Mr. Dahl served as the head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group, a leading private equity firm, where he was responsible for the firm’s investments in the healthcare field.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. My company had raised venture capital in April 2001 but we were told that there may never be any more coming.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I followed her writing and bought her AOL book back in 1999. Ironically enough, the second nudge she gave my career also had to do with AOL--ten years later when in 2009, she introduced me to Jon Brod who was forming AOL Ventures. Venture capital isn't a game or club any more than any other industry is.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

In an interview with ReadWriteWeb, Davidson explains how the latest industry to receive the disruption treatment has been the venture capital business itself, with the epicenter of the quake right around San Francisco. There used to be the Four Horsemen of the IPO world, back in the '80s and '90s. The question is why?

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. Follow Chelsea on Twitter @ChelseaMcC #Policy #SmartCities #EisenhowerFellow Cindy Lo was one of the first people I met in Austin in 1999 when I came to work at Trilogy Software.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 22, 2018

This is particularly true in the early stages of a new venture when you may be a solopreneur or working with a very small team. Or where you can network with established, successful founders and investors? You will learn from their successes and their missteps alike through a series of workshops, presentations and networking events.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network. And then there are all the dating anecdotes from my six years in NYC (but that’s a very entertaining book and I’m digressing). Now, the present.

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Growthink Blog

MARCH 14, 2010

The general misery that the public markets have subjected us all to over the past 12 years - with the Dow Jones, the S & P, and the NASDAQ all trading lower today than they were in 1999, begs the question - how does stock market performance affect startup investing returns? Follow me on Twitter Join my network on LinkedIn.

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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. and San Mateo, Calif.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

It did so by building a national network of a 1,000+ Productivity Promotion Centers. Set up in 1999, Innofund offers grants ($150 – $250K), loan interest subsidies and equity investment. Part 3, the next post describes the rise of Chinese venture capital. China Customer Development Technology Venture Capital'

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. Prior to joining ff Venture Capital , I published the first-ever study of how private equity and venture capital funds originate new investments, with my coauthor Chris Farmer , CEO of SignalFire and an experienced VC.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. While focus is essential in early startup days, we live in a hyperconnected world, and a global network and perspective is becoming essential to startup success. 2015EOY_FPV_v31.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New York City : NYC is growing as a startup hub; yet early stage (seed, small A rounds) institutional capital has not kept up with the local growth. While focus is essential in early startup days, we live in a hyperconnected world, and a global network and perspective is becoming essential to startup success.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Shortly after we sold Opsware to Hewlett-Packard, I had a conversation with the legendary venture capitalist Doug Leone of Sequoia Capital. Coworking Spaces - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , September 2, 2010 I've never been much of a fan of incubators. Some have made the model work. It’s great advice.

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ConversionXL

APRIL 24, 2019

The concept of “economic moats” came from a 1999 Fortune article by Warren Buffett: The key to investing is [.] An effective moat doesn’t require Amazon’s distribution network or Microsoft’s monopolistic software strategy. An aspiring entrant would need to build a network of railways to compete independently. Image source ).

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. He’s focused on that sector (not exclusively but predominantly) and therefore has an amazing network at large financial services firms to help you with business development. I’ve raised seed rounds and A-D rounds.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 16, 2020

In 1995, though, I wasn’t truly network-literate yet. Follow your network.”. Be passionate, sure, but also think about where your network is strong, and what opportunities that strength creates. By cultivating a strong professional network. It was 1999. I just didn’t realize how important.

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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. There is an obvious network effect at work when you bring together the world’s leading programs and the world’s leading hackers on a single platform.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. In the early days of venture capital, when money was scarce, entrepreneurs often gave up control of their company in exchange for their first investment funds. LUBLIN And SPENCER E.

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David Teten

JANUARY 8, 2013

In addition, he predicted that the rise in importance of online networks will make the most credible players even stronger. One of the core assets of a fund is its corporate network. Investors can tap this network for executive talent, followon financings, and eventually an exit. ff Venture Capital portfolio company.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 7, 2017

Len and I co-founded Interliant (originally Sage Networks) with Steve Maggs and Rajat Bhargava in 1996. We took Interliant public in 1999 on the second attempt (the SEC didn’t clear the filing until a week after the end of the first road show, our first of many misfires with Merrill Lynch, who was our lead banker.) I was exhausted.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Then from a bottoms-up standpoint what you said is exactly right, I think, which is that the new generation of employees grew up on smartphones and tablets and touch and everything, social networking and Twitter and everything else. Alexia Tsotsis: Yes, and we are watching that now. So this is a big part of what actually we do.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2010

It has raised $55 million from Lightspeed Ventures , Pitango Venture Capital , Sequoia Capital , Magma Venture Partners , Delta Ventures , Globespan Capital Partners, Ascend Technology Ventures, and Stata Venture Partners. It has 120 employees.

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