Agile VC

JULY 19, 2012

Back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, a flood of LP capital was coming into the VC asset class given the strong returns of the mid-late 90s tech boom/bubble. For example FRC launched a founders equity exchange fund and various programmatic forms of knowledge sharing like list serves, CEO summits, conferences, etc.

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David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Kupietzky held a variety of management roles in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies: Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle). He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

in equity & loans which was ultimately worth >170x ($355M) when DEC went public about a decade later. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the mid-90s… two co-founded Benchmark Capital (Bruce Dunlevie & Andy Rachleff). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

August was a slow month in terms of traffic and I was away for a lot of the month, but there were some really great posts at the intersection of startups, technology, product and being a Startup CTO. He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. equity debate.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

But when the finally convert the debt to equity the round gets filed with the SEC and thus journalists often pick up on it. StackOverflow – We both have a love fest for Joel Spolsky who also co-founded Fog Creek Software. Invidi is based in New York and founded in 2000. They also avoid Reg D. DEAL OF THE WEEK.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 9, 2017

I think [00:14:48] graphic from six years ago still largely holds true the website is one of the core pieces of digital equity that you can build and just because people aren’t seeing it as much doesn’t make it any less valuable. Hello and welcome to another episode of the Duct Tape Marketing podcast.

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Search Technical Review SEO Small Business 31

Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

It has close to 2,000 entrepreneurs and gives you the tools to pitch to investors, find co-founders, and launch your product to the press and more. It is more of a social networking for raising equity. 3) Keiretsu Forum - Founded in 2000, it claims to be the largest angel investor network in the world.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

After a thorough analysis of those 32 start-up post-mortems, we have determined the common reasons founders gave to compile this list of the top 20 ways to have your startup fail. Work life balance is not something that startup founders often get and so the risk of burning out is high. 13 – Disharmony with Investors/Co-founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

If a company has reached a level of success, has been around for a few years and you believe the company has potential to break out into a much bigger company then you should let the founders take money off of the table. Founders however are asked to take low salaries and never really get back the time they worked for free.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Whats is the best way to find a co-founder for your startup? However, one of my co-founders doesn’t seem to be as motivated as the rest of us. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). We focused too much on technology.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 12, 2020

So for other companies, especially for this next generation of founders who look up to you and what you have accomplished here, what do you want them to take away from your example here? And what's your vision for what this new community of founders and leaders might build when we get to the new normal? Whether it's. Write it down now.

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Silicon Valley Design Hiring Government 113

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I have been working with my Partners since November 2000. However, as most entrepreneurs will experience, when equity and pay come into play, relationships tend to warp. After our initial shock ended, we decided that we were doing some of the best marketing in the technology channel and wanted to take it to other companies like ours.

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Entrepreneur Czech Republic Retention B2C 113

David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Many Israeli companies build technologies which could be very valuable to the broader Middle East region, particularly in water tech, agriculture technology, and cybersecurity. I also suggest look at the UAE-Israel Technology & Finance Community/Mailing List. & Founder Institute UAE Abu Dhabi Virtual 2020.

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UAE United Arab Emirates Technology 60

David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

Technology is changing the way we do business; crowd sourcing and social networks have become a default security system. Adam Berk, Founder of Neigh*borrow. Mr. Berk graduated from Emory University and began his career trading equities (not tools or electronics). Adam Black, Founder KeyWifi.com.

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Darfur Sudan Cofounder United Kingdom 122

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

There were over 2000 participants and around 100 speakers from all over the world. Founders are often restricted to how many shares they can sell in the IPO, and this is to keep their skin in the game. You can’t go big by having one technology or one product.”. An ipo is not really an exit, it is a liquidity event.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

My founders and I started the company about three years ago. There are actually a lot of tools and technologies available now to really streamline your day and as I said earlier it’s amazing. I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. Bates: You know Josh—.

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Small Business Finance Forecast Metrics 95