Feld Thoughts
JUNE 22, 2012
In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. The same spreadsheet also predicted we’d see a music downloading service in 1999 or 2000.
View from Seed
JANUARY 11, 2017
These corporate VC activities go hand in hand with other strategies of large companies including internal R&D, IP licensing, M&A, etc. . The round was heavily oversubscribed so the founders could choose their investment partners, but the founders decided to include NVIDIA a strategic investor.
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SVPG
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
They had a couple experienced co-founders, including the now legendary Reed Hastings, but the problem was that they were stuck at about 300,000 customers. The year was 2000, and the hardest part about the AdWords project was simply getting agreement that they could work on it. The title is not important; the work they do is.
Hearpreneur
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
I started a consulting firm called Global Marketing Resources, LLC in 2000 as source for additional income while I was a corporate executive. As founder Craig Walker remarked, sometimes a great name just can go unused. an international voice over IP company, was sold to Yahoo! co” URL or name, Walker approached Yahoo!
David Teten
MAY 16, 2011
He began his career as a consultant with McKinsey & Co. Geleerd also co-managed the IPO of Manufactured Home Communities, LLC, now Equity LifeStyle Properties, LLC which owns and operates the highest quality portfolio of resort communities in the United States. Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000.
maplebutter.com
JANUARY 8, 2013
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. As founders invest massive amounts of time into their start-up, how critical is it for them to come out of their “hermit caves” and network?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
My co-founder and other management team members wanted us to hold off and see whether we could get the deal done at a higher price. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. I was resolute. They accepted my argument.
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