K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In the past few days there has been a lot of discussion on the topic of a Founders Visa. The credit for starting this fire goes to Paul Graham from Y Combinator , who wrote a great essay titled The Founders Visa in April 2009. As an immigrant founder, this is a topic that I can relate to and care about.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations. No doubt they spent countless hours arguing for reduced burn rates sometimes with founders, sometimes with investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

“Value brands can also effectively reach out to pained-but-patient consumers who previously bought higher-end brands, a strategy Wal-Mart aggressively used with its ‘everyday low prices’ policy in the 2001 recession.” Even less does it mean high transaction volume or revenue. Premium-brand market leaders [.] recession in 2009.”.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 12, 2023

Robert is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Acceleration Partners, a global partner marketing agency, and the recipient of numerous industry and company culture awards, including Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Awards two years in a row. And you haven't grown revenue in a decade. (08:30): This is John Jantsch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 22, 2020

The Economic Antidote to COVID-19 Eric Ries & Ryan Beck In 2001, Apple's revenue fell by 33% in the depths of the dotcom bust. As revenue contracts, orders slow, and capital markets freeze, conventional wisdom drives business leaders to cut costs and shy away from new projects. The rest is history.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

My partner Greg Bettinelli gave me the idea for the title of this post because he ran a breakout session at the Upfront Summit titled “How to Out Amazon, Amazon.” The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 18, 2010

Well, it just so happens that we’ve fitted Ross’s 2001 Subaru with a flux capacitor, gotten our hands on some plutonium and we’re about to hit eighty eight miles per hour! The founders do. Focus on revenue from day one. Temptation to focus on growth and worry about revenue later. Here’s what we plan to say: Write it Down.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Monty Munford is the founder of Mob76 , a company that helps companies become investible and prepares them for exit. It has made and wasted billions of dollars in oil revenues and outside Lagos the country is corrupt and doesn’t even run a Postal service for its people. But somehow Lagos works. Slowly overcoming its reputation.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

John Jantsch: If you’re a founder of a startup, maybe you need some brutally honest advice from somebody who’s been there. He is the founder and former CEO of Moz. But we’re going to talk a lot about his new book called, “ Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. Transcript.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. She’s also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit committed to improving diversity in both funders and founders. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. I've been in venture now twice.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

Dan is the co-founder of Standard Treasury, a Y Combinator backed company. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. How do you get to that point if you have that kind of a view of the world, of founders, and of this space? On Sushi and VC. But, it makes no sense to me.

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om.co

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Om Malik is the founder of GigaOM. He is a venture partner at True Ventures. He is the founder of Desiparty.com. Evolution of a Founder: Lessons I have learned. Being a startup founder is hard, tough, frustrating and rewarding – possibly all within the space of a nanosecond. Are You Winning As a Founder?

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Such comparisons can only be made for companies at the same stage of development, in this case, for pre-revenue startup ventures. As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. 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. I lived through this again September 2001. Yes, this was stupid.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Founded by Michael Bruno in Paris in 2001, 1stdibs (*) is the world’s largest online marketplace for luxury one-of-a-kind antiques, high-end modern furniture, vintage fashion, jewelry, and fine art. In November of this year, the company announced that it had achieved “substantially” more than $1B in revenue in the third quarter.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Aggregate VC investment in 2009 hits a low of roughly $20B, a figure last seen in 2003 in the wake of the bursting of the dotcom and telecom bubble and 2001 recession. But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. VC funding for startups is drying up quickly.

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Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

She started her first business, a handmade jewelry company, in 2001, where she learned that an MBA doesn’t even begin to prepare you for life as an entrepreneur. – 80% of your revenue or profit comes from 20% of your clients. Corporate Partners. What’s happening to the other 80% of your efforts?

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 19, 2015

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Ajay Prasad, the founder of GMR Web Team < [link] > #15) Take Advantage of an Opportunity. In 2001, I came home to find my apartment on fire. 4) Used to Reconnect.

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Software By Rob

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

In October of 2001, Webster, McCarthy, and Graff decided to do just that and GoldStar was born. Today, Goldstar works directly with 4,000 venue partners to connect them with their huge and growing audience. Founders Paul Farnell, Matthew Brindley, and David Smalley started Litmus in 2005 with a used computer and $800 dollars.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

I sat down with my partner and we brainstormed the name for our business. Instead, my producing partner suggester Corner Piece, Because we’re the piece you need to get everything started. I am the Founder of Sonjara, Inc – a woman owned small business in Northern Virginia. Image Credit: Andrew Greer.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 8, 2010

J erusalem Venture Partners successfully raised $25 million for an annex fund to strengthen the portfolio companies in the Israel-focused JVP IV which closed in 2001. The aim of the fund is to support existing investments by “enhancing their business propositions&# and preventing premature sales in a downturn. Will it work?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

billion and revenues likely exceeding $250 million (Wikipedia lists 2015 revenue at $167 million). That is why I invited the Founder & CEO, Jonah Peretti , to come talk at the 2017 Upfront Summit and make the case himself. I asked Jonah in my interview how he became this viral guru.

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