article thumbnail

Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs

David Teten

VCAP© will be operated through NAIC’s subsidiary, The Marathon Foundation, a business development network that supports entrepreneurial growth, access to capital and deal flow. The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) is the trade association representing women and diverse private equity and venture firms.

article thumbnail

On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. So at GRP Partners we’re very active now. That asset class need not represent the broader market. Have a cushion.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

Henrik Werdelin , the Managing Partner of Prehype , a venture development firm based in New York City that has helped build companies like Tradable , Barkbox , FancyHands , Basno and Path , says recreating Twitter isn’t necessarily difficult, but the layered features will take time to get right. “If 1) Twitter.

Cost 168
article thumbnail

Is your startup suffering from a dysfunctional team? then this book is for you

VC Cafe

Patrick Lencioni’s first book, The Five Temptations of a CEO , is a book that Peter Fenton, a partner at Benchmark, recommends to all of his portfolio CEOs. I’ve written about it previously on VC Caf e. She decides that the company’s top priority is not revenue or market share, but to start working as a team.

Startup 148
article thumbnail

Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

While it was still a college-focused SNS, Facebook of course launched in 2004 and there were plenty of other examples of social networking already… Friendster (2002), LinkedIn (2003), MySpace (2003), Orkut (2004). It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo!

IP 100
article thumbnail

How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013. Based on his track record, by 2008 he was able to found ff Venture Capital , an institutional angel investment firm (where I am a Partner). However, those angels constitute only about 4% of the estimated 7.1 million households in the US with a net worth of $1 million or more.

article thumbnail

Be Coachable

Austin Startup

Yes, there are a few self-taught naturals, like Bubba Watson, and, uh…Sam Snead (1912–2002). Sometimes rather than coaching, I’ve been the one actually doing the financial, operational and even rain making work and fulfilling those dimensions of the team until it was appropriate to bring them in house.