article thumbnail

New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’. Here’s some big news for San Diego’s innovation economy: There’s a new venture capital firm in town—and its investment methodology represents a fundamentally different approach to the conventional business model for venture investing. Contact Us.

article thumbnail

Put A Coin In It! Invest In Early Stage Startups To See Maximum ROI

YoungUpstarts

A solid marketing strategy shows more than just a long term commitment to effective advertising and self-promotion; it shows investors that the company is determined to gain traction amongst its target demographic or the community it’s meeting the demands of, while on a mission to retain consumers, leading to maximum ROI in the long run.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

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

article thumbnail

Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. So rounds tend to be “range bound&# where the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e. There is no such thing as a uniform price.

article thumbnail

A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

I won’t bore you with the rest now, but there are fun stories of launching an online startup in NYC in 1997, learning to code (which indulged both my creative and analytical sides), parties (OK, one party) with Mick Jagger in London in 1995, a summer without plumbing traveling around Tanzania training women entrepreneurs (the opposite of said (..)

article thumbnail

Lean Startup Conference Speaker Ann Miura-Ko on being a founder, representation, and the future.

Startup Lessons Learned

I've been in venture now twice. The first time was just for a couple years, from 2001-2003, before I went to grad school. I was in Boston, working for the first time in venture capital as an analyst for this guy who was incredible and an amazing mentor. How do you develop power within a venture capital firm?

Founder 68
article thumbnail

After Ringing the IPO Bell

Seeing Both Sides

Your venture capital investors and many early employees head for the door and you are left holding the bag. After a lot of ups and downs, twists and turns, it feels like a massive victory (aka "Mission Accomplished", as George Bush famously declared regarding Iraq in 2003). They demand results.

IPO 39
article thumbnail

Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

Fitness/life guru Tim Ferriss just posted my guest article on ff Venture Capital ‘s approach to building a fitness office. UPDATE: ff Venture Capital was recently profiled in The Roger, an online magazine that profiles creative workspaces. According to a 2003-2004 U.S. Thanks Tim!)

Product 166