The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 21, 2015

I’m going to quote his definitions in full: 2004 definition. — In 2004 it took until Series C to scale your product because it took a lot of money. Jason Calacanis just published a good post on the changing definitions of Seed, Series A, and Series B investment. Pre-funding: You talk about your idea & write a business plan.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

In 2004 I funded IMVU, a startup by Will Harvey and Eric Ries. We’ll also offer a version for incubators and accelerators in New York, September 22-24 th. I wrote a book about this called the Four Steps to the Epiphany. Teaching “Search versus Execution”. In 2003 U.C. Having Eric in the class was the best investment I ever made.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 3, 2020

For the past 20+ years, he’s focused his attention on providing guidance to numerous private and public businesses in various stages of their life cycle, from incubation to commercialization to maturity.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The early history of MySpace is inextricably intertwined with that of Intermix, a small-cap publicly traded Internet company in Los Angeles where I worked as corporate counsel from 2004-06. MySpace was incubated by a small team of employees within Intermix in 2003 (Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson and four others).

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Steve Blank

JUNE 18, 2013

In 2004 I funded IMVU, a startup by Will Harvey and Eric Ries. We’ll also offer a version for incubators and accelerators in New York, September 22-24 th. I wrote a book about this called the Four Steps to the Epiphany. Teaching “Search versus Execution”. In 2003 U.C. Having Eric in the class was the best investment I ever made.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. Based in Palo Alto and founded in 2004 by PayPal alumni. Current round: $4. led by Altos Ventures and Maverick Capital, with Larry Braitman. Total raised: $6.0mm. See: TechCrunch. Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Competitors: Skype.

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Eric Friedman

JULY 12, 2016

Eric is the General Manager of Expa Labs , an incubator in Soho backed by $100MM that is investing $500k each in its first six companies ( TechCrunch story here ). Eric graduated from George Washington University in 2004 with a degree in Marketing.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

One of the earliest and most well-known of the Micro-VC funds was First Round Capital , founded in 2004 by Josh Kopelman , a former entrepreneur who sold Half.com to eBay in 2000. Many of these now-trendy Micro-VC funds began as individual angel investors who gradually grew up and started small funds (myself included).

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Founded in 2004, it has grown in leaps and bounds along with NYC’s tech sector. I shared it with incubators from Ghana to Nairobi , at the White House Treasury Department, and in Indonesia with business and government leaders on a delegation I was asked to participate in by the US State Department.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Michael Baum ( @michaelbaum ), whom I first met at LinuxWorld at in 2004, has a charismatic personality and an extraordinary track record, largely unheralded. Most people never get to launch a successful startup, much less six. Just because university is expensive doesn’t mean it’s not valuable for young entrepreneurs.

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thebarefootvc

JULY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC.

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thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

After spending time in Silicon Valley (from 1999-2003), Boston, London and Chicago, I moved back to NYC in 2004 and have been fortunate to witness the technology and startup growth for the past 10+ years. In fact, only 13% of VCs investing in the US are based in NYC.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2017

I started Penn Financial Group, a registered investment advisor, in 2004 to help the underserved demographic of investors find the high-end investment advice the large firms were not offering. Next, we get the perspective of Matthew McCall of Crowdvest , also a speaker on the ‘Working the Midwest’ panel.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 6, 2015

Angela Stringfellow is a Startup Advisor for 25K Startups , a Long Island incubator providing funding and resources to promising startups.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

The company agreed to be acquired by Expedia/IAC in 2004 for $210 million in cash, a huge win for all, particularly given their amazing capital efficiency: they had only raised $4 million in venture capital. TripAdvisor And Expedia: From $4 million invested to $4 billion in value . I prefer to keep it separate and give it some CEO love.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 21, 2011

I remember hearing that a New York City venture fund was raising money in 2004 and almost skipping the meeting, because New York wasn’t a viable place to deploy that much capital—it was a small blip in the past. From an infrastructure perspective, we’re a lot better off than we were before.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. You can follow Joshua on Twitter @joshuabaer.

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Craig Walker, co-founder and CEO of Firespotter Labs, a technology incubator, said it feels unnatural to bestow so much voting power on one executive. ignited the current trend by adopting a dual-class voting structure before its IPO in 2004. Thats the reason you have a board," Mr. Walker explains. "We We both win if we work together.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

StartupDevKit is a new type of online startup incubator and accelerator but also helps startup-related companies, as well. Similarly, StartupDevKit helps startups develop and grow quicker, easier, and smarter with templates, guides, videos, articles, lists, training, and mentoring. Thanks to Carl Potak, StartupDevKit ! #12- 12- Two reasons.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 11, 2010

Hopefully you haven’t heard of them before… Jivy Group - a mini-conglomerate of companies founded in 2004. Israeli incubators are predicted to increase their investment volume (but not size) in 2010. That’s according to a survey conducted by the Incubators Technology Forum. via TheMarker ).

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techcrunch.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Through a four month pre-seed incubator program, you can launch your dream company with expert training, feedback, and support from experienced startup CEOs, while not being required to quit your day job.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

50/50 Startups – “We’re an incubator for equally owned tech ventures by Palestinian and Israeli entrepreneurs.”. Our Generation Speaks – “Our Generation Speaks (OGS) is a Boston-based three-month summer fellowship program and incubator where emerging Israeli and Palestinian leaders create high-impact ventures. Takwin Labs.

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David Teten

JUNE 7, 2011

In 2004, Roo founded we:nited magazine – a youth politics magazine and website. In 2000, he launched Drive Thru Pictures and Drive Thru Films, the award-winning British and American film company devoted to communicating social issues to mass youth audiences.

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Scalable Startup

MAY 16, 2015

He would know; he’s been backing tech start-ups since 1984, incubating at least one hen house full of millionaires.and probably a few empty ones. A smaller grouping of red circles on the SFBT map near AT&T Park on Third and King streets covers Multimedia Gulch, the major hub for start-ups during the first dot-com boom of the 1990s.

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