BeyondVC

APRIL 3, 2006

I just got back from a week in Israel having spent some time in Jerusalem for an Answers board meeting and then making my way to the Ohalo Resort on the Sea of Galilee for Kinnernet 2006. Kinnernet was great and I had a blast, made many new friends, and came away clearly impressed with Israel’s thriving and talented startup community.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

We threw a Launchpad LA dinner to bring the community together as we tend to do 6-10 times a year. Brad wrote up his answer here – you should read it because it’s very instructive for how I believe communities ought to think about naming conventions. Think about venture capital. That seems very Brad to me.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. He has lectured and consulted extensively for industry, academia, military, and intelligence communities. which was acquired by Microsoft Corporation in May 2006.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 16, 2012

Blablacar is one such example of innovation: with a fast growing community of 1.6m It is interesting to note that this model has been invented in Europe (Blablacar started in 2006) and while there have been some similar and more recent initiatives in the US (e.g., Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7).

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

That’s a sizeable amount, especially in comparison to the US venture capital industry, which similarly invests over $20 billion annually. In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

Austin-Based Venture Capital Firms There are a eleven venture capital firms based in Austin that are actively investing today, six of which are first funds. VC Firms Actively investing in Austin Companies Finally, there are a group of venture capital firms that are not based in Austin that are active investors here.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Don’t take my word for it – in the roundup of venture capital predictions for 2017 , I found it to be the top recurring theme. Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning will be eating the world. Some examples: AI will be the new mobile.

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www.thisisgoingtobebig.com

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Blog Tumblr About Me NYC Events Meet with Me NYC Community Blog Tumblr About Me NYC Events Meet with Me NYC Community Top Blog Tumblr About Me NYC Events Meet with Me NYC Community Search Chat Links LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Flickr Last.fm and thats how I found him when I walked in at 7:50AM this morning.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Last week I posted an article on peHUB titled How to Create a Sustainable Entrepreneurial Community. While I’ve spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley — both as an angel and venture capital investor — I’ve never lived there. in 2006, we had two goals in mind. Here it is in its entirety. Basically, play to your strengths.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

They’ve been offering training courses and consulting services since 2006, but by their blog, you’d never guess it. EntreLeadership is a community of respected thought-leaders and first-timers working together to help each other succeed. I mean that in the best way possible. EntreLeadership. a16z | Andreessen Horowitz.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

According to the 2019 Annual European Venture Report by PitchBook , European startups raised €32.4 Corporate venture capital (CVC) represented 45% of the total capital raised. The fund is done in partnership with several top tier venture capital funds including Accel, A16Z, KPCB, Spark Capital and others.

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Cracking the Code

AUGUST 3, 2011

Let me show other source that may be good for community. Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Explore Venture Capital. Anonymous said. Hi I read this post 2 times. It is very useful. Pls try to keep posting. Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 28, 2017

Taking Care of Your Community written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. Community building is a big deal – so are a lot of things, but there’s no question that building and taking care of a large community of folks that trust you is a great way to build a business. The Key to Success?

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 19, 2019

Andy Rachleff co-founded the venture capital firm Benchmark Capital in 1995. And how has that affected venture capital? So the venture industry outsourced that market risk to the angel community. How would you know that someone wants to rent a room in your apartment? It's literally impossible.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2017

When we started Foundry Group in 2006, we were very clear that we were not going to build a legacy venture capital firm; one meant to outlive its founders. For the first seven years, this was easy, since we each had a 20-year view of Foundry Group when we started it in 2006.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Join our community. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. By 2006, he was still only dabbling in the occasional work-for-equity deal. Were not a venture capital firm.". ); Login or signup. Welcome | Logout. Forgot login ? Start-up | Mondays.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 22, 2010

V odafone’s venture capital arm made a strategic minority investment in Israeli startup Perfecto Mobile , joining previous backers Carmel Ventures and Vertex Venture Capital who invested $7 million ten months ago. Since its inception in 2006, Perfecto Mobile has raised approximately $19 million.

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Austin Startup

MAY 29, 2019

This, by the way, isn’t very different from how the term social commerce became muddled after Bazaarvoice first started promoting it in 2006 to describe what we do?—?unfortunately, I’ve also heard BDAs called SaaS 3.0 although the SaaS 3.0 term has evolved to become muddled since I first read what analysts in 2011 meant by it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

It reminds me a lot of how TechCrunch felt in 2006. It was the place that every startup knew they HAD TO be in order to attract initial users and also gain the attention of venture capitalists. I strong showing on TechCrunch created initial product demand and if you could sustain that it led to buzz overall in the tech community.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

Since its founding in 2006, BlaBlaCar’s story has had many chapters. Throughout the pandemic, the company’s community-based model showed strong resilience while the importance of its culture and values shone through. Today, more than 90 million BlaBlaCar community members travel by carpool of long-distance buses across 22 markets.

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Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

This represents an outstanding 2,298% growth vs. 2006 (this type of growth seems big but you get used to it when reading business plans is you day job). Let me introduce other material that may be good for our community. Venture Capital. (3). ► 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

Current round: $7.0mm Series-B led by MK Capital, withClearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif. New capital to be used for international expansion and to challenge Skype. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

C eleno Communications, developer of Wi-Fi chips for high-definition multimedia and entertainment home networking applications, has raised $12 million in a financing round. Previous Celeno investors Pitango Venture Capital , Greylock Partners , Miven Venture Partners, and Cisco Systems Inc. also participated in the round.

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Venture Chronicles

JANUARY 25, 2011

Q&A communities have become grown in popularity in recent years with consumer and business offerings being developed at a blistering pace and established players emerging with their own offerings. I am most interested in the generalized Q&A communities, not the expert networks. Search and Q&A are Different.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

It was an ad supported virtual community. The book Small Giants by Bo Burlingham, which originally came out in 2006 and published a ten-year anniversary edition in 2016. I never raised money because I didn’t need to. Profitable from day one. I felt in control of my destiny but it wasn’t going to be a huge company.

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ConversionXL

JULY 29, 2015

Education plays a major role in venture capital. But indirect reciprocity plays a powerful role in online communities, such as open-source development. Crowdfunding communities are no different. Before launching your campaign, build your community reputation. Describe Your Education and Past Successes.

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VC Adventure

MAY 1, 2012

Compare that with 2006 when Colorado ranked 12th on the list with just under $ 90M invested in 32 companies. When building an entrepreneurial community one needs to take a 10+year view of the effort. 290M invested in 41 companies based in Colorado in 2011.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

And for those in the coveted in-crowd, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the greater tech community become a world of opportunity where you’re only limited by the quality of your idea and the caliber of your friends. In 2006, Kapor founded Foxmarks, a popular Firefox Firefox add-on later renamed Xmarks Xmarks.

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aweissman.com

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Some of them reflect the architecture of a building built in 1917, but they are otherwise for the most part nondescript and surely less opulent or fancy or technology-laden than the average mid-sized venture capital firm. I’ve seen this before - when I worked at AOL in 1996 and in the early days of the social web 2006 or so.

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VC Adventure

MAY 1, 2012

Compare that with 2006 when Colorado ranked 12th on the list with just under $90M invested in 32 companies. When building an entrepreneurial community one needs to take a 10+year view of the effort. 290M invested in 41 companies based in Colorado in 2011.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. Interior of the Batcave, 2006 ( Jake Dobkin / Gothamist).

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Only a handful of so-called unicorns — companies that have achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in the last 10 years — come from Israel, and only one Israeli firm, Teva, ranks in the world’s 500 largest companies by market capitalization. And the late-stage global funds are swarming in, from Accel to KKR to Li Kai-Shing’s Horizon Ventures.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

I will leave it to law professor Eric Goldman to articulate better than I could why “ this law mortally threatens the entire UGC community.” (See this blog post for a full discussion.). At the risk of beating a dead horse here, that includes everything from Amazon to Zynga, with sites like Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yelp in between.

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BeyondVC

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

As with 2006, Goldman Sachs was #1 on the list. 2006 ranking. Let me translate back for the startup community. I just got the 451 Group’s summary on the top M&A bankers for 2007. Take a look: Top five overall advisers, 2007. Deal value. Deal volume. Goldman Sachs. Credit Suisse. Morgan Stanley. Lehman Brothers.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 16, 2019

HubSpot started in 2006, yet inbound marketing wasn’t mentioned on the homepage or within the “thesis” section of the early website. By that point, the company had already raised tens of millions of dollars in venture capital, and the product and company were a platform to raise awareness about the term.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

by February 2006). Intermix had acquired their previous online marketing startup, ResponseBase, and they remained a cohesive group. They knew MySpace was a hot property and that acquisition offers were likely, so the spin-out was structured with an option that gave Intermix the right to buy back the remaining 47% of MySpace, Inc.

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