Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. Some wait 5-7 years but usually this is because it’s proving more difficult to raise a new fund due to market conditions or the lack of returns in their current fund. Tags: Pitching VCs Raising Venture Capital VC Industry.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Happy New Year to you, Cracking-the-code reader! and online gaming companies and 2/3 looking at the software and SaaS industry. Monday, January 28, 2008. Happy New Year 2008!

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

He has been granted two software patents, and has multiple patents pending. He was named among the World’s Top 100 Young Innovators by MIT Technology Review and received the TR100 award in 2002. which was acquired by Microsoft Corporation in May 2006. Moderator: Robert Savage, CEO, Track.com.

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Technical Review Technology North Carolina Switzerland 128

Cracking the Code

JULY 6, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Hi Philippe, My name is Andrei and I have two questions that I hope you can take the time to answer for me: 1. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). at 7:21 PM.

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Jason Cohen is the founder of the WPEngine and Smart Bear Software. They’ve been offering training courses and consulting services since 2006, but by their blog, you’d never guess it. Don’t be fooled by the name. The First Round Review | First Round Capital. Marketing & Sales.

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Software Review Intellectual Property Montana Technical Review 168

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. The name of the bird is PiccoZ. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Software 2.0: ► 2006. (7).

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make is misunderstanding the role of venture capital investors. What Do VC’s Do?

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Venture capital. At the end of the incubation period, Microsoft hopes to help the companies find their first round of venture funding through its venture capital partners — or perhaps acquire them itself. Backup Software. Blog Software. CRM Software. Help Desk Software. From $1.5B

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Cracking the Code

APRIL 18, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Cracking The Code on Facebook. software. (10). Venture Capital. (3). Software 2.0: ► 2006. (7). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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Software Review Technical Review Europe Venture Capital 48

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

I became quite good friends with a journalist at the Financial Times and eventually helped her as she wrote a book on the venture capital industry. Imagine if you had to release your software daily in order to keep your job or to have the traffic numbers you need to earn your paycheck. It started socially.

Technical Review 307

Technical Review Social Media Software Review Venture Capital 307

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 10, 2007

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Well, iTV is the biggest commercial television network in the UK and "eyeTV" is also an application from Elgato (it is a TV/DVR product for Mac) - so the name was already crowded.

Software Review 48

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Naming a Business. Business Software. Dave Graham Business Venture Capital Private Equity GlobalLogic Inc. Venture Capital Firms. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 17, 2013

This way no one leaves the network due to excessive fees, yet you end up with a higher average rake over time due to the competitive dynamic. And when prices go up due to bidding and competition, the suppliers blame their competition not the platform (part of the genius of the Google AdWords business model).

Europe 101

Europe Social Network Technical Review IPO 101

K9 Ventures

JUNE 22, 2011

On March 21st, 2006, the Stanford Computer Science department celebrated its 40th anniversary with an awesome event , with an absolutely stunning line-up of speakers — Professors, Entrepreneurs and Professors-turned-Entrepreneurs. It was the defining moment when I started thinking about doing my own venture fund.

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Technical Review IP New York Portfolio 134

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

The right sort of person is so passionate about coding, they can’t be stopped from doing it. But every day spent in that kitchen is a day NOT spent in a real kitchen, learning how to cook real food, and write real code. I currently work in information security, and I help teach developers how to write better, more secure code.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Here’s an overview: Mitch Kapor: Kapor is founding partner of Kapor Capital , a firm that invests in seed and early stage startups. In 2006, Kapor founded Foxmarks, a popular Firefox Firefox add-on later renamed Xmarks Xmarks. Kapor Capital’s expansive portfolio includes Bit.ly

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Cracking The Code. Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. A few times per year, Bessemer organizes a CxO event for our portfolio companies and we decided to focus our first session of 2008 on Software-as-a-service (SaaS). One Datacenter.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The timing is perfect, there is more than a little overlap with Vivek Wadhwa’s guest post on venture capital earlier today. or just present your crappy, first-run code to investors then pay someone to re-write the entire thing. We’ll update this post with links to his further installments. Johnny Good post.

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Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Lessons from 150 startup pitches - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , July 11, 2010 I just reviewed several hundred startup pitches for Capital Factory. The “official” date is June 9 th , 2006 — for those that are curious about such things). Most were on paper and video; 20 were invited to pitch in person.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217