Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

It helped me avoid chasing deals (and a house) in 2007/08 and it led to GRP’s fastest pace of investment in many years in the first three quarters of 2009 at a time when many others weren’t investing. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. The deal was done in late 2007.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 19, 2017

We are excited to announce that Chris Moody is joining Foundry Group as a partner. 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 a while, the only name on the list was Lindel’s.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

The other day I was with the founders of Vidme – Warren Shaeffer and Alex Benzer – who are two of my most favorite founders to work with almost precisely because their behavior is antithetical to the frenzied market behavior. partners and now principals making investments that number is the right-sized fit for our firm.

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Cracking the Code

DECEMBER 28, 2006

Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. Recent guests: Heidi Roizen (Mobius), Philip Rosedale (Linden Labs) and the founders of Meebo. Philippe Botteri Accel Partners London, UK My Bio. Bessemer Venture Partners Expands BVP VII Fund. ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 28, 2015

At the same time, his partner at his previous company – Tim Miller – was doing an entrepreneur-in-residence at a local Boulder VC firm (Boulder Ventures). Tim Miller (CEO) and Ryan Martens (CTO, founder) have been working together from the start of the journey. Million To The Boulder Community after their IPO.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 23, 2014

” With Mattermark , I remember the moment clearly – I was at The Kitchen in Boulder with the founders (Danielle Morrill, Kevin Morrill, and Andy Sparks) and my partner Seth. Last, did I want to be a long term partner with the entrepreneurs? First, did I care about / have affinity for the product?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

My partner Steven Dietz is an auto enthusiast and more than just an admirer of amazing cars he has worked around the auto industry for 20 years and backed a couple of billion-dollar startups in the category. His blog is even called SaaStr (a bit too close to Suster if you ask me ;-)). I know that sounds corny but it’s true.

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www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. Recently, my friend Harjeet Taggar, partner at US seed fund YCombinator, tweeted that, increasingly, the problems faced by start-ups they fund are being addressed by other start-ups. Are there any ‘Founders Dating’ events coming up?”. Yiannopoulos.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders who have the whole package or as much of it as possible. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. It was May.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The global financial crisis started in 2007 and it went on for much of 2008. Sachin Bansal and his business partner, Binny Bansal, launched an e-commerce site in India in 2007. Peter is the founder of Bay Street Capital Partners. Guss is 28 years old and he is the co-founder of Octane Lending. Sean Belnick.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 14, 2020

I highlighted what Josh Felser and his team at Freestyle were doing, which included underwriting 100% of the cost for two programs – Meru Health and Hoffman Institute , for all of their founders. Fritz.Ai (partner fund: Uncork): March 25th Code Climate (partner fund: USV): May 11th Meru Health (partner fund: Freestyle): May 13th.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up. But often the result of a Founder hiring a developer or lead developer or even a VP engineering is a gap created between the founders and the developers. I’ll address the specifics of what this Founder Developer Gap looks like below.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 20, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Time Rich, Time Poor and Apple Jeremy Liew at Lightspeed Venture Partners has an interesting post: Time Rich or Time Poor? ► February (2) CTO Founders / Cofounders Part-Time Startup CTO? Technology Jobs in Southern California – a Rebound.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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www.informationarbitrage.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Home About Press IA Capital Partners Archives After 17 years in M&A, Derivatives and Trading, Im spending my time with young entrepreneurs in and around financial technology and digital media. Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing.

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Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Kayak was started here in my backyard of Boston… co-founder & CTO Paul English and the product/engineering team is based here in Concord MA. Co-founder & CEO Steve Hafner and the business team are based in Norwalk, CT. Led by General Catalyst with participation by co-founders Steve Hafner & Paul English.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Vlad Stan is the CEO and Founder of StartupKit. It was the winter of 2007 around Christmas time. Many founders dream to build a company and make an exit. I was about to receive one of the most beautiful presents I’d ever gotten. I was negotiating with Sanoma Hearst on an acquisition of the company I started seven years prior.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

One of my founders texted me, “What are you telling people to do about the Coronavirus?” It’s not the telling my story or that of the founders I’ve backed. They’re too busy awkwardly trying to explain their overdue search for a new “diverse” partner and why it took until 2020 to realize that a fund full of white people was a problem.

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ConversionXL

MARCH 19, 2020

Laura Blue of LaunchLink PR corroborates Gerhardt’s message : It is during these times that brands need to be especially considerate about what and how they are communicating to customers, partners and stakeholders. Hyundai’s Assurance program, which debuted during the 2007–08 financial crisis, is a great example. recession in 2009.”.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 10, 2010

The last two episodes of the Founders 2010 series are up. “Hard at Play&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 11 from TechStars on Vimeo. “Hard at Play&# The Founders | TechStars Boulder | Episode 11 from TechStars on Vimeo. Tags: TechStars the founders. Episode 11 is called Hard at Play.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 16, 2019

Today, Techstars announced a new initiative called Techstars Studio which will allow Techstars to source new company concepts from Techstars alumni founders, community leaders, venture capitalists, mentors, and corporate partners. The first Techstars Studio will be in Boulder, just like the first Techstars accelerator was in 2007.

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Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

The founding of M-Pesa in 2007 inspired many young people to undertake entrepreneurial risks. I met Innocent Moranga, the founder of the Founder Magazine , at a round table peer group at CEOWorld. All this inspired Innocent Moranga to found the Founder Magazine. Mbwana Alliy Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 8, 2017

And it’s an interesting change from the early mission as defined by founder Steve Jobs: “To make a contribution to the world by making tools for the mind that advance humankind.”. Tim Berry is the founder and chairman of Palo Alto Software and Bplans. Nobody could mistake that mission with generic hype.

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Software Review Employee Differentiation Business Plan 157

viniciusvacanti.com

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Home About Contact Me How To Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur Vinicius Vacanti Guide to Finding a Technical Co-Founder September 7, 2010 | View Comments Steve Job's Technical Co-Founder “I’ve got this HUGE idea. I just need to find a technical co-founder.&# I was in this situation and we barely escaped.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. It proved to be fortuitous because it allowed me the time & space I needed to get to know tons of founders and VCs and to hone my craft. I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. Over the past 2.5

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. In 2007, launched “America’s Giving” challenge with Facebook and Parade magazine. Connect with our partners, e.g., Derek Holt.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Dave Kerpen, founder and CEO of Likeable Local , just published an interview with me on Linkedin, which I’ve included below. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2007: Mixed Signs of Growth” Unknown. Enter Dave: Angel investing is a great way to make a lot of money. It’s also a fast way to lose all your money.

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David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

. “We are pleased to partner with them on VCAP©, which will provide women and diverse entrepreneurs with access to capital essential to innovation and job creation.” Women-owned businesses, according to the Forte Foundation represent about 775,000 new startups per year. According to the U.S. for non-diverse firms.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. 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. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. some founders lose their life savings.

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The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Blake is the founder of CoHabitat, a startup community and hacker co-working space that’s become a hub for startup entrepreneurs, developers, and creatives. Dynamo Labs was the first recipient of fbFund, a grant fund operated by the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Facebook. Gabriella Draney, Tech Wildcatters.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The partners at Benchmark are delighted to announce that Scott Belsky has joined the firm as our newest general partner. It is rare for us to encounter a partner candidate who has so much experience as an operator, investor, and advisor at such a young age. Adding a new partner is a significant event for Benchmark.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 25, 2022

Paul is the founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute, and the founder of PR 20/20, HubSpot’s first partner agency. He's the founder and CEO of marketing AI Institute, founder of PR 2020 HubSpot's first partner, agency HubSpots and sponsor of this show. Who's the co-founder and CEO of Google deep mind.

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VC Adventure

OCTOBER 22, 2010

And while I’m going to argue (forcefully) here that neither my partners nor I either believe this to be true or even wish for that kind of market power, I should acknowledge that I’ve heard this before. Foundry has 28 companies in our 2007 fund (we have yet to close an investment from the new fund that we announced last week ).

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 10, 2019

In this spirit, one of the key organizations my partners at Foundry Group have helped create and nurture is Pledge 1%. In 2007, we were a founding member in the predecessor organization to Pledge 1%, called Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado (or EFCO). And, the companies that have pledged 1% globally is remarkable.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 24, 2019

At Coremetrics, I had to use mainframes and dumb terminals, clients and servers, the credit card industry, and any other analogy we could think of when explaining our idea to prospective investors, customers, and partners. Brant Barton, my co-founder, and I had left Coremetrics to start it together. Application Service Provider.

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Software Review Cofounder eCommerce Austin 48

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

My partner Greg Bettinelli (worth following on Twitter) was recently named by The LA Business Journal as the “ Top deal maker in Los Angeles in Venture Capital.” I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. ” Numero uno.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

Domain Experience – “Domain experience&# means that the founders have worked in the industry before. But I pointed out that he would be up against competitors that had spend years building relationships with the big financial services companies (as well as channel partners) and he was going to have to start from scratch.

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