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. Revenue growth: 51% YoY (2010), 1% YoY (2009), 131% YoY (2008).

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Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 11, 2019

Ann Miura-Ko is a founding partner at Floodgate , a seed-stage VC firm. She’s also a founding member of All Raise, a non-profit committed to improving diversity in both funders and founders. There were none in the firm, so I remember asking him if he knew of any general partners who were women in the Boston area.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

I don’t know how it operates behind closed doors. According to Fortune , in 2006, female founders were involved in only 2.95 Teams of male and female founders and the implication for team composition. I don’t know this world on an intimate, personal level. I have no idea exactly what it takes to get inside that inner circle.

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Venture Capital Lean Cofounder Technical Review 82

Austin Startup

MARCH 20, 2018

My co-founder, Jason Novek, and I got into Y Combinator when there were 27 total companies in the batch and only four YC partners in existence. Operation Status Quo: the game where the numbers are real and your job is actually in jeopardy if you try to change anything. And it started making money.

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Cofounder Texas Video Software Review 48

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 29, 2018

If I was an aspiring entrepreneur, I would take a vacation during RISE week and attend as many sessions as I could (author’s update note: sadly, RISE is no longer operational). The teams are made up of founders who are dramatically younger. The teams are made up of founders who are dramatically younger.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The venture capital industry is continuing its evolution from an upside-down pyramid (typically 3-10 Partners, plus some administrative support) to a traditional hierarchical pyramid. 2008) [iv]. Summit Partners and TA Associates have leveraged their origination programs to move into later stage buyouts. Acquirer/ Investor.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Equity 114

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC., and before that, Co-founder and Senior Vice-President at Clearview Networks, Inc. Yammer was launched on stage at TechCrunch 50 on September 8, 2008 and won Best in Show. He is known for being able to monetize the social web.

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Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

In fact, it was only 7 years ago that Apple shipped its first iPhone and Google introduced its Android operating system. Since the financial crisis of 2008, policy makers have kept interest rates at near zero, flooding the market with cheap money in an attempt to restart growth. Apple owned 0%. This never ends well.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Angels typically invest in companies operating in industry sectors with which they are familiar. Diversification across industry sectors is not as easily achieved for angels as could be accomplished in public markets, but can be achieved by co-investing with trusted angel colleagues in a broader set of businesses. — Unwilling.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

VC Cafe

JUNE 3, 2010

W hen I first covered Israeli startup Tvinci in 2008 , I was very impressed with their innovative video player and their newly forged partnership with MTV Networks. Brightcove simply works under a different model, and has a product which is not designed for this type of operation. Nevertheless, we do not see them as competition.

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Cofounder Founder Flash Video 119

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

With the launch of Airbnb in 2008 and Uber (*) in 2009, these two companies established a new category of marketplaces known as the “sharing economy.” Airbnb was founded by Joe Gebbia and Brian Chesky in 2008. Swing is now at over 1,200 school partners and has filled over 115,000 teacher absence days.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P. Image from Sequoia Capital presentation.

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IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 202

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2015

Like many entrepreneurs, the founders of Crosscut quit their well-paid jobs in the belief that LA’s moment was about to arrive and they spent years on low (sometimes no) salaries to prove it. Our ecosystem is operating at a whole new level. But that was so 2008. This is not your dad’s LA. They had only one problem.

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Cofounder Early Stage 150

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

We currently operate a large 17,000 square foot facility, 5 stores to sell products in, and a distribution business to sell the product to retailers. My co founder Jonathan Hill realised how important good food was due to his father passing away from eating poorly. We kept doing that until we grew into what we are now.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review South Korea United States 147

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Recently the firms two founding partners (and also Managing Partners) —  Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham  — decided to transition management of the firm to Andy Weissman (who joined in 2012) and Albert Wenger (joined in 2008 and writes one of the most thoughtful blogs in our industry ). Maybe that’s USV, too.

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Leadership LP Venture Capital Silicon Valley 161

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

This past week while I was in Tokyo for meetings with potential partners for Fab, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on startups. million registered users, 7500 supplier partners, 600 team members, and a run-rate of more than $150M in sales in just 15 months. The discussion quickly turned to those 57 things.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

YoungUpstarts

MAY 7, 2012

Lauren Bush at Under30CEO , April 21, 2011 : Lauren Bush, co-founder of FEED Projects, discusses how she applied her entrepreneurial skills to the nonprofit, social justice sector. Future innovators looking to launch their own startup can easily find inspiration in her perseverance and seemingly boundless work ethic.

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Seeing Both Sides

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This post was co-authored with Omri Stern and originally appeared in Harvard Business Review. As a result, tech-sector employment has declined as a percent of the workforce, from 11% in 2006–2008 to 9% in 2013. The founders have started companies before. More recently, Israeli founders are themselves moving to the U.S.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 31, 2020

A network of friends and partners can also serve as a great assurance and reminder that you’re not walking. I started my business in 2008 and climbing up the ladder on Google search results is what keeps me motivated! I co-own all three of my businesses with my wife whom I have three kids with. Photo Credit: Jermaine Amado.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. So I helped, I was one of his first employees and wound up becoming the chief operating officer and running part of the firm and we grew at our peak to around 50 people or so.

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Leadership Developer Curation Hiring 73

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Joe Zhu is a quick study with a natural desire to offer assistance anytime, anywhere startups face marketing, operational, and financing challenges. Tianyi is also a co-founder of West Suburban Angels , a prominent angel investment group in the west suburbs of Chicago.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 31, 2016

Both me and my co-founder, Abhishek, met in first year of collage (IIT-Bombay). Currently we are only operational in Mumbai, India and focusing on cooking and baking classes in the city. I haven’t looked back since. Thanks to Garren Heye, Ruckworks. #2 2 – To Connect Students and Teachers. A mobile app is on its way.

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Entrepreneur India Cofounder Technical Review 48

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

While many travel industry leaders chose to “go dark,” as Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky put it , while they decided how to navigate next steps, Chesky took a different approach: He got candid. Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. So we have to think of ourselves as partners.

Silicon Valley 69

Silicon Valley Hosting Rhode Island Design 69

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I started a career in real estate in 2008 (when the market was crashing). I am the founder/coach of Never Settle Coaching, LLC a coaching business. So I cut the corporate cord and co-founded Finespun Clothing. Thanks to Dean Cycon, Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Co. ! #19 Everyone thought I was crazy.

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Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Good Times” presentation (Oct 2008). But during this period, many founders and investors do prize growth above most everything else. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. We’re only a few months past Sequoia’s famous “R.I.P. Image from Sequoia Capital presentation.

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IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

For the first-time entrepreneur or founder looking for seed stage funding, this circle can be especially difficult to penetrate. Mashable Mashable reached out to angels, seed stage investors and VC firm partners and asked them to share their wisdom with the rest of us. What follows is the best advice and tips from these interviews.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

What a pleasure that I got to spend an hour talking with both Om Malik (whom I’ve always respected his views) and Paul Jozefak , a venture capital partner at Neuhaus Partners in Germany (and formerly the head of Europe for SAP Ventures). His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner.

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Venture Capital Non-Compete Vertical Europe 225

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2010

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. Content, of course, is the same!]. TechCrunch article.

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Cracking the Code

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Bessemer was also heavily represented with David Cowan , managing partner and co-founder of VeriSign ( see his post about the event ), Rob Stavis , BVP’s New York-based managing partner who led our investment in Skype, Byron Deeter , partner and founder of Trigo and our COO/managing partner Ed Colloton.

Software Review 48

Software Review SEM Marketing Las Vegas 48

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

While many travel industry leaders chose to “go dark,” as Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky put it , while they decided how to navigate next steps, Chesky took a different approach: He got candid. Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. So we have to think of ourselves as partners.

Silicon Valley 36

Silicon Valley Hosting Rhode Island Design 36

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 9, 2020

I've known Brian Chesky, Co-Founder, CEO and Head of Community at Airbnb for a long time. This was supposed to be Airbnb's biggest year by many measures, including its IPO, which was one of the most anticipated since the 2008 financial crisis. One by one the markets in which you operate shut down. I hope you will.

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Silicon Valley Hosting Cofounder Employee 60

Hearpreneur

MARCH 8, 2019

Millennial businesswoman Luvleen Sidhu is the Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at BankMobile, America’s largest and fastest growing mobile-first bank. Shortly after I graduated from Harvard in 2008, I started my career at Lehman Brothers. Tell us your story. Why did you start your business? What makes you unique?

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Artificial Inteligence Bankruptcy Mobile Cofounder 66

Up and Running

JANUARY 25, 2017

As my partner and I traveled across the pond to pitch a tech investor in the UK (our 37th pitch), I remember making a million tiny tweaks to the phrasing and focus of our plan. I could tell my partner was getting nervous. It was 2008, and the world of online interviewing had yet to fully mature. But then, it happened.

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Like Edison and the lightbulb, like Gates and the pc operating system, I would launch a revolution that would transform society while bringing me wealth and fame. At the end, I asked myself what are the most critical resources I need to be successful and the answer was partners and developers. Company : Untitled Partners.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Hearpreneur

APRIL 29, 2021

was born on a train from NYC to DC in 2008 when I was reading an article by Annie Prolix in Amtrak magazine about Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat Pray Love.” Hiring overseas virtual assistants solved the need to fill out the vacancies and accomplished the dream of operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Photo Credit: Hope Gibbs.

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Colombia 162

Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 8, 2009

I got a powerful taste of datablindness recently, as I’ve started to work with various large companies as partners in setting up events, speeches, and other products to sell around the Lean Startup concept. There are lots of good reasons why I can’t have instantaneous access to this data, and each partner has their own.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 84

Austin Startup

OCTOBER 5, 2010

The round will be used to extend lighthouse markets onto a national stage, continue to build out the company’s hospitality partner network, and enhance TabbedOut’s breakthrough mobile payment technology. We’re thrilled to partner with TabbedOut as they scale their operations and really deliver on the potential of this incredible technology.”.

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Security Mobile 72