K9 Ventures

APRIL 9, 2014

In May 2011, I wrote the post: Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral. The party rounds , which were the range in late 2010 and early 2011, became less common and we started to see the smaller funds begin to lead rounds. Top engineering talent today has a bimodal distribution. And the hiring costs are higher.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

The 2011 Inc. The 2011 Top Lists. Last fall, Arizona Bay launched its own venture capital firm, Arizona Bay Technology Ventures , which will invest from $50,000 to $750,000 in early-stage start-ups. CDW your 1-stop resource for configuration, activation & distribution. Copyright © 2011 Mansueto Ventures LLC.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 3, 2011

At dinner we zoned in on all of the current activity in early stage tech. Our HCI, Adhesive, and Distribution themes are all great examples of this. And with distribution we’ve benefitted from the application of the concept of social to extremely large existing online markets where innovation had stagnated.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Andy is a global thought leader in remote work, telecommuting, and distributed workforces having served as CEO of Crossover and Sococo and on the board of Texas Central, our new bullet train. Now he is a VC at Moonshots Capital , focused on investing in early stage tech companies with a special focus on backing military veterans.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 26, 2012

Bullpen is one of a growing number of early-stage funds - or, perhaps more accurately, "earlier-stage," since even his is no longer the first out of the gate. IPOs by year, 1980-2011, with pre-IPO last 12-month sales less than (small firms) or greater than (large firms) $50 million (2009 purchasing power). Number of U.S.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

  A cumulative dividend can get to be very expensive and is not often a feature in early stage terms. A liquidation preference means that the investors receive their investment back (plus dividends) prior to a distribution of the proceeds to stockholders.   I’ve never seen it in practice.   Why is this fair?

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

These three roles are critical in an early-stage company, so if a non-technical co-founder can bring two of them to a startup while also being able to bridge the communications to technical people, you will be in a much better position. Google+. | © 2011 Nik Cubrilovic | Login. New Web Order. startupcto

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Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

How do you deal with a severely uneven distribution of investment success between individuals or groups of partners? Here’s a slightly perverse scenario… Acme Ventures starts out as an early-stage VC investing in US-based IT companies. © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. Previous Entries.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

But whether you are trying to build daily, habitual products for business users like Slack or InVision or trying to reach truly mass market consumers like Wayfair, Jet, or Chewy, there is someone in the Guild who has faced this challenge at the early stages of a business and at scale. Jared Cluff, CMO at Blue Apron. Back to Top).

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Version One Ventures

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We had the chance to invest in the Series B of Shopify in 2011. This was not our early-stage sweet spot and the $100M valuation felt rich. We loved the product, but weren’t convinced it would get much distribution quickly. Early-stage investing is not easy and we make a wrong decision every day! Carta (prev.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 Earlier this month, I reported on the most current survey of angel groups: 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups. million, indicating a somewhat normal distribution. million to a high of $3.4 Positive other factors.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Deciens Capital, an early stage investment fund. The opportunity cost of the money I have not made on crypto is insane because I first was talking about crypto in 2011 as I’ve been in financial services for a long time. In general, I am not very long crypto.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 20, 2011

The company was one of the five winners at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011 , an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme. The company was one of the five winners at Seedcamp Tel Aviv 2011, an early-stage micro seed investment and mentoring programme.

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Professor VC

JUNE 20, 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011. The business model (OEM through broadband and home security companies for mass distribution) if not specific product functionality has remained largely the same. June 21, 2011 2:32 PM. June 21, 2011 4:21 PM. ▼ 2011. (7). ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. 2 comments: DMZ.

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

No doubt early-stage companies can be started on a shoestring by low-paid entrepreneurs, but when financing a scalable, sustainable product, a free application server won’t make much of a difference. In fact, it’s barely even the beginning for most companies in their seed stage financings. Should we go for it?

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www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

Company) a good place to find good technical co-founders? Where can I find co-founders who understand distributed systems and databases? How have non-technical founders found technical co-founders? Finding Co-Founders: What are some good ways to find technical co-founders in India? Stephen Pitt-Francis • Jan 5, 2011 Why?

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VC Cafe

APRIL 23, 2012

According to the latest IVC - KMPG quarterly survey published today, in the first quarter of 2012, venture capital investments in Israel rached $483 million, up slightly from the amount invested in Q1/2011. million in Q4/2011 and up slightly from $3.42 million in Q1/2011. million in Q4/2011 and up slightly from $3.42

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www.women2.org

MARCH 8, 2012

Published on: July 13, 2011 Posted By Angie Tags: Elizabeth Knopf , Finding A Co-Founder , FounderDating , Sorced , Technical Co-Founder , Tips & Tricks. This was actually a great piece of advice, because ideas change and evolve in the early stages of the startup, it’s about the other person not the idea as much.

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maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

When it comes to early stage investing – it’s all gut. Does it make sense to spend this time speaking about your early stage start-up when your product has not even entered Alpha testing? Typically its way more important to build product, and pull in early users to give you that feedback vs. speaking about it.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

For the second year in a row, Mini Seedcamp comes to Tel Aviv on February 16 2011, at the Afeka College of Engineering. Last year, Ineze and Sparkeo , two early stage Israeli startups we’ve covered on VC Cafe in the past, won mini Seedcamp Tel Aviv and were invited to the final Seedcamp week in London.

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VC Cafe

JULY 15, 2011

We wrote about the VentureGeeks incubator on VC Cafe a few months ago, and its plans to set up a $2 million early stage fund making pre-seed investments. Since their inauguration in February 2011, little has been shared on the VentureGeeks program or its participants – until now.

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infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

At the time of its launch, the name “cisco” was also confusingly similar to SYSCO, the $20B food distribution company. John Greathouse is a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses. Copyright © 2007 - 2011 infoChachkie. Copyright © 2007-9 by J. startupcto

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Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Thus, I have come to the conclusion that if I could help a million entrepreneurs globally reach $1 million in revenue (and beyond), that would be the foundation of a robust, distributed, and sustainable economic value creation that would add up to a trillion dollars in global GDP. a distributed, democratic model of capitalism.

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Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

www.quora.com

JANUARY 16, 2011

I have come to believe during my time as an operator, entrepreneur and investor that the balance of these skills is so important to the long-term health of a business that if balance is not achieved early then the impact later can be profound - sometimes terminal. Dave McClure • Jan 9, 2011 Home run Saul.

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Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

LLH: When starting Belly in 2011, yeah, we were tracking something like 15 companies in the Loyalty space. Most were in SF, mostly early stage, some generating buzz out of YC or 500 Startups, almost entirely ‘check-in’ type apps. It looked more like a market map than a competitive landscape slide. Thanks Logan!

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Chicago Venture Capital Miami Employee 78

Up and Running

DECEMBER 9, 2014

We did GroupMe for around three years, turned into a company and ended up selling it to Skype for around eighty million dollars and that was in 2011. My name is John Bates. I’m the CEO of Executive Speaking Success and I’m a long-time entrepreneur. This is really an exciting panel to be a part of. Bates: Fantastic.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. free, distributed source code control management system. NESTA : They invest in early-stage companies, inform and shape policy, and deliver practical programs that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future. Crunchies 2011.

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

This time around, there has been an explosion at the early stages, and the very late pre-IPO growth stages. “The real winners here are going to be the seed funds and early stage VCs that can write a $1 million to $2 million check,” says AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant. Now it’s glutted.

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