Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Greycroft is an early-stage VC. CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Huddle allows users to maintain an interconnected network of secure online workspaces for file sharing, ideation, project management and virtual meetings. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself.

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Partner New York City Cofounder Syndicate 240

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 2, 2023

Based on data from Columbia Business School, since 2011, the percentage of VC investments in women-only teams has ranged from 1.8% For each dollar men raise in early-stage venture capital, women raise an average of $.38, Build your network. For women, networking constitutes more than getting someone’s contact information.

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Founder Affiliate Cofounder Boston 137

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

A fund size of $25 – $100 million in normally an “early stage&# fund that is likely to do seed investments and/or smaller A round investments. A fund size of $100 million – $200 million is likely to either be an A round investor or “stage agnostic&#. GRP’s last fund was in 2000.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Early Stage Software Review 269

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. Measured as a discrete line item in a budget, it might be near zero.

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Because of the interest in the 2010 survey, I decided to survey a larger number of North American angel groups this summer (2011). 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey. Wilmington Investor Network. Central Texas Angel Network. Bill Payne October 2011. million in 2010 while the range is broader in 2011, from $0.8

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”. Relatively untested early-stage ventures are less predictable and more prone to failure than established companies.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Monday, September 26, 2011. How would Billy Beane have done as an early stage investor? Im still not convinced that "gut feel" isnt a good way to invest at the early stage, but this can certainly get rid of over-thinking and provides diversification and investments in entrepreneurial teams that would be otherwise overlooked.

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Technical Review Early Stage San Jose Angel Investor 38

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

In December, AngelList , a service that matches early-stage startups with investors, debuted the ability to allow accredited investors to actually invest in startups on the platform with as little as $1,000. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. 2011 Holiday. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011.

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SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. Sam is an uber-networker, savvy, helpful, product-oriented leader who had a great eye for young entrepreneurs and a passion about helping them.

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Early Stage Venture Capital Los Angeles Coder 290

YoungUpstarts

JULY 7, 2013

Microsoft first launched its BizSpark program in late 2011, an initiative which allows startups developing software-based products or services (and meet the program’s eligbility requirements) to get access to current full-featured Microsoft development tools and licenses of server products, with no upfront costs and minimal requirements.

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Technology Startup Early Stage Programming 145

Growthink Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

technologies like social networking, mobile gaming, and interactive advertising, in 2011 new fortunes and legends are being made. social networking hype of 2006-2007. As importantly, because of the rise of global social networking - Facebook now has 300 million non-U.S. Here’s why: 1. technology companies.

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Social Network Technical Review Stock Early Stage 63

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud. billion at the end of the first day (on $58.9

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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 330

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 4, 2019

On Saturday, I gobbled down King of Capital , which is the story of Steve Schwarzman and Blackstone from inception through 2011. The two most notable are the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Colorado and the Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars. King of Capital was a really useful book to read on a number of levels.

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Private Equity Cofounder Equity Venture Capital 82

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. Upfront: “Direct, Approachable, Early-Stage, WYSIWYG & Unmistakenly Los Angeles” (Upfront is also a term from the media sector). I created an accelerator & mentor network (Launchpad LA).

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Los Angeles Early Stage LP Partner 150

Professor VC

JANUARY 27, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011. I strongly believe (at least for very early stage technology ventures) that you will get diminishing returns and arguably negative returns once you get past an initial threshold of team, product, market and financial diligence. May 1, 2011 10:32 PM. June 28, 2011 3:41 PM. ▼ 2011.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Silicon Valley San Jose 31

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2010

However, the early application deadline is actually 1/13/11 – anyone that applies by this date is eligible to come to TechStars for a Day in Boston on 1/19/2011. We’ve also got some fun surprises on new mentors for 2011 in Boston that match up with these segments that we’ll be announcing soon.

Boston 133

Boston Early Stage eCommerce Social Media 133

Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The presentation was on outsourcing generally, not just software engineering and the audience was very early stage companies (some yet to be founded). Now, for very early stage companies, you may be thinking, “I don’t have any cash, so outsourcing isn’t an option.&# To that I say baloney. PR/Marketing.

Software Review 65

Software Review Offshore Startup Boston 65

The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

Since the rise of Generation Y (or millennials), we changed the online behavior: we consume content and services from multiple sources, like blogs, social networks and online searches. TNW: Beyond Brazil you expanded into Argentina in 2011. So, improve your networking, meet the decision makers and prepare to have long meetings.

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Brazil Artificial Inteligence America Argentina 132

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Looking back seven years later, I’m immensely proud and satisfied with the impact Techstars has had on the world of entrepreneurship, especially at the early stages of company creation, and look forward to our goal over the next seven years of building the most powerful and connected early stage startup network in the world.

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Cofounder Alaska Early Stage Curation 181

dontbesoanalytical.blogspot.com

MAY 13, 2012

Consider how firms today confront Web 2.0 – the combination of blogs, wikis, and social networking technologies sprouting up. The firm’s development team must be able to integrate primitive, early-stage technologies. March 1, 2011 12:31 PM. Varieties of Social Networking: FaceBook, LinkedIn. Newer Post.

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CTO Technical Review Technology Software Review 40

ReadWriteStart

JULY 2, 2012

Kyle Judah and his partner Jason Woodward started their online venture, RecoVend , in August 2011 after seeing how inefficient, offline and noncollaborative the buying process was at colleges and universities. We’ve met our investors, advisors and mentors all through the Betaspring network.”. Kyle Judah.

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St. Louis San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 138

A Crowded Space

AUGUST 31, 2015

We spun out of Sigma Partners in 2011 and named ourselves Sigma West to hold the history of the firm, but it turns out that being tied to the legacy name created confusion. We believe that early-stage founders want and need investors with operating experience. We like defensibility, and network effects, and economies of scale.

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San Francisco Early Stage Portfolio Naming 60

Tim Keane

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Madison, WI -- Here' are two downloads to my presentation from last week's Early Stage Symposium, "What Entrepreneurs and Angels Want To Know About Each Other." November 2011. September 2011. March 2011. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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Wisconsin Early Stage Audio Angel Investor 60

Professor VC

APRIL 7, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011. April 25, 2011 11:00 PM. May 14, 2011 2:39 PM. June 7, 2011 11:58 AM. ▼ 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ProfessorVC. The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Why I Hate Convertible Debt.Let Me Count the Ways. Newer Post.

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San Jose Technical Review Angel Investor Valuation 36

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

He’s been programming since he was a kid running some of the first online communities and networked games. Follow Brett on Twitter @databrett #Ecommerce #CEO #AngelInvestor #BigData #AspenInstitute Bob Metcalfe is a Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at UT Austin since 2011, most recently with a big focus on geothermal energy.

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

In my view the terminology being used for early stage investors by the press and the media is not as clear as it should be. I’ve talked about this on several occasions when I’ve been at conference and on panels, but I figured it would make sense to do a post explaining my taxonomy of the early-stage investing world.

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Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

David Teten

MAY 8, 2012

As Steve Case has said, it’s ridiculous that anyone can gamble and be guaranteed to lose money, but there are strict regulations around who can invest in early-stage private companies and earn (in some cases) a 27% IRR on their capital. *. The Entrepreneurs Access to Capital Act helps to redress this.

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Securities and Exchange Commission IRR Entrepreneur Angel Investor 148

The Equity Kicker

JULY 8, 2019

The most common strategies are to provide networking services and content to portfolio leaders so they can be more effective in their jobs. . As the number of startups has exploded over the last 30-40 years best practices have been developed that can be shared from one early stage company to the next. Building platforms.

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Portfolio LP Venture Capital Partner 84

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

It follows two other funds, called Bullet Time Ventures, that were a $5 million fund raised in 2009 and a $25 million fund raised in 2011. We made a bunch of intros for David and he reached out to a number of the successful entrepreneurs and a few investors (as individuals) around the Techstars network that existed in 2009. Just do it.

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LP Seattle Angel Investor Partner 70

Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

With all of the new ways to see early companies such as TechCrunch and YCombinator, I had a feeling that much of the luster was gone and debated whether it was worth the time to attend.The last time I went to DEMO was in 2005 for the launch of one of my companies, iControl Networks. ► 2011. (7). Older Post. Blog Archive.

Technical Review 38

Technical Review San Jose Angel Investor Silicon Valley 38

Agile VC

MARCH 8, 2012

What are the implications for other late-stage private companies thinking of making the transition to public markets in the near to midterm future? What’s the impact for early-stage startups? Active Network – 2.4x © 2011 GenuineVC - All rights reserved. Zynga – 8x+ trailing revenue.

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IPO Silicon Valley Revenue Seed Stage 100

Professor VC

MARCH 10, 2009

► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Twitter Updates.

Bootstrapping 28

Bootstrapping San Jose Silicon Valley Software Review 28

Professor VC

MAY 29, 2008

To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. ► 2011. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? Older Post.

Angel Investor 28

Angel Investor Angel Groups Accredited Investor San Jose 28

Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2015

Today he is the founder of M34 Capital , a seed capital fund that focuses on early-stage projects being spun out of academic and corporate research labs. And right about that time you were publishing your notes to the Lean LaunchPad course in spring of 2011, Stanford, E245. The Origins of National Science Foundation I-Corps.

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Government Channel Southern California Lean 120

nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Freenode is the network most popular with developers today, especially with open source projects (channels such as #python, #rubyonrails, ##php etc. This can often lead to introductions to suitable people, or into networks where you can find a technical co-founder. Google+. | © 2011 Nik Cubrilovic | Login. New Web Order.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Web Founder South Korea 40

Professor VC

APRIL 1, 2010

It had a good mix of viewpoints with east ( James Geshwiler, Common Angels ) and west coast (yours truly) angels, early stage venture capitalist ( Jason Mendelson, Foundry Group ), and a couple of attorneys ( Dan Hansen and Mario Rosati ). ► 2011. (7). Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Twitter Updates.

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Term Sheet Angel Investor San Jose Venture Capital 32

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

6, 2011 we hosted our 64th free One Million by One Million (1M/1M) strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs, and the first for this year. I've had several conversations over the years on TV show financing, and the basic formula is that you have to get a network to finance your show. Mava Consulting. And that is what I advised J.J.

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Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115