Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). Facebook doesn’t exist, even as a walled-garden college social network (Mark Zuckerberg was part way through his freshman year at Harvard). We have a long way to go baby!

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Based on the final report for 2012 from Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), it may appear that IPOs are back as a viable startup exit strategy. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5 Line up a winning team. Both operating executives and top advisors count.

Venture Capital 252

Venture Capital IPO Elevator Pitch Initial Public Offering 252

www.kernelmag.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, 8 March 2012. The Scene Developers Nailing that elusive technical co-founder. But if tools are plentiful and costs resemble rounding errors, what stands in the way of the would-be entrepreneur of 2012? Are there any ‘Founders Dating’ events coming up?”. New technology for enquiring minds. Andy Young.

Cofounder 43

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Coder 43

YoungUpstarts

MAY 3, 2012

“We find attendees and sponsors demanding a fresh conference experience and more productive ways to network,” says Rob Findlay, founder of Next Bank Asia. “We find attendees and sponsors demanding a fresh conference experience and more productive ways to network,” says Rob Findlay, founder of Next Bank Asia.

Asia 199

Asia Singapore Networking Mobile 199

www.cscyphers.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Tutorial Day At #RailsConf » Why Trying To Find A Technical Co-Founder Will Almost Always Fail. Last night, I went to a local “find a co-founder” meetup for RE. What It Takes To Recruit A Technical Co-Founder. Particularly if she is at what is essentially a co-founder speed dating event.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Review Founder Software Review 40

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 16, 2014

It''s also not the best way to create a helpful syndicate of investors that share the founder''s vision for the company. If all my deals came as intros from trusted connections that I know for years versus at founder pitch events that''s interesting data. Fear not, founders. The first thing I did was trace my sources.

Venture Capital 162

Venture Capital Syndicate Syndication Founder 162

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 24, 2015

by Richard Milam , the Founder and CEO of EnableSoft Incorporated. Richard Milam is the Founder and CEO of EnableSoft Incorporated ( www.enablesoft.com ). The summer brings humidity, heat, vacations and the well-known fact that employee productivity decreases this time of year.

Employee 100

Employee Software Review Technical Review Software 100

techcrunch.com

JUNE 22, 2012

This is where a lot of founders get stuck. Not to mention, once the founder and advisor have nominally agreed to a relationship, law firms enter the mix and seed the new advisor with a mountain of paperwork — legal agreements, options agreements — documents stuffed with legalese and binding statements.

Equity 94

Equity San Francisco Startup Silicon Valley 94

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Kevin joined Upfront in 2012 as an Associate. We also look for a cultural fit with Upfront, which includes the gravitas to deal with executives and founders at the startups we back as well as the other board members. Yves Sisteron, our founder and still a full-time and very active member of our partnership, has the opposite style.

Partner 150

Partner South Korea Venture Capital Europe 150

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Rob Biederman, co-founder of HourlyNerd, has a funding story that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie. After realizing the “traditional” approach wasn’t getting them anywhere, they turned to their network. “We Founded in 2012, FINEX Cast Iron Cookware Co. It just feels right,” says Mike Whitehead, FINEX founder.

Cofounder 137

Cofounder Green Small Business Administration Business Plan 137

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 25, 2012

These addresses appear as string of numbers (for example: “192.149.0.4”) in computer and network configuration files. Internet experts are encouraging all other businesses, no matter how big or small, to upgraded their networks to support IPv6. billion of them. IPv6 is the biggest upgrade in the 40-year history of the Internet.

Internet 228

Internet IP Asia Europe 228

Up and Running

JULY 19, 2017

This is significant—in 2012, there were only 8.3 Female entrepreneurs’ ventures span economies and industries, despite ongoing challenges : balancing work and life, networking, battling for business capital, and overcoming the fear of failure. trillion in revenues.” million women-owned businesses. Here are some suggestions.

Cofounder 142

Cofounder United States Leadership Audience 142

fi.co

DECEMBER 4, 2012

Sydney Spring 2012. At AAPT we converge all of our resources to maintain one simple philosophy – to be the easiest to deal with network provider in Australia. Founder Feedback. on Feb 22, 2012. Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA. Rio de Janeiro. Washington DC.

Cofounder 43

Cofounder Founder Silicon Valley San Diego 43

Transformify

APRIL 15, 2016

I met Innocent Moranga, the founder of the Founder Magazine , at a round table peer group at CEOWorld. Having a great idea is just the beginning, the execution, network, funding and the support are key. All this inspired Innocent Moranga to found the Founder Magazine. Johnni Kjelsgaard Founder and CEO at GrowthAfrica.

Kenya 45

Kenya Africa Incubator Cofounder 45

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 is the author of The Marketing Performance Blueprint (Wiley, 2014) and The Marketing Agency Blueprint (Wiley, 2012); and the creator of the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON). Is there a simple answer? powered by.

Artificial Inteligence 90

Artificial Inteligence Marketing Cofounder SMS 90

blog.captainrecruiter.com

MARCH 8, 2012

Technical Co-Founders Are A Myth. Two years ago I got the bug to do an online recruiting startup and I began the hunt to find a technical co-founder - a software engineer who works for no cash - to help me build my dream website. I learned something: technical co-founders are a myth. Captain Recruiter. Real Advice. No Nonsense.

Cofounder 40

Cofounder Technical Cofounder Founder Software Engineering 40

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

. “Until today, people interacted with emails by hitting reply or forward, or by clicking on URLs to launch webpages – taking you outside the context of email,” explains Matt Thazhmon, founder and CEO of PowerInbox. Symbyoz : Connect with your network inside emails. Smak : Enables communication alerts within emails.

Email 150

Email Massachusetts API Technical Review 150

David Teten

AUGUST 29, 2012

We piloted in 3 schools and will be in 50 schools in Fall 2012. As the first “social-retail network,” Buyou creates a direct connection between customers and merchants to better understand consumer behavior and deliver a more personalized shopping experience. This allows teachers to use amazing web tools in the classroom effortlessly.

Curation 114

Curation Japan Technical Review Artificial Inteligence 114

The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

While the latter is not yet legal in the United States, the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in April 2012, mandates that the SEC makes it legal by January 1st of 2013. They market it on their social networks, to their friends and family, and through press outreach. You still start with credit cards or savings.

SEC 146

SEC Equity United States Technical Review 146

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

I’m also thinking about SXSW, receiving my first batch of networking invites, planning my talk there, and this week having discussed collaborating with Brett Jenks, the CEO of Rare, who is both a customer of data.world, a Henry Crown Fellow, and a great collaborator (he’s attending SXSW for the first time this year). The content is genius.]

Stealth 48

Stealth Cofounder Los Angeles Technical Review 48

Hearpreneur

JULY 13, 2022

1- Network marketing is one such industry. Network marketing is one such industry that relies only on acquiring new customers. Companies like Online Optimism, which started in 2012 when Snapchat & Youtube were in their prime, allow non-digital & digital companies alike to enter into the online marketing realm.

Artificial Inteligence 119

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Entrepreneur Software Review 119

The Next Web

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. From what we know, founder Bill Nguyen has been away from the office for three months, after a period of intense strain between him and the board.

Los Angeles 161

Los Angeles Silicon Valley Media Startup 161

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NEW YORK, June 22, 2012 – Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York (HBSAANY) and The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) today announced the finalists for their inaugural Venture Capital Access Program (“VCAP©”). Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program.

Programming 128

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 128

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 8, 2011

At today's roundtable, we discussed three major trends and opportunities for 2012 and also worked with an entrepreneur from Europe. There are many ad networks that offer very low monetization rates and take a large sales commission. There are some excellent comments, especially observations made by Vikrant Mathur, founder of iFood.tv.

Greece 116

Greece Entrepreneur India Silicon Valley 116

David Teten

MAY 9, 2012

VCAP©, the first program of its kind, bridges the gap between venture capitalists and angel investor networks and women and diverse entrepreneurs, many of whom have not traditionally had access to these sources of capital. VCAP© Addresses the Gap between Venture Capital and Funding for Women and Diverse Entrepreneurs. competitiveness.

Venture Capital 154

Venture Capital Programming Accredited Investor New York 154

The Next Web

MARCH 24, 2013

Investor and 500 Startups founder Dave McClure offered TNW a few of his thoughts. ” Page obliged and in July 2012, he advised his teams to scale back and focus on core products like Android. Earth to founder, the chances of you being the next Mark Zuckerberg are very slim. To an extent, all of this is true. Groupthink.

Startup 130

Startup SCRUM Cofounder Aggregator 130

The Equity Kicker

AUGUST 1, 2012

In its quarterly filing yesterday Facebook disclosed that it spent $24m on ‘talent focused acquisitions’ in the first half of 2012. Three of the four are mobile companies (which rises to five of the six acquisitions Facebook made in total in H1 2012 if you include the bigger deals Instagram and Face.com ).

San Francisco 110

San Francisco Hiring Liquidation Preference Aggregator 110

Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2019

To appeal to the digital natives born between 1996 and 2012 , it’s important to hire a marketer who understands the trends and values that are influencing this generation’s spending habits. Beyond that, look for someone with great reviews and recommendations—reach out to your network for a referral.

Hiring 77

Hiring Technical Review Small Business Forecast 77

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you start a new fund, you need to be clearly differentiated: what’s your unique insight into a specific opportunity, your unique network that generates deal flow, your unique value proposition that gets you into deals? I think back to 2012, when Version One was an emerging manager and raised our first fund.

LP 73

LP Differentiation Deal Flow India 73

Agile VC

JUNE 5, 2011

Even for those who don’t care to dive into the numbers, it’s worth a quick glance because co-founder/CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter which forms the preamble of the full document. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. What’s Your Favorite Future?

North America 100

North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

David Teten

JUNE 22, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — NEW YORK, June 22, 2012 – Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New York (HBSAANY) and The National Association of Investment Companies (NAIC) today announced the finalists for their inaugural Venture Capital Access Program (“VCAP©”). Select Finalists for Venture Capital Access Program.

Programming 114

Programming Accredited Investor Naming New York 114

This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2023

It will be the 105th deal out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, the firm I started back in September 2012, and it will be the last deal I’ll be making out of my third fund. Nearly all of them were first-time founders when I wrote them their first check and I led most of the deals I was in. No more founder pitch meetings.

Later Stage 218

Later Stage Venture Capital Term Sheet Limited Partner 218

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Foundry Group’s founder Brad Feld noted : Entrepreneurs here use a ‘give before you get’ mentality. Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S.

United States 113

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Denver 113

Austin Startup

JULY 7, 2019

how to help underrepresented founders As a female founder of color in my late 20s, walking into a room of investors is a different experience from the majority of founders out there. You know what that percentage was in 2012? Funding early-stage resources?—?how Yep, it was 17%.

Early Stage 51

Early Stage Founder Austin Conversion 51

The Next Web

JANUARY 30, 2014

Denis Duvauchelle is the CEO and co-founder of Twoodo , the hashtag language that lets you organize anything and everything. McKinsey calculated in 2012 that 77 percent of workers gained faster access to information via social collaboration tools (including from internal experts in the companies). This is astounding.

Technical Review 130

Technical Review Social Network Social Media Canada 130

Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

I usually don’t back a business unless there are founders that can build, sell, and service the new solution that is being brought to market. In this case, they could build and service it but they needed a third co-founder to sell it. I greatly leveraged my eCommerce and broad Shop.org network to do so.

Bootstrapping 52

Bootstrapping IPO Business Model Software Review 52

blogs.hbr.org

OCTOBER 24, 2012

HBR Blog Network. Never Say No to Networking. by Kathryn Minshew | 9:00 AM October 18, 2012. When new entrepreneurs ask me for advice, I sometimes tell them to NYFO — Network Your Face Off. The best networking suggestion I can offer? More on: Entrepreneurship , Managing yourself , Networking.

Networking 109

Networking New York City Syndicate Syndication 109