Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. In the Early Days. You’ll get empathy.

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

The Myth of Venture Capital | Re/code by Jon Oringer – crowdspring.co/1tNFeV7. Inside the Mind of a Technical Founder | OpenView Blog by Larry Kim – crowdspring.co/1u7Fz1b. Bad Notes on Venture Capital – crowdspring.co/1u3NJvn. 5 Signs You’ve Got the Wrong Co-Founder – crowdspring.co/1u17ovZ.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 21, 2016

If you’re a technical startup founder, one of the painful lessons is that it’s not enough just to build a great product. The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Clay Hebert.

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David Teten

AUGUST 6, 2013

You might assume the event took place in Sao Paolo or Mexico City, but no, it was in Miami, and will be again in 2014. Another portfolio company of ff Venture Capital that targets this market is Voxy , a mobile app that creates an immersive experience in teaching English as a second language.

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David Teten

JUNE 3, 2014

For the third year in a row, ff Venture Capital is co-sponsoring the New York Demo Day for Georgia Tech’s Flashpoint Accelerator, along with HBS Alumni Angels of NY. I hope you can join us at the SUNY Global Center, 116 E 55th St, June 11, 2014, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. million dollars.

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SiliconHills

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News Ben Horowitz joked that he is like Kelly Rowland and Marc Andreesen is like the Beyoncé of their venture capital firm. Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape, is a much more visible and famous partner, said Horowitz.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

He started it in 2009 with 10 employees and sold it to Susino Umbrella in 2014. This company’s valuation peaked at $10 billion in 2013/2014. Carlson founded Polychain Capital in 2016. Venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz among others put $15 million into it. Today, he is worth $1.5

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Austin Startup

JUNE 27, 2017

For investors outside of Austin and LPs: Austin is a a vibrant startup market and this list of capital sources can help you identify firms to co-invest with and funds to invest in. We’ve compiled a definitive list of sources of startup capital in Austin.

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SiliconHills

AUGUST 16, 2019

That company grew to employ 450 people and it also raised $11 million in venture capital funding including $57 million from Goldman Sachs in 2014. This week, Jay Hallberg, one of the co-founders and its CEO, announced in a […].

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Obviously, a key factor is always the state of the economy and the mood of the venture capital community. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® for the First Quarter 2014, the Q1 increase marks seven consecutive quarters of positive sentiment among Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. million dollars.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

As the venture capital business has come roaring back in the last 5 years, startups are awash in available capital. If they don’t, then the management team has simply become caretakers of the founders’ legacy. Congratulations class of 2014: Embrace change and lead the way. This never ends well. Be an optimist.

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Genuine VC

MARCH 16, 2015

A couple weeks ago my colleague Dimitri Dadiomov published a post on NextView’s “View From Seed” blog which answered the question “Should we take Harvard MBAs Seriously as Startup Founders?” From the group, over 260 founders have launched around 90 startups, raising more than $2.5B in capital. Quite the contrary.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

The latest funding round led by Active Venture Partners , a European venture capital company with a presence in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, is expected to help the online ticket trading platform drive its international growth. million, making it a total of $12.7 million since its founding in 2009.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. Co-founder discontent. Reference checking is to confirm or disprove a strong, positive intuition you already have about founders that could lead to an investment or a pass.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

But by 2014 much had started to change. And Jim & I went on to raise several more venture capital funds in our day jobs. As we started to focus on what each of us wanted to do, Adam raised his venture capital fund – Plus Capital. Jim raised another venture fund as did I at Upfront Ventures.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. We originally filed to go public in March of 2014, and didn’t actually become a public company until January of 2015.

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David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In early 2012, my HBS Alumni Angels colleagues and I launched the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP), an initiative to help women and minority-led businesses to raise capital from the Harvard alumni angel community. ff Venture Capital) for investment consideration. the America that is not just white men.).

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2014

This LP is also a long time investor in Union Square Ventures and was one of the first people Fred introduced us to when we started raising the first Foundry Group fund in 2007. In 2014, it’s easy to reflect on what has happened over the last seven years and feel good about it. Venture Capital fundraising VC'

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Haystack

JANUARY 28, 2019

and he was patient and over time found the right time to introduce me to Joseph Walla, one of the company’s cofounders. In early 2014, Docusign became a unicorn and eventually went IPO in 2018 at a whopping $4.5B I took Joseph out for lunch, told him about me and Haystack, and asked to invest in the company. price tag.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

According to Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Ron Conway “ culture is the greatest legacy a founder can leave.” And looking for an ecosystem – things like schools, parks and co-working spaces – that will support their endeavors. Startups prioritize culture. The same holds true for a city.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

by Alon Alroy, co-founder and CMO of Bizzabo . Whether you’re a venture capitalist, lawyer, technologist, entrepreneur, regulator, cryptographer, payment pioneer, or public policy expert, our agenda offers the latest intelligence for everyone and anyone interested in learning more about bitcoin. InfusionCon.

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Reid Hoffman

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In 2014, SPACs raised $1.8 But while it’s certainly possible to use SPACs for financial engineering, Reinvent Technology Partners , the SPAC that I sponsored with Mark Pincus and Michael Thompson , is focused on a very different opportunity, which we refer to as “venture capital at scale,” which offers greater and more sustainable benefits.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2015

Eating my own dogfood - I was obsessed with startups and venture capital… and I talked to a lot of people and picked up nuggets along the process. For me, VC Cafe is one of those things and being included in the Top 50 blogs in Venture Capital (#4!) ” the post was also picked up by Venturebeat.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). One of them is Alex Blumberg, founder of Gimlet Media. Alex was an award-winning radio journalist at NPR, where he produced This American Life , and co-founded Planet Money. itunes.apple.com. two classics of the medium.

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2014

billion for 2014. In April 2014 Facebook acquired the maker of Moves app, which is also part of this trend, called by many the ‘Quantified Self’. Both companies are backed by venture capital funds. Sagi Shorrer is the co-founder of Brainbow, the creator of Peak app. In 2013, mobile gaming generated $13.2

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

The founder of early internet startup Freeloader (acquired for $38 million in 1996) and anti-spam company Brightmail (acquired for $370 million in 2004), Paul went on to pioneer the ride-hailing space. Yet despite literally patenting ride-hailing in 2000, his own venture, Sidecar, lost out to the more aggressive scaling of Uber and Lyft.

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thebarefootvc

JUNE 13, 2018

I shared the stage with two early FPV portfolio companies, Blockchain and Bitpesa, and connected with a number of old friends in the sector, including Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, academic and entrepreneur Emin Gun Sirer, and Circle founder Jeremy Allaire.

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Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

I sat down (virtually) with Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Gronager to discuss his learnings from almost seven years at the helm of a high-growth company. I met [Kraken co-founder] Jesse Powell here. ? Many European founders wonder where to start their company - move to the US or stay in Europe.

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VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). One of them is Alex Blumberg, founder of Gimlet Media. Alex was an award-winning radio journalist at NPR, where he produced This American Life , and co-founded Planet Money. itunes.apple.com. itunes.apple.com. itunes.apple.com.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 10, 2016

Virtual Reality (VR) is one of the hottest market sectors in the world today, growing from a $90 million business in 2014, to $4.1 Leon Ng , President of LNG Studios , an award winning architectural and real estate 3D visualization studio and founder of North America’s largest Real Estate Television Network.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 16, 2014

He is co-founder of international start-up community event organisation 3beards and founder and director of Albion Drive , a fully integrated communicaitons agency for entrepreneurs and challenger brands. If it is, then Australia does start to look appealing as a startup destination both as a founder and an investor.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 4, 2017

All of this comes after startup activity reached its lowest point in the last 20 years in 2014. asks Bruna Martinuzzi, president and founder of Clarion Enterprises. We quickly realized that as first time founders, this was probably our only way to raise any money : By focusing everything on the traction slide,” he said in OnStartups.

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Babbling VC

JANUARY 5, 2014

Michael and I have been working really well as co-founders and I am still shocked at how well he fills in my many gaps. Having left venture capital, I figured many of my readers wouldn''t necessarily care about the things I''d have to write about in 2013. Enjoy 2014!' We have a great team in place.

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