Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

At this point, the very pregnant cofounder was weeping. Daymond offered to be an advisor. The cofounder was charismatic and persuasive and asking for $85k for 12% of the company. They won a design award at a trade show, but have no revenue and no orders. But in the end Robert came back in to join Lori.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 11, 2010

On the other extreme, modern web-based applications face almost no technical risk, and are governed by high market uncertainty. Eric) In a bar in Amsterdam in 2005, my two cofounders and I came to the sad conclusion that startup we tried to built for two years was doomed. What follows are solely his opinions. The results were amazing.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

MARCH 11, 2014

And when you look at the tools that we use, I mean we’ve made so many technological advances, but really to manage a meeting there’s not a practical tool available. You have your general management meeting and in your general management meeting you talk about product development, about marketing and about finance.

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www.startuplessonslearned.com

MAY 4, 2012

With their confidence in their startup and themselves, their passion for their work and their mission, and their desire not to harm the fragile dynamic within the nascent founding team, cofounders tend to plan for the best that can happen. But such a best-case approach is hazardous.

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venturehacks.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Two founders works because unanimity is possible, there are no founder politics, interests can easily align, and founder stakes are high post-financing. He can be technical, but he must be able to wield the tools of influence. Technical founders who don’t sell also use bad proxies (&# Harvard MBA!&# ). Date first.

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reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

we weren’t the natural leader of a market or technology trend that everyone was paying attention to, we didn’t have substantial organic growth, and. You may happen to emphasize the right points that pique an investor’s interest, but you shouldn’t leave your financing up to chance. Second, understand the broader financing climate.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Everyone wanted to work in finance. So universities have realized that for many students, promising a career in technology and entrepreneurship is key to recruiting high potential students. These could be translated into research programs focused on topical regulatory issues related to emerging technologies.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. How One Pioneering VC Is Funding Women, People Of Color, And LGBTQ Founders.

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Seeing Both Sides

AUGUST 16, 2012

Chatting with CEO and cofounder Kaufer this week, I was reminded of the fact that the company started with a very different business model in mind. In the hyper-competitive world of technology and consumer Internet, it is hard to find a company that is pound for pound as profitable as TripAdvisor. Think about that.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

I am also in a few select boutiques and Hotel Gift shops including the famous Mohonk Mountain House and a design collective in Australia) My collection features unexpected combinations of raw and polished gemstones, opulent pearls, precious metals, custom clasps, and exotic minerals from the world’s treasure troves. (I

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