ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

All while the majority of the economy is driven greatly by boring industries often owned by private equity, not venture capital. I have close friends in accounting and finance that have tapped into newer businesses and taken the ride with them as they have doubled and then doubled again.

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Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5 In the last month alone (ie not captures in the $1.5

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Los Angeles Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Seattle 376

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

They often ask whether they have to move to SF, NY or LA to get financed. ” I’m trying to get a feel for their commitment to local community versus being in a place where financing is easiest. If you don’t live in a major VC zone, I have some tips for how to make it easier to raise Venture Capital.

Kansas City 365

Kansas City San Diego Kansas Dallas 365

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Kara has worked in finance in Boston, NYC and Silicon Valley. She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. As I like to say (and as Kara humbly hates when I do so in front of others) … she has a much better resume to a venture capital partner than I do. But she also has the temperament, which is important.

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Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles Baltimore 408

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 7, 2011

Since 2002, the law form of Fenwick & West has conducted a venture capital survey, a response to "the burst of the 'dot-come bubble' and a desire to provide the entrepreneurial community with objective information about the status of the venture environment." The median amount raised in preferred stock financings was $1.1

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Preferred Stock Silicon Valley Seed Stage Venture Capital 115

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

I’m just pointing out my gut feel for approximate ranges of deals that I’ve seen with Silicon Valley having the highest valuations, NY / LA / Boston / Boulder / Seattle having valuations in a slightly lower range but comparable and sometimes significantly lower prices in markets that don’t have a healthy venture market.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

David Cohen

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Most of those companies from the Kinect program are doing great, and many have gone on to raise venture capital or angel financing since the program ended. We couldn’t be more excited to have added Matt to our team in Seattle.

Azure 112

Azure Seattle Angel Financing Incubator 112

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. If you’ve begun the process of raising capital, ask the angels or venture capital partners to recommend technologists who consult on a part-time basis.

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2016

We’re a national venture capital investment firm but with our roots firmly in Los Angeles. He picked up an expensive defensive player, Byron Maxwell, from the talented Seattle Seahawks for big money. Yes, great leaders need to travel more than programmers or finance directors. WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get).

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Leadership Southern California San Diego Hiring 150

Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Will the next company to raise $100M in financing just poach from decent seed-stage companies and pay triple the amount to lock up talent? Of the 23 funds listed here, 13 are in the Bay Area, 3 in NYC, 3 in Boston, 2 in LA, and one each in Detroit, Seattle, Toronto, Waterloo, Indianapolis, and Fargo, North Dakota.

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San Francisco Silicon Valley Seattle Venture Capital 116

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

In short, the first wave of internet companies were widely distributed and brought people online (AOL in Virginia, Microsoft in Albuquerque and Seattle, Dell in Austin, etc.) in the last four years we’ve seen a 250% increase in venture capital funding and have doubled the number of startup development organizations in our community.”

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

On June 18, Aswath Damodaran , a finance professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, published an article on FiveThirtyEight titled “ Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion. I find it surprising that a finance professor like Damodaran did not consider the impact of price on demand. Different Economics. Rental car alternative. Today I only Uber.

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San Francisco San Jose Marketing Technical Review 111

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 29, 2015

No understanding of the human dynamics behind the financing. No underlying metrics that drive the financing. Recently, the gang at SalesLoft told the detailed story of their $10m financing. None of them covered the financing in any way. financing of Mattermark. There’s no real story there.

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Atlanta Valuation Term Sheet Finance 70

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 6, 2011

This curriculum is based on the various questions entrepreneurs have asked me over these 64 sessions, spanning financing, positioning, customer acquisition, marketing, sales, channel, and various other early stage, startup-related issues. He is looking for financing for the show. I like the idea, and recognize the problem.

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Vertical Web San Francisco Entrepreneur 115

Haystack

MAY 4, 2019

You will see the majority are in the Bay Area, and then New York City, and a bit more around LA and Seattle — and things get really scattered.

United States 87

United States Portfolio San Francisco New York City 87

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. What She’s Learned, And What You Can Learn From Her. We had overlapping circles and then became friends. Enter Box.

IPO 91

IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91

Up and Running

JUNE 2, 2010

Still, I was quite concerned the other day to read the fox-in-henhouse problem posted in a very well-written and thoughtful post called 11 Lessons I Learned Raising Venture Capital : “Be wary of angel networks. We presented to two angel networks in Seattle. Image: istockphoto.com).

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Angel Groups Seattle Angel Investor .Net 60

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. But notably you had the following changes: Horizontally scalable computing & storage systems, which meant you required less capital up front for hardware. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community. Venture Capital. Welcome to the future.

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Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2023

Think partners coming together to tap their own networks for your follow-on rounds of financing. Our wrap-up day will be hosted in San Francisco and will focus on exposing our geographically diverse teams to the epicenter of venture capital within Silicon Valley. The Clarity of the Terms : how will your company be financed?

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Programming Sacramento San Francisco Founder 156

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC.

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Cofounder Merger Founder Venture Capital 277

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market. They have helped 2,000 substitute teachers get in the classroom in 2018, including 400 educators who earned permits, which Swing willingly financed.

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Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

Snapvine was my first experience being in the driver’s seat of the fund-raising process, and in the 3 years prior to our acquisition we raised over $10mm in venture capital. He tries to write things that havent already been written 9000 times. Or is it? That’s a nice way of putting it.

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Valuation Channel Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 42

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Joel moved to Seattle, and worked at Microsoft for three years as a program manager on Excel 4.0 There’s a big business in Finance working with Excel, but that’s an outlier. With StackOverflow, Joel raised money through venture capital. Upon graduating, he went to work at Microsoft.

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Software Review Software St. Louis API 285

www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Venture capital mean board meetings, which is a huge sap on time and resources. Photo credit: althecat See Also The Startup Financing Dating Game: Courting Potential Investors Be Prepared! Advice for Startups Entering the Mobile Sector Inside the Mind of an Early Stage Venture Capitalist Need Startup Office Space?

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital San Francisco New Zealand 69

Professor VC

JANUARY 19, 2012

Conceptually, this is very intriguing and goes against the current popularity of accelerators in start-up hubs (Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Seattle, Boulder) that are filled with recent grads and drop outs looking to build the next web sensation. Venture capital Texas. The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic.

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Silicon Valley San Jose America Venture Capital 28