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). Yes… he was a very successful PayPal exec and previously co-founder & VP Product of SocialNet. We three partners are working hard. We have a long way to go baby!

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015

She had so much insight to share that we broke the interview into two parts, 1) Corporate Venture Capital and more broadly, 2) How the Fortune 500 Can Buy, Invest and Partner with the Innovation Economy (coming soon). . Previously she was Co-Founder and CEO of SNAZZ, a cloud-based event management platform. Mari Holds a B.A.

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Venture Capital Balance Sheet Technical Review Portfolio 60

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. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. A good read on his philosophy and how they intend to continue building the company.

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North America Chicago Boston Silicon Valley 100

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Joe Lonsdale. Drew Houston. Jim Breyer. Charles Schwab.

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Agile VC

APRIL 27, 2012

My partners and I have blogged about some of these including Invited Guest , Golazo , Authentic , and Tribe. My partner David recently wrote about how investors tend to bring their own inherent biases (both good and bad) into pitch meetings with entrepreneurs. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 124

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The third wave of podcasting.

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Audio Silicon Valley Curation Cofounder 109

Agile VC

JANUARY 18, 2012

Being a startup founder isn’t for everyone ultimately, in fact it probably isn’t for most people. Not everyone has the skillset and experience to be a founder, and many of those that do may not have the risk tolerance. Seven Reasons to Become a Founding Entrepreneur. January 18, 2012.

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Entrepreneur Cofounder Silicon Valley Seed Stage 100

Agile VC

MAY 21, 2012

The expanding universe of potential buyers is a great thing for founders. We’ll see how long they remain exciting, innovative places to work but at least for now I think most founders who contemplate an acquisition would be open to having their company and team be part of a Facebook, LinkedIn, or Zynga. Previous Entries.

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Acquisition Silicon Valley B2B Seed Stage 162

Agile VC

AUGUST 2, 2011

Or as my friend and mentor Reid Hoffman says being a founder is like throwing yourself off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down. How to Evaluate Firms for a Seed VC Syndicate 10 July 2012, 5:13 pm What A VC Orders for Breakfast Says 27 June 2012, 10:16 am To Leave or Not to Leave as Your Startup Grows 12 June 2012, 12:21 pm.

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Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 113

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Find out what the buzz is all about and make valuable connections with local investors who you can syndicate deals with. You can see a list of the 70+ investors and other partners who have signed on to participate in local programming at the bottom. Highly entrepreneurial, well-educated, upwardly mobile?—?a and around the world.

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 50

Agile VC

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Objective Logistics co-founders Philip Beauregard and Matt Grace sent out this illustration immediately after the round was announced which I think keeps this in perspective nicely. My partner @ LeeHower looks back: [link] 5 days ago Search. Our tools were once large and caused local change, now they fit in our pockets and cause.

Silicon Valley 100

Silicon Valley Seed Stage Syndicate Syndication 100

Agile VC

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

If you and all the people around your startup (co-founders, advisors, existing investors) feel strongly that the company A) could benefit from additional equity capital at this time and B) you’ve accomplished value accretive milestones since your last round of funding, then it might make sense to talk with potential new investors.

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Early Stage Syndicate Syndication Silicon Valley 100

Rob Go

JANUARY 8, 2014

We make 2-4 investments per year per partner. We don’t do chip-in investments – each investment is a full-allocation of partner time. We don’t invest in “syndicates A rounds” as our first point of entry into a company. Sector: We invest in internet and mobile innovation.

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Syndicate Syndication Portfolio Advertising 45

Agile VC

MAY 16, 2012

IMO Bessemer is perhaps the most emblematic firm of thematic investing… all the investment professionals in the firm from senior partners to more junior staff team up in small groups to construct “ roadmaps ” of the themes in which they intend to pursue investments, which are then articulated more broadly within the firm.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley B2B Syndicate 124

Agile VC

JANUARY 12, 2012

When a startup doesn’t match the stage where a particular investor focuses, founders may get a response along the lines of “This is interesting to us, but come back once you get from X phase to Y phase” That could be from seed stage to a larger Series A financing need, or to progress from pre-product to post-revenue.

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Seed Stage Silicon Valley Syndicate Syndication 100

VC Cafe

JULY 27, 2017

My own fascination with podcasts began with a warm recommendation from Pablo (founder of Antidote ). It is often available for subscription, so that new episodes are automatically downloaded via web syndication to the user’s own local computer, mobile application, or portable media player. The third wave of podcasting.

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Audio Curation Silicon Valley Media 60

Agile VC

JULY 11, 2012

Some disgruntled younger partners left to go start a new firm in 1965 called Greylock. Some disgruntled younger partners left in the 90s to form what is now Redpoint Ventures (IT team) and Versant Ventures (healthcare team). Big success was Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), in which ARD invested about $2.1M

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Silicon Valley Carried Interest Cofounder Boston 240

blogs.hbr.org

OCTOBER 24, 2012

DIGITAL & MOBILE. In thirty days, I went from no relationships at Yahoo to three warm introductions to power players who could make my desired content syndication partnership happen. Kathryn Minshew is founder and CEO of The Muse and The Daily Muse. For Educators. |. For Corporate Buyers. |. Visit Harvard Business School.

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Networking New York City Syndicate Syndication 109

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But in business, you want a lot of partners. In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. 1) Manage the firm

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Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

View from Seed

MAY 29, 2019

Historically, seed rounds were syndicated among several different firms. These funds would regularly share deal flow with one another and could share the work in supporting founders and helping to push the company forward. Today, we are seeing less syndication of seed rounds and sharper elbows among many of the funds in the market.

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Syndicate Syndication Cofounder Cap Table 267

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

And if you just want to learn about different types of angels and what motivates each, my partner David has written about that before here.). They also want to help founders and want their products and services to exist. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

Mobile Payments: The Trillion Dollar Industry That’s Never Happened. Mobile payments are the trillion dollar industry that everybody’s been waiting for but has never materialized. But nearly everyone has wrongly placed emphasis on the mobile technology part and not on the payments aspect. June 12, 2012.

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Mobile Disintermediation SMS Government 250

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

A partner from the law firm (sponsor, covers the drinks and food) tosses out some softball questions to the panelists, the audience chimes in with Q&A and finally, culminates with the meet and greet where the panelists are flooded with business cards and pitches on the next great thing, which is often very similar to the last great thing.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

A group of seasoned Austin technology entrepreneurs and executives are announcing the formation of their new company, Mass Relevance , to help consumer brand use real-time social content to drive engagement on television, the web, and in the mobile world. Q: Your co-founders have been working on some technology in their spare time.

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Curation Austin Cofounder Ruby 118

mashable.com

MAY 5, 2011

Have an account? But a new angel fund is hoping that they’ll do the same in exchange for engineering talent. “Most of that money [from venture capitalists and angels] is used to build a product,&# explains Haig Kayserian, the CEO of Kayweb Angels. “Once that product is built, you will probably have given away a lot of equity.&#

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Equity Engineer Technical Review Social Media 74

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

From Microsoft she went on to Netscape, where she was responsible for marketing of the Netscape Browser, and then LoudCloud, and now I’m happy to say she’s been my partner at SVPG for over a decade, and she also teaches marketing at UC Berkeley. BBC MOBILE – Alex Pressland. I have to admit to a soft spot for the BBC.

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Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

This article is a guest post by Dan Norris, founder of Informly. In part 2 , I went through 6 more strategies including forums, guest blogging, email newsletters, CSS galleries, partners and app comparison sites. Because of the mobile explosion a lot are mobile only so it helps if you have a mobile version if your app (which I do).

Social Media 59

Social Media Viral Startup Audio 59

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Sign in All Social Media Tech & Gadgets Business & Marketing Video Mobile Dev & Design Media Social Good Startups Classifieds Mashable Infographics Prev Next How Are People Using Twitter? The result is an infographic that dives into the educational and corporate characteristics of the typical startup founder.

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San Francisco New York City Social Media Entrepreneur 99

mashable.com

AUGUST 20, 2011

“There’s simply no budget for [an office], as I bootstrap the company,&# says Paul Molluzzo, founder of Baby Goes Mobile , a web app that lets parents create a private baby book they can view and update from their mobile phones. Have an account? instead of having to travel home. instead of having to travel home.

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Cofounder San Francisco Social Media Startup 81

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Also consider an area for its potential business partners (software integrators, resellers, etc.) BonitaSoft has offices in France, the U.S. and China, and recently recorded their 1,000,000th download of Bonita Open Solution. as well as key influencers for your community (well-read bloggers and analysts).

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France Marketing Social Media Startup 77

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

He is the founder and CEO of Stackify. Basically started as somebody of how do we take photos of cars and the pricing and descriptions of the cars, and put it all in one place, but then syndicate it. Over that eight year, eight years of time, actually some of the partners come and went. Go check it out. Podcastbookers.com.

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Kansas City CTO Hire Las Vegas Software Developers 39

mashable.com

DECEMBER 29, 2011

This year, mobile phones, GPS and services like Craigslist combined to make real-time and location-based history. Today in Mobile. Top From Our Partners. These factors make possible new peer-to-peer marketplaces for anything from car rentals to odd jobs (see Zaarly and Taskrabbit ). Top Stories. My Stories (Personalized).

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New York City New York Startup Social Media 83

Software By Rob

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

This article is a guest post by Dan Norris, founder of Informly. In part 2 , I went through 6 more strategies including forums, guest blogging, email newsletters, CSS galleries, partners and app comparison sites. Because of the mobile explosion a lot are mobile only so it helps if you have a mobile version if your app (which I do).

Social Media 27

Social Media Viral Startup Audio 27

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. For example, search for investors who are interested in mobile and also are willing to invest in Austin, Texas.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 Have an account? While all of these factors are true to an extent, the truth of the matter is that the reduced costs of hardware and software are easily offset by the expense of engineers and experienced business people. million in venture financing.

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Startup Social Media RSS Social Network 79

Agile VC

JUNE 25, 2012

The company has been in stealth mode for the last couple months but I wanted to take this opportunity to talk about NextView’s investment in the company and our enthusiasm to be working with co-founders Dan Foody and Alex Cote. I first met co-founder/CEO Dan Foody a little over six months ago. Overall, great find!

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Cofounder Stealth Silicon Valley Mobile 140