Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The seeds planted by those who came in the 90′s have begun to blossom 15 years later literally into seed capital, blossoming new entrepreneurs and an ecosystem of experienced operators that powered LA 1.0 and are guiding LA 2.0. But Is This Really That Surprising? Isn’t the Overall Market Just Booming Now? . Structural.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 20, 2020

Most Startups Are Poorly Managed The reality is, most 20-somethings that start businesses lack the operational, managerial, sales and financial expertise to scale anything. Spend your time on businesses that have budgets and the ability to feed your own operations into growth mode. Without demand, startups falter and ultimately fail.

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Sweat Equity Non-Compete Startup Azure 78

YoungUpstarts

MAY 18, 2017

Who would have thought that the entire empire on which Microsoft is built, the Windows operating system with current annual revenues of about 7 billion dollars, was not the brainchild of Harvard dropout, Bill Gates, or his high school buddy Paul Allen.“ And yet neither Gates nor Allen invented the now famous DOS Operating System.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Techstars funded the company via our Techstars Seattle Accelerator in 2011. The company is based in San Francisco, with significant operations in Africa and elsewhere. #5: Outreach is a sales engagement platform that was funded by the Techstars Seattle Accelerator in 2011. 5: Scopely (2011). 6: Outreach (2011).

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Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Although early versions of the mouse as an input device appeared in the early 60’s , it wasn’t until twenty years later in 1984 with its inclusion in the Apple Macintosh box did it really hit the mainstream – and it’s largely due to that the GUI utilized a mouse in a way that was integrated into how the entire operating system worked.

Search 211

Search Boston Seed Stage Seattle 211

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Same-day delivery has been so successful that Amazon decided to expand this program in other major cities, such as San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle-Tacoma, Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Indianapolis, Washington DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Tampa Bay, and Atlanta. Google’s Operating System Android.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Founded by Riley Goodman and Jake Director in 2009 when they were both high school seniors in a Seattle school, Strideline makes a range of crew socks that come with a design of city skylines. The original design featuring the Seattle city skyline sold out in three weeks when it was first launched.

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Haystack

JUNE 5, 2018

After being installed in 2014 as Microsoft’s new CEO, Nadella has turned around the Seattle ocean liner on a new course after the Ballmer regime. Word here is that GitHub will be afforded a similar situation within Microsoft, operating as a wholly-owned company yet still retaining its structure. Satya strikes again.

Acquisition 71

Acquisition Azure Open Source Seattle 71

David Teten

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

… “ Group Health Cooperative , a nonprofit health care system in Seattle with 10,000 employees, has also thrown out its budgeting process. Further, we support this with weekly flash reports that focus on key operating metrics of the company.”. ThedaCare also introduced a daily financial management tool for department managers.

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Agile Management Forecast Silicon Valley 60

Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

It’s important to realize that each of the TechStars Network member programs will be locally owned and operated. TechStars will still run programs that it owns and operates in Boulder, New York, Boston, and Seattle, but we’ll continue to aggressively expand the overall network across the US as well as the world.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

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Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 177

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 19, 2022

Some businesses have had to change structures and make operational changes to thrive and survive. When open houses in Seattle Real Estate shut down at the beginning of the pandemic my Photography business knew that Virtual Tours were going to be very important. COVID-19 pandemic disruptions have impacted businesses in different ways.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur Metrics Technical Review North America 116

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

Chicago 156

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 156

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 12, 2021

We’re excited to announce our investment in Cap Hill Brands , a Seattle startup with the mission to build a next-generation CPG company by acquiring and operating digitally-native consumer brands. The company is led by two of the best e-commerce operators and entrepreneurs we know, Kevin Saliba and Jason LeeKeenan.

Private Equity 87

Private Equity Seattle Equity Acquisition 87

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). She has been in operations in Seattle and Los Angeles. Competitive (Athlete: skier & rowed at Princeton, hates losing at everything she does).

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Partner Las Vegas Los Angeles Baltimore 408

View from Seed

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here in 2021 startups operate in a more distributed fashion earlier in their lifecycle, a trend which preceded COVID but certainly was accelerated by the remote work environment for knowledge workers brought on by the pandemic.

Chicago 136

Chicago Cofounder Miami B2B 136

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 11, 2014

And in 2014, there were lots of vulnerabilities and threats to be found such as Heartbleed, Regin and Operation Cleaver,” explained Corey Nachreiner, WatchGuard’s director of security strategy and research.

Security 165

Security Seattle Distribution Networking 165

Genuine VC

MARCH 14, 2012

Although early versions of the mouse as an input device appeared in the early 60’s , it wasn’t until twenty years later in 1984 with its inclusion in the Apple Macintosh box did it really hit the mainstream – and it’s largely due to that the GUI utilized a mouse in a way that was integrated into how the entire operating system worked.

Search 100

Search Boston Seed Stage Seattle 100

Haystack

JANUARY 18, 2020

To be fair, not all of them held this view and many of them were investing nationally earlier, but as we flip over to 2020, there is a general acceptance among Bay Area VC partnerships that they need to be able to invest across the country, not just NYC and LA or Seattle. The AUM of many VC funds has increased dramatically.

Seattle 130

Seattle Seed Stage Deal Flow Vertical 130

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 19, 2012

The first program has focused on Kinect applications and has some super teams, such as Gestsure (they control operating rooms with motion control) and Ubi (they turn any surface into a touch screen.). Demo Day is in Seattle on June 28th. If you are an investor (angel or VC), send me an email and I’ll get you an invitation.

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Azure Seattle Open Source Cloud 188

techcrunch.com

APRIL 26, 2013

Seattle Meetup. Seattle, WA. Experienced Security People (SF) iSEC Partners Application Security Consultant (SF) iSEC Partners Senior Unity Game Programmer App Minis LLC Systems/Operations Engineer (relo assistance available) Advertising.com Software Engineer in Test Advertising.com. Life360, A Family Networking App With More.

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SEC Accredited Investor San Diego New York City 61

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. We have been on a drive to add more operational partners. I was the first operational startup partner added – having built and sold two software companies.

Partner 340

Partner Los Angeles South Africa Cap Table 340

View from Seed

JANUARY 10, 2022

Allay Health: Seattle, Washington. Everyone in the NextView partnership has deep operating experience as founders and operators scaling high-growth internet companies (e.g. This model has produced a wide array of geographic diversity at a national scale, which we are aiming to replicate in the upcoming cohort. Who we are.

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San Diego San Francisco Alabama Valuation 156

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 10, 2020

The stock market had already had a 15% or so drop but there were less than 10 deaths (all in Seattle) from Covid in the US. As we discussed the potential impact of Covid, we talked about the current state of things in the US. ” Prescient, but not really what we meant.

Community 108

Community Colorado Miami Seattle 108

Version One Ventures

JANUARY 4, 2017

Geekwire named Outreach one of the top 10 transformational Seattle startups , and Top Hat got some great press from the Globe and Mail and Financial Post for its success in the Edtech market. Clio and Top Hat ranked in the Deloitte Fast 50. Both Outreach and Top Hat added some star power to their teams. Catch up on our blog.

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Seattle Portfolio Seed Stage Canada 130

The Startup Lawyer

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Dynamo Labs was the first recipient of fbFund, a grant fund operated by the Founders Fund, Accel Partners, and Facebook. Blake also founded Dynamo Labs, where he and his team develop solutions for the rapidly changing clean energy marketplace. Gabriella Draney, Tech Wildcatters. Joey Pomerenke, Startup Weekend.

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Dallas Intellectual Property Fort Worth Japan 60

Version One Ventures

JULY 14, 2014

Can upstart ecosystems in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, or Seattle churn out tomorrow’s billion dollar tech companies? It’s relatively easy for a company to scale to 20-25 employees in Seattle, but when a start-up is ready to find its first VP of Sales or Marketing, it often needs to look beyond the local area.

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Silicon Valley Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle 154

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 6, 2019

We take care of office operations so you can focus on networking and growing your business.” . Whether it’s in West Palm Beach, Manhattan, or Seattle, this is the goal of coworking spaces – and it’s enjoying mass appeal. While it varies from location to location, many coworking spaces operate on a month-to-month basis.

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Small Business Seattle Networking Internet 104

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Ask Microsoft, Autodesk or Salesforce.com – the evidence was there from Seattle to Sand Hill Road. People feared they were going to have a monopoly over the Internet due to “bunding&# Internet Explorer with their operating system. Social Networking goes Real Time.

Social Network 297

Social Network Networking Internet EC2 297

Growthink Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Abcast (Camas, WA), Operator of digital radio platform - $500 thousand. DocuSign (Seattle, WA), Provider of electronic signature technology - $27 million. Apperian (Boston, MA), Maker of mobile applications - $500 thousand. 10 million. DiJiPop (Providence, RI), Provider of on-demand shopper marketing platform - $1 million.

Cloud 72

Cloud United Kingdom Los Angeles San Francisco 72

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

With the expansion of business models that can operate entirely online, like the Software as a Service (SaaS) model, small and medium businesses are in a unique position to completely circumvent the need for physical office spaces. The Officeless World Of Online Business.

Small Business 165

Small Business Silicon Valley Valuation Seattle 165

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

And we are just starting our first year in Seattle.”…” Of the Boulder companies there have been 41 companies that have gone through the Boulder program and there is some mortality…” “I guess it’s 5 or 6 that have failed. Oblong, Minority Report, and the rise of Spatial Operating Systems. “It has worked out great.

Technical Review 288

Technical Review Venture Capital Silicon Valley Software Review 288

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Our particular focus is in San Francisco Bay Area, Toronto/Waterloo , Seattle, and NYC. Having run our own companies, we try to pass on as much of our operations knowledge as possible. With Angela’s promotion to General Partner , we now have investment partners located in both the U.S. Acknowledgements and gratitude.

Silicon Valley 127

Silicon Valley North America San Francisco LP 127

SiliconHills

DECEMBER 16, 2014

It also has offices in Seattle and Dallas. It manages operational […] The post BidPrime Opens New Headquarters in Austin appeared first on SiliconHills. The company, which has 16 employees in Austin, moved to 1301 S I-35 Suite #101. Austin BidPrime'

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Austin Dallas Seattle Operations 82

www.allthingsdistributed.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

But then subsequently, the CTO isresponsible for actually integrating and running the technology, i.e. the roleof the ‘operations manager.’ Seattle, WA, 98104 Syndication Subscribe to this weblogs atom feed or rss feed Search Powered by Movable Type 4.01. This is the‘technology visionary’ aspect of the role.

CTO 40

CTO CTO Hire Syndicate Syndication 40

David Cohen

OCTOBER 4, 2012

The Microsoft Accelerator is “ powered by TechStars “, which means that TechStars operates it on Microsoft’s behalf. We couldn’t be more excited to have added Matt to our team in Seattle. The Microsoft Accelerator for Kinect concluded earlier this year.

Azure 110

Azure Seattle Angel Financing Incubator 110

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

I’m an Ashley Mayer superfan so beyond the affinity, have been fortunate enough to also bring her into Homebrew as an advisor to our portfolio companies, and invest in Coalition , a venture firm she founded along with three other amazing female operators. Enter Box. They gave me a shot. Working at Box was a revelation.

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IPO Cofounder Early Stage Portfolio 91