A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2020

Ad-buying opportunities within podcasts have historically been manual and limited, not unlike the process of purchasing web ads pre-2000. We made an investment in Headgum recently and blogged about it on the USV blog this morning.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 8, 2011

By the way, I didn't add social media as a tip because, if you're reading this blog, you probably already use it. and if you don't understand the value of Twitter, blogging, etc. I'd say just about everyone in my LinkedIn network , all 2000 of them, are people who I've at least had the equivilant of a 1:1 lunch with.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

In 1999-2000 they weren’t doing enterprise-wide installations at Merrill Lynch, Dell and Cisco. About how dismissive traditional print was about blogs or the airlines views the “peanut serving&# Southwest Airlines. What is “disruptive&# is that is also dramatically less expensive. Enter Salesforce.com.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

This simple and short blog post by the folks at Correlation Ventures contains the key to venture capital returns – the hit rate. The other interesting thing about that chart is why the hit rates and returns in the venture capital industry have not returned to pre-2000 levels. But “hit rate” could be something else.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We had a $40 million round lined up to close in the Autumn of 2000.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 20, 2010

I never would have paid for music back in 1999 or 2000 when I was sporting my 64mb Creative Nomad, powered completely ilegally by Napster. 3) Remix, Comment, Blog, Tweet. Sharing links on my blog is to cumbersome, but I’d do it if I had a better clipping tool that posted. Because it was a tremendous pain in the ass.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Companies in developed markets have churned out profits at a historic pace, despite massive economic dislocations like the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000 and the global financial crisis eight years later. The post 3 steps toward agility and resilience appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. They have totally changed the way you run a VC firm, investing heavily in systems & events for their founders that are pushing the boundaries of the way our industry works.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Look more modern than our previous website, which had a very 2000 feel to it. I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. Anything that works well was her implementation. I did anything that seems kludged – I assure you. Demonstrate the deep relationships we have with the CEO’s with whom we work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. The post 4 Lessons learned from building a sustainable business model appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Founded in 2000 in New Brunswick, NJ. -Real-time search engine. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Current round: $5.25mm in Series A from.406

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. I am avoiding “frenzied&# deals for all of the reasons Roger Ehrenberg talks about in his excellent blog post. I’m skating where I think the puck is going. I’m not giving up on the market completely.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. I was reminded of all this this when I read a blog post by one of my favorite thinkers on the VC market, Bryce Roberts, who talked about “ unfundable companies.&#. Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn. The post is balanced and worth reading.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. Even though our 2000 fund was the single best performing fund in the United States for that vintage, continuing to get investments wasn’t possible so we had to rebuild.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Mike started working at Vector Marketing in 2000 as a student at Boston College. The post 3 Keys to Navigating the Entrepreneurial Maze appeared first on THE BLOG. Use these tips to find your bearings, and you’ll certainly be on your way to success. Mike Monroe is a Christian, husband, dad, marketer, and wannabe athlete.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. What is the True Sentiment of VCs?

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Many years ago, I used VoodooPad, a freeware Mac app in the early 2000 that also works. I’ve chosen Obsidian because I prefer having a local copy of all my notes and in markdown since this blog is also in Markdown, but all are great. After more than 6 months and thousands of notes, I can vouch for the method.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The original version of this article appeared on Aaron’s LinkedIn blog. I had started with a flaming parachute leap from a dotcom startup in late 2000, and armed with just US$6,000 in savings and the equity I had built in my relationships over my career. Written by Aaron Lee, founder & CEO at iluma Agency.

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StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

If you read books and blogs that offer encouragement to first-time founders like you, you’ll see six points emphasized repeatedly: Related: How to Overcome the Self-Sabotage of Self-Doubt. So, I wrote to a number of my former students who’d launched ventures during 1999 and 2000—almost all of which failed when nuclear winter set in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Sparked by a pair of scissors, some pantyhose and a party where founder, Sara Blakely , wanted to look her best, Spanx officially began production in 2000 and changed women’s fashion and fit forever. The post 20 Women Entrepreneurs Changing Their Industries (and the World) appeared first on THE BLOG. Sara Blakely / Spanx.

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Gust

JANUARY 31, 2013

In 2000, the SEC adopted Regulation FD in response to growing concerns regarding “ selective disclosure.” Or its blog? ” Like it sounds, selective disclosure is the practice of supplying material non-public information to securities professionals or major investors before disseminating it to the general public.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Postscript: Ben is currently advocating a new campaign, which has garnered more than more than 2000 likes in two weeks, in addition to support from Jane Goodall Foundation, RacingExtinction.com. The post How My Son Taught Me the Meaning of Charity appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Feedough

JANUARY 3, 2021

The company started monetising in 2000 and paved the way for pay per click advertising and search engine marketing. Mobile advertising also started in the year 2000. In the early 2000s, Facebook launched and brought in its hyper-targeted ads model that used user interests and demographics for advertising. Display Ads.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

This process has been tested over 100 hours with 30+ potential co-founders — ultimately helping me co-found a project that has grown to 2000+ users in less than five months. With this in mind, I derived a five-step process for finding an ideal co-founder for my next adventure. It will pay huge dividends!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2015

In 2000, I founded VRX Studios, a global photography company for the travel and hospitality industry. The post Trusting Your Entrepreneurial Instincts appeared first on THE BLOG. Your brain screams “brake” while your gut says “gun it.” It’s the same when it comes to your business decisions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 23, 2016

Sure, I lost a lot of money in 2000 with my grossly mismanaged company, but do I need to carry that burden forever? The post Looking Back: Life Lessons From a Nun appeared first on THE BLOG. It’s not that she was hiding that part of her life; her new life was her identity. Contact Georges at georges.levesque@levesquegroup.com.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Blue Origin, which was founded in 2000, has sent 25 nonprofessionals on suborbital space tourism flights. This blog post contains links to third-party websites. SpaceX , which was founded in 2002, has had 164 total launches and 126 landings of reusable rockets.

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OkDork

MARCH 7, 2024

Instead, seek inspiration in wildly different verticals: Read luxury wine blogs Talk to strangers on the street Sign up for a children’s toys newsletter To think differently, consume differently. I’m STILL tweeting, blogging, and creating videos online. Lesson 1: Look outside your own industry. 24 years later? You can use lawof100.com

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Basically, to be a content remixer, you turn long-form content like YouTube videos and podcasts into blog posts, tweet threads, LinkedIn posts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok videos. We're paying him $2000/month which is well worth it for me. And guess what?! He actually signed up a lot of people.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2016

At our annual planning session in early 2015, we realized that while we are proud of what we’ve accomplished since our doors opened in 2000, it was time to raise our standards even higher by becoming a certified B Corporation. A Letter to Fellow Entrepreneurs appeared first on THE BLOG. The post Why be B?

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

One of the hardest times in my life was in 1999/2000, when I was transitioning from my family business to establishing Palam Mesra, a niche residential property development company I started with Stephen. The post Flashback Friday: The Art of Engaging appeared first on THE BLOG. RT: Not always.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 23, 2023

With 7 billion people on the planet today, there are more than 6 billion mobile subscriptions, up from just 720 million in 2000. The true value to us will be in analyzing unstructured data, estimated to be 80% of all data stored, from blogs, social media, pictures and video.

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