TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“Since 2000, we have seen three major technology shifts in the enterprise: the transition from on-premise to SaaS, the growth of mobile, and the most recent – sweeping digital transformation across almost every part of every business,” said Eugene Lee of OMERS Ventures, in a statement.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 29, 2016

If you walk away from a "no" without any ideas on what you could have done better, especially if you're consistently getting turned down, then you're missing out on a learning opportunity. Well, my own statistics are that about 2000 things come across my desk in a year, and I make 8-10 investments. How difficult? That's the top 0.5%.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 10, 2023

These themes focused the company & the board. The management team wove that theme through every board deck during the year. Looker began to sell successfully to Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies who required new features & scaling other ones: e.g., managing a user base measured in thousands.

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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? I can choose to focus on words like “waste,” “loss” or “fail”… or I can choose to focus on words like “learning,” “preparation” and “opportunity,” just like my mom did when she transitioned to a new life.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

After presenting a “state of the company” report at a national meeting of resellers for a company where I sat on the board, I was approached by one of the audience members, complimenting my presentation and stating, “I have a problem. The fabulous contradiction – and opportunity. What can I do?”. Of course, we took all of these.

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Gust

OCTOBER 25, 2011

I like to think the nature of the deal itself, the business you’re working on, carries with it a need for getting outside investment related to the sweet spot of the opportunity. Maybe you don’t like having to discuss key decisions with your board of directors. You can make it without it. But what if that isn’t you, or your business?

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 1, 2020

An inexperienced entrepreneur might neither have the experience nor the tools to manage their impending company crisis; we as knowledgeable Angels and mentors and board members can draw on the experiences we have faced as investors in those previous cycles. It is our hour to shine and help our startups survive and thrive! Be ruthless.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Right now, it’s a bit like 2000 and the internet is about to take over everything, and the most important thing is whoever can build the best router. Cisco in 2000 was worth half a trillion dollars at its peak. There’s so many opportunities at this intersection of AI/ML and biology and medicine.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Your board and investors even consider you the Mark Zuckerberg or Evan Spiegel of your industry. In order to change your company culture and seize opportunity, you need to hire people that are willing to change themselves. Never has that statement been truer or the opportunities for startups greater.

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Business Idea #5: Employment Coaching Sadly, there's lots of layoffs across the board in many different companies, and more and more people are looking for work. Business Idea #9: Garden Specialist Yes, this is a real business opportunity. We're paying him $2000/month which is well worth it for me. And guess what?!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

6 investors on 2021’s mobile gaming trends and opportunities. Both Wardi and managing director Lonne Jaffe, as well as senior associate Brad Fiedler, are joining Incredibuild’s board. Interestingly, Shachar told me that Incredibuild itself does not own any patents on what it has built.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2014

The organization, like Vistage, manages roundtables of CEOs meeting monthly in small groups, where they discuss their mutual challenges and help solve each other’s complex problems, acting as an informal board of advisors. Unlike other groups, ABL members all belong to either healthcare or technology industry-focused roundtables.

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. Read my and others’ thoughts on “Recession, Reinvention and Opportunity” in this Israel21c piece.

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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. Amazon uses the data of other humans, but not humans that you actually care about—which misses the opportunity created by influence. Remember when they said that people wouldn't pay for music?

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abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

So the “real” oversupply is likely much, much higher than 30X – simply because most investors are not even given the opportunity to show their interest [fatal flaw #2 above]. As one SPAC board member declared, each SPAC is a “choose your own adventure” experience. The real oversupply might be over 100X.). The competition is real.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. The recovery following the Internet bubble collapse of 2000 similarly took three years. But as with most crises, opportunities for experienced investors who have learned from prior down cycles are still plentiful. When will today’s moribund IPO market recover?

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

As the Series A investor and board member at Uber, I was quite intrigued when I heard that there was a FiveThirtyEight article specifically focused on the company. Some interesting demographic trends are also underway that favor Uber’s opportunity in this market. Scale clearly matters for these types of opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. In order to get a VC to agree to fund you, you need to get the entire partnership on board. Our 2000 fund is the single best fund of its vintage. And PR also has a way of generating inbound funding opportunities.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. FourSquare obviously brings up a lot of interesting commercial opportunities. It isn’t new stuff.

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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. Many experienced partners are funds have 7-10 boards and most of these will need more capital. What is the True Sentiment of VCs? This is how VCs feel.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

If you can raise $250k, through at least 1000 donations of no more than $250 each, with a cap of $2000, you can qualify for an 8:1 match of taxpayer dollars. Basically, if you can create a groundswell of support, you’re in the game. In reality, he’s incredibly problematic.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). All VCs, including us, regularly see investment opportunities which don’t fit our mandate. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

This great Internet that has offered so much economic opportunity has also centralized wealth creation into the hands of relatively few people on a scale and in a timeframe never seen before. Trust Between 1998–2000 the world became enamored with the “new economy” and Internet companies that were going public on NASDAQ in the United States.

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