This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2022

4) Don’t push for me to say yes or no right then—because I see 2000 things in a year and do 8-10 of them. We can debate your startup over e-mail and Zoom later. Statistically, I’m usually a no—so what you’re most likely going to do is just kill the conversation and make it awkward. 5) Lastly, don’t flatter a VC.

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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. ” “Mark has a vested interest in talking down valuations of startups.” goes into a startup. What is the True Sentiment of VCs?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Even more interesting is that at GRP Partners (the VC firm where I’m a partner) our two most successful returns from our previous fund [which is ranked as the top performing fund in the country for its 2000 vintage according to Prequin] were both run by women! But then the truth sets in. Back to women.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

You know, because sometimes startups just simply don't make it [shrug] but you gotta watch out for those financial hucksters who are looking to take your money and run off to kick it in Fiji. 25 people I've actually placed at companies as part of a message of how I help startups. At least startups have accelerators, incubators, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

These two trends had a major impact on the computing industry from 2000-2005 but the effects weren’t yet felt by the VC industry. That’s awesome for users of Salesforce.com or companies that want to cater to them but less awesome for pure startups that want independence and are really just looking for cloud infrastructure.

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JULY 12, 2011

2. Chris then discussed his time as founder and CEO of SiteAdvisor, his first venture-backed startup. 5. We then went back to talking about how to choose the space in which your startup is operating. The firm focuses on early stage companies in the Northeast but occasionally invests in California startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

I was clueless about startup operations, financing and venture capital, but I didn’t need to be an economist to realize that most of the companies I worked for lacked solid fundamentals. Like a horde of unprofitable startups, Petstore.com’s founders planned to go public. Don’t believe your own press, right?”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

It should affect how you think if you are an incumbent but also if you’re a startup. So the startups tend to focus on totally new customers. Often the startups are actually serving a slightly different kind of customer or a slightly different market need. Let’s start with the incumbents position in a market.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

It’s also meaningless if they had four $200 million funds and the last one they closed was in 2000. Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. GRP’s last fund was in 2000. What is a VC fund?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 31, 2022

What happened in 2022 is the bottom fell out of the capital markets and the startup and tech sector more broadly. In the areas that USV works in; tech, startups, and web3, there have been a number of important downstream effects of the popping of the bubble and they are worth enumerating. This is the first of these two posts.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I’ve often said that to run a startup you almost have to abstract yourself from the daily stresses and grind just to exist. But I had been down this road in 2000 and I saw how punishing markets could be when you didn’t sell and had an offer. Startup Advice' Or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch Europe ran an article in November of last year that European startups need to work as hard as those in Silicon Valley and I echoed the sentiment in my post about the need for entrepreneurs to be maniacal about their businesses if one wants to work in the hyper competitive tech world. Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

We’ve hung out periodically over the past few years and I have enjoyed debating many startup topics. They never did any PR or marketing to get their videos to first get shown on the news during the 2000 election. We had a discussion about how businesses change after the company really isn’t a startup anymore.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Here are four startup myths that hold innovation back.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

If you’ve taken the roller coaster ride that is a startup – you know what I’m talking about. The truth is that in my experience very, very few people really enjoy the “pure&# startup environment: months with no salary, months with no live product and lots of trial, error & rejection. It’s addicting. 8 beers that night.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 21, 2011

If there’s a jobs startup within 2000 miles of NYC, I will see it. Everyone sends me startups in this space because of my experience with Path 101 and my passion for helping people with their careers. I feel terrible, because I hate these meetings and couldn’t be less interested in this space.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 27, 2014

We both are concerned about non-traditional capital entering the late stages and the impact that may have in the next downturn in the economy to the startups who merely trying to optimize for short-term valuation maximization. Startup Lessons' Here is the video of the presentation that I gave that preceded our debate. And we ended.

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StartupNation

MARCH 30, 2021

The following is excerpted from the book “Why Startups Fail” by Tom Eisenmann. Dear Founder: Congratulations for taking the plunge—for committing to work full-time on that startup concept you’ve been pursuing. Believe me, managing a late-stage startup brings an entirely new set of thorny problems.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 3, 2022

There’s a prevailing narrative that the health of the Bay Area startup ecosystem faces challenges. San Francisco’s share of startup rounds by count has fallen from its perch ten years ago. In 2021, San Francisco Bay Area startups raised $126b. In 2019, US startups raised $126.4b.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

As a courtesy if you enjoyed his write-up please check out his startup company, ChannelStack. Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. I feel like I know him better personally since he's always in the chat room during the show asking questions). and Half.com.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2023

The US startup M&A market in Q4 2022 was one of the quietest in the last 20 years. In percentage terms, last quarter dropped the most since 2000, falling 94% year-over-year. During a down-market, young startups who face a radically more challenging fundraising market than six months ago more often choose a quick sale.

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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. It costs less money to start companies so the world should have way more startups.&# I’ve heard the “world is different&# argument in every bubble I’ve ever seen. But all of this increased company creation has to go somewhere.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Without an understanding of how to protect their R&D investment and claim technology as proprietary, startup companies are leaving a tool behind, possibly forfeiting market share and investments as a result. In 2000, the U.S. 5 key IP considerations for AI startups by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Nevertheless, if you share too much in your funding process or meet too many VCs expect a certain amount of your ideas to spread around the startup community. The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

As an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has lived through two downturns (the post-2000 internet bubble bust and the post-2008 financial crisis), I know that entrepreneurial innovation is always alive and that company-building is a marathon, not a sprint. And the past few weeks of geopolitical challenges only added to the bleak scenario.

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Jason Calacanis

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Over the past decade, I invested in over 350 startups and watched up close as founders figured out how to do more with less. Startups, by their nature, are resource-constrained organizations when compared to the legacy businesses they are trying to displace. Thanks for reading Jason Calacanis on Startups! While this A.D.D.

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JULY 5, 2011

Like a startup we took a very “version 0.9” Look more modern than our previous website, which had a very 2000 feel to it. I’m excited to announce that we silently launched our new website last week. What I would love to do with this post is tell you our goals and solicit reactions for what you like and what you don’t like.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 29, 2017

But there is clear evidence that the overwhelming majority of startups will raise their first dollars from LA-based venture capital funds. Dating back to Upfront II in 2000 (the single best performing fund in the US for that vintage) 2 of our 3 best returns were driven by companies with female founders / CEOs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But if you’re a startup, you should skip the rush and focus on building a product that delivers benefits and create a strong brand instead. Here’s why: Finding the right price is crucial for startups. Pricing is crucial for startups and directly impacts customers’ perception of your product and brand. We want your thoughts!

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Y Combinator

AUGUST 5, 2019

Back when YC was getting started about 10 years ago, Paul Graham wrote some essays that predicted the way startup fundraising would change in the next decade – accurately, it turns out. How tech startup fundraising changed from 2005 to now. The startup is typically incubated out of the VC’s offices.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Murdoch seethed at these “startups&# getting rich off the back of MySpace. At the top end is the business logic created by startups and established technology companies. In April of 2000 there were fears that the AOL / Time Warner merger would create a monopoly on the Internet. Google acquired YouTube for $1.65

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But in some cases, like Groupon, startups cross the $1 billion mark in just their initial years. Several startups, including Amazon and Facebook, saw their metrics shot up dramatically to form the shape of a hockey stick. Not every startup see such hockey stick growth. Such growth isn’t new. Let’s find out.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Based on his time leading startups through the dotcom implosion in 2000 and the 2008 Great Recession, Alomar said it’s critical for founders to be strategic and not reactive. How to talk to your investors about pivoting. When it’s OK to leave money on the table. What you need to do differently to fundraise during a downturn.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – (February 7, 2023) Keiretsu Forum, a global network of angel investors, is exploring an expansion into the Texas startup ecosystem. Its 2,000+ members have invested over $1 billion in 2.400+ companies since its founding in 2000. Keiretsu Forum was founded in 2000 by Randy Williams.

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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. Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt. Andersen had lost its long-time CEO, George Shaheen, was hemorrhaging staff and wasn’t exactly known as being an Internet pioneer.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 18, 2010

Startups Showcase Fashion 2.0 and FashInvest invite the online fashion community to present their startups to the audience and special feedback panel consisting of leading investors in the space. This month's talk is about corporate formation, investor visas and and tax accounting for startups. RSVP: [link] 6:00PM Fashion 2.0:

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Qualcomm Ventures , Qualcomm’s investment arm, today announced four new strategic investments in 5G-related startups. The firm did not disclose how much it invested in these four new startups, though. billion and made 360 investments since its launch in 2000. In total, Qualcomm Ventures has deployed $1.5

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