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MAY 19, 2013
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APRIL 22, 2010
This is part of my startup advice series. It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. When my company hit the fan in 2001 I could have easily walked and gotten a better paying job. Or if you need that next job here is some advice: Try to merge jobs on your resume.
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TechCrunch
MARCH 21, 2023
I do know one company that returned 70% of its capital during the 2001 cycle after everything shut down, and one of the co-founders was able to raise a successful round a few years later, but I’m unclear if it was correlation or causality. Any advice to founders on this front? It’s not the end of the world.
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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 typically do it just to support entrepreneurs I like, to learn about a space (you learn from the inside not by reading TechCrunch) and to build relationships with other investors. Tags: Start-up Advice.
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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations.
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. In my first company I had to raise money in April 2001 or die. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. It’s that simple.
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JANUARY 31, 2010
Our existing investors supported us and a new lead came in. Then I got engaged to be married in late 2001 and had the motivation to get really serious. Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice. We found a way to get a round of venture capital closed after all of this. At least not externally. It became a social activity.
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