This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

When I first started in venture capital, back in 2001, I used to fund funds. There were a million reasons not to do Uber, for example--regulatory hurdles, first time VC backed founder (Remember, Ryan Graves raised the seed round as CEO, not Travis), the fact that it required individual launches in each city, premium product, etc, etc.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. We went “nuclear&# and slimmed down to 33 people (yes, I know, still large by today’s standards but this was 2001), raised $10 million and we built a real company.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

And people like Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Dave McClure, Chris Sacca & Eric Paley (at Founder Collective) are leading the charge. Chris Sacca talked about how a $20 million exit can change a founder’s life and that shouldn’t be scoffed at. That’s awesome. I had two kids and a rental house.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 13, 2021

It is a little known part of my career, but for a brief period from 1997 to 2001, I was part of a small group of investors who helped to create a startup ecosystem in Latin America. It all started with a company called StarMedia which created a Yahoo-like “portal” for Latin America. But it was StarMedia where I learned the most.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2020

Evan Nierman is the founder and CEO of Red Banyan , an international crisis public relations firm. Within a few days of 11 September 2001, I purchased plane tickets for optional personal travel. In times of crisis, entrepreneurs step up to take the lead on creating groundbreaking pathways toward renewal.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. The founder negotiated with the fund and ultimately accepted a 15% lower price.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

It’s still important advice for startup founders and something that I’m passionate about. You’re a startup founder. You start fighting with your co-founder whom you thought you understood. When my company hit the fan in 2001 I could have easily walked and gotten a better paying job. That’s OK.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders. some founders lose their life savings.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 8, 2022

Tiera Covington, EO Hawaii, is the founder and president of Integrated Facility Services Hawaii (IFSH). In 2001, while serving in the Hawaii Air National Guard, I started working for ABM Onsite Services as the Administrative Assistant. I was raised by my single mother in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2010

The VC industry grew dramatically as a result of the Internet bubble - Before the Internet bubble the people who invested in VC funds (called LPs or Limited Partners) put about $50 billion into the industry and by 2001 this had grown precipitously to around $250 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

This was a reasonable achievement when you consider that it was 2001-02, one of the worst years to be selling enterprise software and we were selling it SaaS style, which was still evangelical back then. Let me tell you my story. In my first company we had achieved a small bit of scale. In our first year of sales we did $2.1 million.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Written for EO by Torsten Oppermann, co-founder of the marketing agency MSM.digital and EO member since 2007. . I am a true northerner, whereas my business partner and co-founder Markus grew up in Bavaria. Would you jump for joy because of a basket of fruits, free coffee or a foosball table? Of course not. The logical next step?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. Joel met his co-founder for Fog Creek software and learned a valuable management lesson. Lesson: Joel had been building a community of readers since 2001. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Importantly, the founders’ time could also be focused on more productive endeavors, greatly improving their mental and emotional well-being. Still, we’re not sure many founders would give up on their companies right now for a long list of reasons. After all, the money could be invested in something more impactful.

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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). But most importantly I lectured founders that you can’t avoid the admin of setting up your ESOP. I explain in the video what happened in my first company (e.g. I eventually needed more money. Do it early.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Gen Z is getting a dose of some economic medicine that has older generations recalling 2008 and 2001, and Uprise is here for it. The company founders also consider their competitors to be like LearnVest and family office startup Harness Wealth. Uprise’s financial recommendations for Gen Z. Image Credits: Uprise.

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Jason Malki

JULY 10, 2023

The Co-founder/CEO of Axioned. Libby, leads a renowned technology services firm specializing in transforming the visions of Founders and Innovators into lucrative revenue streams by bringing their tech-product ideas to fruition. In 2009, I made the decision to join forces with my co-founder, Dev Jhala.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Just ask anybody who was trying to close funding the fateful week of September 11, 2001 or even March 2000. No doubt they spent countless hours arguing for reduced burn rates sometimes with founders, sometimes with investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The founder of Parachute, Ariel Kaye , had a clear vision for what she wanted to disrupt and how she thought she could do it. I will use some examples from Parachute and some other portfolio companies to give you examples from our experiences of watching successful brands grow.

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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. So, why should startup founders care about attracting and retaining a diverse workforce? Myth 1: Startup founders are young . Fastest growing 0.1

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Imagine a world where founders boasted about how much growth they’ve driven, as opposed to their fundraising prowess. “We’ve seen that all before … what’s new-ish (at least since 2001) is the massive overhang of growth investments that will take startups years to grow into,” he wrote.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Usually, founders haven’t quit their jobs at this stage. Surging Growth: This period started in 2001. They probe into the feasibility of the business idea and try to find the problem-solution-fit during this stage. Tinkering ends when entrepreneurs fully commit themselves to turn the business idea into a reality. Did we miss something?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

My estimate is that a lot of startup founders will hit the market between April to June next year, and that’s the moment of truth for the ecosystem,” he said at a gathering over the weekend organized by Indian newspaper Economic Times.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

By Rosemarie “Bubu” Andres, EO Global Chair, FY2018/2019 , an EO Philippines member and co-founder of Candy Corner , the number one source of quality candies and chocolates in the Philippines. When she’s not making a mark within EO, Bubu serves as the co-founder and CFO of Candy Corner Philippines, Inc.,

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Sometimes an original idea simply doesn’t pan out, a market gets too crowded or a company’s founders stumble onto something they have built that is actually a better business than the original idea. billion was originally a college lecture sentiment platform, according to CEO and co-founder Peter Reinhardt.

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

Generation Z (2001-2020) = 5%. Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Breakdown of workforce by generation : Traditionalists (1925-1945) = 2%. Baby boomers (1946- 1964) = 25%. Generation X (1965-1980) = 33%. Generation Y (1981-2000) = 35%. Traditionalists. Generation Y.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The startup was founded by Tanya Van Court who had her own struggles with financial literacy after losing more than $1 million in stock during the bubble burst of 2001. You can catch this episode of the Found podcast to hear more on that.).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

For example, Leading Edge Capital closed on nearly $2 billion for its sixth fund, Base10 Partners brought in $460 million for its third fund, Founders Fund secured $5 billion for two funds, Freestyle raised $130 million for its sixth fund and the list goes on and on. Overlooked Ventures co-founders Janine Sickmeyer and Brandon Brooks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Andre Maciel is the founder of Volpe Capital. Jennifer Queen is the founder of Pina , a PR firm focused on startups and venture capital firms. Andre Maciel. Contributor. Share on Twitter. He formerly worked with J.P. Morgan, and was a managing investment partner at SoftBank. Jennifer Queen. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 11, 2016

The term “digital divide” was first coined in 2001 by political scientists to describe how uneven access to the internet would create a population of left-behind “information have-nots.” By Annmarie Lanesey, EO Albany member and co-founder of Greane Tree Technology.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Hailing from around the United States and the globe, founders will pitch on the main stage, for four minutes, followed by an intense Q&A with our expert panel of judges. Join us on Wednesday, May 18 and Thursday, May 19 to watch these incredible founders take the stage. I know you want to see who made the cut.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 13, 2023

MVPs are not restricted to tech founders; the principle behind them is sound for any business. originally coined the term in 2001, and it was then adopted by author Steve Blank. All that lovely feedback and through ego and obstinacy, founders chose to ignore it. That is one of the myths. Frank Robinson , CEO of SyncDev Inc.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

TechCrunch Live is a free weekly event featuring investors, founders, and startups with the goal of helping entrepreneurs build better venture-backed businesses. In 2001, for six months, Whurley left Austin to follow a girl to Las Vegas and to break into casinos as a hired hacker. Register here. It’s free.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

In his latest column, Sales Kiwi co-founder and TC+ contributor Jonathan Martinez shared five essential takeaways that he learned along the way to reaching $1M ARR. “Another part of this is that I’m a solo founder, and I just don’t really have time to make a deck.” Lesson one? Not always.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Contact has been in the business of consumer finance since 2001, while Wasla was founded in 2018 by former Serag Meneassy and Taymour Sabry , both ex-Rocket Internet entrepreneurs, and investment banker Mahmoud El Said. “It’s And the final step is integrating financing or buy-now-pay-later solutions directly within that.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Donna Morris is the Founder and CEO of Xtra Pair of Hands DC – an event planning and staffing company she started in 2001 which currently employs fifteen staff and has over five hundred clients in the metropolitan area.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Alex Wilhelm hears from one startup founder who has taken a bit of an alternative approach to building a SaaS company. Chatting with CEO and co-founder Tomas Gorny, I got to dig a little under the skin of the company’s history. Chatting with CEO and co-founder Tomas Gorny, I got to dig a little under the skin of the company’s history.

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