Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital. 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. Will a financial crisis affect how venture funds deploy capital?

ventures 334

ventures startup capital board 334

Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2016

“Being in Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), ultimately, might have saved my life,” says Michelle Menard , co-founder of Choice Translating and member of EO Charlotte. Founded in 1987, the organization is a global business network of 12,000+ leading entrepreneurs in 160 chapters and 50 countries. “I

peer-to-peer 130

peer-to-peer entrepreneurs sustainability networking 130

Angel Capital Association

MAY 6, 2021

In 2018, they granted the Angel Capital Association a no-fee license to their entire library of training materials to help found ACA University. They have created high quality education courses and articles to help investors make better decisions and entrepreneurs to understand the investment process to attract the capital they need.

angel investing 45

angel investing investing investment peer-to-peer 45

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” Maybe they were in their 20s in 2002 when being a startup CEO wasn’t really available to most? If you can and if you want to – you should.

advice 334

advice peer-to-peer VC board 334

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. For entrepreneurs who want to learn about how to work with investment banks, how to position yourself to be acquired and what the IPO markets look like this is the episode to watch. This is often in the 5-7% range. TechCrunch.

VC 242

VC venture capital ventures capital 242

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Between 1995-2002 I visited often – especially since I founded my first company there. As the world went through its economic shock fueled by the housing boom & cheap capital, Ireland suffered its effects a bit worse. Scenes from my counter-top on my last night in Dublin. The Origins of Web Summit / f.ounders. It will not.

advice 392

advice networking board media 392

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. We were based in London.

entrepreneurs 308

entrepreneurs advice real estate venture capital 308