Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

eBay hosted a jobs fair in 2002 for 75 jobs and 2,000 people showed up,” states Martino. This crisis comes on the heels of an abnormal time for venture capital. Over the past few years, the influx of capital has led some founders to make bad decisions, with Uber serving as the most prominent cautionary tale.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 16, 2016

There aren't many people who get the chance to analyze venture capital fund return data. Sounds like a huge amount, but only later does he say that only " 476 funds which had known Net IRR values, the overwhelming majority of which were from vintage 2002, or more recently." Companies take a long time to exit--often 5-9 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

In 2002 after exiting his second company he was attracted to the variety of being a VC. He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. How did you get into VC? (9:30 9:30 – 11:30).

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I know that most people who are close to them tend to deny their existence, as we saw in the great housing bubble of 2002-2007 and the dot com bubble of 1997-2000. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. It’s what I love about entrepreneurship and about venture capital. Have a cushion.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 6, 2021

As one of the old timers in angel investing, I have fond memories of the early days just prior to the formation of the Angel Capital Association,” said Hambleton Lord. The initial two meetings of this fledgling group were held at the MIT and Stanford Faculty Clubs in 2002.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Natalia Holgado Sanchez, head of capital markets at Secfi, studied the impact of five downturns since 2002 to see how well privately held startups held up, “and, most importantly, how long it took the IPO market to reopen.”. The past may hold some clues. Image Credits: Rezus (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

On the third Wednesday of every month I co-chair a meeting called the SoCal VCA (venture capital alliance), which represents participants from all of the top venture capital firms in Southern California as well as prominent members of the Tech Coast Angels (TCA). What are your predictions for the road ahead.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Shleifer focused on China; Fixel focused on India, and the rest of the firm’s support team (it now has 22 investing professionals on staff) helped find deals in Brazil and Russia before beginning to focus more aggressively on opportunities in the U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 30, 2023

xi) Venture capital fund adviser. Any public accounting firm registered in accordance with section 102 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ( 15 U.S.C. Any entity that is: (A) An investment company as defined in section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ( 15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.) 80b–1 et seq.). (xi) xv) Accounting firm.

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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. That’s a very good entry point for new venture investors. Director of Operations for Rewire (Israel).

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

is the primary provider of venture capital to itself and the rest of the world, the companies vying for these funds are now more global than ever. Because the U.S. If you don’t think the competition for Series B funding is very global, you need only consider very stale data from Canada.

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abovethecrowd.com

OCTOBER 17, 2013

While I am extremely proud of that team’s accomplishments (the parent company recombined Nordstrom.com in 2002 and the direct division now has revenue of over $1.25B and is the fastest growing unit inside of Nordstrom ), I built a healthy respect for the complexities and difficulties of managing women’s fashion inventory.

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propel(x)

JULY 11, 2022

Because of the time and investment needed to bring deep tech solutions to market, many startups require significant and sustained capital to get up and running. billion in venture capital in 2021 and $70.7 billion in the first quarter of 2022 alone, according to PitchBook’s Venture Monitor report. Startups raised $342.2

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Founded in 2002, the Australian software maker Atlassian is an exceptional company in many regards. This cash, in addition to a small amount of venture capital, has provided the wherewithal to fuel the business’s growth. But foremost, Atlassian is one of the best examples of flywheel SaaS companies yet.

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Gust

MAY 24, 2012

By contrast, venture capital and angel investments normally take the form of Preferred Stock with rights and preferences set forth in the company’s Certificate of Incorporation and other governance documents. Options and warrants, when issued, are also typically exercisable for shares of Common Stock.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

As a 2020 Wall Street Journal piece points out, while computer-aided software became the norm in the ’70s and ’80s, it wasn’t until 2002 that 3D modeling arrived with Autodesk’s purchase of building information modeling (BIM) software vendor Revit.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

The were exonerated after an admission by the real perpetrator confessed in 2002 and DNA evidence proved it. And for the occasional person who Tweets or comments, “Mark, I follow you to hear about tech or venture capital — not politics. This isn’t my work blog or my company blog or a venture capital blog.

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