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Unemployable: 5 Realizations from my entrepreneurial journey

Entrepreneurs' Organization

My unemployable moment arrived in 2004. .” Not due to a lack of intelligence, but because we’re like wild horses that can’t be tamed. We have to go off on our own and do our own thing; it’s the only way for us to thrive.

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Why AI Won't Be the Investment Opportunity Everyone Thinks It Is

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2004, I was working for the General Motors pension fund, which had been making limited partnership investments in venture capital since the early 1980’s. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds.

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Because the Domain Makes it Really Real

This is going to be BIG.

I tried to write a book for college kids in 2002-2003, couldn''t get it published, so I started blogging in February of 2004. I met Brad and Fred in the Summer of 2004, agreeing to join them later that year--my first job at a fund. I got my first job in venture--at GM--in February 2001.

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What is Andrew Wilkinsons net worth and how did he make it. A case study

Founder Bounty

After graduating from Oak Bay High School in 2004, he won a place at Ryerson University studying journalism. The company specializes in acquiring majority or whole stakes in “profitable, simple, and often boring” internet companies." " The billionaire has been quite a student in his time.

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The Twenty Year Itch: My Last VC Investment Out of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

This is going to be BIG.

To think, I almost didn’t take that 2004 meeting because it was a NYC-based fund. I’ll also continue to work within the NYC tech community—now thriving at a level I could hardly have imagined when I first got the pitch deck for USV’s first fund as a Limited Partner at the GM pension fund.

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5 questions emerging managers should ask before selecting LPs

TechCrunch

These investors can also be hesitant to bet on emerging managers, whom they may perceive as higher risk than established investors, even though Cambridge Associates data shows emerging firms made up 72% of the top returning firms between 2004 and 2016.

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Bezos' Shareholder Letter in 2000

Tomasz Tunguz

Just as important, though, Amazon managed their finances well. Net Income, $m. Cash & ST Equivalents, $m. Before the dotcom crash, Amazon grew at 68% and lost -$1.4b in net income.

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