2004 entrepreneurs support VC 
Berkonomics
JANUARY 28, 2021
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up pre-money valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. Here’s the “what.”. And here’s the “why.”. Lessons founders learned.
This is going to be BIG.
DECEMBER 11, 2014
I''m super proud of Rob, Ben and the whole Backupify team--and this is particularly special for me because Backupify was the first investment I ever made as a VC, and the first board I ever sat on. I started reading a great blog called Business Pundit in 2004. It was written by a guy about my age down in Louisville, Kentucky.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
He started Thrillist with Adam Rich in 2004, which later became Group Nine Media in 2016. The firm also promoted Graham Brown to managing partner and brought on Tanaz Mody as Lerer Hippeau’s first head of people to support the portfolio. TechCrunch: Ben, how does it feel to come back to VC full-time?
AsiaTechDaily
JANUARY 30, 2023
In addition to his rich experiences working in the venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) sectors, Joseph has also sharpened his investment acumen through his multiple years in the audit and stock-broking industry before deciding to finally launch his cross-border investment firm, Kairous Capital , in 2015.
Berkonomics
JULY 10, 2014
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve walked away from deals where the entrepreneur insists on a start-up premoney valuation that is so high, no angel could expect to make a return upon the investment, even with a reasonable sales price for the company down the road. Let me tell you two stories that are linked.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 13, 2011
In 2004 / 2005 I was starting to get intrigued with user-generated content. Deal evaluations the Foundry way, which continues into a great discussion about VC decision-making processes. “So RSS was something that had appeared.” “….I This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 was starting.
Tomasz Tunguz
JULY 6, 2014
According to the WSJ, GoPro is the largest consumer hardware IPO in 23 years , though like most entrepreneurs, I don’t remember the Duracell IPO. Founded in 2004, GoPro is about 10 years old and during the past few years has witnessed spectacular growth. In other words, how many revenue dollars did one invested VC dollar create.
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