2005 advice startup founder VC 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. The reason is that no VC wants to see the venture debt provider get burned if you become bankrupt.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
I will even take to emailing people I don’t know offering small bits of advice. He turned me down for a job in 2005. I try to take time out of my week to occasionally meet with startup founders – even those that haven’t been introduced. Can you please intro me to XYZ VC? I try to be helpful.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
” Your VC friends have been egging you on. We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. The don’t understand VC liquidation preferences or multiple return expectations. Most employees want cruising altitude, most founders live in take off mode. Startup Advice' I’ve finally cracked it.”
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 7, 2011
One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. And there you have it. Not a chance.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 16, 2012
There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. And of course I’ve sat on the other side of the table: As a VC. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 5, 2011
I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things.
Y Combinator
APRIL 24, 2024
While there I worked in what would become Sebastian Thrun’s AI research lab — he was one of the co-founders of Google X, and their self-driving car project that became Waymo. I went to business school, and that’s where I left the traditional path of an engineer and went into the startup world with Bump.
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