Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And I’d recommend them to any talented startup founders out there.&#. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. With three co-founders, what was decision making and roles and responsibilities like? In the early days, decision-making was made by consensus by all three co-founders.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Like many startup founders, Anjali Jindal Naik, co-founder and COO of autonomous sidewalk robot maker Cartken, was raised by entrepreneurs. Back in 2005, that meant working on ringtones for mobile phones, and even trying, and failing, to stream Indian concerts to mobile phones in the U.S.

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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. it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

We funded one in 2005 and lost a lot of money. And trust me when I tell you that 90%+ of the people can’t wake up every day with the uncertainties and insecurities that startup founders face. Most employees want cruising altitude, most founders live in take off mode. Call me when you’re ready to leave.”

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Y Combinator

JUNE 25, 2021

Last week, we launched our Summer 2021 batch here at Y Combinator, the 33rd batch since our founding in 2005. And YC is CRISPR for startups. Startup founders with epic potential join YC. Over the years, I’ve found that there is a common misapprehension about what we do at Y Combinator.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

YC was founded in 2005 as an antidote to the classic venture capital firm. PG, Jessica, Trevor, and Robert decided to fund hackers and thereby enable the next generation of startup founders who would understand technology and its capabilities.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The report, titled Europe and Israel’s Startup Founder Factories , was produced by VC firm Accel with heavy support from startup and VC data platform Dealroom. Founded back in 2005, French adtech giant Criteo leads the pack with its alumni going on to create 29 so-called “second generation” startups.

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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 back to Google for a bit and I had that realization that I wanted to be working with startup founders again.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. You need to build genuine relationships with these portfolio startup founders as well as trust with them and the rest will follow. I’ve raised in boom markets and when everybody thought the Internet was a fraud.

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