Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. It is adjacent to Mountain View, home to Google. Further to the south are the legendary companies of Cisco, Apple, Intel, eBay, Yahoo!, Juniper and countless others.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

An Odd Start To My Angel Investing. So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups? Angel investing is like having a niece or nephew. Both were actual companies (not academic exercises), and I decided to make an angel investment in both of them -- mostly because I really respected the two guys: Brian Shin and Mark Roberge.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There’s no doubt (at least anecdotally) that the pace of VC investments in early-stage technology companies has picked up in the past few months. But there are many zombie VC’s with no more investments left in their portfolios so it’s hard to know which trend has more impact. Because you have multiple forces at work.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. Founded in 2006 by Aaron Finn.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. Short answer – yes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2019

I was intrigued when I learned about a game-changing technology in 2006: the manufacture of fabric from recycled plastic bottles. Read Monique’s advice for other entrepreneurs interested in adopting sustainable practices. . We are busy securing investments to scale up. However, I said no to the project.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

It’s not dissimilar to venture capital investments — you give a promising company (or person) the money that they need to grow, assuming that eventually, you’ll recoup your investment and turn a sizable profit. Not every creator economy startup is built for creators.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. “My This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Brad on blogging.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. Adyen launched in 2006, and in June 2018, it was listed as one of Europe’s largest tech IPOs with a value of €7 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Since 2006 I have been lamenting what I see as “the Facebook problem&# – they are trying to lump me into one big social network. We are also seeing the growth of social networks around topics of interest like StockTwits for people interested in investing in the stock market. I predict this will come before the end of 2012.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. market, choosing New York and L.A.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

Young looks back at “five key failure points” that are common potholes on every founder’s path and shares tactical advice for addressing internal conflict, losing product-market fit and other stumbles. Will record levels of dry powder trigger a delayed explosion of startup investment? ” On Thursday, January 19 at 10 a.m. .

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StartupNation

JANUARY 24, 2022

Though he made various investments in tech during the late ’90s, the dot-com crash and 9/11 flushed all that cash down the drain. In 2006, Google had the opportunity to buy YouTube. Shchegolev and Melnikov began experimenting with different SEO strategies in 2006. Gorny was forced to start all over. billion evaluation.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Should I invest to get ahead during this time? Christensen at Harvard Business School in 2006. Many of the questions that Chris and his team get from clients as we all move into the next phase is: What's working that I'm doing now that could work permanently? Is this going to give me an edge over my competition as a result of that?

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

So unless there’s some really obvious or transformative thing to do in your business today, it’s worth waiting a little bit to invest heavily in that. We’re experimenting with it, but we haven’t made a massive investment. I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2006.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. That only changed in 2019, when it decided to incur losses in favor of investing millions trying to conquer the U.S. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. market, choosing New York and L.A.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

When I first started in 2006, everything was really bad. A lot of those people were people that I invested in, so I had a little bit of an unusual thing where I’d invested in, I guess, by that point, about 90 startups. I’m curious when you actually started investing in a go-to-market effort?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

File this under both Startup Adivce and Sales & Marketing Advice. Help them better do their job – I’ve always been a big believer that relationships with journalists are a long-term investment. Robert Scoble interviewed me in 2006 about my startup, Koral. Might be true, but not in your best interests.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start Up Advice &# but I’d really like to call this post, “VC Advice.&#. We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. It’s that simple. >50% of our revenue in now viral.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

When Salesforce.com decided to buy my company in December 2006 I dropped everything and focused religiously on closure. If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. Any deal – ANY DEAL – that was pre 9/11 was suddenly in question. ABC: Always Be Closing.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). I later learned that they were a spin out from an investment bank. People said, “invest more.”

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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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

Stephen Harper, the country’s prime minister from 2006 to 2015, famously quipped that the region suffered from “ a culture of defeatism.” Each province tends to have a godfather/cheerleader who has championed local startups through investment, advice and connections. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.

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Feedough

APRIL 24, 2021

In 2006, Aytekin Tank founded JotForm as a side hustle while working full-time as a senior web developer in an Internet Media Company. With a full-time job, investing more time in learning new skills through courses and special training will only result in pointless delays in establishing your business. Save Your Earning.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

I started in 2006, learned garage doors, I was painting them at the time. But, it’s an investment. When you start viewing things as an investment versus costs, and you truly believe it’s an investment, is when you change your whole reality. Not those on the front line, clearly, who you invest a lot in.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

30:00 – Investing in yourself. Craig Cannon [00:09:18] – I thought that was actually a really nice piece of advice that you gave because you interviewed at Yelp twice. Jarvis Johnson [00:30:39] – Right, but it’s like for personal capital, like investing in yourself. 00:00 – Jarvis’ intro.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2017

In 2006, we officially launched Punchkick Interactive. TO SUPPORT YOUR FLAT INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU INTRODUCED TWO AVENUES OF PEER ENGAGEMENT—AN ADVICE CHANNEL AND A FEEDBACK CHANNEL. ZD / “The advice channel is the single biggest component to going flat at Punchkick. It wasn’t for me. HOW HAVE THESE BEEN IMPACTFUL?

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propel(x)

MARCH 2, 2017

However, Cleantech has long been considered an investing black hole where it’s impossible to make money. Here steps in Jason Holt, former staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, serial entrepreneur, and a seasoned investment advisor. Venture investment in the sector has remained pretty flat the last several years.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

15:05 – Providing advice as content vs in the product. 21:30 – Inbound marketing and audience building advice. We made up for the inefficiencies in the software by giving them good advice on how to optimize their website, and how to get going in social. Back in 2006, it was hard. 30:20 – Freemium.

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