This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 2, 2014

What might be a more relevant date is May 22nd, 2007. My godfather got me IBM stock right after that, so that''s how I knew that a stock market and investing existed. 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. Well, I was born in 1979.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Six months ago Upfront Ventures announced its first Partner hire since 2007 – Greg Bettinelli. More importantly, he has just announced his first investment – he led a $7 million investment in Deliv – please read about it on Greg’s spiffy new blog. I wrote about him here.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Since its inception, Ben Franklin has invested in more than 4,500 technology-based companies and boosted the state economy by more than $25 billion , helping to generate 148,000 jobs through investments in client firms and spinoff companies in Pennsylvania. rank for tech-based investments? in additional state taxes.

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Venture Hacks

APRIL 16, 2019

The first version of AngelList was a blog post on Venture Hacks. Now, Venture Hacks is going solo with new posts on fundraising, investing and good times. And for cleaning up this old blog which launched on April 1, way back in 2007. Muchos thanks to AngelList for assisting with this transition (Aaron, Jake, Kevin).

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A global finalist in the 2007 GSEA competition, he is now an EO Minnesota member who owns five businesses. In 2007, I competed in GSEA, starting with a local competition in Minnesota; from there I made it all the way to the Global Semifinals. Being an EO member is the best investment of time and money I’ve ever made?nothing

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Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

“Pre-Seed” is somewhat of a controversial term in the investing world, triggering reactions questions its validity, its effectiveness, and even its contribution. About 150 people showed up, a healthy mix of founders, seed-stage investors and big fund VCs, and a bunch of LPs of various sizes. Some press showed up, too.

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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. I didn''t actually get to meet him in person until SXSW in 2007.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 5, 2017

s COO in 2007. The COO and friend I let go in 2007 is now a super-successful consultant who enjoys better hours, projects he loves and higher pay. When you invest the time and effort to fire someone the right way, everyone benefits. By Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of O2E Brands. Ultimately, what goes around comes around.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There’s too much PR and too many tech blogs and too many newsletters and aggregators and Twitter summarizers to even try to catch everything that’s going on and equally there’s so much noise that it becomes harder to be heard. I still plan to keep more normal pace of investment which is 1-2 deals per year.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 At the time I pointed out: “If I had realized exits almost certainly it would be because I invested in a company that failed. “Ok, so this guy can write a blog and source deals but can he make any money?” years ago. ” Still. ” Yup.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

If you want to understand the software trend that drove the creation of the seed-stage VC phenomenon I wrote about it that linked blog post but in short: cloud computing drove down the cost to create startups enabling a new category of investor. We discussed how initial investments and follow-ons work in this short 2-minute clip.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. Evidently, the downturn hasn’t soured investors on the travel industry.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Nash said on Twitter that the two met at LinkedIn, where Nash was himself VP of product management for four years beginning in 2007. That Nash would start a fintech company specifically isn’t surprising, considering his involvement with Wealthfront, as well as some of the personal investments he has made in recent years.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007. We had to develop a minimum viable product that would “wow” the organization’s top leadership and prove the initial investment worthwhile. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I only say that because after years as a VC I can always tell when my peer group invested in something because “it seemed like it would make money” versus when they invested out of passion. His blog is even called SaaStr (a bit too close to Suster if you ask me ;-)). Does she live your journey?

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OurCrowd

JULY 22, 2020

That’s not to say many didn’t see it coming: WHO published a strategic action plan for pandemic influenza in 2007 and in 2014 Bill Gates, representing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, presented a TED Talk about his anticipation of both a pandemic and societal lack of preparation for such an international medical crisis.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The company confirmed that in its filing, stating that: Our operations have historically been efficient with limited outside investment. million in outside equity since our founding in 2007. Prior to issuing $10.0 Did anyone else mostly forget that you can build IPO-ready software companies without utter truckloads of external cash?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 12, 2013

But less as a complaint and more as advice to younger networkers, the more you invest in relationships the more you will get when you need. Brunson’s short and to-the-point blog post, “ It’s Called Networking, Not Using.” It’s why I wrote the blog post on 50 Coffee Meetings. ” Be authentic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

million women-owned firms averaged only US$130,000 in receipts in 2007, the most recent year for which data was available. We never take a risk without weighing the pros, cons and financial aspects to include return on investment. The post Business Advice From Female Entrepreneurs appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 22, 2016

in 2007 during the collapse of the housing market, precisely because I believe change and chaos breed opportunity. And, according to research by Gartner , by 2017, 50% of product investment projects will be redirected to customer experience innovations. Focus on Your Customer Experience appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2013

I miss blogging because it serves as a great repository for me of my current thinking, as a way of organizing my thoughts and clarifying what I think and as a conversation started with so many of you (as Hunter Walk elegantly said, “Blog not to show how smart you are, but in the hope of soliciting feedback from smart people.

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OurCrowd

MAY 11, 2020

Historically, venture investing right after major market downturns – such as after the Internet bubble burst in 2000-2002, and after the financial crisis of 2007-2009 — has proved lucrative because you’re buying at a discount. That’s a very good entry point for new venture investors. Watch the latest from OurCrowd. Looking to connect.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

Since then Mike his built his career by investing in early-stage companies (seed or series A), which is remarkable given that Polaris Ventures is a $1 billion fund. Simple: according to Mike Polaris has followed on nearly every seed investment that they’ve done. Founded 2007 in Boulder, CO. Competitors: Google.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. blog here ). The industry did that in 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. 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. Profitability.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. If you came here via a direct link you might want to check out the more detailed full version on my blog, which is here. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. But the masses didn’t want to blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Venture Capital funds: the different between “closed funds&# (which typically have a 10-year time horizon) and “evergreen funds&# which re-invest profits back into the fund. An investment doesn’t guarantee your product will suddenly be on the investor’s price sheet. DST invested $180mm last fall.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 9, 2019

Every dollar invested by the state into Ben Franklin generates $3.90 Each center is united by a single mission — to invest in early-stage innovation-led firms and help to develop and support a more competitive and attractive Pennsylvania economy that creates highly paid, sustainable jobs. billion between 2012 and 2016.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. But how do you do that? .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 14, 2015

By Arman Sadeghi, an Octane blog contributor and CEO of Titanium Success. Action item: Focus on creating one piece of educational content per month and do three things with it: put it on your company blog, send it out to your email list, and make printed copies available to distribute when meeting with prospects and clients.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

2007 marked an important milestone for the Earth’s cities. Feeding the City Start Up has now worked with 23 early-stage social enterprises, providing business mentoring, practical workshops, direct funding, and access to investment. This is a guest blog post written by Luke Davis , Communications Lead at Impact Hub Berlin.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

Most top tier VCs return about 3x invested capital and outlier funds (the best of a vintage) might return 6-8x. But the larger funds usually have lower returns because they are often investing bigger dollars at later stages with less risk and therefore lower returns. VCs shouldn’t call their entrepreneurs once they invest.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

Here’s the gist from his blog: “Those of you who often over-commit or feel too scattered may appreciate a new philosophy I’m trying: If I’m not saying “HELL YEAH!” From 2007-2009 and again from 2012-2013, I said yes to way too many “cool” things. ” about something, then I say no.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog. That’s always stuck with me. We’ll see. Now how much would you pay?!?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 17, 2021

I remember in the great recession, in 2007, I saw so many people lose their livelihood, and I had tenure. But this particular episode was about how he took all of his blog about passing the architecture licensing exam and he put his … He had documented his process, how he studied and passed it. So, I had a job. Ramon Ray: Got it.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. I always wanted to work with Brad for this reason so I started blogging because I figured if transparency worked for Brad I would try the same approach. We write about $40 million of first-checks into new deals / year and about $40 million of follow-on investments.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. In May 2007 there were fears that Google was becoming a monopoly.

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