Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2016

And Greg has had the most influence on Upfront Ventures’ strategy since he joined. I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. I asked for the responsibility of setting out the firm’s future strategy and our daily operating tasks. I keynoted.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 7, 2014

This is something I think entrepreneurs don’t totally understand and it’s worthwhile they do. There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). Why the latter?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

We had no money, strategy, or office. All four of us came to a friend who was a more experienced entrepreneur. What about strategy? At the very beginning, I mentioned that we had no strategy. At some point, we came up with the Fast-Track strategy. We were full of energy and were ready to code all night long.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While a few iconic brands including Uber, Airbnb, and Square emerged successfully from the last downturn, most venture-backed companies struggled during this period, and many ended up pursuing M&A strategies. Do these include detailed organizational design and hiring strategies? The last category is most actionable.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In an exclusive interview with Asia Tech Daily’s Editor, Yongmin Kim shared his insights, wisdom, and some great stories that can guide fledgling entrepreneurs and seasoned investors. An experienced investor, his journey in venture capital began in 2007, a tumultuous period with a global financial crisis.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

But in 2006, I found my peer group by joining the Entrepreneurs Organization —and it was a game-changer. 2007 / KPIs and company dashboards help ensure your customers, employees and financial stakeholders are all being considered. At the start of 2007, KPIs and dashboards were foreign to us. You can read them here.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 Working with early-stage teams : coaching, mentoring, setting strategy, rolling up sleeves: 9/10. “I think the best VCs help drive exits alongside their entrepreneurs. years ago. Sourcing high-quality leads : 9/10. Since then? None have exited.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2011

One of the most common questions that entrepreneurs who meet me for the first time like to ask is, “Do you miss being an entrepreneur? I thought I’d talk a bit about the differences I’ve experienced between being an entrepreneur & a VC – you know, from “both sides of the table.&#. On Being an Entrepreneur.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This is something I think entrepreneurs don’t totally understand and it’s worthwhile they do. There weren’t a lot of seed funds in 2007 so this was often done by angels, funding consortia or sometimes early-stage funds that existed then (First Round Capital, True Ventures, SoftTech VC, etc.). Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) October 7, 2014.

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

Trending Investment Strategies Global investor surveys have shown that since the crises of the early 2000s more affluent and sophisticated investors are choosing to invest in partnership with each other. This is something that we have experience at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The pandemic has made life difficult in innumerable ways, but it has also presented business opportunities to savvy entrepreneurs. Many entrepreneurs are looking for new revenue streams and the chance to finally start their own businesses. This is the largest increase in new businesses since 2007. For example, IBM’s U.S.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. The best MBA class I took was an investment strategy class. The triage problem – What many entrepreneurs didn’t fully understand was the triage problem that faced investors. The deal was done in late 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!,

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2011

More importantly, I know them both for a while--Hilary since August of 2007 through twitter and, of course, getting to work with her at Path 101, and Kara since I used to e-mail her about her Boomtown columns in the WSJ over ten years ago. Does that make it a viable strategy for every new entrepreneur? Not in the slightest.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. The advantage is that in many of our best deals we now have $50+ million invested so we can really support entrepreneurs as their businesses scale. VCs have different views and strategies on this. Accel led the B, Morgan Stanley the C and now HIG the D.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. Venture Kick was launched in 2007 with the vision to double the number of spin-offs from Swiss universities and draws from a jury of more than 150 leading startup experts in Switzerland. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy?

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 20, 2021

He has served as an entrepreneur-in-residence for TechStars. Elliott and the team are extremely driven and have worked to ensure a comprehensive go-to-market strategy,” Brandhorst said. “I Since 2007, iMCI and i2E, Inc. iMCI currently manages $90 million across five venture funds.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

We are pleased to support German Bionic in its continued development of world-leading exoskeleton technology,” says Young Sohn, corporate president and chief strategy officer for Samsung Electronics and chairman of the board, Harman, in a statement. It could easily be both. “We

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

These days that’s not the case and it’s a great outcome for entrepreneurs and for innovation. A: Only because it’s a nicer branding for entrepreneurs. I totally agree and have been arguing this to entrepreneurs for years. I always counsel young entrepreneurs to start on the local train.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

The strategy of GigaOm and where they differentiate in the market. industry investors rather than VCs) a good idea for entrepreneurs. His view: sometimes entrepreneurs expect too much value from the partner. Are “strategic investors&# (e.g. Paul discussed his perspective having been at SAP Ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe that.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

APRIL 15, 2020

AMI’s development process focuses on intellectual property, regulatory, and reimbursement strategies to decrease commercialization risk and attract medical device technology acquisition partnerships, and their devices solve unmet clinical needs in target markets e.g., GI, critical care and pediatrics. AcousticSheep. sleepphones.com , Erie.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs are inherently risk takers.

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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. But this strategy great depends on point 3. (it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 Availability of Capital.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But, the last nine years has provided many nuggets for entrepreneurs to learn from, in terms of how to approach leadership. But, when head coach Lloyd Carr retired after the 2007 season, nobody expected it would be followed by the lackluster coaching tenures of Rich Rodriguez and Brady Hoke between 2008 and 2014.

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StartupNation

JUNE 29, 2021

” Blockbuster was built by one of the most successful entrepreneurs in history, Wayne Huizenga. Its relentless growth-at-all-cost strategy produced a bloated, high-cost company that had little chance of survival as the business transitioned from brick-and-mortar.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Since its 2007 founding by Morris — who also co-founded Capital One Financial Services in 1994 — and Frank Rotman, QED has backed more than 150 companies, including 20 unicorns. In terms of strategy, Rotman notes that QED has continued to lead deals that it feels “passionate about being involved in.”.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” since June 15, 2007. Startup Visa or possibly the resurrection of International Entrepreneur Parole as we look ahead to the Biden/Harris administration.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

From 2007 to 2011, during which the Great Recession of 2008-09 took place, the construction industry lost approximately 2 million workers. Although plenty of entrepreneurs have built solutions addressing the most basic issues construction companies are facing today, the industry has been slow to adopt.

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FundersClub

JUNE 30, 2017

" Brittany Laughlin of Lattice Ventures shares how more investors and entrepreneurs can take action to be allies and innovators to end harassment in the workplace in " A Better Path to Decency: Will tech lead the way? part 1 of 2). " Did You Know?

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

We sold that at the end of 2007 and I stayed on with MoneyGram International who acquired the company until the end of 2009. And I think when you’re as an entrepreneur, like you want to go solve a problem and it’s a lot of fun using technology to go and do that. It was a strategy of hope.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

I think the relationship between creators and entrepreneurs is very similar. Craig Cannon [00:37:56] – Weird strategy. The point of all of that, and of learning all of that was to develop a, I did have a content strategy of how am I… I realized that you’re not really, what’s the phrase?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

I call it the entrepreneur thesis. I’m not talk about the age old debate amongst investors whether you back entrepreneurs, markets or products (or as people like to hedge – product / market fit). It’s entrepreneurs I back. It’s what I call the “entrepreneur thesis.” So what is the “entrepreneur thesis?”

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 2, 2013

What strategies to use, how to get attention, how to become “hot.” So this post is about how to best craft a strategy to launch at SXSW but you could substitute most major conferences like CES if you want. SXSW is where Twitter broke out in 2007. I get asked often how to best launch at SXSW. ” So go.

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