Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. In 2008, he founded StackOverflow , and it has become the foundation for a question and answer platform called StackExchange. Stackoverflow was created in 2008. But I loved reading them and so did my team.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. We’re still caught in the “post recession bounce” : What’s happening is that the angel & VC community is still feeling good from having bounced back from the nadir of the famous “ RIP Good Times ” funk that we felt in 2008.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

That’s painful, but for perspective: TechCrunch tracked more than 100,000 tech layoffs between August and December 2008. Building a company is a high-stakes effort, so here’s a promise: I won’t approve articles with advice for navigating this downturn unless the author has direct experience with the matter. Walter Thompson.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

What is your advice for entrepreneurs to achieve such longevity? My advice for longevity is to always stay tuned to your values. You believe that leaders should embrace their culture and values more deeply in a crisis and cite the 2008 Great Recession as an example.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

In 2008, a friend asked me to help him commercialize an invention for making frames for tables, desks and a wide variety of other applications. Our deal with the Angel-Sharks will include mentoring, strategic advice and connections with other companies that will help us launch in the U.S. If so, in what form?

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Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

I graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science in 2008. Q: What advice would you give to someone who is wanting to help build greater equity in the entrepreneurial ecosystem/community here in Kansas City? After working in corporate America for 10 years, I decided to pursue my passion for cooking.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

” I interviewed Gupta last month to find out more about the opportunities he’s looking for and get his advice for first-time founders, but last week’s Space was a chance to dive deeper. It could take a little bit longer than that, but not that much.” Because no one cares if the market is terrible.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Salyer made the decision to take her community service commitment to a new level in November 2008 when she successfully ran for the Ward 6 City Council seat. What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? She is also principal of Broadway Realty, investing in, and repurposing, historic properties.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online. companies should relocate to Silicon Valley if they really want to grow.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

I still remember reading Eric Ries’ blog post that first coined the term “Lean Startup” in September 2008. All good advice. However, Lean practitioners have taken this advice to its logical extreme, assuming that if they simply focus on developing a delightful product then virality and word of mouth will take care of user acquisition.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Here’s the advice I wish someone told me when I started. Tax obligations are like hidden leverage: I know someone who sold his business for $10 million in 2008. This is not tax advice and you may want to consult with professionals like CryptoTrader.Tax. But it wasn’t always this way. and it is much higher.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 17, 2022

During the 2008 recession, while everyone else was hanging onto the gunwales of tossing ships, offering bargains, and hoping for a quick end to the pain, a restaurant near our office started remodeling. The following is my advice on how to not just survive, but thrive, during a downturn along with examples of how we’ve used these strategies.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

I’ve been through COVID, I’ve been through 2008, the housing crisis, we are sustainable, we’re what you call an essential home business, and I didn’t deem that on myself. How are you getting leads in and customers in, and then two, what’s your advice for other small business owners? How are you marketing?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 30, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. This current crypto nuclear bear market marks my third brush with generalised market carnage.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

“It’s comparable to the financial crisis of 2008, when poor financial products were lumped together in order to diversify risk and make them look better than they actually were,” he writes. “We all know how that turned out.” ” Thanks for reading — I hope you have a great weekend.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2017

Ryan Unger (RU) / “It was 2008, and Zak and I were still building our business from the ground up. 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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

They now have a strong VC lead from Foundry Group and from experience when you get advice from Foundry it comes with authority, experience, empathy and the right amount of straight talk. I know because I have been the beneficiary of their advice for years and have appreciated it. If all else fails, angel-load away! It won’t be.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. and now they’re all buying their way into innovation and talent. And resist the temptation to extend thy middle finger.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In the first post in this three part series I described why I believe the VC market froze between September 2008 – April 2009. My advice : if you’re raising a $750,000 round and you have demand for $1.2 My advice in my post Should You Even Raise VC still holds. So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!)

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

In particular I tried to do most of the “entrepreneur advice on VC” up front so that if you don’t want to watch our views on the deals you don’t have to. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2016

In 2008 I started VC blogging. Ironic to be self-centered while you’re trying to offer advice to others. In 2007 I started using Twitter and most of my friends & colleagues wondered why people would care what I ate for lunch. I had blogged when I was an entrepreneur. In 2011 I started using Instagram.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

In my previous post, The VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) I wrote about the reasons why the VC market came to a screeching halt in September 2008 and remained largely shut until at least April 2009. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. Let’s be honest – the same is true for VC’s.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

7mm in Series C; last round was in 2008; total $24mm raised – Investor: Bessemer (Byron Deeter)(lead); previous investor included Index Ventures, did not participate – Read more: TechCrunch , peHUB. Tags: Start-up Advice. Criteo was founded in 2005 in France; now based in Palo Alto, CA.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

My thesis on why this is happening is that large tech companies didn’t invest enough in R&D between 2008-2010 (Google even went through layoffs!!!) Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. and now they’re all buying their way into innovation and talent. And resist the temptation to extend thy middle finger.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

Because my wife is a superstar she published them all on a blog here along with much other wonderful type-A mom advice. He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 They decided to run the fund close to home in West Conshohocken, PA where they still have offices. During the first year of the fund they took forty-eight trips to California! million and opened another office in San Francisco.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Equity crowdsourcing advocates are quick to mention that small business loans are at 75 percent of their 2008 peak. Typically limited to giving advice or consuming, Title III will give non-accredited investors far more influence over products, services, and planning. Onevest does not give investment, legal or tax advice.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

There are times in life when playing it safe is good advice—like wearing a seatbelt, for example, or looking both ways before crossing the street. A former professional athlete, Nagtegaal speed-skated with the North Holland Region/Utrecht KNSB from 2005 to 2008. Due Diligence vs. Self-Doubt.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 16, 2023

I have always wanted to start a fund; hence I joined the industry in 2008. What’s your advice to entrepreneurs who have a chance to meet investors like you? I have invested in multiple sectors with a focus on growth and tech/tech-enabled companies globally. I will say my domain expertise is in venture and growth investments.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

2008 and 2000), not only have we seen outstanding companies being formed, we’ve also witnessed great venture firm performance during these windows,” he said. Plus, they were gracious enough to share some of the advice they’re giving to their portfolio companies. What advice are you giving to your portfolio companies?

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

The end of the lengthy startup boom that first formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and largely powered through until the final months of 2021 is shaking out, changing how the market views certain entities. Among the various firms that sent advice to their portfolios was Y Combinator.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 23, 2014

In 2008 Eric co-founded his own startup, RockMelt, and ran the company as CEO until its acquisition by Yahoo last year. It requires investors to work diligently on the boards of startups, providing advice and counsel and supporting the visions and dreams of entrepreneurs. He stayed briefly at HP as a vice president.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 29, 2019

Assessments for measuring and analyzing such strengths have been developed by VIA (Values in Action Classification of Character Strengths; Peterson & Seligman, 2004), Personality Strengths Project (Linley, 2008) and Gallup, Marcus Buckingham, Now Discover your Strengths (Buckingham & Clifton, 2005).

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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.&#. On a panel that I sat on with Ron in LA in 2008 he stated that there were no circumstances in which the founder should take money off of the table. It’s that simple. I believe this is wrong.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. This is part of my ongoing series with Startup Advice (although this also applies tightly with Raising Venture Capital ). History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. By mid September the entire market was constipated. ABC: Always Be Closing.

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Y Combinator

MAY 22, 2019

44:35 – Best advice for aspiring Indian founders. It’s not just us, this is 2008 to 2012. Adora Cheung [44:57] – What is your best piece of advice for aspiring Indian founders? Vidit Aatrey [45:02] – My best piece of advice for aspiring Indian founders will be, just go out and stay very close to users.

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