Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2019

In a review of MBA students, the study found about 36 percent of females chose a risky career in finance (like investment banking or trading), compared to 57 percent of their male counterparts. 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.

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JUNE 22, 2011

To anybody who asks my advice I repeat the same line, “I don’t know whether this party will last 6 weeks, 6 months or 18 months. I said, “It’s much easier now than it was in 2008/09.&# Or worse yet they may never get financed. That happened a lot in 2002 and again in 2008. source: Capital IQ.

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JUNE 1, 2011

years ago you’d remember RIP Good Times from Sequoia, which still strikes me as having been prudent advice in late 2008. I still have to get sales, operations, finance, HR & corp dev right to win. I agreed to finance a company today. .&# That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011.

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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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APRIL 14, 2010

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I normally offer this advice in the capacity of really wanting to help entrepreneurs so please bear with me. It is 2010. But pass they will. Brain damage.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ramon spoke with two money experts — Carol Roth and Tricia Taitt — about how to handle finances and money during COVID-19. Money Advice. What the pandemic has done and what the recession did in 2008 and 2009 is refocus everybody back to the cash flow stage. . Did you prepare for something like this? Probably not, but that's ok!

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

million in a new financing round as it looks to expand to the U.S. A promise: We won’t run any articles on TechCrunch+ with advice for navigating a downturn unless the author actually knows what they’re talking about. “This might take a little time.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

You write that leaders should regularly tell employees about the state of the company’s finances—especially when it’s bad news. What is your advice for entrepreneurs to achieve such longevity? My advice for longevity is to always stay tuned to your values. Open and honest communication builds trust.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 17, 2018

If you’re an EO member seeking acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, exit transactions, financing, investment opportunity or member-to-member deal experiences, MyEO DX is for you. 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.

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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. Salyer served as a member of the Council Finance Committee, Council Economic Development Committee, and as chairman of the Council Social Services Committee. Get started!

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

ET, M13 Managing Partner Karl Alomar will join me on a Twitter Space to share his advice for fundraising during a downturn. On Monday, June 27 at 11:30 a.m. PT/2:30 p.m.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

My own firm was involved with the sale of our portfolio company BillMeLater (an online credit company – think PayPal but for credit) to eBay for $1 billion in October 2008. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.

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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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MARCH 3, 2012

I had been looking around at several deals in late 2008 as the markets were tanking. But it was early 2009 and not many companies were getting new financings at all so I thought they should take the deal. But my other VC partner had a smaller fund and raising price would have a big impact on his ability to finance the company.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. Bu when you start to worry that the world is ending (as it seemed it was in late 2008 / early 2009) you tend to get worried about large burn rates. The deal was done in late 2007.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. 2007, 2011) and for the hottest of companies and in bad markets for fund raising (2003, 2008) prices test the bottom end of the range. I thought I’d post on one of the topics before hand.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

Here’s the advice I wish someone told me when I started. Kevin Rose ( @kevinrose ): partner at VC firm True Ventures , host of the Modern Finance and Proof podcasts. 6529’s thread on property rights & crypto highlight the need for decentralized finance. you’re now free to explore the frontier of internet finance.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 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. ) A country can do one of three things to finance its deficit: Sell debt to domestic entities.

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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. Some of the big names currently feeling the pressure from 3AC’s demise include Voyager, Celsius, BlockFi, and Babel Finance.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

But there are also problems / risks: - the funding environment might change dramatically – there may never be a next round (see: March 2000, September 11, 2001 and September 2008). - Let’s assume that the $2 million buys 25% of your company, which is the norm in an equity financing. Should you take it? add a buffer.

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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. Arvind Gupta.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

I know that 80+% of the people listening to me must have thought that was the wrong advice. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. Tags: Start-up Advice. I told him to quit his job first. Why should I be? Not my problem.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The firm has come a long way from when it closed its first fund — $30 million of internal capital — in 2008. Very, very few can augment that with proven, actionable advice and insight that can help them tomorrow.”. Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. Many VCs can offer capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

There is all sorts of advice on the Internet about how to raise capital. I’ve tried to make this advice as well-rounded and biased free as I can. Every company is different so it’s hard to listen to advice from the uber-successful fund raisers. So they go out of their way to offer advice and introductions.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Was Paul Graham right in his “high resolution” financing post? A standard entrepreneur retort I heard back then (2008-09) was “I don’t know what my company is worth now. Some thoughts on raising angel money. So let me weigh in more loudly than in the past. what technically happens?

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

We got their commitment and our existing investors bridged us until the new financing round could close. Ask any entrepreneur who has been through the recent washout that began in September 2008. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. million to see what would happen.

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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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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 11, 2023

(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.) It’s called Bitcoin. The problem with today’s stablecoins isn’t centralisation. out of business immediately.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 20, 2023

(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.) (Any As sales pick up because financing becomes more affordable, it will help increase economic activity.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. It was September 2008. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008. Finance where needed. He pinged me for advice. The market had tanked. Fawk, man.

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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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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 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. Betwixt a placid pond and the high road rests an inn. That is where you shall find me, a humble inn keeper.

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