TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Thus entrepreneur is no stranger to early-stage investing – nor the famed accelerator to which he will soon run. Tan was a YC founder in the summer of 2008 and served as a partner there from December 2010 to November 2015. Since inception, my goal has always been for Initialized to outlive its founders.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy founded theBoardlist , a premium talent marketplace that helps diverse leaders get discovered for board and executive opportunities. A technology executive and entrepreneur, board member and investor, she has 25 years of experience founding and helping to scale companies, including Google, Amazon and Yodlee.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Our collective strategy Ambition 2030 represents the promise of Impact Hub when I first joined as a member (Impact Hub Islington, 2005). Also, it’s why I started an Impact Hub (Amsterdam, 2008), why I served on the global Board (2015-2018) and contributed through other roles, and why I want to continue to serve the network.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

One of my favorite entrepreneur-Twitterer weighed in, “You want to keep tapping into their collective intelligence so you keep saying ‘Thank you for the feedback’ and they keep sending it,” Ms. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. Morrill said. It’s that simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

I have sat on a board with Howard and have known him a few years. In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 Investing Strategy. The Exchange Fund – This allows the entrepreneurs to diversify their founders stock into other portfolio companies stock. What is ideal board structure?

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Gabriela will continue to support our Ambition 2030 as a Board Director focusing on developing partnerships and engaging in policy efforts. Tatiana Glad, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam (since 2008), brings diverse experience to our global leadership team. Tatiana holds an MSc in sustainable business practice.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Everyone loves an underdog, which is why investors and tech journalists are so fond of discussing startups that launched during the Great Recession of 2008, like Airbnb, Uber, WhatsApp, Mailchimp, Square and Venmo. That would be worse. “It’s better to go to the well once and get what you need to see this volatility through.”

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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. The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. The strategy of 2008 serves as a pivotal lesson of our 15-year life. I certainly did. Bonus lesson: Set your domain name to auto-renew! Our offering?

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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. However, many entrepreneurs have opted to remain heads down and build more efficiently instead of testing this new valuation environment. How do you prefer to receive pitches?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 23, 2017

If an entrepreneur doesn’t have the money to move a business forward, the answer is easy: He needs a partner with money. If that entrepreneur has enough money to conservatively make it work (but not quickly), he or she can go it alone, but the business will not scale quickly and it may lose its niche opportunity.

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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. 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.

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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. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. The best VCs don’t try to help entrepreneurs. Get to the entrepreneurs earlier next time. I rest my case.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

It’s always fun chatting with Jason because he’s knowledgeable about the market, quick on topics and pushes me to talk more about VC / entrepreneur issues. We’re staring to get the hang of how to divide the show up into talking about deals but also talking about issues for entrepreneurs during funding. Rumored to be appox.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. Recovery from the 2008 Great Recession took two years and was relatively weak. The survivors will place greater focus on core products, services, more efficient processes and strategies to gain market share even in tougher times. Stronger Survivors.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 30, 2022

A hedge fund that was previously successful executing boring but stable yielding arbitrage strategies decided to strap on leverage to accelerate returns, and paid the price. As bankers, Su and Kyle saw this inefficient market and used their own money to start a fund with a trading strategy centred around profiting on these mispricings.

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Content strategy consulting: When you get good at content remixing and know which type of content performs best on which channels, you can consult creators. Airbnb was made during the 2008 recession, and this is very similar. Here’s my number…” This is a perfect recession-proof business. And that's going to always be true.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. million for a 25% stake in MySpace (spun out from Intermix as a majority-controlled subsidiary), with Geoff and Chris Moore joining its board of directors.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2010

It’s like adding rocket fuel to space ship before you’re sure that it’s pointing in the right direction for take off (or even if all of the people on board are qualified to take this into outer space). I’ve seen too many entrepreneurs try to do things on the cheap. But the lower end also has risks.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2022

While you might think that a governing board of unelected bureaucrats determining the fate of the most successful “democracy” is a bit odd, that’s just how the cookie crumbles. ??? Words that might sound innocuous to the masses are sweet nothings to the Wall Street Journal editorial board. is directly correlated to the fed funds rate.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 20, 2023

Nothing wrong with this asset liability management strategy so far. Obviously, that strategy didn’t work. Banks are Shitty Investments Unlike the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed didn’t bail out banks and allow them to participate in the upside this time. Government bond yields will fall across the board for a few reasons.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

The US 10-year treasury yield is in yellow, and the size of the Fed’s balance sheet is in white from 2008 to 2022. China should likely employ a blend of all three strategies I laid out above. The green trend channel shows that yields broadly fell as the Fed’s balance sheet ballooned in size.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

Looking back at the burst of the first internet bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008 financial meltdown, Chaddha notes that we can expect roiling public markets and “geopolitical challenges” to inform the size of seed and Series A rounds. Be an entrepreneur who leads with transparency.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

Actually, I was trading emails with Aaron Ross this morning because I think in a lot of ways that when I was an up and coming entrepreneur 15 years ago, that book landed in my hands and it felt like someone had given me the keys to the kingdom. And it’s great that you bring up predictable revenue. Quite the contrary.

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