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.

capital

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said. If you can’t raise from a few strong angels, from seed funds or from a VC then raising from a ton (let’s say 20+) angels is a perfectly acceptable strategy. All of my partners at Upfront do. If all else fails, angel-load away!

startup

Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. Having been at the forefront of the dot-com boom, 9/11, and the financial crisis of 2008, Jason knows what it takes to survive this downturn. In fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis.

founder

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

I asked some of the participating VCs, and they told me their attorneys had figured out a way to keep their stealth-mode companies stealthy.Yes, this strategy is not for every company. Klarna is apparently the first European board for legendary Sequoia partner, Michael Moritz. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. -

VC

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.

board

TechCrunch

JULY 23, 2021

The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. The company has 150 employees currently, and another 50 are expected to come on board by the end of the year. In addition, Al-Ansari expects growth to accelerate for the rest of the year.

peer-to-peer

TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Tan was a YC founder in the summer of 2008 and served as a partner there from December 2010 to November 2015. Gibson, who previously served as general partner focused on crypto, web2, SaaS and devops) will lead the firm’s early-stage investment strategy. Since inception, my goal has always been for Initialized to outlive its founders.

accelerator

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.

pitching

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. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

SaaS

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

VantagePoint Venture Partners came to the rescue in late 2003 with an infusion of $15 million in capital, adding Andrew Sheehan (now at Sutter Hill Ventures ) and David Carlick (now at Rho Ventures ) to the Board. Intermix was in a turnaround situation when I arrived in mid-2004, having been delisted from Nasdaq and nearly bankrupt.

incubation

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. Rethinking growth targets, in light of the rising cost of capital, to focus more on efficiency in this environment is a consistent thread in board meetings these days.

advice

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.

coworking spaces

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.

startup

Gust

NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Since investing in startup companies is very risky, the only winning investor strategy is to pick well and invest in many companies. Nelson Gray , Europe’s 2008 Angel of the Year, suggests that crowd funding may lead to the “dead-end of an uninvestable proposition.”.

entrepreneurs

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.

energy

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

The number one input to whether or not someone buys that next incremental piece of software or potentially engages that service provider is actually how well it interacts and interoperates with the other technology decisions they’ve already made to drive it some kind of bigger strategy. And that is absolutely transformational and huge.

SaaS

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. At every entrepreneur event I through between 2008-2012 I invite Hamet because he was a great mentor for entrepreneurs. Hamet is an extension of this strategy. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. I stayed close. What does that mean?

ventures

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

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. As a personal story, I sat on the board of one company with a very unhealthy burn rate relative to revenue or expected growth.

VC

Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

LPs failed to make capital calls in the late 90s during the dot-com bubble burst, after September 11, and during the financial crisis in 2008. In 2008-2009, the financial markets seized up, and there were quarters of complete uncertainty, but ultimately VCs started investing again and things normalized. This is not without precedent.

ventures

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2021

They sold 2 years later for $16 million In the financial crisis of 2008 we had a company that had jointly hired lawyers to consider a bankruptcy and also pursued (and achieved!) The right number of deals will depend on your strategy. the sale of the company for $1 billion. It was ~30 days from bankruptcy.

sustainability

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Based in Australia, Deputy is focused on expanding in the United States and other countries, and Martincevic will oversee its growth strategy. She will also take a seat on Deputy’s board of directors. She is also a board member of Lemonade and Kiva. million shift workers. Deputy says it has surpassed $100 million AUD (about $69.5

board

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 23, 2017

We elevated the business value to new heights in 2008 and yet I was powerless to stop the carnage as it plummeted to earth a few years later due to errant decision making. He is also the president of Idea Gateway which works with its client partners to reach the next level of excellence through effective business planning and strategy.

energy

Y Combinator

MAY 30, 2024

My strategy is to go faster than Apple and Google and keep moving up the stack. "When the iPhone came out in 2008, that was the true end of my physics career." " When the iPhone came out in 2008, that was the true end of my physics career. ” And it was all over, because he loves white boarding.

energy

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Roccia joined straight from Georgetown the same year, 2003, and left as the magazine’s accessories editor in 2008. For those who might be curious, their former boss, Anna Wintour, is a champion of theirs. “It’s why people liked wedding registries.

board

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC. SEEING THINGS FROM THE VC SIDE OF THE TABLE While I was a VC in 2007 & 2008 those were dead years because the market again evaporated due the the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). Hey, we got to raise again next year. Let’s deploy faster!

VC

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

“This essay is dedicated to the great VC’s on my board who I am lucky to work with: Sameer Gandhi from Accel, Jeremy Liew from Lightspeed, and Kirsten Green from Forerunner. 2008 App ecosystem on iOS = $0. After 6-7 years they therefore have 7-10 board seats, which is about all most VCs can effectively manage.

VC

Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

The organization serve as an informal business advisory board. The strategy of 2008 serves as a pivotal lesson of our 15-year life. Back in 2008, our team did a vision exercise: What would Ruby look like at 10 times our current size? I certainly did. Bonus lesson: Set your domain name to auto-renew! Our offering?

peer-to-peer

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2012

In order to get a VC to agree to fund you, you need to get the entire partnership on board. It’s important in aligning internal strategy, communicating with others, talking with partner, recruiting and, yes, raising VC. Our 2008 fund looks spectacular. We have followed this strategy for 15 years.

strategy

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.

real estate

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.

financing

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 say define a strategy, test it up front and pivot if you’re not getting the traction you had expected.

startup

Feedough

MARCH 5, 2021

He is accountable to and reports directly to the board of directors – a group of individuals elected to represent the company’s shareholders. It’s this board that elects and appoints the chief executive officer of the company. He forms the interface between the board and the employees and between the organisation and the community.

board

Feedough

MARCH 5, 2021

He is accountable to and reports directly to the board of directors – a group of individuals elected to represent the company’s shareholders. It’s this board that elects and appoints the chief executive officer of the company. He forms the interface between the board and the employees and between the organisation and the community.

board

TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

And basic searches on the Micromax brand on Google from 2008 — its first year in mobile — lay bare the general decline in chatter about the company. Founded in 2000 by Vikas Jain, Rahul Sharma, Sumit Kumar Arora and Rajesh Agarwal, Micromax first started life as a small IT firm, making its first move into phones only in 2008.

disruption

Jason Malki

JANUARY 15, 2023

In 2012, the economy was starting to bounce back from the financial collapse of 2008 and 2009. At an executive level, we were focused on building a strategy where our business was able to still grow and make every dollar count. To managers and boards so they’ll believe in your ability to execute. I was right.

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