A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 1, 2024

That is good news for the innovation economy because healthy capital markets are a necessary support system. The AI “stack” has emerged with Large Language Models and other important models (like audio, imagery, video, etc) operating in the cloud with well-documented and supported APIs that are available to developers to build on.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

But Google’s investment seems to be focused on supporting a payment platform that can support the Android ecosystem. Let’s see how the do over time in navigating the complicated world of “am I like a VC in it for returns or like a corporation in it to support my core business.&#. million loss in 2008.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

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. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. The company had a huge burn rate but investors and management brought that under control by late 2008.

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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. There are now signs the VC market has gathered pace meaning it’s a great time to be fund raising.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The company offers a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, from making a website, setting up a payment system, and managing marketing to handling shipping, warehousing, and logistics. In other words, Plugo enables D2C merchants to focus on their products and supports other processes.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 This becomes a support group and allows them to help each other succeed. 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! They have sixteen people on staff.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This proximity allows for more accessible communication, collaboration, and quicker response times, which can be especially advantageous in industries that require real-time decision-making or support. My first company, a mortgage bank, succumbed to the 2008 mortgage crisis. On a personal note, I’ve been there.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 24, 2012

When I couldn’t talk David into doing early-stage deals back in 2008/09, I hooked up with the guy who seemed to be working with the largest number of high-quality LA startups I had encountered – Dave Young – and started working with him and Nicholas Hobbs of DLA Piper. There’s more!

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 5, 2023

The support of my EO Forum mates — who have experience beyond my years — has expanded my capacity for success and taught me to look at business in a new way. It’s incredibly valuable to have overall support from likeminded people. During the 2008 housing crisis, my company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

And you can see what AVC looked like in September 2008. Arweave is a decentralized protocol that enables archiving and the funding to support it at web scale. And you can see what AVC looked like in September 2008. The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine are awesome. The Internet Archive and Wayback Machine are awesome.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 13, 2023

We’ll continue to support our members and their portfolio companies by discussing and breaking down that information via our articles, webinars and at Summit 2023. We commend the VC’s and angels that have rallied around their entrepreneurs to repurpose lessons learned from the 2008/2009 recession.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 12, 2025

Risk-Taking: He reinvested his entire PayPal earnings (~$180M) into Tesla and SpaceX, nearly going bankrupt in 2008. Resilience: SpaceX had multiple rocket failures before successfully launching into orbit in 2008. Problem-Solving: He tackles big problems (e.g., Lesson: Think big, take calculated risks, and persist through setbacks.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 16, 2023

million from 84 investors in under 45 days during arguably one of the worst times to raise money since 2008. My mom was left to raise two young boys essentially on her own with very little support. In December 2022, my co-founder and I closed a friends and family seed round for Popsmith , raising US$1.53

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

That is the reason I am so supportive of the Startup Visa movement that has been so successfully championed by Brad Feld, Dave McClure, Eric Ries, Shervin Pishevar and many others. So I was intrigued when I read Thomas Friedmans’s Op Ed in December 2008 about the need to Reboot America.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 21, 2023

From a single Michigan location in 1995 to becoming the fastest-growing coffee chain in America by 2008, the co-founding duo was encountering great success. In addition, Nathan supported Bob and Mike in adopting a stakeholder-oriented approach. But, Bob and Mike began to realize that their exponential growth came at a cost.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 22, 2010

It all started yesterday when Jason Calacanis sent a Tweet telling GenY’ers / Millennials or whatever people under 30 want to be called these days that job hoppers look like “flakes. &# I simply sent a supporting Tweet saying that I agreed. We all lost our jobs through downsizing in the early 90’s and we felt scarred.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

In the first year (2008), we had a meager budget, limited staff support, and only seven months to pull everything together. They, too, were happy to support the cause. Bell present for a full day of leadership training. It was one of the most remarkable rooms, let alone classrooms, I had ever found myself facilitating.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Four years later in 2008, the United States was in the grips of the Great Recession. I had left my previous role as an attorney for this position and had a family, including two sons, to support. In 2008, I was so invested in this business that I knew I could not sit there and watch it dissolve. Buying a small business.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. Sopoong has closed on around $8 million (10.3

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Remember, if you don’t ask investors for support now, someone else in their portfolio will. I lived and invested through the 2008 crisis, and I’ve been trying to share the lessons I learned through that struggle with my portfolio companies, some of which I want to share with you.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Projected IPOs for 2009 are an embarrassing 10 total deals, down from 86 just 2 years ago (it was 265 in the go-go years of 99-00) but at least up from 6 in 2008. Fred Wilson supports Montgomery’s view in this thoughtful post on the return of the tech IPO market.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 27, 2016

When Annmarie Lanesey co-founded a software development business in Troy, NY in 2008, she saw business ownership as a means to successful living. We use a methodology that supports inclusivity with clients, so we can keep the mission true to its end users. Annmarie Lanesey is an EO Albany member and President of Greane Tree Technology.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 28, 2016

By some estimates, it takes 1 million pounds of raw material to support the lifestyle of an average American in a year. In 2008, Unilever , a company of 172,000 employees and 2015 sales of $60.6 In 2008, Airbnb was born out of the humble search for a spare air mattress. Of that material, 99% is no longer in use after 6 months.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

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. In the end. I’m a venture capital investor so I will still be looking to make investments.

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Onevest

MARCH 19, 2015

Even 2012's Congress agreed, passing the JOBS Act with bipartisan support through both the House and Senate. Still, a large number of outside investors and economists support the bill, as do younger folk less reverent towards the New Deal. More importantly, what can we expect if the SEC decides to pass Title III?

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I remember joining in 2008, a green product manager out of Google who had just landed his dream job. I’ll remain on my Redpoint boards & will support those management teams as before. Many of the greatest companies have been founded during difficult market conditions. This era will be no exception.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Co-founder and CEO Ken Lian came to the United States from China in 2008 to attend college. The one-year-old startup also has a social component, giving customers a way to support Asian-American businesses and organizations. Which neobanks will rise or fall?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

But before I sent it I had made 10 private phone calls, sent emails & built support. 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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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MARCH 21, 2024

.” Maggie Horne, Director of the Gannon Small Business Development Center (SBDC), echoed similar sentiments, emphasizing the importance of collaborative initiatives like the TechCelerator program in fostering innovation and supporting local entrepreneurs.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 3, 2023

We are thrilled to have the support of our investors and to have the opportunity to make quality healthcare services and elective surgeries more accessible and affordable in emerging Southeast Asia,” said Sheji Ho, CEO and Co-Founder of HD. “As

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2022

I have experienced two major financial disruptions in my career: the bubble burst in 2000 and the financial crisis of 2008. The comparable valuations from last year cannot be supported today, and expectations should be managed. Valuations and dilution. Founders should also be open to new considerations around valuations.

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Forward Cities

JANUARY 30, 2020

Q: What is your deeper ‘why’ behind your commitment/work to support inclusive entrepreneurship in Kansas City? . I graduated from Michigan State University with a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science in 2008. A: You have to support each other. Q: Can you share an example of how the ecosystem has supported you? .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

But issues around pricing, flexibility to innovate and a lack of local tech support always come up. The company based in Lagos, Nigeria, was founded by Emeka Emetarom , Obi Emetarom and Wale Onawunmi in 2008. Typically , African financial institutions rely on using foreign technology solutions to solve their problems.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. In terms of policy frameworks and regulation, the states where Husk works in India (Uttar Pradesh and Bihar) have supportive policies.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 14, 2018

A while later, our customer support team was asked to help out in the assembly department. And our customer support team plays music every Friday afternoon. Heidi Reimer-Epp , CEO and co-founder of Botanical PaperWorks has been an EO Winnipeg member since 2008. It was incredible to see everyone’s creativity.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 24, 2023

She received her Bachelor of Arts in History and Women’s and Gender Studies from Pace University in New York City in 2008. Simultaneously, she worked as the Program Manager for the Quality of Life Innovations Program for an educational nonprofit called Working in Support of Education in Midtown.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

For now, the company only supports connections to Salesforce, HubSpot and NetSuite, with others following soon. Pentacom was acquired by Cisco earlier this year ; Oracle acquired Ravello Systems in 2016 and Qumranet was acquired by Red Hat in 2008. “BizOps teams are becoming more and more crucial to the success of companies.

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