Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Dan talks about a landmark case in 2009 that involved whether it was legal to strip search a 13-year-old girl. The idea is simple enough: several female VC partners at top funds will hold 1-hour meetings with 40 promising female entrepreneurs looking to get advice on their business and pitch in a friendly, non-judgmental, safe environment.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. Through this process he raised $2 million. When I described to people why I initially invested my calls went something like this, “He’s taken kicks to the face for nearly 2 years and is still standing.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 11, 2014

The steady increasing drumbeat of the Customer Success mantra is reflected in Google search traffic, whose volumes have tripled since 2009. Startups that manage customer renewals better than their peers grow faster and require less capital. So, why now? They explained to me customer success is a decades-old discipline.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2014

The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). Lower costs to start a business (95% reduction), many more companies created & funded by angels / seed. But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). Why is this?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 26, 2022

If I look back to the beginning of the current tech boom which started around 2009, we often wrote a $3–5 million check and this was called an “A round” and 12 years later in an over-capitalized market this became known as a “Seed Round” but in truth what we do hasn’t changed much at all.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Peer-to-peer car-sharing company Turo filed to go public last night. Turo first raised external capital back in 2009, Crunchbase data indicates, so some investors have been waiting for the company’s S-1 filing for a long, long while. TechCrunch’s first look at its S-1 filing is here , in case you missed it.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

He started the company in 2009, facilitating peer-to-peer transactions from Kenya to Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast, and vice versa. He started the company in 2009, facilitating peer-to-peer transactions from Kenya to Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast, and vice versa.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The entrepreneurs will get to participate in virtual programming that’s been custom-tailored to meet the needs of businesses during COVID-19, receive access to an online network of 130+ peers, $5K for education, and much more. But attaining the right resources, funds, and support can be an uphill battle. www.guidantfinancial.com.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Surely because they are more successful than their peers, it stands to reason they’re extremely sharp or even smarter than their non-CEO cohorts. There’s a misconception that the most successful business leaders are born with their leadership credentials imprinted in their DNA. We teamed up with Vox Media and surveyed more than 400 U.S.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2019

They walk away having spoken to a lot of new people, but not having made any real connections for themselves or their peers. So, in 2009, Adrian created Adrian’s Network , an innovative and (very) successful business networking community that combines virtual networking (think conference calls and webinars) with in-person meetings.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

I read Andy’s post with a knowing smile on my face. 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. But VC is like congress. It’s easy to hate it en masse yet many people love their local congressman.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 29, 2019

Founded as a gaming company called Tiny Speck in 2009, the company’s initial product, Glitch, didn’t catch on as expected. Also, we’ll compare metrics to a peer group with similar ACVs. So the business pivoted to commercialize an internal tool - a S earchable L og of A ll C onversation and K nowledge, Slack.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2018

Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. Below is an excerpt from the original article. I’m incredibly grateful for the amazing customers and employees who brought us to this milestone! To celebrate our anniversary, I’m sharing a few pivotal lessons I have learned during each of these wonderful years. I was nervous!

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2017

Life mattered for more than my pure enjoyment — I had to be responsible for the futures of these two lovable, little boys. I still worked hard and the balance of my time and energy went into family. I’ll do my best to make it to 90 but I’m still counting on you. I just returned this weekend from our 3rd of 10 trips (70% to go!)

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2019

I was hired in early June 2009 as the part-time administrator for the EO Philadelphia chapter. EO Philadelphia Executive Director Katie Baer shares her story of entrepreneur-style community and support. It has been almost 10 years since I walked into a Strategy Summit dinner, my absolute first experience with EO.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 10, 2021

Kathryn Garcia wants to be Mayor of New York City. No, I mean, she actually wants to do the job. It’s not a platform for her to promote any experiments. It’s not something she’s doing because that’s the next logical step in a political ladder. It’s not an interesting career change for someone who made it rich doing something else.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

So even though it’s a playground I have mostly to myself right now – I figure every gathering is a bit more fun when your peers turn up. As the human ear ages it loses its ability to hear high-pitched sound frequencies (above 15-16 kHz) through a condition known as presbycusis that starts at 18 years old. That’s the point.

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