Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders. There are only a few Uber or AirBnB investments to point to – where the street value of the company may ultimately validate that amount of investment.

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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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HPA

OCTOBER 9, 2020

” Wilkins went on to thank HPA Members and YCharts board members, Bob Giammanco and Jeff Kleban for all their guidance and support to the company over the years. HPA first invested in YCharts in 2010 and has been investing alongside capital partners I2a, REV Venture Partners and Morningstar over the last decade.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Who knew that “growth hacking,” a term coined in 2010 by Sean Ellis, the first marketer at Dropbox, would become so commonplace in 2022? For example, we signed up with platforms such as Handshake, a college student job board, to recruit students to drive for us for extra cash in their spare time.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2020

Jim McKelvey is the cofounder of Square, and served as the chairman of its board until 2010, and still serves on the Board of Directors. Bank of America and Square were eerily alike, just a hundred years apart. Copyright Nicki McGuire. In 2011, his iconic card reader design was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Without further ado, here are the five judges who will pick the 2021 Startup Battlefield winner: Kirsten Green is the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, a San Francisco-based VC firm she formed in 2010. She is also on the board of Nordstrom and previously served on the boards of Dollar Shave Club and Bonobos.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2022

She recalls going to her first trade show in 2010 and having to educate retailers on ingredients like chia seeds, coconut sugar and coconut oil. John Haugen, formerly with General Mills, joined Purely Elizabeth’s board while as founder and managing director of General Mills’ venture arm, 301 Inc., billion valuation.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Interestingly, Assent was bootstrapped for the first five years of its life — from 2010 to 2015. Vista’s Patrick Severson, co-head of the Vista Foundation Fund, and Jake Hodgman, managing director of the Foundation Fund, will join the Assent board of directors. While half a billion dollars raised in the U.S.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 17, 2021

Get to Know Bill Payne: Bill Payne is an active angel investor, board member, and educator for entrepreneurs and angel investors. In one of his ten visits to New Zealand, Bill served as the 2010 BNZ University of Auckland Entrepreneur-in-Residence from February through June 2010.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 1, 2011

I will be competing in my third triathlon and aiming to break 2:30—10 minutes faster than 2010. I will start the year on the board of a yet to be announced investment and as an observer on four other companies. My oldest friend, of 25 years, is getting married. My parents will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Between 2006 and 2010, CEO Wilkerson, then a journalist and researcher, spent a great deal of time using motorcycles ( Boda bodas ) for quick and flexible transport. So in 2010, Wilkerson launched Own Your Own Boda, a for-profit enterprise to put these riders on a path toward owning their motorcycles.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2022

The New York-based company got its start in 2010 by founder and CEO Chris Ashenden and is the result of his journey to find out why he continued to feel bad. Athletic Greens , which created AG1, a powdered beverage designed to provide daily nutrition, raised $115 million in new funding that boosts its pre-money valuation to $1.2

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

Martino founded Bullpen in 2010 with a focus on post-seed, pre-Series A startups, and he led the fund’s investments in companies like FanDuel, Namely, Ipsy, SpotHero, Classy, and Airmap. I think you’ll start seeing pushback on complete board control by the founding team,” stated Martino. “I

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Founded in 2010, Coupang is sometimes described as the Amazon of South Korea, but for years it has managed the impressive feat of achieving an even higher dollar retention rate than Amazon, according to a report by Goodwater Capital. Korean e-commerce giant Coupang is expected to hold one of the biggest tech IPOs of the year on March 11.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. The reality is that as a result of two major trends the costs of starting a technology startup went down massively. I launched my first startup in 1999 so I know the economics of launching from first-hand experience.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

The round included a slew of new and existing investors, including Sequoia, Silver Lake, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the UAE’s sovereign fund Mubadala Investment Company and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). A positive spin. ” So are we in a startup recession or what?

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Since January of 2010, when I led my first seed investment in Backupify , I have led or committed to 27 investments. Launching may or may not give you less dilution based on whether you''re looking at the median or the average, but across the board, having revenue changed how much dilution an entrepreneur had to take. No Revenues.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

As more consumers were skipping commercials the idea of authentically integrating brands into media seemed obvious to me and ended up informing a lot of my investments in 2009 and 2010. While I or other full time partners may sit on the boards of 8-10 companies each Hamet will sit on the board of 4-5.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 29, 2020

What started out as a fun photo and video sharing app in 2010 has transformed into a powerhouse selling platform for product businesses. Also launched in 2010, Pinterest started out as a fun way to keep track of decorating ideas and recipes. The Shop tab will show products from the boards or inspired by Pins on the boards. .

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 12, 2016

That was the Datadog pitch in late 2010, my first full year of leading deals, that I got from two software engineers. Because I didn't get a screaming yes across the board, I sat on the deal, asking more people, trying to be peripherally helpful, but not jumping in and taking a risk. Makes sense, no? Doesn't sound crazy, does it?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2015

. “There was no real framework for a $15 million fund at the time so I had to make one up … it was really sort of an experiment … I invested across Funds I & II in 90 companies” Jeff then raised $55 million in 2010 and $85 million in 2014.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Moving into online education courses for 8 th -12 th grade in Summer 2010.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In the summer of 2010, just after graduating into EO, I was standing on a cliff enjoying the amazing view in Positano, Italy, when it hit me. I joined EO Accelerator in 2009, when I owned a business and my business owned me. I had been bumping up against the growth ceiling for 10 years and needed to understand why I was in business.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

In 2010, Bastian Gotter invested up to $200,000 into IROKOtv, an African video-on-demand company Jason Njoku, his friend and co-founder, launched in Lagos, Nigeria. Gotter is an investor and board member in PawaPay, roles that can be active and passive depending on who’s involved.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

LivingSocial took in $583 million in capital in 2010 and 2011 with little left in time to show for the investment and tremendous dilution to the founders. There are only a few Uber or AirBnB investments to point to – where the street value of the company may ultimately validate that amount of investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

The truth is that I’ve been warning about convertible notes since 2010 it was first declared that “convertible notes have won.” Of course investors care about controls (board, protective provisions, IP assignments, non-solicitation) but these are all pretty standard. How much is in the option pool? Size of my check.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

And this month we announced that Maker Studios, where I am an investor and board member, crossed 3 billion views. Dana Settle (Greycroft) & I had led the first round of investment in the company in 2010 and we were looking for smart media investors to join us as investors in the company. This has been a very welcome addition.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. Through 2010, the then ‘The Hub’ had gone through a management buy-out process of the original franchisor. Here’s her story. Our first global gathering in Madrid.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

.” The reason is that at a VC you have a group of partners who often have different focus areas of excellence, each pursues deals in their respective field, each makes investments and sits on boards and each spends their most difficult hours tackling problems at portfolio companies vs. solving the challenges at the VC itself.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The 11-year-old startup, which started back in 2010 as an in-person experience, has seen tremendous growth, especially as people were forced out of dance studios because of COVID-19. Our DJ, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy dancefloor come, thy steps be done, on earth, as it is at Dance Church.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Mozilla’s open source Firefox emerged as a major player in the web browsing space, taking on the (then) mighty Internet Explorer and hitting the giddy heights of a circa-30% market share around 2010. Mozilla Ventures is keen to set itself apart from the pack by stressing its focus on “putting people before profits.”

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Haystack

JANUARY 12, 2020

For those following this blog and the seed market over the past decade, you may have noticed that every year, we see increases across the board — more investors, newer funds, and funds that get larger. Much has been written about the fact that traditional seed stage funds have grown in size and dollars under management.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

” Strohband also served as PM at Volkswagen, led Stanford racing’s autonomous car, Stanley, co-founded Metamind, and sits on the board of various companies. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 1989 and an Executive MBA from China Europe International Business School in 2010.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I wonder what this company would look like in 2010 as an independent? I remember 3 years ago when I lived in still lived in Silicon Valley and I was on the board of advisors of an early-stage, super-angel / early-stage VC backed startup. 60 deals, 16 already acquired (by Google, Twitter, eTrade, Intuit, Microsoft). Ultimately Yahoo!

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 6, 2021

As friends, they quickly sensed the potential for partnership, and in 2010 joined forces and merged their groups to build what is now a nationally-recognized angel network, Launchpad Venture Group. Ham and Christopher met in the busy Boston angel investing community where they both started and operated angel networks.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2022

The round comes just weeks after the organization’s CEO, Avlok Kohli, told me that the company didn’t need venture money, a stance that AngelList, which was founded in 2010 and split into AngelList Venture and AngelList Talent in 2020 — each with their own CEOs and boards — has long embraced. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The most interesting thing I’ve learned by being an investor and sitting on boards & seeing so many company pitches is how different reality of what is going on at companies is from what you’re reading about them in the press. So it’s not good enough to only mine Techmeme every day. They control outcomes.

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