Both Sides of the Table

MAY 20, 2018

In the case of the investment they are often also not only committing personal risk of looking bad at their partnership if things don’t go well but also countless hours of board meetings, financial reviews, legal documents across what is often 7–10 years or more. So it should be no surprise that “yes” doesn’t come easily.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It is 2010. That means that they likely raised money at a particularly high price relative to 2010 prices. If you normally pitch 30 investors to get 3-4 interested in good circumstances all you’ve done by putting off your mess is decrease your odds of getting funded. This doesn’t suit anybody.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

By Monday morning after their board meeting in NorCal I didn’t get a return phone call. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. Given that it was a public tender the chairman of our board had encouraged us to think about launching a complaint with the UK government agency in charge of such reviews.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

By Monday morning after their board meeting in NorCal I didn’t get a return phone call. I decided to put both of those issues to bed in 2010. Given that it was a public tender the chairman of our board had encouraged us to think about launching a complaint with the UK government agency in charge of such reviews.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

At least, that sales pitch from Hippocratic AI , which emerged from stealth today with a whopping $50 million in seed financing behind it and a valuation in the “triple digit millions.” AI, specifically generative AI, has the potential to transform healthcare. “The language models have to be safe,” Shah said.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 22, 2023

I'm joined here today by Mr. Jeffrey Lang, chairman of the board for the Desert Angels. A great place to be able to start today is maybe tell our listeners a little bit more about yourself; a little bit more about your personal journey that led you to becoming chairman of the board, and of course, why you decided to become an angel investor.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

I started my second company while retaining a board seat at my first company. I stopped doing conferences, traveling or pitching to VCs. So no prizes for guessing my New Year’s resolution for 2010. I plan to be 25 pounds lighter by December 31st, 2010. As a result I freed up the time to get back into shape.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

We could do more in 2010 with more VC investment; the doubling assumes only ratable increase in marketing spend to achieve profitability. By then I was still on the board of my first company but it hadn’t yet sold (it ended up selling in 2007 to a publicly traded French company). >50% of our revenue in now viral.

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StartupNation

APRIL 20, 2021

From the time I started the fund in 2010 until I left at the end of 2014, we evaluated more than three thousand entrepreneurial pitches. From day one, Greg and his team started before they were ready , preferring to iterate in the real world instead of waiting until everything was perfect on the drawing board.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

As the Series A investor and board member at Uber, I was quite intrigued when I heard that there was a FiveThirtyEight article specifically focused on the company. For example, as an investor and board member at Uber one might conclude that I am biased to see things in a more positive light. That would only make sense.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

The session starts with networking and pitch practice submissions and then moves onto an interview with Holt and Bennett at noon, followed by the TCL Pitch Practice at 12:30 pm PT. Thornton, former president of Goldman Sachs, executive chairman of Barrick Gold, and board member of Ford, has joined Divergent’s board.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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