TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2021

After listening to others pitch me a few different job opportunities while still at Google in 2008, it became clear to me that I would make a better decision if I could fully explore the larger landscape of new companies emerging in Silicon Valley. More posts by this contributor. Building A Diverse Board Makes Sense For Startups.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

RSVP: [link] 6:30PM Ultra Light Legal Series: January 2010 The Ultra Light Roundtable features a set of short talks on related topics of interest to entrepreneurs and business owners. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. RSVP: [link] 6:00PM Fashion 2.0: Startups Showcase Fashion 2.0 RSVP: [link].

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APRIL 12, 2010

Kudos to Joyent for just being generally aware of what was going on in the startup scene—they came through on the self-serve sponsorship page without even being pitched. We also owe much gratitude to the Jon Steinberg at Polaris Ventures, who hosted us in the Dogpatch space—and did the legwork for the catering.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But, still, every startup, especially those seeking angel and venture capital funding, are conditioned to project this growth curve – because investors love it. Growth Inflection Point: Groupon hit the growth inflexion point in 2010 when its recorded revenue was around 313 million. Today, disruption is rather slow-paced.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 13, 2022

In the 2000s, when capital was scarcer, founders & VCs would derive round size by debating the quantum of money required to achieve Series B milestones. When capital is scarce, it’s rationed. In the 2010s, US venture capital grew 40x in 10 years. Capital scarcity curtails startup operation.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 2, 2010

This is part of my series on Understanding Venture Capital. Unfortunately over the period of 2000-2010 the VC industry hasn’t performed well and therefore the number of funds going forward is likely to reduce greatly. – That’s a tough question that as of 2010 is a hard to know for certain.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. This crisis comes on the heels of an abnormal time for venture capital.

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Dream It

APRIL 23, 2019

Analyzing Voice as a Way to Diagnose and Track Disease Progression A growing body of evidence suggests that different aspects of voice like speech rate, pitch, and word repetition can serve as biomarkers. million seniors lived alone in 2010), decreased independence ( 1.3 Here’s a look at it:

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

1) Don’t hoard your idea, share it freely The 2010 drama, the Social Network , depicted every entrepreneur’s worst fears. He agreed on the spot to provide the seed capital to build WhereFor (the predecessor to WhereTo). The universe must have been tired of hearing my pitch. I found that the opposite is true. Let’s dive in. (1)

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. See the 2010 data reported here: Current Pre-money Valuations of Pre-revenue Companies. See the 2010 data reported here: Current Pre-money Valuations of Pre-revenue Companies. million to $2.1 million to $2.7

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2022

This is not shocking due to the amount of venture capital being pumped into the sector. However, Cross River was not only an early recipient of fintech funding, getting $30 million back in 2016, but has been profitable since 2010. How to make a teaser trailer for your startup pitch. You can sign up here.). Big Tech Inc.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

When Chantel Waterbury came to pitch me back in August of 2010 for chloe + isabel , she started off the conversation with a simple description--that there were four other companies in her space each doing over a hundred million dollars of revenue and that, in total, they still made up a small percentage of the overall market.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. As Techstars’ track record fell further and further behind YC, their investor sales pitch of “buying an index of the global startup ecosystem” fell flat.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. Greycroft in 2010 also had an experienced team, but didn’t either. Private equity/venture capital managers have a much longer duration than most any other fund type. No historical relationship. .

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APRIL 11, 2016

I know that white males get a majority of the venture capital funding. Yes, straight white males are getting most of the funding, but they're also most of the pitches. Back in late 2010, when I was at a previous fund, I saw Chantel Waterbury of chloe + isabel run the table on a $3.25mm seed round--on a Powerpoint.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. Greycroft in 2010 also had an experienced team, but didn’t either. Private equity/venture capital managers have a much longer duration than most any other fund type. No historical relationship. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

We raised a seed round of capital in 1999 and our first venture capital round was the first week of March 2000 (e.g. We found a way to make our venture capital last when it shouldn’t have, at around the same time one of my all time favorite New Yorker cartoons was published on this topic.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

. “The invoicing company” “When they started, they didn’t position themselves so much as a startup or as a tech company,” recalls Skype founder Niklas Zennström, whose venture capital firm Atomico would eventually become a Klarna investor in 2012. Pitch perfect, you might think.

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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. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice VC Industry startup technology vc venture capital. The net effect for [my company] for example is we are now doing reasonably well.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 3, 2010

This is part of a series that I’ve been working on called Understanding Venture Capital. So if a fund was raised in 2006 and the next fund was raised in 2010 it’s possible that they have two funds that “cross over&# at the same time. In a single fund of $100 million you might have 30 difference LPs.

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abovethecrowd.com

JULY 10, 2014

In this video recorded in October of 2012 (about 20 months ago), Uber’s CEO, Travis Kalanick, notes that when Uber launched its services in 2010 there were about 600 total black cars in San Francisco. There are clues to be found, if you know where to look. But we’re a very healthy multiple bigger than that right now, just Uber in SF.

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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. In 2010, he sold his retail eCommerce business, Giftback. Register here for free. SWTCH Energy Inc. Supply chain.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. 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. Realistic projections.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. 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. Realistic projections.

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