Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. And while this data is from mid-2011 I can assure you that data is not going down. There are 2.9 billion email accounts. This figure is predicted to reach 3.8 billion by 2014. 62% of adult US Internet users check or send email on a daily basis.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

By 2011 the market had started to change dramatically. We announced Fund I in 2011. We are happy to now support every & all accelerator in town that provides capital and office space and we want to focus on mentorship, coaching, advice, community building, etc. You may enjoy looking at that last link.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

Will you get the TechCrunch bump, the tier-1 VC anointment, followed by great PR firm support and then the NY Times or WSJ story that follows? So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. That’s a problem in need of a solution – I’m sure.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 2, 2019

By getting an IT firm involved, not only will they be able to confirm how it happened, they can also offer advice and put measures in place to prevent the issue from getting any worse. If you haven’t been able to get back to normal without the support of an IT firm, it’s time to recover assets lost in the incident.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

. “The ability to be at the right place at the right time, supporting consumers and merchants alike, where they want it, how they want it and when they want it — cannot be understated,” says Simon Wu, an investment director with Cathay Innovation. ” From startups to Starbucks: The embedded API opportunity.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 12, 2014

In 2011, the year of the IPO, services still accounted for 33% of revenues. Behind this advice is some sage advice, however. The chart above shows these trends and compares it to the Subscription gross margin which has increased by 50%, reaching 75% in 2011, in the same time period.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

My two friends and I started Tejiendo Sonrisas, a Peruvian nonprofit organization, on March 1, 2011. Our work is aimed at building a more just and supportive society in which the universal rights of all men and women are guaranteed. How has the YLAI Network supported you and helped further your mission?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) As you can see in 2011?—?at No network … no value. The gold line is the ECB’s balance sheet.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. They wanted advice. This team is talented.

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Y Combinator

JUNE 12, 2024

The hard parts of joining a big company following an acquisition, her advice for new founders going through YC, and more! I always jumped onto support tickets; if customers had an issue, I’d be the first one to jump in. We worked together [on PlanGrid] starting in 2011; we got married in 2013.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JULY 2, 2015

For instance, as I’ve previously written , “In 2011, only 28% of Europe’s venture-backed tech deals were seed stage… [but] in 2013 and 2014, roughly half of all European tech venture deals were seed stage.” Remember the “buy low, sell high” advice they were supposed to teach you in business school?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

And when communities work best these new advocates form their own support groups to help each other out and work together on initiatives and once they’re a “member of the tribe” there’s a benefit of attracting other members. Community-building is advice I give to nearly every startup team with whom I work.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. ) ( Note to reader: this week’s essay is a continuation of my piece from last week, “A Samurai, a Knight, and a Yankee”.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Cause I remember when we signed the program manager agreement with Discover, this was early 2011, and then we closed our Series A on June 2nd of 2011. And you’re either supporting their card business or you are their card business. You’re going to get lots of different advice. We had raised, I believe, 5.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

Then there’s obviously a lot of companies like the ZoomInfos of the world that popped up with data to support that sales motion. So we’d love your thoughts on maybe just advice for companies rebuilding their partnership orgs or they’re developing their sophistication on the ELG front.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

rose to prominence by offering a free, ad-supported alternative to all of the crap your mom got on AOL for a fee. StockTwits) where you really want to know more about the person giving you advice. Smart people understood that people still wanted to accomplish on the world wide web all of things that we did in the pre-Internet world.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

She launched Silicon Hills News in 2011. But most of all, he will go out of his way to help newcomers (as well as veterans) of the Austin tech scene whenever they need help or advice or counsel,” Forrest said. “We We like to say that the Central Texas ecosystem is much more supportive of each other than a lot of other places.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. While he is publicly saying that he expects a modestly improved economy in 2011 , it’s hard to be too sanguine when you look at the data. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis. raise money now to weather any storms).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2012

I had been trading emails & Tweets with venture capitalist John Frankel and we were to meet in person in March 2011 at SxSW to talk about Klout and other investments he had made. Other people were convinced including Kleiner Perkins who lead their $30 million fund raising in 2012 (they had previously also invested in 2011).

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JULY 22, 2022

( Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions. The kingdoms of the Yen and the Euro are not so lucky, but we are here to support them.” “And I turned to Sir Powell.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In 2011, under the leadership of Public Policy Chairman Dan Rosen (Seattle, Washington), ACA decided to engage Washington, DC counsel to navigate public policy on Capitol Hill, the executive branch and the Securities and Exchange Commission. ACA is also lobbying in support of the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act of 2023.

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