A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

That was USV’s initial web2 thesis: USV in 140 characters: invest in large networks of engaged users, differentiated by user experience, and defensible though network effects — Brad Burnham (@BradUSV) June 8, 2011. Chris Dixon called that “come for the tools, stay for the network” in this blog post.

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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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 20, 2022

I told him the story of how I bumped into Rikki Tahta walking through the garment district in NYC in the spring of 2011 and Rikki told me he was working on a Bitcoin startup. The same was true with blogging and tweeting a decade earlier. I met Mena Trott at a Nick Denton party in NYC in 2003 and she explained blogging to me.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Those of us that are willing to admit that we fawked things up in the first dot-com explosion and learned from our mistakes have the battle wounds to make more pragmatic decisions in 2011. I loved the quote so much I wrote an entire blog post on the topic.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

I've been in the startup world since 2012 and only recently started finding content addressing this topic (take a look at the Startup Therapy podcast and on Josh Pigford's blog at Baremetrics). In 2011, he founded Pota-Toss, a Kickstarter-funded iOS game, released on the App Store on October 2012.

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Gust

MARCH 23, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Twittering. Profile sites.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 1, 2009

I obviously don’t have a crystal ball so the economy could fare better than my gut, but here’s why I’m cautious for some time in 2010 or early 2011: Why is the future still so unpredictable? So if I am unnecessarily concerned in this blog post (great!) but the truer number of underemployed is a whopping 16.8%!

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Gust

OCTOBER 2, 2014

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. I didn’t sleep much back then. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

We just announced a few more things. Late last year we passed $100M in annual recurring revenue. We’re less than 8 years old so you can do the math on growth rates and figure out that we’re on an elite trajectory. And a special thank you to Heather Brunner, our CEO for the past four and a half years. Long-time readers of this (11-year old!!)

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

I remember meeting Zach Sims and his co-founder Ryan Bubinski back in 2011 when they started Codecademy. What is more impressive is that when you read this blog post Zach wrote this week you see that he is just getting started. Zach was still in college and thinking of dropping out to focus on the Company. Time does fly.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2023

In 2011, Irish SaaS firm Intercom had a churn problem and found the solution by understanding the customer’s job. and more articles from the EO blog. The post How To Take the Guesswork Out of Scaling first appeared on The EO Blog. The post How To Take the Guesswork Out of Scaling appeared first on The EO Blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2011

All of this is covered in more detail on the TWiVC video above (and much of it is covered in text on this blog on the “ Raising VC &# tab). Do you really still need a Powerpoint deck in 2011? A summary of what we discussed is below: Not 100% in order of the video, but close. Will a VC sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement)?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 14, 2019

Tumblr was both a blogging platform and a social media application and while I always loved the versatility of the platform, native mobile applications benefit from simplicity, not complexity. There was a time around 2010 and 2011 when Tumblr was the most engaging social platform that I was on.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 21, 2020

Tim has been an EO member since 2011. The post B2B Game Changers: How to Discover a Distinct Advantage and Become a Market Leader appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Praxent has been named for three consecutive years to the Inc.

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Gust

JANUARY 25, 2016

Bill Payne did a great post about this in October 2011. The post Valuation Part I: Peeling the Onion, or How Top Investors Value the Startups They Invest In appeared first on The Gust Blog. Early-stage technology company valuations are generally a crap-shoot. Read more >.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 13, 2020

I used this title for possibly the most regrettable blog post I have written on AVC back in 2011. Back in 2011, I wrote: He said “every company needs a marketing budget.” My friend Alex’s post on the topic this weekend has made me revisit my thoughts on the subject of marketing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

For me, that point came in 2011, when our company, Acceleration Partners, was doing about $1 million in revenue and I joined EO. appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. Though the company was growing, I was doing everything and was burnt out. Invest in Your People Holistically.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 1, 2012

Occasionally on this blog I break away from industry commentary and write more broadly. It’s why I still randomly meet up with people I’ve met on Twitter or this blog. 2011 was the first year I went to SxSW. The first day of 2012 seems the perfect day to do so. Examples in My Life & Work.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 20, 2020

In 2011, Greg’s first book, Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits shares his core principles of how to turn your business into a wealth-building engine. The post How to Project Cash Flow to Forecast the Impact of COVID-19 appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

Just as we launched a 2010 site they go all 2011 on us! I wanted to be whimsical and have a blog as cool as Spark Capital. Next I might steal this. Thanks, guys. We didn’t want this section to be our recommendations but those of our portfolio. Right now it’s a bit light but I’m sure it will fill up.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The original version of this article appeared on Aaron’s LinkedIn blog. Aaron graduated from EO Accelerator and went on to become an EO member in 2011. It was a cool morning in April of 2011 when I found myself wandering around this cliff side town of Positano, Italy. So ask yourself: What’s your Positano?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2020

In 2011, his iconic card reader design was inducted into the Museum of Modern Art. The post Innovation Stacks and Crazy Entrepreneurs appeared first on Octane Blog – The official blog of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. McKelvey founded Invisibly, an ambitious project to rewire the economics of online content, in 2016.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

I’ve been on the road much of 2012 and part of 2011. I didn’t sleep much back then. I was on the road much and I internalized much of the stress so that others didn’t have to. And so it goes again. According to the SEC we’re not allowed to market the fact that we’re fund raising, so I won’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. Still, as I’ve written in the past, what I love about blogging is the ability to have a public debate where we can all learn. The post is balanced and worth reading.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

When I wrote my first blog post back in February 2011, who would have ever imagined it would have grown to over 335 how-to lessons for entrepreneurs , three published books and over 2,000,000 online reads. Generating fresh content for over 10 years was quite a feat and labor of love, as most long term bloggers can attest.

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Gust

MARCH 11, 2014

According to analysis by my partner Jamie Davidson on typical periods between financings peaks around 9 months so the follow on rates for Series Bs should be accurate up until the 2011 class, which gives these startups more than 2 years to raise their B. Originally posted by Tomasz Tunguz on his blog, www.tomtunguz.com.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Bill Gurley tweeted his blog post from 2011 that “ all revenue is not created equal.” So how you value and how you finance low margin businesses becomes very important. They can’t be valued too highly or you risk a financing crisis. ” That is a great way of saying what I was trying to say.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. The post Sneak Preview of our Newest Octane Cover Story: Starting a SPARK appeared first on THE BLOG. We want to change the local mindset when it comes to education.”. RH: “And really, that’s where SPARK Schools comes in.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Moneyball (2011). Ctrl+Alt+Compete (2011). We’ll post new pictures, stories, videos and memes every day on: Octane blog , Facebook , Twitter , LinkedIn and Instagram. The post 18 Films Entrepreneurs *Should* See appeared first on THE BLOG. Wall Street (1987). The Godfather (1972). Nightcrawler (2014). Rocky (1976).

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Gust

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Don’t start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, “friending” on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationship. Diving in without a strategic plan. of respondents saying they will spend more.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. will transition to a similar system as a result of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) of 2011.) In practice, this leads many U.S. By 2013, the U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” As Founder and CEO of Boston Human Capital Partners, Kate Morgan started her consulting firm in 2011, on the heels of the recession. The post Kate Morgan: Leadership vs. Entrepreneurship appeared first on THE BLOG. Participants encompass a wide range of businesses, but they share many commonalities.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The Family co-founder and CEO Alice Zagury announced in a blog post that the French startup accelerator is suing Oussama Ammar for multiple claims — breach of trust, forgery and use of forgery. Back in 2011, Ammar used to work for a company called Be Sport. Zagury listed some of The Family’s portfolio companies in her blog post.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2016

In 2011, we launched the first primary school chain in Africa that employs a blended learning model. Personally, it’s been amazing to see how an idea in 2011 has turned into a strong institution that’s changing lives from the ground up. appeared first on THE BLOG. RH/ “And really, that’s where SPARK Schools comes in.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 18, 2022

This is an edited and abridged version of a post that originally ran on the Anduril blog. It would be difficult to find a more prophetic blog post in the history of technology commentary than Marc Andreessen’s 2011 “Why Software is Eating the World.” Over the past decade, software companies have driven the lion’s share.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Princeton undergraduate saw the film in 2011, and it started her on the journey that would lead her to launch Joro , the Sequoia-backed startup that monitors consumer spending to offer tips on how to offset and reduce a user’s carbon footprint. Like us,” Pal wrote in a blog post. “Systems are made of people.

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