TechCrunch
OCTOBER 11, 2022
He is also the founder and managing partner of HartBeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with a focus on lifestyle, media and technology. These are just some of the reasons why we’re thrilled that Kevin Hart; his venture firm’s president and co-founder, Robert Roman; and Michael Elanjian, J.P.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. In 2001 companies IPO’d very quickly if they were working, by 2011 IPOs had slowed down to the point that in 2013 Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures astutely called billion-dollar outcomes “unicorns.”
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Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 10, 2016
In the end, if you’re not developing a deep bench of talented professionals who keep you on your toes, you’re bound to be disrupted. I joined Upfront Ventures in 2007 and took over as co-Managing Partner in 2011 along with the founder, Yves Sisteron. If we don’t, we’re be disrupted from external sources.
American Entrepreneurship
MARCH 22, 2024
The Thiel Foundation continues its commitment to innovation and disruption achieved by bright young minds, outside of academic studies, by announcing its 2024 class of Thiel Fellows. The latest cohort joins 270 alumni of the program that began in 2011.
TechCrunch
MARCH 2, 2021
The Future Africa Fund kicked off in 2015 when Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Nadayar Enegesi , co-founders of US-based and African-focused talent company Andela, wrote checks to African startups as angel investors. The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide.
David Teten VC
JANUARY 12, 2022
Alpha is a zero-sum game ”, according to Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio. By comparison, when oil prices doubled between 2009 and 2011, it created stress for some industries, but there was no concern that the global economy would collapse. We see six main examples of just how peculiar our industry is, relative to other industries: 1.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2020
In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Competitors can leapfrog you on features or outspend you on customer acquisitions but communities are very hard to disrupt. It’s no wonder they’ve both performed so well.
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