2015 board founder 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 13, 2014
Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Helped merge company with Seedling – on track to do $20 million combined revenue in 2015 – will now become Chairman).
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 10, 2015
I often speak about co-founder fighting and how this ends in lawsuits but this has become much more prevalent. I’d encourage you to watch this quick 3-minute video with some views on what I call “ The Co-Founder Mythology ” that is perpetuated in Silicon Valley. He signed a release and remained on the board.
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JULY 26, 2022
We are proud to announce the close of our 7th early-stage fund with $280 million to invest in seed and early stage founders. That was a question I had been asked by LPs in 2015 when we began our Early Growth program. In fact, I am still active on two boards where I first invested in 2009.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 26, 2015
We recently released the video sharing app Ferris and announced that Upfront Ventures led the funding in the company in our seed round of $2 million and I personally joined the board. I first met the Ferris founders ( Paul Boukadakis & Chris Shaheen ) more than a year ago. Mark Suster (@msuster) April 23, 2015. L1I6RUWYJu.
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FEBRUARY 12, 2019
And this era ushered in by Amazon changed everything from the age of founders to the skill sets required to the structure of the VC industry and even to the layout of cities (yes, I would proclaim that boldly that Amazon AWS affected city development). The “A Round” of my startup in 1999 was $16.5 thus the rise of “pre seed” investing).
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 26, 2020
and of course a relentless pursuit of helping founders succeed. So mostly we just had to listen to customer feedback from founders, VCs and LPs. She made the right decisions not joining back then because that founder empathy is the “++” that makes a difference in this business. So why now? So What Does All This Mean?
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