Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We both went on to have successful careers as consultants and entrepreneurs, and had a passion for working with and investing in younger entrepreneurs. We reconnected in 2016 and began angel investing in startups in New York City.  But, even then, we knew that many things could go wrong and that our investments were risky.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. In fact, far better if you haven’t raised venture capital. This is minutes 8-11.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. New York City Venture Connection. Draper Venture Network. NVCA Venture Capital University. IFF: The Mechanics of Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2023

In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman. The venture most notably incubated the blogging platform Medium.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 7, 2023

Entrepreneur to Investor: Jason Mackey’s Personal Journey from Serial Entrepreneur to Emerging Venture Capitalist Jason Mackey, a serial entrepreneur, and emerging venture capitalist, has a proven track record of fostering successful businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom. How did you break into tech investing?

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Startup Catalyst

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In November 2017 we delivered our first Investor Mission, heading to San Francisco for an intensive week meeting with angels, VCs, corporate venture programs, accelerators, startups, pitch events, and dinners. The program kicked off with a full one-day angel investor education program delivered by Angel Labs. Who we took.

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EntreWorks Consulting

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The researchers find that the credits generate an increase an angel investing, but have little impact on local startup activity. A July 2020 NBER working paper , by Harvard Josh Lerner and Ramana Nanda, takes a deep dive into the role of venture capital in driving US innovation. EntreWorks Blog.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The post [PRESS RELEASE] UAE business leaders introduce Emirati startups to Israelis at OurCrowd-Emirates Angels Event appeared first on OurCrowd Blog. Jerusalem & Abu Dhabi, Oct. Read more here.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Syllabus for how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. These notes graciously provided by Adam Besvinick , who is a summer associate at ff ventures run by the affable John Frankel , who will also be on the show soon. I’ve also found him to not be dogmatic either.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

” We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company; angel investing/becoming a VC; buying a company; joining boards; consulting; serving as an interim executive; or just getting a job. Our goal is to invest in, co-invest with and/or recruit founders in transition.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 13, 2020

13, 2020 – OurCrowd, the world’s largest global venture investing platform and Emirates Angels Investors Association, the leading Emirati angel investment network, today held an online event which gave Israeli investors and entrepreneurs their first glimpse of the tech opportunities available in the United Arab Emirates.

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 28, 2023

We have witnessed a steady increase in individuals and angel groups who are interested, but the appetite seems to have finally taken hold. Why are so many angels expressing interest in RFC and when might RFC investments be appropriate as part of a portfolio of angel investments? million in 20 deals as of June 2023.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

. ” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material. Venture Capital. He talked about a unique model where you don’t have to become liquid in venture capital and can target singles & doubles. I don’t believe it.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs: if you’re looking seriously at angel investment, and you have the kind of product-market fit and management experience investors will like, you need to take a good look at convertible notes. I’d suggest you start with Fred Wilson’s Financing Options: Convertible Debt , one of his MBA Mondays series on his AVC blog.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

In his blog he says, “I responded that I thought it was stupid. ” Many people on the Westside of Los Angeles are using the term Silicon Beach these days to describe the amazing renaissance that is truly happening here. Think about venture capital. So no prizes for guessing what IA Ventures stands for.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2023

However, I didn’t let go of my interest in entrepreneurship and decided to double major in venture management. This venture led to the creation of the NouteCompany. Since receiving the first angel investment in September 2020, WeBudding has managed to attract a cumulative investment of 3 million US dollars thus far.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 18, 2011

What I’d like to do is tell you the story of how the investment came to be, what my thesis is / was and share some thoughts on macro trends. I always try hard to make this blog a place where you can learn lessons rather than an advertisement for portfolio companies. My first two calls were to True Ventures & Founder Collective.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Next Wednesday we’ll have Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners, a New York / LA early-stage venture capital fund. We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it. Use Gust to research funding sources.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

At the end of last week, venture-backed robo-adviser Wealthfront snuck in an announcement that the deal in which it was to be acquired by Swiss banking giant UBS for $1.4 Instead, as TC+ editor Alex Wilhelm reported , UBS “invested $69.7 billion was scrapped. million in the company at a valuation that Wealthfront described as $1.4

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OurCrowd

JUNE 6, 2021

OurCrowd is expanding its operations in the Gulf, led by Dr. Sabah al-Binali, Venture Partner and Head of the Gulf Region. He has a deep understanding of angel investing and Israel’s technology sector. The post Newsletter: Securing water against cyberattack appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

VC Blogger Fanboy This geek reads all the blogs religiously and is a lean startup ninja. In fact, one of them just made an angel investment in one of our competitors because they forgot they were advising us and now I have to do damage control.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. HW: Then you did a bit of a Venture (Social Capital, someone else’s firm) -> Glossier -> Venture (Coalition Operators your own firm) loop. AM: Angel investing was our collective gateway to building Coalition.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. In SoCal we have Crosscut Ventures, Matt Coffin, Mike Jones, Klaus Schauser, etc. Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis Term Sheets. Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Chris Devore & Andy Sack have created Founder’s Coop with the goal of funding, incubating & launching more early-stage ventures in Seattle. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital. Local Angel Community / Recycled Capital.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

See this blog post for a full discussion.). Mainstays of user-generated content (UGC) such as YouTube, MySpace and Facebook would have been sued into bankruptcy within days if they were held to traditional standards of liability as publishers of their users’ content. (See

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Gust

DECEMBER 28, 2011

on his Both Sides of the Table blog. For more on this, Mark Suster does a great job explaining the critical trade-offs between profits and growth in Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

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