Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

With passion, hustle, and these thrifty startup strategies, you can transform your vision into a viable product without relying on loans or financing. These programs often offer financial assistance, valuable mentorship, and networking opportunities. and more articles from the EO blog.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. I was there, too. They’re not “dumb Wall Street money”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

But, just as important, we had access to a unique network: Harvard Business School alumni. Those moments are created by deep thought and reflection and looking at the problems, examining them, looking for solutions, looking at emerging technologies. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. Venture Financings we Discussed. Formerly known as Fonelet Technologies. Founded in Sunnyvale, CA in 2001.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

This happens slowly because while public markets trade daily and prices then adjust instantly, private markets don’t get reset until follow-on financing rounds happen which can take 6–24 months. 40% of our deals are done in Los Angeles but 100% of our deals leverage the LA networks we have built for 25 years. It’s just math.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 5, 2014

What would the right technology strategy for Telecom Italia be in 5 years. I believe that our job can be stripped away to its core: We have to be really good at identifying talent and we have to be competent enough in startup operations and finance that they want to work with us and figure out the answers together.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

If you get a moment, as a favor to John for having produced such wonderful notes I’d be grateful if you would check out his most excellent startup blog The X Factor. I appreciate the write-up and your continued support of this blog. Thank you, John. Why AltaVista Failed To Become as Successful as Google.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

By Andrew Armstrong, an Octane blog contributor. Your success will likely hinge on how well you handle finances, the quality of your equipment, and your ability to market yourself. The wider your network, the steadier your stream of clients will be. 3) Learn about business finances. Success tips. Follow @kickstartsearch.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. I would gladly work with you on a $50 million late-stage, complex financing. I attended events. I did speaking gigs.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. And they have access to some of the most talented technology entrepreneurs so this is a worthy goal for them. I would gladly work with you on a $50 million late-stage, complex financing. I attended events. I did speaking gigs.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2023

We love working in this industry because we believe in the technology behind it. Whether their expertise ranges from gaming and finance, or art and tokenomics, it’s critical to select the right people carefully. You also need to find people who are passionate about the industry and believe in technology.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

One area of risk that cannot be underestimated is your company’s information technology (IT) system: It can impact everything from data security to business performance. As you ramp up your reliance on cloud services, make sure you have sufficient internet bandwidth to accommodate the increased network traffic. Assess your bandwidth.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. You might be great at networking and leading but bad at planning and managing. I recommend that you start a company by yourself and own 100% of it.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

i2E and Plains Ventures have consistently invested in early-stage companies that solve high-value problems across major industry sectors, from healthcare and life sciences to advanced technologies. Spiers New Technologies , a pioneer in the electric vehicle value chain, was acquired by Cox Automotive Mobility for an undisclosed amount.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most funds raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” He or she has worked at some very successful big technology or media companies and went to a great school. Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO. ” (Warren Buffett).

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 29, 2011

No matter how much I or any of the team here at First Round made themselves accessable through Office Hours, LinkedIn, Twitter, speaking, blogging, etc., Then I realized that it's probably not obvious what the dynamics are around how VCs tend to get introduced to companies and what works best for people, so I figured I'd blog about it.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc. Independent sponsors (groups seeking to acquire a company which do not have the equity financing needed in advance) earn nothing upfront, but earn 20% of the deals they facilitate. Similarly, certain Revenue-Based Finance investors (e.g.,

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2017

New York Private Equity Network. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. International Climate Finance Accelerator – based in Luxembourg. Draper Venture Network. Coursera, e.g., Innovative Finance. Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

This week, EO joins with the Global Entrepreneurship Network in celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week (#GEW2017) , which credits the importance and growing impact of entrepreneurship, and features an international calendar of events and partnerships. Celebrate with us by visiting the EO Octane blog every day this week!

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2016

By Don Britton, Founder and CEO, Network Alliance. One example of a recent innovation encouragement program Network Alliance implemented was the distribution of a company-wide survey, where employees were asked to provide their suggestions on areas or topics of the company’s business where they felt they needed more insight or training.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

2021 marked the second year of COVID and like other crises, the pandemic accelerated change, especially in technology pushing many technologies like SaaS, video conferencing, crypto/web3 deeper into the Perez deployment cycle. Silicon Valley falls to below 20% in all venture financing. Or a tweet. Absolutely this happened.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 27, 2017

She partnered with Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA), Dr. Ashok Khosla’s full-service IT company, to provide local management and support in achieving this goal. In collaboration with TARA, she established a revolving fund—an innovative micro-finance model which helps scale the Waste2Weave program.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

We were invited to participate by the Global Leaders Initiative, which aims to bring key networks together to find solutions that address the challenges of sustainable development. On my first trip, I made friends with people in other WEF communities like Young Global Leaders and Technology Pioneers. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

There is much discussion online and also in small, private groups, about why the price of technology companies – public and private – are falling. When I started blogging it was because I was inspired by Brad Feld. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. They had no such motive and no such power.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2012 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2013; Slack in 2014 (after prematurely saying there wasn’t one); took a break in 2015-16, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; in 2017 it was Coinbase ; and last year, 2018, it was Airtable. It can save time.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 27, 2020

JERUSALEM/NEW YORK – October 26, 2020 – OurCrowd, Israel’s most active venture investor, and SALT, a global thought leadership forum and networking platform encompassing finance, technology and geopolitics, will broadcast the SALT Talks: Pandemic Venture Investment Series online starting October 29. Read more here.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

As an agenda for each meeting, I suggest: – How can we most add value, in addition to helping with financing? I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. For technology vendors and models, see Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments. . AskAnything.VC

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OurCrowd

JUNE 26, 2021

ThetaRay AML technology to be offered on Google Cloud. Zzapp’s artificial intelligence helps eliminate the disease, based on technology developed by its parent company Sight Diagnostics , an OurCrowd portfolio company. . OncoHost, NHS UK study cancer immunotherapy response. LocusView: How women can share in Biden’s budget boost.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2022

In 2019, William Hockey, the cofounder of fintech business Plaid, announced that he would step down from his position as Plaid’s chief technology officer and president. billion, builds out its global finance network. .” billion, builds out its global finance network. ” A developer-focused bank.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

According to several people with knowledge of the investment round, former OpenTable chief executive and current Andreessen Horowitz partner Jeff Jordan is looking at leading the young company’s latest financing. To fix our climate crisis will take more work.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The A ssets The facilitator asks your group what makes your organization better than your competitors Look at your people, relationships, equipment, financing, and other assets. They have great internal resources and a large external network to work with.

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