Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
The VC market has right-sized (returned back to mid 90′s levels & less competition). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc). But it still takes VC to scale a business (thus large capital into industry winners like Uber, Airbnb, SnapChat, etc).
TechCrunch
JANUARY 2, 2023
Second, because not so long ago, PLG companies had higher net income margin than their sales-led peers. OpenView is a Boston-based VC firm known for advocating for product-led growth, so it definitely has several horses in the race. ” OpenView Partners' Kyle Poyar. As usual, things aren’t clear-cut.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
As the markets turned early this year, insurtech left most generalist investors’ playbooks almost as fast as Metromile and its peers’ plummeting valuations. The bulk of the buyers, however, would likely be companies involved in insurance themselves – either insurtechs acquiring some of their peers or legacy players.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 26, 2015
The truth is that each firm is different and there isn’t one standard but over the years I’ve talked with enough of my peers to get sense of how many firms work. You’d be surprised how many firms are “dictator VCs” – even those that don’t formally acknowledge it internally.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 15, 2023
Brett Calhoun Contributor Share on Twitter Brett Calhoun is the managing director and general partner at Redbud VC. Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. At the dawn of 2022, there were 2,900 active VC firms, marking a 225% increase since 2008. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 8, 2011
How about as a VC? Fred has basically always been a VC, Mike was a reporter, and Jim worked in product marketing and management consulting. Surely--but then I realize how difficult it is to be an early stage VC in NYC. Its interesting to think about the career history of the VCs mentioned above. what has this guy done?
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
In some ways it feels like a company that has gone partially remote—where you still get certain types of interaction on “office days” that you can’t get at home, but it’s definitely not what it was. You shouldn’t post any content that you wouldn’t create if you knew no one would see it. I think of tweets like I think of Dad jokes.
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