Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 24, 2014
I become a venture capitalist in September 2007 – exactly 6.5 As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. I divided success into the phases of venture capital and 18 months into writing my first check here was my view (details on each in the link above).
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2013
What I love about writing is that you inadvertently say what many others are thinking and just knowing that somebody else is thinking something similar can be reassuring. Example: Fred Wilson writing his end of 2012 post wrote. “I’ve wanted to write a year end post for days. And your favorite bloggers stop writing.
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Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 2, 2013
SXSW is where Twitter broke out in 2007. And ever since then every year we are subjected to the tech press corps writing the annual, “What will the hot company at SXSW be?” Because to write stories every journalist needs an “angle” meaning a storyline or narrative that they form their story around.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
When venture capitalists scale back investing activities it can be very swift and leave many companies that are in the process of fund raising hung out to dry. They also make M&A activity more difficult and with lower outcomes. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008.
socalTECH
JUNE 8, 2011
It looks like a lot of your execs have background at Active Network? Jimmy Hendricks: My background is I spent a year at Active.com in 2007 and 2008. As part of that, I built a ton of relationships at Active. Also, Active has a very similar model--we have a platform, provide customer support, and provide accounting.
socalTECH
APRIL 14, 2011
He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Howard Lindzon: In 2007, Fred Wilson had offered me some share in Twitter, when they were putting together their first round of venture capital investments. It's fun, I guess.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 27, 2014
I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). I know I can’t be in every deal and I know that the easy part of being a VC is writing the first check in a deal. They worry too much about missing out on a deal. I don’t.
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